Dr. Salim M. AlMalik, Director-General of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO), received Dr. Mohamed Ould Amar, Director-General of the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO), to discuss developments in cooperation between the two Organizations and proposals for strengthening their partnership through the implementation of practical programmes and projects in the coming period.

During the meeting, which took place today, Friday, November 25, 2022, at ICESCO Headquarters in Rabat, in the presence of Mr. Jamal El-Aloua, Secretary-General of the Moroccan National Commission for Education, Science and Culture, Dr. Abdel-Fattah Al-Hajjari, Director of the Arabization Coordination Office in Rabat, and Dr. Abdelilah Benarafa, ICESCO Deputy Director-General, Dr. AlMalik reviewed ICESCO’s key initiatives, programmes and projects as part of its new vision and strategic orientations, which accord great priority to supporting women, building youth capacities and skills needed for tomorrow’s professions and encouraging innovation.

He explained that ICESCO does not impose specific programmes and projects on Member States, but rather it designs specific programmes and projects for each country according to its priorities and needs and in coordination with the concerned authorities through the national commission for education, science and culture.

For his part, Dr. Ould Amar reviewed ALECSO’s key activities and its preparation for holding several ministerial conferences, mainly the Arab Ministers Conference to be held in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, in December.

The meeting touched upon discussing proposals for cooperation between ICESCO and ALECSO during the coming period, especially in the field of the Arabic language, the establishment of a reference system for students’ certificates and unifying efforts in implementing programmes and activities in the Member States of the two Organizations, to avoid recurrence.

After the meeting, Dr. AlMalik accompanied Dr. Ould Amar and his delegation on a tour of the Exhibition and Museum of the Prophet’s Biography and Islamic Civilization to participate in detailed presentations of the various pavilions and sections of the Exhibition. ALECSO’s Director-General commended the organization on this civilizational exhibition hosted by ICESCO Headquarters, which is the fruit of the strategic partnership among ICESCO, the Muslim World League, and the Muhammadiyah League of Scholars in the Kingdom of Morocco.