Participants of Nasser Fellowship for International Leadership attended a dialogue session on ‘Planning, Development and the Decent Life Initiative’.
The session is part of activities of the 3rd Nasser Fellowship for International Leadership, organised by the Ministry of Youth and Sports and under the auspices of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi.
The session was moderated by General Coordinator Hassan Ghazali with the participation of Deputy Minister of Planning and Economic Development Ahmed Kamali, representative of the German Red Cross Hussein Khader and Head of the Engineering Sector at the Decent Life Initiative Foundation Mohamed Siddiq.
Kamali referred to Egypt Vision 2030 as the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development and the objectives of that vision.
The difference between economic growth and development is that the latter is confined to urban communities, whereas the Egyptian comprehensive development plan has been adjusted to cover all areas nationwide.
“I liked the idea of the Decent Life initiative,” Hamdi Beledey, a participant from Libya told The Egyptian Gazette.
“I wish it all the best and that it will be a turning point in Egyptian development,” Beledey said, adding that taking care of the countryside is an indispensable to comprehensive development.
“The political leadership has been alerted to this issue and included the real development within the objectives of Egypt Vision 2030, including all classes and areas in Egypt,” Kamali said.
“Decent Life” is a distinctive national initiative with much focus on countering extremism and stopping illegal migration,” Hussein Khader said, pointing out that illegal migration has reached record levels worldwide.
He mentioned many reasons for the trendy cause such as wars, poverty, ignorance and the absence of the role of the state.
Ghazali noted that the Decent Life Initiative was linked to the same concepts that the state was building at the era of late leader Gamal Abdel Nasser.
“Egypt has always believed in youth potential. Indeed, President Gamal Abdel Nasser assumed power at the age of 34,” Ghazaly said.
The Nasser Fellowship for International Leadership builds on Egypt’s ongoing efforts, to strengthen the African youth role through providing them with all forms of support and training, in addition to empowering them to occupy leading positions.
The Fellowship was launched in June 2019, targeting young African executive leaders from different professional disciplines within their own communities, with the objective of acquainting them with Egypt’s development in various sectors.
The general coordinator of the Nasser Fellowship for International Leadership said that the fellowship took the name of late leader Gamal Abdel Nasser, given that he was one of the most important leaders for the peoples of developing countries (Africa, Asia, and Latin America).
Abdel Nasser was one of the most important unique models of leadership as he was called, “The Father of Africa.”
