Category: Director General

The Director General of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), Dr. Salim M. AlMalik, met with Ms. Ndeye Saly Diop Dieng, Minister of Women, Family and Gender of Senegal, and together they discussed ways to promote cooperation between ISESCO and the Republic of Senegal in the Organization’s areas of competence.

In a meeting held in Istanbul, Turkey, hours prior to the First Ministerial Conference on Social Development, the parties agreed to scale up cooperation through practical steps, inter alia, the launch of the medical, social and scientific caravan next year in Senegal in service of Senegalese citizens with Senegal contributing to the Caravan’s needs.

Moreover, Dr. AlMalik and Ms. Dieng agreed to set up a center for psychosocial treatment of women and children victims of persecution in 2020, in cooperation between ISESCO and the Senegalese Government, represented by the Ministry of Women, Family and Gender.

This agreement is part of ISESCO’s new vision and strategy of its future action that advocates the empowerment of women, youth and children and promotes the access of all to education. It focuses on sustainable development issues, poverty eradication, the fight against extremism and hate speech and support of civil society.

The meeting was attended by Ms. Ramata Almamy Mbaye, Director of Human and Social Sciences.

Dr. Salim M. AlMalik, Director General of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), explored with Mr. Said Amzazi, Moroccan Minister of National Education, Vocational Training, Higher Education and Scientific Research, ways to promote cooperation between ISESCO and Morocco in the fields of common interest, particularly ways to benefit Member States, particularly African countries, from the Moroccan experience in the ‘Education Programme II’, organized under the partnership between the Kingdom of Morocco and the European Union.

This meeting was part of Dr. AlMalik’s participation in the closing ceremony of ‘Education Programme II’, organized by the Ministry of National Education, Vocational Training, Higher Education and Scientific Research in partnership with the European Union Delegation in the Kingdom of Morocco, yesterday at ‘Palais des Congrès’ in Sale. The ceremony was presided over by Mr. Amzazi and Ms. Claudia Wiedey, Ambassador and Head of the European Union Delegation in Morocco.

The meeting was attended by Mr. Youssef Belkacemi, Secretary General of the Ministry; and from ISESCO by Dr. Kais Hammami, Director of the Centre of Strategic Anticipation, and Mr. Aziz Elhajir, Expert at the Directorate of Education.

It is worth mentioning that ‘Education Programme II’ falls within the framework of the partnership between the Kingdom of Morocco and the European Union aiming to support efforts for reforming the system of education and training, boost and provide the universal compulsory education, promote the principle of gender equality in access to education, and provide students with easy access to the vocational training, university and job market.

The Director General of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), Dr. Salim M. AlMalik, today at the Organization’s headquarters in Rabat, received Dr. Abdulmajeed bin Abdullah Albanyan, President of Naïf Arab University for Security Sciences (NAUSS) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the accompanying delegation, and together they explored cooperation prospects between ISESCO and NAUSS in various fields.

During the meeting, the two parties agreed to conduct joint research and studies, hold symposia and conferences at ISESCO and NAUSS and many Member States in the fields of the fight against extremist thought and zealotry; strategic anticipation in social fields; and cyber-security to promote global peace and security and develop forecasting programmes for natural disasters and their risk reduction.

The meeting was held as part of ISESCO’s new vision and future action programme that promote openness to civil society organizations, research and studies centers and universities, thereby according utmost attention to youth empowerment and capacity-building through effective programmes with measureable direct impact.

A permanent and supportive member of the Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World (FUIW), NAUSS hosts the Center of Scientific Research Ethics at its Riyadh-based headquarters. A number of symposia and workshops have been co-held by ISESCO, NAUSS and the FUIW.

The Director General of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), Dr. Salim M. AlMalik, received Abdelmajid Ghait Seif Ennasr, Chargé d’Affaires of the Libyan Embassy in Rabat, today at the Organization’s headquarters and together they explored ways to further cooperation between ISESCO and the State of Libya in the fields of education, science and culture under ISESCO’s new vision and future action strategy.

