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Forum for Intercultural Dialogue (FID) at Ceoss The Forum for Intercultural Dialogue aims to encourage and support a culture of dialogue, pluralism and acceptance of "the other." With a special focus on youth, religious leaders civil society leaders intellectuals and scientists, dialogue will support Egyptian society's advancement toward participation and democracy. The exchange of ideas and opinions will encourage Egyptian Society to be more transparent with other societies, building bridges of common understand and encouraging cooperation between cultures. The FID including 5 main programs: New Generation: Regional Groups Opinion-Makers Roundtables: Arab Dialogue Network International Dialogue

The below summary gives a broad overview of the activities implemented during the last three years.

Young Social Entrepreneur: A young social entrepreneur program has been developed by the Creativity Lab with funding from local donors to "promote social innovation education in Egyptian schools." As a result of this project, Palestinian young people can use their creativity to address social issues and build a more caring, egalitarian, and fair society. We achieve this by providing a customized program to empower and support young people to realize their potential as social innovators. This program provides the skills and confidence they need to address the social issues facing them, their communities, and society as a whole. Students in different Egyptian districts were targeted for the 12-month initiative. The students worked in groups to explore and develop creative solutions to social problems that concern them. It also targets teachers who assist the participants in developing new practices that meet the needs of their communities. As a result, it is important to conclude that the project has contributed significantly to improving the students' psychosocial well-being and increasing their resilience during COVID-19. Sub-objectives of the project include:
SO1: Empower and support school students to become social innovators and entrepreneurs, providing them with the skills and confidence to tackle social issues facing them, their communities, and society in general.
SO2: Guide Egyptian teachers in developing new practices that respond to the most complex needs and problems of society
SO3: Enhance the quality of the Egyptian educational system, taking into consideration the main pillars of social innovation education.

SDGs Market Place The SDGs Market Place is a series of workshops for Egyptian and Arab youth and entrepreneurs. Workshops are designed to: Introduce the Sustainable Development Goals and Design Thinking. Provide participants with an opportunity to explore community needs and connect them with the Sustainable Development Goals. Provide participants with an opportunity to design solutions and build prototypes. The marketplace allows participants to pitch their ideas. 5 marketplaces were conducted in 2021. 150 youths were involved (80 young women and 70 young men). Creativity in Hard Times A creative person is no different from a non-creative person; there is only a difference between those who use creativity and those who do not. Every individual is born with creativity, but too many individuals and companies prevent it from flourishing. It is impossible to develop an innovative organization that can deliver improved services and products while maintaining sustainable competitive advantages without creativity. There is a new era of disruptive innovation sweeping the globe that promises to transform every workplace and sector of society. Creativity is the new literacy, and adaptation is the emerging norm. Learn how creativity can be strategically used by entrepreneurs to solve problems and to increase motivation, job satisfaction, and engagement. Learn how creativity can be harnessed at the organizational level and, with the right processes in place, serve as an engine of innovation.

The Creativity in Hard Times is a series of workshops for Palestinian youth and entrepreneurs. The workshops aim to define innovation and creativity and identify the 4 components of creativity. Supporting the Egyptian youth and entrepreneurs to recognize their creativity, and build their creative environment. Explaining the importance of creativity and innovation in organizations Recognizing elements that foster an innovative and creative work environment Use individual and group techniques to help generate creative ideas Implement creative ideas.

Focus: The Focus program, provides technical assistance to Palestinian and Arab entrepreneurs and assists them in obtaining financing and investment. The Lab works with 20 entrepreneurs (10/Egypt, 8/Palestine, 1/Jordan and 1/Lebanon).

“ Make a Difference “ Project
Achieve a break through in the mentality, attitude and behavior of Egyptians young adults by implementing multiple processes, activities, applications, discussions , mock political parties and mock elections, through a Pilot Project through which approx.350 Egyptian young adults, in 6 months, shall acquire:
• Civic Knowledge,
• Critical Thinking and
• Participation.
• Accepting the Other
that are needed for responsible liberal democratic citizen to “ Make a Difference “ in his work place.

