Hossam Badrawi Official Website
Today, Tuesday 16 May 2017, with the participation of Dr. Tarek Shawki, Minister of Education, Major General Abu Bakr Al-Gendy, Head of Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS), Dr. Hossam Badrawi inaugurated “Labor Skills, Productivity and Human Resources Management” Conference which was organized by the Egyptian National Competitiveness Council (ENCC), founded by Dr. Badrawi in 2004, along with the government and US Agency for International Development (USAID). The study conducted by Egyptian Forum for Youth Employment Promotion (Egypt YEP), the anticipated results of Workforce Improvement and Skills Enhancement (WISE) project and the importance of manpower management were launched in the conference. In the first session, Dr. Badrawi gave the opening statement, praising the vision and efforts made by Dr. Tarek Shawki to develop education, asking to support him in the challenges he would face due to the development he conducts to the current education system. Afterwards, Dr. Shawki gave his speech discussing the most prominent challenges facing education in Egypt and his vision to change the system during the upcoming period. Also Mr. Joseph Ghanem, Manager of WISE Project- Egypt, and Ms. Sherry Carlin, Director of USAID-Egypt, gave their speeches. Speeches were followed by a discussion with the speakers, during which Dr. Shawki answered the attendants’ inquiries. As for the second session, Major General Abu Bakr Al-Gendy and many other speakers including Dr. Sherin El- Sabagh, Head of the Policy and Strategy Unit, Ministry of Trade and Industry, gave their speeches regarding the importance of labor market efficiency and Sustainable Development Strategy “2030”, Dr. Nihal El-Megharbel, First Assistant to the Minister of Planning, Monitoring. The session was managed by Dr. Badrawi. The discussion was opened, attendants’ opinions were listened to, questions were asked and speakers’ explanations were heard.
