HEAD OF ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Dr. Nevine Abdelkhalek - ECG Vice President

Public Relations & Sustainable Development

Dr. Nevine Abdelkhalek holds a charter manager with the Charter Management Institute at the UK. She holds a PhD in Human Resources and has a vast experience in the field of Education and Continuing Education as she started her career in Education through her postgraduate studies in Boston University and teaching in the Edward Devotion School in Brookline, Boston. She worked for over 20 years with the development programs provided by the Canadian Fund, the USAID and the EU which made her have a first-hand experience with the actual needs of the deprived communities in Egypt. Dr. Abdelkhalek was also the Team Leader that put together the foundation and the presidential decree of the Professional Academy for Teachers in 2008.
In her capacity as ECG Vice President, Dr. Abdelkhalek has recently been Chair of Egypt Projects Summit: Building Future Egypt. Dr. Abdelkhalek assumed different posts in her career and is currently the Vice President of ECG Engineering Consultants Group in Egypt. Among her achievements is the design and development of the Professional Academy for Teachers and the initiation of two main sustainable projects; One in Upper Egypt in the field of Illiteracy “Eliminating the Sources of Illiteracy” and she is also the founder of University To Work (UTW) and School To Work (STW) Programs. She has also supported the initiation of UNICEF and Rotary District 2451 - Egypt - "Water for Life" Project that will be implemented in Upper Egypt from 2013 to 2016. Dr. Abdelkhalek was the organizing committee chair of the 1st Water Summit with the Rotary & UNICEF that was Under the Auspices of The Prime Minister H E. Eng. Ibrahim Mehleb in June 2014 entitled Water is Life. Beside this she was the organizing chair of Egypt Tour of The greatest Meal to End Polio and End Polio Flame during the World Tour. Among her achievements the organization of the round table of Investment in Upper Egypt in summer of 2015 focusing on Assiut and Sohag with the Egyptian Businessmen Association (EBA).

Dr. Abdelkhalek has always been known as the Philanthropist among her family, friends and colleagues from a very young age. For Three years she was the Chair of the School of Continuing Education of the American University Advisory Council (2009-2012), in the same time she assumed the responsibilities of Treasurer of Hope Village for street children from 2008 to 2011). The chair of the Sustainable Development Committee of the Egyptian Businessmen Association in Cairo and she is currently the chair of the Board of Trustees of The Egyptian European organization for training & development (EEOTD), In her capacity as EBA CSR committee chair she is organizing the First Seminar on " Accessibility and its role in employment opportunities for citizens with disability" as well as the organization of the coming Economic Forum in Upper Egypt entitled, Investment in Upper Egypt: Opportunities and Challenges.

Dr. Abdelkhalek led presentations at different International conferences like TESOL in the USA, the UK and Spain and several Rotary District Seminars and PETS and Zone Institute and Rotary International Conventions and is a Rotary Leadership Institute faculty. Furthermore she is both a Benefactor and a Major Donor. She received numerable awards at the district level that included the District Governor citation in 2010-2011 and at the RI Level received the Avenues of Service Citation in 2010 and in 2013 - 2014. She has also received the Shield of the Red Sea Governorate for her efforts as recognition from the Red Sea Governor in October 2014.

Dr. Nevine Abdelkhalek has recently been chosen and recognized by AWEIF AS one of the most influencing 5 women in Africa

ORGANIZING MEMBER

Sayed Abdel-Aal

Communication Manager - Public Relations & Sustainable Development Department

ECG Engineering Consultants Group

Sayed Abdel-Aal is a human development professional who has the experience of working in many human development fields, including Education, Community Development, Human Capital Development, Professional and Organizational Professional Development, Decentralization and Governance as well as Monitoring and Evaluation. Sayed Abdel-Aal originally comes from English language teaching and training background, and obtained his Training Design and Management Certificate from California State University, Santa Cruz, USA.

Sayed Abdel-Aal has wide experience working for many organizations e.g. Integrated English Language Program (IELP-2); a USAID funded Program administered by Academy for Education Development (AED) and Amideast , Egypt Education Reform Program (ERP); a USAID funded Program administered by Academy for Education Development (AED), American Institutes for Research (AIR), AMIDEAST/Egypt, Ministry of Education of Egypt and currently working as Head of Monitoring and Evaluation for Engineering Consultants Group (ECG )

Sayed Abdel-Aal provides consultancy services in fields of Civic Education Programs, Soft Skills Training programs, and English Language Teacher training Programs and worked for international institutions like USAID, AMIDEAST, Longman Publishing Company et al .

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