Oct 3, 2023

Tuesday 10-3-2023

 

This Tuesday morning, the Ministry of Culture and “Misr Al-Kheir” held a round table on “The Role of Civil Society Organizations in Achieving Cultural Justice”With the participation and presence of Dr. Walid Qanoush, Director of the Cultural Development Fund at the Ministry of Culture, on behalf of Dr. Nevin Al-Kilani, Minister of Culture, Dr. Mohamed Rifai, CEO of the Misr Al-Kheir Foundation, and Dr. Mohamed Mamdouh, Head of the NGOs Sector at the Misr Al-Kheir Foundation, A group of leaders from the Ministry of Culture, the Misr Al-Khair Foundation, representatives from sectors of the Ministry of Culture, and a number of civil society organizations working in the field of cultural services and concerned with supporting and delivering cultural services to different societal groups and diverse geographical regions.

 

Dr. Walid Qanoush, Director of the Cultural Development Fund at the Ministry of Culture, on behalf of Dr. Nevin Al-Kilani, Minister of Culture, said in his speech that the Ministry of Culture seeks and aspires to develop the presence of the cultural process in the Egyptian street and work to reach every Egyptian citizen through civil society institutions and the diversity of the goals of civil society institutions in spreading cultural awareness, conveying the greetings of the Minister of Culture to all participants in the round table activities.

 

 

For implementation on the ground.

 

Dr. Mohamed Rifai, CEO of the Misr Al-Kheir Foundation, said that culture is one of the basic pillars for achieving sustainable development, as it is the main component that supports building the character of the Egyptian citizen, and the main source of building societies. Based on this role, the Ministry of Culture and the “Misr Al-Kheir” Foundation held a round table, today, Tuesday, on “The Role of Civil Society Organizations in Achieving Cultural Justice”

 

Al-Rifai stressed the importance of the role that culture plays in shaping the citizen’s behavior and influencing his life, as it is one of the soft forces that must be exploited and focused on to spread positive behaviors and concepts that contribute effectively to building the character of the Egyptian citizen in accordance with achieving sustainable development and the vision of the Egyptian state 2030.

 

 

Dr. Mohamed Rifai reviewed the role played by the Misr Al-Khair Foundation in spreading awareness and positive concepts in society through its various sectors, based on its basic slogan, “Human development is our primary mission,” pointing to the interest of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in civil society and his praise of the great role played by civil society institutions in society.

 

For his part, Dr. Mohamed Mamdouh, Head of the NGO Development Sector at the Misr Al Khair Foundation, stressed the importance of having bridges of communication between NGOs in Egypt and their counterparts in the Arab world, pointing out that culture is one of Egypt’s soft powers that influence the behavior of the Egyptian citizen, hoping that the round table will come out with a number of effective recommendations that contribute to spreading cultural justice and strengthening cultural identity.

 

It is worth noting that the round table, in cooperation between the Ministry of Culture and the Misr El Kheir Foundation, aims to provide a dialogue forum between sustainable development partners from the government sector and civil society organizations, to consult on the most important proposals related to strengthening and supporting the role of civil society organizations to achieve cultural justice, in integration with the efforts made by the state. The outcomes of the roundtable dialogue represent an important input for formulating a policy paper on recommendations for strengthening the role of civil society in achieving cultural justice in Egypt.