The “Nasser International Leadership” Fellowship organizes a closing session on “The Egyptian Experience”

Under the auspices of the President of the Republic

The “Nasser International Leadership” Fellowship organizes a closing session on “The Egyptian Experience”

The 13th day of the Nasser Fellowship Program, organized by the Ministry of Youth and Sports, concluded with a discussion session entitled “The Egyptian Experience”. The closing session was attended by Major General Tarek Nassir, member of Egypt’s Senate and Secretary-General of the Homeland Defenders Party, Media professional Hoda Saad, Chairwoman of the Board of Trustees of the Leadership Cadres Foundation for Development and Head of the Substantive Office of the Secretary-General of the Homeland Defenders Party, Dr Mohamed Abdel Razek, Economic Advisor and Assistant Secretary for the Central Secretariat of Economic Affairs at the Homeland Defenders Party, and Hassan Ghazali, Coordinator General of the Nasser Fellowship as well as some officials from the Ministry of Youth and Sports.

The Nasser Fellowship is organized by the Ministry of Youth and Sports in cooperation with the National Training Academy, the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other national institutions, under the auspices of His Excellency President of the Arab Republic of Egypt/Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. It is scheduled to last until mid-June 2021. The Nasser Program hosts distinguished young leaders from Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Major General Tarek Nassir was pleased to meet the youth delegations from Africa, Asia and Latin America participating in this fellowship that aims to build future leaders capable of assuming responsibility. He explained that naming the fellowship after the late leader Gamal Abdel Nasser reflected the great achievements of the late leader who built an independent State and supported the liberation of many other countries, noting that they were inspired by Egypt’s experience. It also reflects the international significance of training and qualifying young people to occupy leadership positions at the international level. I applaud the Ministry of Youth and Sports for its choice of the fellowship name as it marks the cohesion of the three continents, added Tarek Nassir.

Egypt’s political life, after the 25 January Revolution, has flourished and the number of parties has amounted to more than 100, and the Egyptian people learned to engage in political life, explained Nassir. He also mentioned that the Egyptian political leadership, under President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, had grasped the need for strong parties on the ground to rally the people, and had realized that educated and informed youth cadres were the pillars of the future and development.

Thus, the State worked to empower youth in the political, cultural, social, economic and educational fields through local and international youth conferences. The Youth Parliament Experience within the Senate was remarkably successful, they learned about Egypt, its legislation, laws and objectives. This truly marks the importance of youth empowerment, said Major General Tarek.

He concluded his speech by reviewing the history of the establishment of the Homeland Defenders Party, which was established in 2014, stressing that during those years the Party had become a robust model for other countries to emulate and benefit from.

From her part, Hoda Saad began her speech by reviewing her personal experience in the field of youth development. I am an alumna of the African Presidential Leadership Program. This program empowered me on both the personal and professional scales, said Saad.

After June 30, the golden era of Egyptian women began. They were empowered and unprecedented opportunities were made available under President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, added Saad. She stressed that the Nasser Fellowship for International Leadership was a wonderful experience that aims to popularize Egypt’s experience in national institution-building and bring together young people from different continents.

At the end of the session, the “Nasser” fellows engaged in a debate with the speakers to learn more about Egypt’s experience, and then took several group photos with them to capture such remarkable moments, expressing their happiness with this special informative session.

According to Hassan Ghazali, Coordinator General of Nasser Fellowship, the “Nasser” Program included several fields visits, namely: the 6th of October Panorama, the Giza Pyramid Complex, the Egyptian Air Force Museum, the Arab Organization for Industrialization, the Police Academy, the House of Representatives, the Agricultural Research Center, and Bibliotheca Alexandrina. The aim of such visits is to introduce the youth delegations from representing Africa, Asia and Latin America to Egypt’s cultural landmarks as well as its accomplishments in the current period and to show them Egypt’s experience and progress in various areas.

The Nasser Fellowship for International Leadership Second Cohort is based on several frame of references, among the first of which is “South-South Cooperation” (which is also the theme of the Nasser Fellowship Second Edition), explained Ghazali. South-south cooperation refers to the development cooperation among countries in the Global South, in the political, economic, social, cultural, environmental or technical areas. In addition, it is a tool used for exchanging knowledge, experiences, successful initiatives and technologies, to promote trade in Southern countries. This acts as a manifestation of solidarity between the peoples and countries of the South, thus contributes to achieving their national well-being and self-reliance nationally and collectively. This cooperation has contributed to increasing trade and foreign direct investment flow, as well as advancing regional integration among Southern countries. This cooperation can be bilateral, regional or interregional, and it can include two or more developing countries.”

The Nasser Leadership Fellowship -1st Cohort was launched in June 2019 under the auspices of Prime Minister Dr Mostafa Madbouly, targeting young African executive leaders from different professional disciplines within their own communities, with the objective of popularizing Egypt’s development experience in institution/national character building.