Activities - Halwani Brothers factories Visit

-The JICA Alumni Association organized a visit to the “Halwani Brothers factories” in the 10th of Ramadanon Thursday, 3/5/2018.
– The day began as some members of the JICA Alumni Association went to the headquartersof the Alumni at the World Trade Center. When the alumni’s members gathered at 8:30, the bus moved to another pickup point at Roxy and then it head to Halwani Brothers factories.
– At about 10:30 am, the members arrived at the “Halwani Brothers factories” .
The factory engineers received and welcomed the members.
The engineers make a small presentations to the members about the history of the beginning of the “Halawani Factories” and its development stages , what products provided by the factory ,the vision and the mission of the factories.
After that, the factory uniforms were distributed among the members in preparation for taking a tour inside the chicken and meat factories and seeing the manufacturing steps of the factories products, the tour took about two hours.
At the end of the visit, examples of Factories products were presented to the members and taking a souvenir picture with “Halwani factories engineers”.
The Members expressed their satisfaction with this visit and the great welcome by the “Halawani factories engineers”, wishing to repeat this visit many times in the future.
Then, at around 3:30 pm, the members went to Al-Rowad Club to take the lunch and spend a good time at the club, then to return to Cairo at 6:30 pm and the members thanked the Social Committee.

– JICA Alumni Association in Lebanon (Leba-JICA) sent an invitation to the JICA alumni association in Egypt to attend its annual workshop to strengthen the relationship with Embassy of Japan in Lebanon and to empower the friendship and cooperation with other JICA alumni associations in the region.
– The workshop was held Under the title of “Exchange of experience gained from projects financed by JICA and implemented by its graduates” and organized by LEBA-JICA and in collaboration with the JICA, and the Embassy of Japan in Lebanon.
– JICA Alumni Egypt nominated one of its member’sEngineer / Alaa El Din Mustafa Youssef, “Head of the Central Engineering and Production Department at the Egyptian Opera House” to present Egypt at the workshop.
The agenda of the workshop was as following:
Day 1: Friday 30-11-2018
09:00-09:30a.m. Registration
09:30-10:00a.m. OpeningCeremony
Welcoming speeches:
• Dr. Jaoudat Abou-Jaoude presidentofLEBA-JICA
• Mr. Ken Imai, Senior RepresentativeJICA
• His excellency Mr. Matahiro Yamaguchi Ambassador of Japan inLebanon
10:00-10:30a.m. CoffeeBreak
10:30-12:00p.m. Session 1 Chaired by JICA Alumni Association in Egypt.
10:30-11:00 a.m.
“Exchanging Expertise on Alumni Trainees’ Projects Funded by JICA” a case study on (Lebanon) by Ms. Petra Obeid, Ministry of Tourism. Leba•Jica”.
11:00-11:30 a.m.
“Exchanging Expertise on Alumni Trainees’ Projects Funded by JICA” a case study on (Syria) by Eng. Ziad Zahra, JICA Alumni Association Syria”.
11:30-12:00 a.m. Questions and Answers
12:00-12:15p.m CoffeeBreak
12:15-1:45p.m. Session 2 Chaired by JICA Alumni Association inJordan.
“Exchanging Expertise on Alumni Trainees’ Projects Funded by JICA”
12:15-12:45 p.m. A case study on (Egypt) by Eng. Alaaeldine Mostafa,JICAAlumni Association Egypt.
12:45-1:15 p.m. A case study on (Iraq) by Mrs. Faeqa Nasser Atto JICA Alumni Association Iraq.
1:15-1:45p.m. Questions and Answers
1:45-3:00p.m. Lunch Break
3:00-5:45p.m. Session 3 Chaired by JICA Alumni Association in Syria.
3:00-3:30 p.m.
“Exchanging Expertise on Alumni Trainees’ Projects Funded by JICA” a case study on (Jordan) by Mr. Mohammad Shamleh, JICA Alumni Association Jordan.
