Jovesolides Egypt

National Network
Egypt
Address

The Musician Ali Ismael Vila 11, next to the Russian cultural center
Dokki
Egypt

Telephone
+34612487858
E-Mail
amrabdelgayed@jovesolides.org
E-Mail (2)
mokasha810@gmail.com
Organisation Type
Private Company
Year of Establishment
2017
Fields of Activity
  1. Innovation and Entrepreneurship
  2. International/Cultural relations
  3. Youth and education
General Information
JOVESOLIDES EGYPT is a branch of JOVESOLIDES NETWORK with its headquarters located in Valencia, Spain. Our team of 5 to 7 people, the organization is made up of professionals with experience in the implementation of national and international programs of voluntarism; specialized in volunteer coordination; with abilities to work with youth groups; experience as trainers and training of trainers specialized in volunteer coordination; with abilities to work with youth groups; experience as trainers and training of trainers; experience in the implementation, monitoring and justification of European projects; administration. For 2.5 years, one of the priorities of the organization is to promote youth social entrepreneurship and Innovation via implementing Erasmus+ KA1 & Virtua Excnhage that benefited around 140 participants, mainly in Egypt and other participants from South Mediterranean Countries. Main partners: Jovesolides Spain, IMPROVVISART SOCIETA COOPERATIVA-Italy, Centrul pentru Strategii de Dezvoltare a Tineretului-Romania, Soliya, Sharing Perspective Foundation
Mission and Objectives

Our mission is to create a new generation of the Egyptian Youth leaders (18- 30) years Old in Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship with different backgrounds and career fields. Through making workshops at national and international levels such as Erasmus KA1 and KA2 in 5 Years.
Our vision is promoting the creation of new opportunities for developing society through strengthening the knowledge of its individuals by using youth Leadership, Youths Social Entrepreneurship, and Social Innovation.

Main Projects / Activities

We participated in 4 Erasmus+ KA1 projects (2 in Spain, 1 in Italy, 1in Romania).
We have our interactive community known as EVS Egypt which was established in 2014 with more than 12,000 members around the Arabic world.
We were the first and only Entity that has celebrated the #ErasmusDays Festival in the MENA region in 2019.
We are one of the first NGOs to participate in coordinating the Virtual Erasmus Exchange with Soliya in 2018. Continuing for 5 semesters now with impact for more than 120 participants from around the Arab World.

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

According to the ALF priority areas of action, we see that we already work on different topics like: 
 Skills development for dialogue and debate
  Leadership capacity and opportunities
 Policy platforms for youth inclusion
Make a Network of youth ambassadors for dialogue
Engagement with local stakeholders
Mediterranean Forum for Dialogue
Cross-network actions
Support to civil society networks

Actually, we are planning to organize a larger Erasmus Day Festival this year and aiming to have different partners in order to deliver a greater impact altogether by providing good speakers, workshops as well as different activities. And we believe that ALF Network members would be a great supporter in that regard as well as beneficial in their activities.

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

To join in promoting the cultural enrichment of the younger Euro-Mediterranean citizens, based on the recognition and respect for diversity, through the exchange, dialogue, and active participation in the development of audiovisual projects, which together make up a plural awareness campaign, of cultural content and attractive to youth, in order to promote the construction of a democratic society based on equality, tolerance, and solidarity among the Euro-Mediterranean peoples.
 
Our goals:
Youth: population that with support, capacity building and skills and social media are potential agents of social change.
Interculturality: o through the cooperation of partner entities in Analindh Foundation Networks
Active citizenship: Through The participation in ALF Network, our young people will strengthen and diversify the tools with which they can actively participate in society.
Networking: the actions framed in the project promote the creation of a collective and cooperative citizen power.
Use of Technologies: an attractive and powerful tool that, in addition to reducing social gaps in young people, can facilitate the participation of many more people in awareness campaigns, increasing its reach.
Learning and service: the project combines a learning process of specific content and values ​​of social commitment such as cultural coexistence, with a service to the community, such as raising awareness through inter-cultural and digital media about interculturality, all included in the same project

Contact (1) Full Name
Mohamed Okasha
Job Title
Head of External Relations
Head of the organisation
Amr Abd El-Gayed