Wednesday, 13 March 2013

 

Young Arab Voices Discusses ‘Responding to unemployment is a government responsibility’

‘Responding to unemployment is a government responsibility’ was the title of the public debate held by the British Council’s Skills for Employability and Young Arab Voices programmes.  The debate took place on Tuesday 13 March 2013, at Al-Sawy Cultural Wheel, Al-Nahr hall.  

The debate was moderated by Mohamed Safi, TV Presenter of Nile TV between Dalia Omar,

Professor at the faculty of political science, Cairo University; Hanan Mosallam, BBC broadcast journalist; Mohamed Al-Eraky, Lecturer at the Faculty of Nursing, Cairo University; and Mahmoud Al-Sherbiny, Executive Director, Industrial Training Council.

Young Arab Voices (YAV) is a programme jointly developed and managed by British Council and the Anna Lindh Foundation.  The programme was launched in October 2011 in Egypt, Tunisia and Jordan in response to the historic events and changes that took place in the region then expanded into Libya, Algeria and Morocco.  YAV aims at promoting public voice, increasing youth skills for public debate as well as providing them with platforms from diverse backgrounds.

Skills for Employability (SfE)  is a British Council programme that addresses the demand for skills in a global economy so that national educational and training systems are better able to respond to labour market demands and learner needs.  It focuses on building strong relationships with industry and employers, governments and training providers, using the UK’s expertise in the field of skills training.

For further information, please contact:

Please contact Rose marie Gad at Rose.Gad@Britishcouncil.org.eg or visit www.britishcouncil.org.eg. 

About the British Council

The British Council creates international opportunities for the people of the UK and other countries and builds trust between them worldwide. We are a Royal Charter charity, established as the UK’s international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations. 

Our 7000 staff in over 100 countries work with thousands of professionals and policy makers and millions of young people every year through English, arts, education and society programmes.  

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About Anna Lindh Foundation

 The Anna Lindh Foundation (ALF) is a unique institution shared by the forty-three countries of the Union for the Mediterranean, with a mandate to promote intercultural dialogue and cross-cultural understanding between people from diverse cultural and social backgrounds.

Since its launch in 2005, the Foundation has led and supported activities across fields impacting on mutual perceptions among people of different cultures and beliefs, including large-scale educational, cultural and media initiatives, and has financed projects involving tens of thousands of citizens from the region in common projects. The Foundation has also developed the largest and most diverse Network of civil society involved in the promotion of intercultural dialogue across the Mediterranean, bringing together more than 4000 social actors who share the values of the Foundation. For further information, log on to: www.euromedalex.org