The program consists of (4) training tracks that cover the most important professional tracks within civil work. It also works to provide specialized cadres that meet the need for developing civil work. These tracks are:

The Regional Development Exchange Program is a free scholarship to transfer expertise in which participants get the opportunity to exchange concepts, experiences and knowledge among themselves. The program consists of several stages:

The first stage: Choosing the appropriate training track (track approval)

• The appropriate track is chosen for the participant according to his field of experience in sustainable development and civil work.
• The participant is given one of the specialized training programs (Misr Al-Khair Fellowship - Professional Development Project Management - Sustainable Development Leadership - Institutional Development Specialist) and passes it with a very good grade to join (the second stage) field application activities and interactive workshops, whether (offline or online).

The second stage: Joining the exchange program alumni network

• Sustainability of receiving cognitive and practical services from all graduates of training programs.
• Quick access to professional consultations through the network.
• Unifying concepts and creating societal models that meet the requirements of the development process.
• Creating solutions to societal problems through development expertise available on the Internet.

The third stage: coexistence to transfer and enhance successful development experiences

• Participate in specialized interactive workshops to exchange relevant development experiences and concepts (offline – online).
• Providing a specific, time-bound opportunity to experience development practices implemented by a non-governmental organization and providing technical support to them to develop these practices.
• The organization is selected according to a set of criteria to ensure that the participant benefits from the process of living with, learning about, and criticizing the experiences of others.
• Carrying out several meetings with participants to transfer field experiences and acquired expertise and present the report.

The fourth stage: Selecting distinguished students from the tracks to join the training program (professional trainer)

• Qualifying the distinguished participants in the third stage and those who have the talent for training and preparing them as trainers to transfer the training tracks in the exchange program to non-governmental organizations in their countries under the supervision of the exchange program and in a way that contributes to disseminating the training tracks.

1- Training:

Training sessions are considered the main activity in managing the program and achieving goals, as an interactive educational environment is provided through these sessions that allow the exchange of experiences, beacons, and skills among the participants, in addition to what work groups and case studies provide to enhance that goal, and interactive workshops/and individual assignments.

2- Designing Graduation Projects:

Designing graduation projects is one of the important activities that is required of the participant at the end of the training path to ensure that he possesses the skills required to apply what has been learned. This project is also discussed with an independent jury of specialists.

3- Coexistence and Exchange of Experiences:

It is one of the important strategies in program management, as through the various stages of the program, time-bound field opportunities are provided for full learning and living within one of the effective civil society organizations, provided that the participant is assigned a set of specific tasks within the civil society organization.

4- Discussion Sessions and Writing Reports:

One of the important strategies in the exchange program is that after the participant returns from the period of living, discussion sessions are organized to evaluate the experience that the participant went through and monitor the benefits and vision for developing the work and practices of the non-governmental organization that he lived in the field, in addition to writing a report to document that experience.

• Workers in civil society organizations.
• Development workers in local administration.
• Owners of volunteer initiatives.

Each stage of application for the program has a set of conditions, but in general there are initial conditions for joining the first stage, which are:

• He must have experience working within civil society organizations or organizations concerned with local development for not less than 5 years.
• Within the countries of the Arab region and the Arabic-speaking African countries.
• He has a desire to learn and pass on experiences to others.
• He has no restrictions on traveling and moving outside his country.
• Implementing the required health procedures.
• Passing the tests and personal interviews to join the program.
• The age of the candidate ranges between 25-45 years at the time of implementing the program.
• He must be willing to commit to a full-time program for the duration of the program’s implementation.