Executive Council Resolution No. (118) of 2020 Concerning Abu Dhabi Centre for Sheltering & Humanitarian Care (EWAA)

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Executive Council Resolution No. (118) of 2020
Concerning Abu Dhabi Centre for Sheltering &
Humanitarian Care (EWAA)
The Executive Council has decided the following:
First:
A centre called “Abu Dhabi Centre for Sheltering and Humanitarian Care -
Ewaa” shall be established and affiliated to the Department of Community
Development.
Second:
• The Centre shall replace Abu Dhabi Centre for sheltering Women and
Children, and all of its assets, properties, rights and obligations shall be
novated thereto.
• The employees and workers of Abu Dhabi Centre for sheltering Women
and Children shall be transferred to the Centre without prejudice to their
financial allocations.
Third:
• Her Highness, the Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development
Foundation, shall be the honorary President of the Centre.
• The Centre shall submit an annual report on its functioning, activities,
achievements, proposals and recommendations to the honorary President.
Fourth:
The Centre aims to achieve a humanitarian mission based on sheltering,
caring, and providing safe shelter as well as health and psychological care
for victims of human trafficking and victims of domestic violence and all
forms of violence, and shall in particular have the following competencies:
• Provide care and rehabilitation to victims of violence, including an adequate
shelter for them.
• Develop and implement rehabilitation programs in order to empower
victims of violence and reintegrate them into society or their homelands,
and set up an appropriate mechanism to follow up on them after they
leave the shelter in cooperation and coordination with the concerned
entities.

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• Fulfil the needs of the victims of violence, protect their rights, provide
them with the necessary advice, and resolve their problems and disputes
in amicable ways whenever possible.
• Receive financial and in-kind contributions provided to the victims of
violence in accordance with applicable legislations.
• Help victims of violence in the stages of collecting evidence and
investigations, guarantee their right of defence, and inform them of their
rights and duties, in coordination with the concerned entities.
• Develop awareness-raising programs to prevent and reduce crimes of
human trafficking, violence and abuse in all its forms, in coordination
with the concerned entities.
• Coordinate with Radio-TV media to show the risks of human trafficking
crimes, violence and abuse.
• Conclude agreements and memoranda of understanding and enter into
partnerships related to the Centre’s competencies.
• Prepare specialised research and studies in the field of the Centre’s
function, examine the best local, regional and international practices, and
propose the best solutions and recommendations.
Fifth:
The Centre shall be managed by a General Director who shall be appointed by
an Executive Council Resolution and undertake the following competencies:
• Propose strategic and executive plans for the Centre and submit them to
the Community Development Department.
• Follow up on the implementation of the strategic and executive plans of
the Centre.
• Manage, develop and implement all strategic and executive tasks assigned
to the Centre, either directly or through the working groups determined
thereby.
• Propose initiatives, programs, projects, studies and recommendations
related to the functions and activities of the Centre and submit them to
the Department of Community Development.
• Form internal committees and working groups from among the staff of the
Centre and elsewhere and determine their tasks and procedures of their
work.

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• Propose legislations, organisational and executive regulations, rules,
policies, resolutions, and circulars related to the Centre’s functions and
submit them to the Department of Community Development.
• Prepare periodic reports on the progress of work at the Centre and submit
them to the Department of Community Development.
• Any other functions or tasks assigned to him by the Chairman of the
Department of Community Development.
Sixth:
The Department of Community Development shall provide the Centre
with the necessary administrative and logistical support to carry out its
competencies.
Seventh:
Funds shall be allocated to the Centre within the annual budget of the
Department of Community Development.
Eighth:
The Centre shall be subject to the regulations, rules and resolutions in force
in the Department of Community Development.
Ninth: