Egypt's NIGSD continues its training activities for government leaders in Portugal

The National Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development (NIGSD)- the training arm of the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development - continued the activities of a training program for 26 government leaders at the United Nations University in Guimarães, Portugal, on governance, digital transformation, and capacity building, which will continue until 4 September.

Minister of Planning & Economic Development and Chairperson of NIGSD Dr. Hala El Said, stressed the importance of international partnerships in the field of training, and the importance of training on governance, digital transformation, and capacity building for government leaders.


El-Said referred to the importance of cooperation with the United Nations University to exchange experiences and benefit from international experiences in Egypt, work on digital transformation, and learn about the latest experiences in other countries in this field.
Dr. Sharifa Sharif, Executive Director of NIGSD, said that the current training is the first of fruitful cooperation with the United Nations University, which will soon include cooperation in providing advisory services and research and scientific cooperation.
This is in the context of the increasing interest of the Institute to benefit from international expertise and exclusive partnerships with international organizations, especially the United Nations.
For his part, Nabil Fouad, Director General of Business Development and Human Resources at NIGSD, said that communication is being conducted with the United Nations University to prepare for the upcoming programs per the agreement signed with them.
Courses of training include the basics of digital transformation, training participants on e-participation, e-government evaluation, digital government strategy, management change, and security and organizational aspects of digital transformation.

During the training, the trainers presented many studies on the use of social media in evaluating government services as well as in elections around the world, including the experience of local elections in Portugal and the recent escalation of social media use, especially in light of the Corona pandemic.



It is noteworthy that NIGSD had launched its training program on governance and digital transformation in Portugal in cooperation with the United Nations University Operational Unit concerned with e-governance.
 NIGSD also signed a framework agreement with the United Nations University for cooperation and another on training many government leaders on many important topics, including digital governance, institutional governance, smart cities, and communities.