3:30-4:00p.m. Questions and Answers
4:00-4:30 p.m. Coffee Break
4:30-5:15 p.m. Closing Session: Wrap up and recommendations headed by: Dr. Jaoudat Abou•Jaoude.
6:00p.m. Dinner at Le Paillot restaurant Ain El Mraisseh Beirut
Day 2: Saturday 1-12-2018
A Touristic, and Cultural tour to historic sites.
The gathering will be at the Ramada Plaza hotel Raouche Beirut at 9:40 a.m. Departure by Bus is at 10:00 a.m. to:
• Beit El Dine Castel inShouf;
• The Old Souks ofSaida;
A Lunch at the Saida Rest House (courtesy of the Ministry of Tourism). Return to theHotel
Day 3:Sunday 2-12-2018 Return of the participants to their countries

– JICA Alumni Association in Lebanon (Leba-JICA) sent an invitation to the JICA alumni association in Egypt to attend its annual workshop to strengthen the relationship with Embassy of Japan in Lebanon and to empower the friendship and cooperation with other JICA alumni associations in the region.
– The workshop was held Under the title of “Exchange of experience gained from projects financed by JICA and implemented by its graduates” and organized by LEBA-JICA and in collaboration with the JICA, and the Embassy of Japan in Lebanon.
– JICA Alumni Egypt nominated one of its member’sEngineer / Alaa El Din Mustafa Youssef, “Head of the Central Engineering and Production Department at the Egyptian Opera House” to present Egypt at the workshop.
The agenda of the workshop was as following:
Day 1: Friday 30-11-2018
09:00-09:30a.m. Registration
09:30-10:00a.m. OpeningCeremony
Welcoming speeches:
• Dr. Jaoudat Abou-Jaoude presidentofLEBA-JICA
• Mr. Ken Imai, Senior RepresentativeJICA
• His excellency Mr. Matahiro Yamaguchi Ambassador of Japan inLebanon
10:00-10:30a.m. CoffeeBreak
10:30-12:00p.m. Session 1 Chaired by JICA Alumni Association in Egypt.
10:30-11:00 a.m.
“Exchanging Expertise on Alumni Trainees’ Projects Funded by JICA” a case study on (Lebanon) by Ms. Petra Obeid, Ministry of Tourism. Leba•Jica”.
11:00-11:30 a.m.
“Exchanging Expertise on Alumni Trainees’ Projects Funded by JICA” a case study on (Syria) by Eng. Ziad Zahra, JICA Alumni Association Syria”.
11:30-12:00 a.m. Questions and Answers
12:00-12:15p.m CoffeeBreak
12:15-1:45p.m. Session 2 Chaired by JICA Alumni Association inJordan.
“Exchanging Expertise on Alumni Trainees’ Projects Funded by JICA”
12:15-12:45 p.m. A case study on (Egypt) by Eng. Alaaeldine Mostafa,JICAAlumni Association Egypt.
12:45-1:15 p.m. A case study on (Iraq) by Mrs. Faeqa Nasser Atto JICA Alumni Association Iraq.
1:15-1:45p.m. Questions and Answers
1:45-3:00p.m. Lunch Break
3:00-5:45p.m. Session 3 Chaired by JICA Alumni Association in Syria.
3:00-3:30 p.m.
“Exchanging Expertise on Alumni Trainees’ Projects Funded by JICA” a case study on (Jordan) by Mr. Mohammad Shamleh, JICA Alumni Association Jordan.
3:30-4:00p.m. Questions and Answers
4:00-4:30 p.m. Coffee Break
4:30-5:15 p.m. Closing Session: Wrap up and recommendations headed by: Dr. Jaoudat Abou•Jaoude.
6:00p.m. Dinner at Le Paillot restaurant Ain El Mraisseh Beirut
Day 2: Saturday 1-12-2018
A Touristic, and Cultural tour to historic sites.
