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On 25-26 April 2018, UNESCO (the Khartoum and Cairo offices and the Headquarters) in cooperation with the Sudanese Ministry of Youth and Sports (moYS), the National Commission for Education, Science and Culture (NATCOM) and UNFPA organized a launching workshop for Youth Policy Development, and conducted a training program for the national team appointed to follow the policy development. The workshop took place in the Grand Holliday Villa Hotel and attracted about 50 relevant professionals.

The opening session was addressed by the Minister of Youth and Sports, H.E. Dr. Abdelkarim Musa Abdulkarim, the Deputy General Secretary of the NATCOM, Dr. Abdelmahmoud Elnoor, the deputy director of UNFPA, Dr. Mohamed Elameen, and UNESCO Representative to Sudan, H.E. Dr. Pavel Kroupkine. Ms. Julia Stevenses, UNESCO expert, briefed the participants about the workshop objectives.

After the break, Ms. Stevens conducted the training program, which was supported by Ms. Jana El Baba (the UNESCO Cairo office) and Mr. Kamil Elnabolsi (UNESCO consultant), and addressed the issues related to the theme “Holistic Youth Development and Youth Civic Engagement: Implications for Policy Making”. The training sessions ended on the second day afternoon, after which a closing session was addressed by the General Secretary of the NATCOM, Dr. Abdulgader Noureddin, the State Minister in MoYS, Dr. Mustafa Ahmed Mahmoud, and UNESCO Programme Officer, Dr. Aiman Badri. Then, the State Minister distributed training certificates.

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https://en.unesco.org/news/launching-youth-policy-development-sudan