"Unemployment,
entrepreneurship, microfinance, as well as field visits are the most
outstanding affairs the forum has tackled, Ghazaly the general
coordinator of African Youth Bureau of the ministry stated"
In the margins of "Africa-France"
summit, Egypt participated in the activities of youth forum in Mali within the
period from 11 till 16 of this month. Egypt was hosted by Mali within such a
period under the auspices of H.E Abu Bakr Ibrahim Kita, the president of
Mali; in order to discuss the challenges regarding terrorism, peace, security,
immigration, gunrunning, organized crime, the fight against Al-Qaida in Mali,
economic partnership in addition to development.
The Ministry of Youth and sports sent the Egyptian representative Hassan Ghazaly, Pan African Youth Union Deputy Secretary General for f and General Coordinator for African youth Bureau of the ministry, so as to take part in the activities of youth forum which concentrated on the issues related to youth and programs for youth development in entrepreneurship.
The Egyptian representative contributed to formulating the final youth statement presented at the level of heads of State Summit (France-Africa) in the presence of the heads of youth national councils, the African leaders in Diaspora, in addition to the African experts and technicians interested and involved in youth issues from Africa & France.
Immigration Issue
Hassan Ghazaly declared that the
statement addressed main points discussing the topics of brain-drain, the
benefit which should be provided and contributed by the minds of Diaspora to their
mother continent, and demanding for establishing ministries ,concerned with the
affairs of immigrants, within governments.
Furthermore, Ghazaly stressed
that Egypt went a long way towards immigration issues, through manifold aspects
such as the establishment of a ministry for Egyptians abroad, and the annual meetings ,gathering the sons of
Egyptian communities abroad, organized by the Ministry of youth and Sports . At the same time , he
referred to the conference "Egypt Can" recently organized by Egypt under
the patronage of the president, Abd Al Fattah Al Sisi.
Youth Fund
And during the sidelines events of
the Summit Francine Muyumba , the president of African Youth union, affirmed
that it is necessary to set up "African Youth Fund" in order to
provide investment opportunities for youth, this is the initiative that
the union strives for achieving in
accordance with decision makers and grassroots level of youth. This was during the activities
of youth forum of France-Africa Summit
under the slogan of " Youth and entrepreneurship " launched by the
prime minister of Mali.
Various Visits
On the margin of the summit, Ghazaly and the delegation of Pan African Youth Union and a number of African Youth leaders visited "Seppi" which is one of the villages in Mali; in order to have a look at its emerging industrial experiences. Those visitors were hosted by village dwellers headed by the mayor and local leaders; this visit was for examining one of successful experiences at the national level in Mali in the field of small industries. Seppi village depends on generating industries through the development of agricultural products to industrial ones, for example soap, cosmetics and oilseeds.
*Ghazaly
confirmed that the Pan African Youth union strives for providing financial
supplies for such business through communicating with these establishments
which support and finance such small business.
Egyptian Embassy Visit
Egyptian Embassy Visit
*The Egyptian embassy received General coordinator for African Youth Bureau and Deputy Secretary General of Pan African Youth union in Bamako, the capital of Mali. During this visit, the Egyptian representative met the members of the Egyptian embassy leaded by Naser Hmzawy, the ambassador of Egypt to Mali. In addition, Ghazaly expressed the Engineer Khaled Abd Al Aziz, minister of youth and sports, greeting to the Egyptian ambassador, and thanked embassy members for their warm reception and effort.
This meeting also addressed the role
of Egypt, as the representative of North Africa, at the levels (youth forum) on
the margin of the Summit through Pan African Youth Union.
African Co-operation
The role of the Egyptian Ministry of
Youth and Sports in activating African relations was reviewed. This role is
accomplished through African Youth Bureau in organizing Continental training
youth forums. As a result, the ministry got the praise of African Union
Commission and explained that its last contribution was the training for
African Union Volunteers Corps.
By: Hassan Ali Ghazaly
Pan African Youth
Union Deputy Secretary General
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