Talks during this meeting centered on the obstacles to education process in Libya and possible measures to overcome them and ways to allocate some programmes for Libya, namely in safe areas which are most in need for some educational services, as part of ISESCO’s new vision that focuses on sustainable development issues, elimination of poverty, counter-terrorism and eradication of extremism, youth and women empowerment, support of civil society, child protection and teaching of refugees and displaced people.

Moreover, the two parties considered inviting a delegation from the World Islamic Call Society, a Libyan philanthropy, to discuss cooperation prospects in the common action areas.

For his part, ISESCO Director General reaffirmed the need to attract some qualified Libyan competencies to work at the Organization and invite a Libyan intellectual to lecture at one of ISESCO’s Cultural Forum gatherings.

The meeting was attended by Dr. Ahmed Said Ould Bah, Director of External Relations and Cooperation; Dr. Kais Hammami, Director of Strategic Anticipation; and Dr. Abdelilah Ben Arafa, Cultural Advisor to ISESCO Director General.

Dr. Salim M. AlMalik, Director General of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), explored with Mr. Azzedine Saeed Al-Asbahi, Ambassador of the Republic of Yemen to the Kingdom of Morocco, ways to develop cooperation between ISESCO and Yemen in the coming period, take practical steps towards overcoming the difficulties which face the educational process, and preserve heritage and natural reserves in Yemen.

During this meeting, held today at ISESCO headquarters, the two parties explored the support that ISESCO may grant to the sector of education in Yemen to digitalize the Yemeni educational curricula as part of ISESCO’s new vision aiming to empower youth, women and children to exercise their educational, scientific and cultural rights. Besides, ISESCO Director General reaffirmed the Organization’s willingness to host and train a number of Yemeni young people on the latest techniques in the fields of education, science, culture and communication.

The meeting also exchanged views on the threats facing the Yemeni heritage and archeological sites. In this regard, Dr. AlMalik stressed the need to inscribe the Yemeni heritage sites on the Islamic World Heritage List and restore the damaged sites. He also invited the Yemeni Ambassador to attend the Extraordinary Meeting of the Islamic World Heritage Committee, to be held on 2-3 December 2019 at ISESCO headquarters in Rabat, to present this issue to the participants in the meeting.

Furthermore, Dr. AlMalik stressed the need for concrete action to solve the problems facing natural reserves in Yemen through visits of experts to assess the current situation, develop a strategy therefor and put practical solutions to preserve these reserves.

The meeting was attended by Dr. Ahmed Said Bah, Director of External Relations and Cooperation,p Dr. Kais Hammami, Director of the Strategic Anticipation Centre, and Dr. Abdelilah Benarafa, Cultural Advisor to the Director General.

Dr. Salim M. AlMalik, Director General of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) discussed with Mr. Dah Ould Sidi Ould Amar Taleb, Minister of Islamic Affairs and Traditional Education of Mauritania, the promotion of cooperation between the two parties in education, science and culture.

During this meeting held at ISESCO headquarters, Dr. AlMalik and Mr. Taleb agreed to boost support for ISESCO Regional Educational Center for the Promotion of Traditional Education in Nouakchott, cooperate in establishing the Institute of Training Imams and Preachers, conduct studies on the development of ‘Mahdras’ (traditional Quranic schools) and publicize their objectives, working mechanisms and impact at the educational, scientific and cultural levels.

For the record, ISESCO Educational Center in Nouakchott was established under an agreement signed on 22 October 2014 between ISESCO and the Mauritanian Ministry of Islamic Affairs and Traditional Education. The Centre started operating in July 2017 with the first 9 month-long educational training session for traditional education teachers in Mauritania.

The Centre’s continuous training programmes aim to provide trainees with the necessary educational and methodological skills to plan, schedule, implement and assess the educational activities, and strengthen ties between trainees and the Islamic values and Arabic culture, and ensure openness to contemporary culture through the adopted educational curriculum.