Working session to learn about African countries' cultures and experiences within Nasser fellowship first day activities
Translated by: Fatima Muhammad
Dr. Nizar Sami, innovation and entrepreneurship consultant, presented the fellowship program to the participants and divided the youth into working groups with the aim of breaking the ice and interaction between the different cultures of the participating countries through a number of activities.
This came within the activities of the first day of the fellowship launched by the Ministry (African Youth Bureau and the Central Administration for Parliament and Civic Education) under the auspices of Dr. Mostafa Madbouly, Prime Minister, during the period from 8 to 22 June 2019, in cooperation with the African Youth Union.
While the African youth prepared a presentation on each country to learn about different cultures and exchange experiences, in addition to integrating African youth, benefiting from their abilities and ideas, promoting African values among them, building a bridge of communication between the people of the African continent, and strengthening relations between African brothers.
The day's activities included a visit to Gamal Abdel Nasser's museum and mausoleum, in addition to holding a meeting with the former dean of the Institute of African Researches and Studies, Dr. El-Sayed Fleifel, about Gamal Abdel Nasser and Africa..
It is noteworthy that the fellowship is one of the mechanisms for implementing the (1 Million by 2021) initiative to qualify one million African youth by the year 2021, launched by the Commission for Science, Technology and Human Resources of the African Union, and aims to transfer the long-standing Egyptian experience in building national institutions, and creating a new generation of young African transformational leaders with The vision that is in line with the orientations of Egypt's presidency of the African Union.