{"id":4847,"date":"2018-03-28T09:07:26","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T09:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/middleeastevents.com\/blog\/?p=4847"},"modified":"2018-03-28T09:07:26","modified_gmt":"2018-03-28T09:07:26","slug":"founder-of-good-country-index-highlights-how-nations-build-strong-reputation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/founder-of-good-country-index-highlights-how-nations-build-strong-reputation\/","title":{"rendered":"Founder Of \u2018Good Country Index\u2019 Highlights How Nations Build Strong Reputation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Simon Anholt, British policy advisor and founder of the \u2018Good Country Index\u2019, held a workshop on the sidelines of the International Government Communication Forum 2018 (IGCF), highlighting the importance of a nation\u2019s reputation and its impact on the country\u2019s presence among advanced nations.<\/p>\n<p>The workshop introduced heads and directors of Sharjah government entities and departments to the concept of how nations can build solid reputations that help strengthen their competitive edge on a global scale.<\/p>\n<p>The workshop was attended by Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmed Al Qasimi, Chairman of the Sharjah Media Council, Sheikh Majid bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Director of the Department of Suburbs and Villages Affairs, HE Dr. Abdul Aziz Al Musallam, Head of the Sharjah Institute for Heritage, and HE Tariq Saeed Allay, Director of the Sharjah Government Media Bureau (SGMB),\u00a0in addition to a number of heads and directors of government bodies in Sharjah.<\/p>\n<p>The instigator of The Good Country Index and The Good Country movement, among many other international initiatives, talked about a range of topics related to countries\u2019 reputations, stressing their importance to enhancing positive images and maintaining leadership on an international scale.<\/p>\n<p>Anholt outlined the mechanisms used in gathering information that help in ranking a nation as a good country \u2013 an index that currently has 50 countries on its list.<\/p>\n<p>Anholt stressed that judging a country and ranking it on the Good Country Index is based on its actions not words. The actions carried out by most countries play a major and crucial role in enhancing their reputation and presence on the list of globally leading and advanced countries. The British expert referred to brands, art, culture, economic exports and scientific advances.<\/p>\n<p>He highlighted the need for countries to come closer to each other by building bridges of cooperation and commercial, diplomatic and cultural exchange to build a good reputation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4848 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/1-33.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/1-33.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/1-33-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/1-33-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/1-33-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4849 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/3-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/3-13.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/3-13-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/3-13-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/3-13-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simon Anholt, British policy advisor and founder of the \u2018Good Country Index\u2019, held a workshop on the sidelines of the International Government Communication Forum 2018 (IGCF), highlighting the importance of a nation\u2019s reputation and its impact on the country\u2019s presence among advanced nations. The workshop introduced heads and directors of Sharjah government entities and departments [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4849,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4847"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4850,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4847\/revisions\/4850"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}