The gathering will be at the Ramada Plaza hotel Raouche Beirut at 9:40 a.m. Departure by Bus is at 10:00 a.m. to:
• Beit El Dine Castel inShouf;
• The Old Souks ofSaida;
A Lunch at the Saida Rest House (courtesy of the Ministry of Tourism). Return to theHotel
Day 3:Sunday 2-12-2018 Return of the participants to their countries

– JICA Alumni Association in Lebanon (Leba-JICA) sent an invitation to the JICA alumni association in Egypt to attend its annual workshop to strengthen the relationship with Embassy of Japan in Lebanon and to empower the friendship and cooperation with other JICA alumni associations in the region.
– The workshop was held Under the title of “Exchange of experience gained from projects financed by JICA and implemented by its graduates” and organized by LEBA-JICA and in collaboration with the JICA, and the Embassy of Japan in Lebanon.
– JICA Alumni Egypt nominated one of its member’sEngineer / Alaa El Din Mustafa Youssef, “Head of the Central Engineering and Production Department at the Egyptian Opera House” to present Egypt at the workshop.
The agenda of the workshop was as following:
Day 1: Friday 30-11-2018
09:00-09:30a.m. Registration
09:30-10:00a.m. OpeningCeremony
Welcoming speeches:
• Dr. Jaoudat Abou-Jaoude presidentofLEBA-JICA
• Mr. Ken Imai, Senior RepresentativeJICA
• His excellency Mr. Matahiro Yamaguchi Ambassador of Japan inLebanon
10:00-10:30a.m. CoffeeBreak
10:30-12:00p.m. Session 1 Chaired by JICA Alumni Association in Egypt.
10:30-11:00 a.m.
“Exchanging Expertise on Alumni Trainees’ Projects Funded by JICA” a case study on (Lebanon) by Ms. Petra Obeid, Ministry of Tourism. Leba•Jica”.
11:00-11:30 a.m.
“Exchanging Expertise on Alumni Trainees’ Projects Funded by JICA” a case study on (Syria) by Eng. Ziad Zahra, JICA Alumni Association Syria”.
11:30-12:00 a.m. Questions and Answers
12:00-12:15p.m CoffeeBreak
12:15-1:45p.m. Session 2 Chaired by JICA Alumni Association inJordan.
“Exchanging Expertise on Alumni Trainees’ Projects Funded by JICA”
12:15-12:45 p.m. A case study on (Egypt) by Eng. Alaaeldine Mostafa,JICAAlumni Association Egypt.
12:45-1:15 p.m. A case study on (Iraq) by Mrs. Faeqa Nasser Atto JICA Alumni Association Iraq.
1:15-1:45p.m. Questions and Answers
1:45-3:00p.m. Lunch Break
3:00-5:45p.m. Session 3 Chaired by JICA Alumni Association in Syria.
3:00-3:30 p.m.
“Exchanging Expertise on Alumni Trainees’ Projects Funded by JICA” a case study on (Jordan) by Mr. Mohammad Shamleh, JICA Alumni Association Jordan.
3:30-4:00p.m. Questions and Answers
4:00-4:30 p.m. Coffee Break
4:30-5:15 p.m. Closing Session: Wrap up and recommendations headed by: Dr. Jaoudat Abou•Jaoude.
6:00p.m. Dinner at Le Paillot restaurant Ain El Mraisseh Beirut
Day 2: Saturday 1-12-2018
A Touristic, and Cultural tour to historic sites.
The gathering will be at the Ramada Plaza hotel Raouche Beirut at 9:40 a.m. Departure by Bus is at 10:00 a.m. to:
• Beit El Dine Castel inShouf;
• The Old Souks ofSaida;
A Lunch at the Saida Rest House (courtesy of the Ministry of Tourism). Return to theHotel
Day 3:Sunday 2-12-2018 Return of the participants to their countries