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NGOs Award of Excellence 2017

21-11-2017

The names of the NGOs Award of Excellence 2017 winners have been finally announced. The Professional Development Foundation (PDF) celebrated the NGOs Award of Excellence Ceremony at the Marriot Hotel in Zamalek, with the attendance of Mr. Mohamed farouk Hafeez - PDF Chairman, Mr. Tamer Badrawi - PDF Vice chairman & Secretary General. In an atmosphere filled with festivity, passion and positivity, the attendees cheered to Alhassan Foundation for Differently Abled Inclusion landing fourth place, Akoon Foundation for Comprehensive Development coming in third place, Children of Female Prisoners Association coming in second place, and Community Development Association in Aswan securing first place in the competition. During the ceremony, appreciation was also announced to the runner-up candidates receiving in-kind prizes. In addition to the judges committee, Dr. Laila Iskandar, the former Minister of Urban Development, Dr. Ikbal El Samalouti, Chairman of the Board of Directors at The Hawaa Future Society, Ms. Amal Mwafi, an ILO Representative, Dr. Essam Al-Adawi, Minister advisor for Social Solidarity of International Organizations, and Ayman Abd El Mawgood ,Head of the NGO Sector at the Ministry of Social Solidarity, Dr. Mohamed Nady, Chairman of the Board of Directors at Absher Communications Company, Dr. Hala Youssef ,former Minister of Population, and Dr. Ibrahim Hijazi, Member of Parliament, were all honored during the ceremony in appreciation of their roles and efforts in society.

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Launching the NGOs Award of Excellence 2017

30-04-2017

PDF launched the 2nd round of the NGOs Award of Excellence during a press conference on the 30th of April, 2017. The NGOs Award of Excellence is a PDF initiative under the auspices of the Ministry of Social Solidarity, aiming at developing and supporting the civil society sector with an emphasis on providing the right measures to upgrade their professional and administrative capabilities as well as motivating innovation, and NGOs promotion of core competencies before the private sector entities thus supporting the substantial projects in the areas of development to contribute in social problems solving.
200 NGOs submitted their online applications for the NGOs Award of Excellence through PDF’s website during the registration phase that ended on June 1st, 2017 and lasted for one month.
Upon receiving the applications, CSSC Team conducted 10 Orientation Sessions on the duration of 3 days, and were attended by 85 representatives from 80 NGOs from different Egyptian governorates.
The registered NGOs are currently submitting the required documents to be reviewed by the Internal Committee which will start its mission on July 16th, 2017.

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PDF and General Authority for Suez Canal’s Economic Zone sign a cooperation protocol

17-01-2017

PDF and General Authority for Suez Canal’s Economic Zone sign a cooperation protocol

The strategic aim of signing this protocol is the implementation of a vision for the development of human resources within the vicinity of Suez Canal’s economic zone. The cooperation takes place between the General Authority for Suez Canal’s Economic Zone and PDF as a joint venture involving the development of the Authority personnel at the district level in which it operates. On creating a traineeship platform for fresh grads in the vicinity of the Suez Canal area (such as Suez, Port Said, Ismailia), the program is able to prepare capable, trained and professionally-able youth for the labor market and industry needs within this vibrant geographic region.

PDF’s role will be to identify employees training needs by holding sessions for business development in coordination with the Authority. On doing so, PDF will be able to pinpoint the areas for improvement to be covered throughout the training program. PDF will then assign the best training providers in the industry to administer the developmental program for both the Authority employees and fresh grads. A time frame will be devised in conjunction with the Authority. PDF is financially covering the developmental program in full, which entails the provision of traineeship grants as well, alleviating the cost off of the Authority’s end.

The Suez Canal Authority’s role in providing PDF with a list of potential candidate and employees to join the programs offered, as well as a detailed update on their current performance within the organisation. The Authority plays an important role as a facilitator during the business development workshops, the employee assessments, all the way to the provision of the all necessary measures to ensure the commitment of the participants to attend training courses.

As part of its cooperation, the Authority is obliged to provide suitable training areas and classes within its premises, as well as acting as a motivator for the trainers’ efforts and input into the program, identifying the challenges and help in the provision of suitable solutions, and finally measuring the impact and effectiveness of the program to ensure access the desired objectives in business development have been successfully met.

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