Dr. Salim M. AlMalik, Director-General (DG) of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO), and Dr. Mohamed Ayman Ashour, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Chairman of the Egyptian National Commission for Education, Science and Culture, held a meeting to review the latest developments in the partnership between ICESCO and Egypt in the areas of education, science and culture.

At the outset of the meeting, which was held on Saturday, 11 March 2023, at the Ministry’s headquarters in Cairo, Dr. AlMalik expressed his gratitude to Dr. Ashour for his participation in the first consultative meeting on “Strategic Indicators for Development in the Islamic World: The Global Knowledge Index as a Model” held at ICESCO headquarters last December, thanking Egypt for constantly supporting the Organization’s activities.

For his part, Dr. Ashour commended ICESCO’s achievements in the last three years in the fields of education, science and culture, which encouraged Member States to support the Organization’s initiatives, programs and projects.

During the meeting, the two parties discussed the ongoing joint programs and those to be implemented during the next phase of the partnership between ICESCO and Egypt, namely the international professional teaching certificates project which should benefit 2000 teachers. Funded by the Saleh A. Kamel Humanitarian Foundation (SAKHF), the project will first be launched in Cairo, Giza and Qalyubia. The meeting also touched upon the organization of a forum and training session in Cairo which will bring together talents from ICESCO Member States, in conjunction with the launch of an Egyptian strategy for innovation.

At the close of the meeting, Dr. AlMalik and Dr. Ashour expressed their delight at the effective cooperation between ICESCO and Egypt, emphasizing their keenness to capitalize on this cooperation to forge fruitful partnerships among the countries of the Islamic world in the areas of education, science and culture.