- Awel Rabie – April 2004
Sounds, colors, ideas & images from the Mashreq, the Maghreb & the South
- Safha Jadida [New Leaf] – July 2004
-Literary Platform for Young Arab Writers
- Remix?? ???? – September 2004
Music Platform for Young Arab Musicians
- Sanayeh Park – November 2004
Lebanese Play directed by Roger Assaf
- Safha Jadida [New Leaf] – December 2005
The 2nd Literary Platform for Young Arab Writers
- The Start of the Game – March 2005
The First Platform for Young Arab Theater Makers
- Activities and performances organized at the Al Guenaina Theatre, opened in April 2005.
To just quote a few. You will find some further details on Al Mawred’s website.

- Art Exhibitions : ' Differences' (November 2008), 'Traversees' (December 2008) including works by Kader Attia, Adel Abidin, Mohamed El Baz, Monir Fatemi, 'In The Eye of the Beholder' (February 2009) by Ingrid Muwangi Robert Hutter, 'Pixigrains' (February 2009) by Omar Khodeir, 'Nun' (March 2009) by Amr Fekry, 'Farhana' (March 2009) by Rania Amin, 'Treasured Trash' (March 2009) by Nanice Labib, 'Facing You' (April 2009) by Jacqueline Benz and 'Roots' (April 2009) by Vahan Telpian - Workshops: Kids storytelling and self expression workshop by Rania Amin, Photography workshop with art students with Jacqueline Benz - Movie Screenings:'Football under Cover' by Ayat Najafi & David Assmann, 'Casablanca: One Way Ticket to Paradise' by Hind Meddeb, 'Art on Film' movie series including: Frida, Pollock, Lust for Life and Goya's Ghost. - Cultural Exchange ( including art in residence projects) (forthcoming)

All our solutions point to keeping surplus and discarded materials in the fashion loop for longer, only in Egypt we have more than 23 million tonnes of discarded fabric waste annually.
With this in mind, Dayra strives to promote sustainable and eco-friendly fashion through the reuse of pre-owned clothing and turning clothes with defects into new products by upcycling through our fashion designers' partners.

Another problem is the rising prices of fashion in the market driven by fast-fashion retailers dominating the local market, buying high-quality clothes is not even an option for the majority of Egyptians after the Egyptian pound devaluation. Dayra is making high-quality fashion affordable and accessible to the Egyptian masses.

We advance sustainability, ethics, and circularity in the entire fashion system. We work with those who make, sell, buy, wear, dispose, reuse, repair, and recycle clothes. Our role is to remove barriers to sustainability through education, awareness, research, and collaboration.
Dayra’s ideology is ‘fashion items are no longer disposable, but part of the eternal cycle of inspiration’. We extend the lifecycle of products through upcycling.

Our offering is divided into four categories:
1) Deadstock/discarded fabric that’s turned into new designs
2) One-of-a-kind secondhand garments that customers won’t find anywhere else.
3) Authentic vintage clothing.
4) Upcycled pieces that are customized, reimagined and redesigned.

We are committed to mindful production, sustainability, and circular fashion reducing the amount of fashion waste going to landfill and making sustainable, upcycled fashion more accessible and affordable for the average customer.

Building on the success and impact created throughout the past 4 years, we are expanding our scope of work and influence in our local communities by introducing our project ‘’Mn Qomash’’ a collaborative project with the Egyptian clothing bank to empower women through utilizing clothes and fabric waste to reduce its negative environmental impact.
The project objective is to empower women economically to be able to overcome the economic challenges they face, especially during this fluctuating economic situation in Egypt.

