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Q2: During your studies, what was your involvement the monitoring and evaluation found in
in student activities? What were the most important any economic or political programme
skills you gained from this involvement? What are or external financing. Egypt has
the most important student initiatives you would recently begun to adopt this approach

recommend current students participate in to to evaluate public programmes and
develop their skills? policies. For example, the Ministry of

Planning established the Egypt Impact
I did not participate in student activities during my
Lab in partnership with J-PAL to
studies, but when I joined the French department at
evaluate impact in a scientific manner.
the college, I followed the students' participation in

simulation models, including the one on the
Q4: We would like to congratulate you
European Union, and noticed that they benefited
on your appointment as representative
from these activities on many levels. They learned
of the Agence universitaire de la
responsibility, whether through organising
Francophonie in Egypt. Could you tell
themselves, seeking funding, or conducting research.
us about the main tasks and services of
In addition, these activities contributed to gaining
this agency?
experience. Although it was not purely practical
experience, it helped them in their search for future

job opportunities. I was recently appointed to the agency,
but I can tell you about its work. First,

Q3: Based on your rich experience in international it is a network of universities around
organisations such as the International Labour the world, with more than a thousand
Organisation and UNESCO, what are the most member universities, divided into

important lessons learned that can be applied in the regions. For example, Egypt falls under
Egyptian context? the Middle East Regional Office, based
in Lebanon. There are 24 member
I have indeed worked as a consultant for universities in Egypt, including Cairo
international organisations such as UNESCO and University, where the agency's
the International Labour Organisation, specialising headquarters in Egypt is located in the
in issues related to the transition from education to
Sheikh Zayed branch. This network
the labour market. I believe it is necessary to focus
holds meetings at more than one level,
on two main aspects: the first is to disseminate the
whether with university officials,
results of studies, both academic and those issued by
university presidents themselves, or at
international organisations, through conferences and
the ministerial level. The general
by simplifying the results to make them accessible to
assembly is scheduled to be held next
decision-makers. This requires simplifying basic
November in Dakar, Senegal.
concepts such as unemployment and

underemployment, and informal employment to
ensure accurate understanding.

Secondly, efforts must be made to assess the impact
of policies, which differs from

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