By: Nabila Essam

Dr. Ashraf Sobhy, Minister of Youth and Sports, and Chairman of the Executive Office of the Council of Arab Youth and Sports Ministers, participated as a keynote speaker in a dialogue discussion within the events of the International Government Communication Forum held in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates under the slogan "Challenges and Solutions" at the Expo Center Sharjah.

The list of speakers for the Youth Sports Minister’s session included Tom Karnack, author of Climate Change Policies, Engineer “Mohamed Al Hosany” Chief Sustainability, Bee’ah Group, and Prof. Mohan Munasinghe (right), Vice Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

At the beginning of his speech, Dr. Ashraf Sobhy extended his thanks and appreciation to all the leaders of the United Arab Emirates, and all those in charge of organizing the events of this Forum for, which will result in a set of constructive recommendations through the various workshops and dialogue sessions included in the conference agenda, praising the depth of the historical and fraternal relations that links the two countries, Egypt and the UAE, and the political leadership’s keenness to strengthen those relations at various levels.

The Minister of Youth and Sports spoke about the Egyptian experience in developing the sports infrastructure at the level of all governorates of Egypt, the file of empowering, preparing and developing youth skills, and the various sports achievements accomplished by Egyptian athletes in all the tournaments they participate in, in light of the great and unlimited support from Mr. President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, President of Egypt.

The Minister drew attention to the importance of this forum and the diversity of its sessions, which emphasize the efforts and the great role of government institutions in various societies as executive bodies that achieve the visions and policies of countries by integration and cooperation with various institutions and bodies in the service of citizens, praising the events of the forum and the level of Arab and international presentation of the participants in its events.

Dr. Ashraf Sobhy also discussed the preparations for Egypt's hosting of the COP27 Climate Summit, and the coordination of all concerned authorities in the country for the optimal preparation of this summit, which receives the world's attention, and in light of the directives of the political leadership to organize it at the highest level, pointing to a side of the activities and projects implemented by the Ministry of Youth and Sports within Preparations for hosting the Climate Summit and the COY17 Youth Climate Conference, which precedes the implementation of COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh next November. 

The International Government Communication Forum included a series of dialogue sessions and interactive workshops to discuss a number of humanitarian, cultural, economic, environmental and development issues, with the participation of a number of officials from different countries, decision makers, and experts in various disciplines.