As part of its commitment to supporting the entrepreneurship environment and effective participation with strategic partners, IBDL Learning Group participated in the roundtable of the Entrepreneurial University organized by the CIPIEE project at the University of Senghor in Alexandria. The roundtable was attended by Mr. Thierry Verdel, President of the University of Senghor, to discuss the opportunities and challenges that entrepreneurs may face, ways to overcome them, and ways to bridge the gap between higher education and the job market. The roundtable was held in the presence of the Regional Director of the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF), Mr. Jean-No?l Bal?o, the University of Alexandria, Pharos University, the French Egyptian University, and the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Egypt. The roundtable also included presentations of entrepreneurial ideas by students from various universities, which provided them with a good opportunity to discuss and evaluate their ideas and obtain proposals from experts participating in the roundtable, whether from the academic field or from the job market. The day also included honoring the winning teams in the second edition of the regional entrepreneurship competition.

The competition aims to develop entrepreneurial thinking, acquire the necessary skills and experience for entrepreneurs, and spread the culture of innovation among university students and faculty members. The competition evaluates the entrepreneurial ideas of university students and selects the top three entrepreneurial projects out of the submitted projects. -The first-place project was a solution for the problem of global warming, presented by a team of students from Senghor University, who received a prize of 1500 euros. -The second-place project was a solution for the problem of youth who were forced to leave education, also presented by a team of students from Senghor University, who received a prize of 1000 euros. -The third-place project was an innovative language learning idea presented by a team of students from the Sudan University of Science and Technology, who received a prize of 500 euros. The second edition of the Regional Entrepreneurship Competition was held in partnership with the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF), Senghor University, the University of Alexandria, Pharos University, the French Egyptian University, and the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Egypt, under the strategic partnership of the "Entrepreneurs of 2030" project under the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development.

Egyptian Agency of Partnership for Development, in cooperation with the IBDL Learning Group, organized a training course in the field of intra-import and export management, within the framework of their keenness to raise the rate of intra-African trade, which represents a priority for African countries to advance development rates in African countries. In the presence of 40 trainees from different African countries, the participants expressed their appreciation for participating and benefiting from it, especially in the light of technical and scientific topics, as well as the distinguished experiences of Egyptian lecturers in the field of intra-trade.

Within the framework of joint cooperation and strategic partnership between IBDL Learning Group and AIU Alamein International University, and their keenness to develop and raise learning levels, an agreement was signed to provide training programs of the IBDL Learning Group, which aim to transform young people into self-employment and entrepreneurship, and to provide internationally accredited certificates from the College of Management Business at the University of Missouri, USA, in addition to the accreditation of training and testing centers for Al Alamein International University, AIU. And in the presence of Dr. / Khaled Khallaf, CEO of the IBDL Learning Group - and Dr. / Adel Sadiq - Director of the Business Sector in the IBDL Learning Group - Prof. Dr. / Essam El-Kurdi, President of the University - and Prof. Dr. / Hisham Jaber - Vice President for Academic Affairs. This is within the framework of the challenges facing the global community to eliminate unemployment and create job opportunities for young people.

Egyptian Agency of Partnership for Development and IBDL Learning Group celebrated the conclusion of the training on building the capacity of African diplomats in the field of economic diplomacy. The Training was attended by Ambassador Mohamed Khalil - Secretary-General of the Egyptian Agency for Partnership for Development, and Dr. Adel Sadek - Director of Business Sector at IBDL Learning Group. The Training is part of a series of training courses and programs organized for the benefit of African countries to enhance efforts in economic development, trade and economic integration of the continent. At the end of the Training, the participants expressed their great happiness with Egypt's support for the African continent in various fields.

Within the agreement between Université Senghor à Alexandrie en Egypte and IBDL to support and develop the skills of 200 French-speaking African leaders in management, leadership and planning skills,Mrs. Nazli Farid will conduct a two-week training on "Business Administration" in collaboration with Mr. Siddiq Abubakar Nondishaw, Head of Training Mission at Senghor University and an IBDL Certified Trainer. It is worth mentioning that IBDL is the only Egyptian institution offering executive education programs and professional certificates in French in more than 30 Francophone countries around the world.  

Within the framework of the beginning of activating the protocol of cooperation and strategic partnership between the IBDL educational group and Port Said University, ?Transformation into international universities using institutional learning? was the title of the introductory symposium in which Dr. The introductory symposium was held in the presence of Prof. Dr. Ayman Mohamed Ibrahim, President of Port Said University, and Prof. Dr. Rawia Rizk, Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research. The symposium was also attended by the deans and vice-presidents of the university faculties, and the directors of the centers at the university on developing the institutional work at Port Said University. The symposium covered many topics, the most important of which are types and levels of learning, how individual learning can transform into institutional learning, as well as applications of institutional learning in universities, best practices in transforming into international universities, and how to chart a path for individual and institutional learning.

We are proud of our strategic partnership with the Security Institute for Human Development at the Ministry of Interior, one of the largest institutions that provide training services to the leaders of the Ministry of Interior and civil society. IBDL products, services and programs will be provided through the Security Institute for Human Development. Another step forward towards preparing the next generation of professionals.

We share with Dar Al-Youm Training Corporation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia its happiness with the graduation of 130 male and female engineers who successfully completed the ?Certified Industrial Engineer? training program, which is one of the IBDL training products and programs that were presented in coordination with our strategic partner, Dar Al-Youm Training Corporation and under the patronage of His Royal Highness Saud bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Prince of the Eastern Province, and His Excellency the Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources, Mr. Bandar bin Ibrahim Al-Khorayef.

As part of Egypt's leading role in Africa to transfer expertise and raise competencies, the closing ceremony of the African Trade Exchange Management Competencies Enhancement Program was held in Cairo. The program, which lasted for five days and was organized in cooperation between the Egyptian Agency for Partnership for Development (EAPD) and IBDL Education Group, was attended by representatives from 16 African countries who participated in workshops, lectures, and interactive discussions presented by various experts such as - Dr. Ahmed Darwish, former Minister of Administrative Development and former head of the Economic Zone of the Suez Canal, - Mr. Mohamed Khalil, the Secretary-General of EAPD, - Ms. Rania Habib, an expert in export development in African markets, - Dr. Adel Saadik, CEO of the IBDL Education Group, - Dr. Mona Nasser, Assistant Minister of Finance for Customs. The program received strong participation and positive feedback from the African representatives, who praised the program's benefits in strengthening trade relations and opening up new business opportunities between different African countries.