Hanns Seidel Foundation Cairo

Hanns Seidel Foundation Cairo
7A, Hassan Sabri Str.
Zamalek 11211 | Cairo (Egypt)
Tel.: +20 2 2735 4582 | Fax: +20 2 2735 4601
E-Mail: cairo@hss.de

News & Events

Public Participation

24-26/4/2012, Tanta,
17-19/4/2012, Qalubia,

2-4/4/2012, Fayoum

Workshop series

Hanns Seidel Foundation and experts of the Association for the Advancement of Education and Development (AAED) jointly implemented a series of workshops that aim at enhancing the number of actively participating youths in Egypt.In April 2012, three workshops took place in Fayoum, Tanta and Qalubia Youth Centers. more...

40 000 ID Cards for Women

24/4/2012, Banha
Campaign

The Banha Nile Center attached to the State Information Service, has launched a campaign in the governorate of Qalubia aiming at raising the awareness of women about how to get their ID cards issued for free. The aim of the project is to get 40 000 ID cards issued for women so that they can participate in upcoming elections and use various community services that are only available to ID card holders. undefinedmore...

Water Awareness Raising Program for Children

23/4/2012, New Valley
24/4/2012, Assiut

Closing Ceremony

The closing ceremonies of the water awareness activities for children took place in the Nile Centers of Assiut and New Valley. Assiut is situated around 400 km south of Cairo on the riverbank of the Nile. The governorate of New Valley is located in the southwestern part of Egypt.
Egypt’s water resources are scarce and a lot of water is wasted in everyday life. It is therefore important to raise awareness on a responsible water usage. undefinedMore...

The New Constitution

24/4/2012, Cairo,
11/4/2012, Domiat and Kafr El-Sheikh

Seminar

In April three awareness raising seminars on the new constitution of Egypt took place in the Nile Centers of Domiat, Kafr El-Sheikh and Cairo.
The governorate of Kafr El-Sheikh lies around 130 km north of Cairo in the Nile Delta and Domiat is situated on the Mediterranean coast further north.
The seminars were jointly organized by Hanns Seidel Foundation and the Nile Centers and attracted more than 150 participants. Each seminar consisted of two lectures on constitutional law followed by a discussion. undefinedmore…

The Presidential Elections

12/4/2012, El-Tur,
11/4/2012, Fayoum

Seminar

The Hanns Seidel Foundation organized two awareness raising seminars in cooperation with the Nile Centers of Fayoum and El-Tur which addressed the upcoming presidential elections.
On 23 and 24 May, 2012, Egyptians will go to the polls to elect their new head of state after Hosny Mubarak was ousted in early 2011. The official campaigning period started on 1 May. For the first time in decades the people have a choice between several candidates covering a broad political spectrum undefinedmore…

Women's Participation in the Electoral Process

8/4/2012, El-Arish
Seminar

60 participants attended an awareness raising seminar in El-Arish that was organized jointly by the Hanns Seidel Foundation and El-Arish’s Nile Center on 8 April, 2012.
El-Arish is the capital of the governorate North Sinai.
After the ousting of Hosni Mubarak in 2011, the Egyptian people will elect a new president in May this year undefinedmore...

Towards a Supportive Legislative Framework of Decentralization

28-30/3/2012, Ain Sukhna
Workshop

From 28-30 March, 2012 a joint workshop by Maat for Peace, Development and Human Rights and Hanns Seidel Foundation took place in Ain Sukhna. A selection of local management experts, professors of public administration, media representatives as well representatives of NGOs and current and former popular executives joined the workshop that aimed at discussing a supportive legislative framework of decentralization in Egypt more..

Environmental Education for Children

13-15/3/2012, Wadi Environmental Science Center, Cairo
Teachers’ Training Workshop

A group of teachers from Assiut, Cairo, Fayoum, Kafr El-Sheikh, Ismailia and New Valley took part in a training jointly organized by the Wadi Environmental Science Center, the Nile Centers and Hanns Seidel Foundation. more ...