The Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) held the first meeting of the Coordinating Committee for the implementation of the “International Professional Teaching Certificates” Project in the Arab Republic of Egypt. The meeting is aimed at examining the project’s implementation plan, launching its first phase, and discussing the roles of the co-implementing partners under the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in August 2022 between ICESCO, the Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education and the Saleh Abdullah Kamel Humanitarian Foundation (SAKHF).

During the meeting, which was held on Monday, 13 February 2023, via videoconference, the Committee members welcomed the plan’s contents and the general design of the project, which will benefit two thousand (2,000) male and female teachers in several pre-selected Egyptian governorates.

At the close of the meeting, the Committee agreed on convening a second meeting in Cairo in March 2023.

Mr. Mohamed Hedi Shili, Director of ICESCO’s Legal Affairs and International Standards Department, Committee Chair, Ms. Sally Mabrouk, Director of ICESCO DG’s Cabinet, Committee member, and Ms. Rana Al-Asbhi from the Legal Affairs and International Standards Department, Committee Rapporteur, represented the Organization at the meeting, which brought together representatives of King Saud University (KSU) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, sponsor of the project’s academic section, representatives of the Egyptian National Commission for Education, Science and Culture, and representatives of the Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and the Ministry of Education and Technical Education.

It is worth noting that the “International Professional Teaching Certificates” Project aims to build a comprehensive system for equipping teachers and education specialists with the necessary competencies in their various fields of specialization to achieve and develop the objectives set out in curricula.