The capacity-building intervention will equip the selected women with the needed skill sets that will enable them to pursue a tailoring and fashion design business. In addition, the utilization of clothes/textile waste to create unique and trendy wearable pieces made up of upcycled materials will promote the responsible consumption and production of materials and resources. This will greatly reduce the clothes/textile waste and promote an upcycling mindset among fashion designers which will ultimately impact the pressing issue of climate change.
We launched the first fully funded 9-month scholarship program for upcycling and sustainable fashion in strategic partnership with the Egyptian clothing bank, Noqoush Art Academy, and Giza Systems (software company) to train 50 emerging fashion designers of professional sewing and upcycling also fashion software tools, leveraging on Dayra's market exposure to sell their upcycled collection beside a lot of business-related courses throughout the program duration.
The program has many partners and sponsors for the public and the private sector one of which is Ahli United Bank and Carrefour Egypt, The Danish Egyptian Dialogue Initiative (DEDI), the Ministry of Culture in Egypt, and many others. The other rounds of Mn Qomash are to happen on a concurrent basis with other frequent customized programs that happen throughout the year.

ضـــفاف للثـقافات والفـنون
Connecting Cultures
من نحن، الأهـداف، وسـائل التواصل، آليات التـفاعل والتـنفيذ
ضفاف .. من نحن:
جمعية ضفاف هي مؤسسة ثقافية اجتماعية غير ربحية، تسعي للتنمية البشرية والثقافية والعلمية عبرالتواصل الاجتماعي والإنساني والمعرفي، من خلال تفعيل دور الثقافة وتشجيع الحوار بين الحضارات‫.‬ كما تهدف الجمعية الی تأهيل أفراد المجتمع الأولي بالرعاية كالمرأة والمكفوفين وبسطاء الناس من أجل إحداث تطوير ثقافي وسياسي وفكري للمجتمع بصفة عامة وللفئات المهمشة بصفة خاصة، وذلك عن طريق طرح افكار وبرامج ثقافية وابداعية فريدة لخلق فرص جديدة لتلك الفئات للاندماج في المجتمع والتمتع بحياة افضل‫.‬
الأهداف:
أولا: المعرفة وحوار الثقافات والحضارات
إذا كانت المعرفة بالآخر ستظل هى العامل الأهم في تأمين التواصل معه وتقدير انجازاته الثقافية والحضارية .. فالترجمة هى السبيل الوحيد للتعرف على أحدث ما أنتجه العقل الإنساني من أوعية المعرفة، وهى أيضا امتدادا لجسور الثقافة والتلاقي بين البشر. ولذا، فان جمعية ضفاف للثقافات والفنون، قد وضعت نصب عينيها على دعم حركة الترجمة من اللغة العربية إلى اللغات المختلفة والعكس، من أجل إثراء المكتبة العربية والأجنبية. ولذا، وضعت الجمعية مجموعة من الأهداف بما يخدم المعرفة وحوار الثقافات والحضارات:
1. إحياء حركة الترجمة والنشر للأعمال الكلاسيكية والمعاصرة من اللغة العربية إلى اللغات الأجنبية المختلفة.
2. العمل على تبادل المعارف عبر إعادة العصر الذهبي لحركة الترجمة إلى العربية .
3. توحيد جهود المؤلفين والكتاب والمترجمين لإنتاج إصدارات مشتركة للغات الأجنبية المختلفة.
4. توفير المزيد من الكتب الأجنبية القيمة المترجمة إلى العربية للقارئ العربي.
5. إثراء المكتبة العربية بالمعارف فى مجالات العلوم والطب والفنون والفلسفة.
