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A harvest of the activities of the “Regional Initiative for Green NGOs” during the past six months
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Mar 17, 2024
Sunday 3-17-2024
Misr El Kheir Foundation, through the Arab Center for the Sustainability of Civil Work, launched the Green NGO Initiative during the activities of the COP27 conference, which was held in Sharm El-Sheikh. It is an initiative aimed at supporting the sustainable green transformation of Arab NGOs, and during that period many activities were implemented, namely As follows:
organizing four sessions of the "Egypt Vision 2030 Rwaq Forum" with a total of 2000 participants representing civil society organizations on topics (green energies and civil society contributions - the NEXUS approach and reducing the carbon footprint as a basis for sustainable development - the role of the green economy in achieving sustainable development - clean energy and its role in reducing climate change).Coming up with a standard system document for green NGOs In cooperation with the National Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development and conducting community dialogue about it.Organizing (23) awareness workshops for workers in NGOs In Egypt and some Arab countries about the green transformation of organizations, with a total number of (1090) civil society organizations.The workshops addressed the concept of sustainable development and its dimensions, the concept of environmental sustainability, the relationship of sustainable development to climate change, the Climate Action Charter, the quality standard for civil society organizations, and highlighting practices related to green sustainable development.
It is worth noting that the initiative aims to “strengthen the role of Arab NGOs to adopt the concept of institutional sustainability and green development practices to preserve and protect the environment. The initiative began in September 2023 through the Accreditation and Quality Assurance Unit of NGOs at the Arab Center for the Sustainability of Civil Work and In partnership with a number of local and international bodies.