Under the sustainable development strategy “Egypt Vision 2030”, education and trainings were identified as the most prioritized field in Egypt. In response to this development strategy, the government of Japan expressed provision of supports in the field of higher education, basic education, and health and medicine in Egypt under Egypt-Japan Education Partnership (EJEP). This project was conducted both in Japan and Egypt in order to provide Egypt side with concrete implementation supports planned under Higher Education Sector Cooperation Planning Survey in Egypt Scholarship Program.
Meetings were held with Egyptian counterparts and discussions were conducted with Japanese organizations (universities, hospitals, research institutes) for the development of programs which fulfill the expectations of Egyptian side. Our coordination of stakeholders/implementing agencies both in Japan and Egypt successfully led to the fist dispatch of Egyptian students to Japanese universities under this project in 2017. Total number of dispatched students/trainees under this project during our assignment was approximately 160. The goal of our assignment was accomplished as we successfully set the project on track.