Since its establishment in 2007, Misr Al Kheir Foundation has sought to contribute to achieving sustainable development within local communities by working on a number of development fields, namely: education, health, scientific research, social solidarity, and aspects of life. Believing that the integration of these areas can contribute to quality of life.

To achieve this vision, various work mechanisms were adopted within its strategy, including enabling local communities to participate in managing the development process, as well as working to develop the performance of civil society organizations and striving for these organizations to be sustainable organizations in order to achieve Goal 16 of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Therefore, the availability of strong and effective institutions is one of the requirements for achieving sustainable development, and civil society organizations are one of the most important community organizations concerned with the issue of development and achieving community peace and social justice.

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To reinforce this trend, in 2019, the Foundation established and launched the “Misr Al-Kheir Unit to build the capabilities of civil society organizations to implement the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda” within the Civil Association Development Programme. It is a specialized technical support unit to support the efforts of Egyptian and Arab civil society organizations in achieving the 2030 sustainable development goals. It was based on a mechanism and strategy. The Misr Al-Kheir Unit worked to adopt an interactive, participatory education model targeting development practitioners and those in charge of managing NGOs. This model is based on knowledge, practice, and reviewing and criticizing development experiences, while working to strengthen internal governance mechanisms and their applications within NGOs, as well as working to encourage innovation in designing development interventions. Linking it to the sustainable development goals.

The unit also sought to work to provide opportunities to develop cooperation and joint work between Arab NGOs and to invest in each other in facing local and regional development challenges.

In order to contribute to achieving the strategy of the Misr El Kheir Foundation, which refers to contributing to the development and development of civil work, the Capacity Building Unit was reconstituted and transformed into a specialized center in 2023 under a new name, which is: "Arab Center for Sustaining Civil Work" As a work program specialized in supporting civil society organizations, the “Arab Center for Civil Work Sustainability” aims, in addition to the objectives of the previous unit, to strengthen the organizational and institutional capabilities of civil society organizations by helping them adopt modern administrative systems, quality systems, continuous improvement, and supporting the transition to institutional sustainability, in addition to developing practices. Developmental development among development practitioners, by supporting them with modern development methods, methodologies and tools that enhance their ability to bring about societal change and thus achieve sustainable development goals, as well as working to facilitate coalition building.

The services of the Arab Center for the Sustainability of Civil Work include providing technical and training consultations and services related to developing practical practices for civil society organizations, supporting green youth initiatives, and supporting the digital transformation of civil society organizations.

The Arab Center for Sustainable Civil Action also seeks to enhance cooperation and partnership between civil society organizations, governments, the private sector and civil society in the Arab world, and to achieve sustainable development in the Arab region.

• Improving the development and institutional performance of civil society organizations and linking them to sustainable development goals.
• Contributing to building development cadres working within Egyptian and Arab NGOs, working to motivate them to adopt modern administrative systems and principles of good governance, and making them aware of the concepts and strategies of development work based on the approach of sustainable development.
• Encouraging community initiatives and volunteer movements, especially among young people, to grow and work professionally, as volunteering is considered one of the important tributaries in improving the performance and sustainability of civil work organizations.
• Providing a participatory learning environment to exchange experiences, skills and knowledge between experts and workers in all areas of sustainable development and the development of civil society organizations, which will reflect positively on improving the performance of civil society organizations and ensuring their sustainability.
• Encouraging experts and civil society leaders to produce local development models that can be replicated in different environments.
• Increasing awareness among individuals concerned with the development issues and visions presented, especially those related to Egypt’s Vision 2030, and the role of civil society organizations in confronting these issues.
• Increasing the awareness of civil society organizations on sustainable development issues, in addition to highlighting the best development practices by civil society organizations and community initiatives.
• Strengthening and creating a state of balance between the practices of civil society organizations within society and the environmental dimension, through civil organizations adopting the concept of transforming their practices into sustainable green practices.