6. مساندة صناعة الكتاب والنشر فى المجال الإلكتروني وترويجها فى الساحة الدولية
ثانياً: المرأة
1. رعاية المرأة ثقافيا وعلميا وفكريا.
2. إعانة المرأة على المشاركة فى العمل السياسي من أجل شغل مناصب قيادية سياسية فى مرحلة ما بعد الثورة المصرية، خاصة وأن دورها على الساحة المحلية سياسيا وثقافيا واجتماعيا يتضاءل بشكل ملحوظ .
3. تعريف المرأة بالظواهر السلبية الشائعة في المجتمع والتصدي لها، مثل الزواج المبكر للفتيات وزواج القاصرات، الخ...
4. دعم القوافل الطبية على الساحة المحلية لنشر الثقافة الطبية لدى المرأة الريفية.
ثالثاً: المكفوفين
1. رعاية المكفوفين والمكفوفات رعاية شاملة طبيا وتعليميا وتثقيفيا وترفيهيا .
2. تأهيل المكفوفين والمكفوفات لكى يكونوا أعضاء فاعلين فى المجتمع بما يكفل لهم تحقيق ذواتهم من ناحية .. وتحقيق دخل مادى يعينهم على مواجهة متطلبات الحياة بطريقة كريمة من ناحية أخرى .
3. تنمية المواهب الفطرية والرياضية والفنية والإبداعية وتدريبهم على إتقان هذه الملكات كل فى مجال هوايته وميوله .. وتكوين فرق فنية جماعية فى الموسيقى والغناء والكورال والإنشاد .. وإشراكهم فى المسابقات المحلية والدولية الخاصة بالمكفوفين والمكفوفات .
4. تأهيلهم للاندماج فى مجتمعهم تدريجيا حتى يتحولوا إلى أشخاص طبيعيين لا فرق بينهم وبين المبصرين.. فى محاولة لتأكيد شخصيتهم وتنمية إحساسهم بالثقة بالنفس، وأنهم يعاملون كأفراد منتجين فى المجتمع .
5. تدريبهم على استخدام أجهزة الكمبيوتر ( الحواسب الآلية ) والقراءة والكتابة بطريقة ( برايل ) وغيرها من الوسائل التكنولوجية المستحدثة .
6. توفير أماكن لتجميع المكفوفين والمكفوفات لعقد الدورات التدريبية وورش العمل لتأهيلهم فنيا وعلميا وثقافيا ، وتدريبهم على كل هذه الوسائل مع توفير الأجهزة الحديثة وأجهزة الكمبيوتر والآلات الموسيقية وكتب المكفوفين.
7. عقد الندوات وإقامة المعسكرات لقيامهم بكافة الأنشطة الفنية والرياضية والاجتماعية والثقافية والترفيهية بحرية كاملة تحت إشراف خبراء متخصصين فى التعامل مع المكفوفين.
8. توفير مكتبة سمعية تقدم لهم كافة البرامج التعليمية والفنية والثقافية عبر الوسائل السمعية الحديثة ( iPod ) ، ( CD) ، وأجهزة الكمبيوتر.
رابعاً: أهداف عامة
1. دعم حقوق الإنسان سياسيا وثقافيا واجتماعيا.
2. دعم الحركة الديمقراطية وتشجيعها فى المجتمع، كي يمارس كل مواطن كافة حقوقه السياسية المشروعة .
3. اقتراح مشروعات تشغيل الشباب حديثي التخرج.
4. توعية المجتمع بوسائل الحفاظ على البيئة
الوسائل وآليات التنفيذ:
1. تنظيم أنشطة وندوات ومؤتمرات.
2. تنظيم دورات وورش عمل تأهيلية لغوية وعلمية لمختلف الكوادر.
3. تنظيم رحلات ثقافية وترفيهية لفئة الشباب من غير القادرين.
4. إصدار مجلة أو نشرة دورية بالإنجازات.
5. تنظيم دورات تدريبية لتنمية المهارات الفردية والجماعية فى الإدارة الحديثة والتنمية البشرية والتنمية الإدارية للشباب والمرأة .
6. تنظيم معارض وأنشطة ثقافية وفنية.
7. المشاركة والتدريب والتأهيل الثقافي والتعليم الأكاديمي.
8. إقامة الحفلات الفنية للفرق الموسيقية والغنائية والكورال والإنشاد.

• تنظيم ندوات ودورات تدريبية وورش عمل • إجراء دراسات وأبحاث حول القضايا التى تتبناها الجمعية • التعاون مع المنظمات والهيئات فى تحقيق أهداف الجمعية • إصدار نشرات دورية وتقارير وكتيبات للتوعية • مراقبة الإنتخابات • نشر الوعي بالحقوق الدستورية و القانونية • دعم الفئات المهمشة

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