It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of Mr. Abdel Salam Al Anwar, our former treasurer and board member. Mr. Abdel Salam passed away on Friday. He had been a valued member of our team since 1998 until 2012 and will be missed.
He also assumed the role of Fomer Chairman of HSBC Bank and board member of the Central Bank of Egypt.
The Civil Society Support Center delivered 8 online workshops and 4 webinars for more than 70 NGOs in 16 governorates across Egypt.
The workshops and webinars covered the following topics:
Online Workshops:
Crisis Management, 3 rounds
Foundational Leadership
Adapting to change
Entrepreneurship
Digital Archiving
Digital Marketing
Webinars:
Stress Management
Culture of the team
Adapting to change
Adapting to Change and Integrating Technology
Winners of the fourth edition of the Excellence Award from the Professional Development Foundation (PDF) were honored in a celebration at the Giza Pyramids earlier this week under the auspices of the Ministry of Social Solidarity.
The annual award aims at promoting NGOs who contribute to solving the problems of society.
The winner of the first prize, valued at LE150,000, was Konouz Al-Bardawil of the Association for Comprehensive Development in North Sinai. The award was granted for the association’s project to increase the quality of fish and reduce marine hazards in Al-Bardawil Lake.
In second place came the Association for the Rehabilitation of the Hearing-Impaired in Cairo. The LE100,000 award was given to Nidaa Association for the Rehabilitation of Deaf Children for their efforts with children with hearing and visual needs.
Giza’s Association of Friends of the National Heart Institute won third place and LE75,000 for “Better Job Opportunity for a Better Life”. The Bedaya Association for Charity in Giza came fourth with LE50,000 for providing children’s incubators.
For the first time, PDF presented the award for the best association to raise awareness. The award went to Bedaya which was presented the prize at the celebration attended by NGOs representatives, development experts, and public figures interested in development projects.
Since its launch in 2016, more than 800 NGOs participated in the NGOs Award of Excellence competition. In 2019, over 300 NGOs applied to take part, and only 13 civil society associations made it to the final round.
Cooperation protocol between PDF & Injaz was signed in order to fund the business skills as well as the technical training for 100 graduates of “San3ety” program, which seeks to qualify graduates of technical institutes and prepare them for excellence in the labor market through the development of personal and technical skills according to the needs of the labor market.
Total graduates 121 with Specialization Tracks:
Employment Rate: 81%
Professional Development Foundation launched the fifteenth round of the NGOs Capacity Building Program on November 17, 2019, which lasted until January 9, 2020.
The program witnessed a strong attendance by NGOs, as 25 NGOs applied to attend from five different governorates: Cairo, Al-Sharqia, Al-Gharbia, Kafr El-Sheikh, and Minya. The program was attended by 45 representatives from 15 NGOs, divided into decision-makers, middle management and employees.
Each of the participating NGOs presented a graduation project in the presence of their Chairman to a committee from Professional Development Foundation.
PDF & Helwan University signed a cooperation protocol to fund 4 masters in Heritage Conservation and Site Management.
TechSoup team conducted a fundraising workshop at Pyramisa Hotel that was attended by the decision makers of 17 NGOs.
It's worth mentioning that TechSoupEgypt added a new group of donor partners to its list to provide 132 donated and discounted products from 12 of the world's leading technology developers.
