In frame of the joint interest between the Drug control Fund, headed by Dr. Nevin El-Kabbaj, Minister of Social Solidarity, and directed by Dr. Amr Othman, Director of the Fund, to protect students from addiction, Dr. Ibrahim Askar, Director of Preventive Programs in the Fund, visited Aswan University and was received by Dr. Ayman Mahmoud Othman Acting President of Aswan University to discuss ways of cooperation between the two parties.

Dr. Ayman Othman, Acting President of Aswan University, stressed that the cooperation between the two parties comes within the framework of implementing a series of initiatives and seminars periodically in each faculty in order to raise awareness of dangers of narcotic substances, as well as how and the importance of participating in all festivals, sports, cultural, social competitions, all student activities and camps organized by the university under The slogan you are stronger than drugs The agreement reached in cooperation with the university to establish an addiction treatment and rehabilitation center to provide hotline service”16023″  free of charge and in complete secrecy to citizens.

Dr. Ayman Othman, Acting President of the University, added that it was agreed to hold a major symposium for university employees to explain the mechanisms of implementing the law on early detection of drug abuse for employees. At the end of the meeting, the two parties exchanged shields of the two institutions in appreciation of the fruitful cooperation.

In frame of working on youth containment, connecting graduates to labor market, and qualifying students with more marketing expertise to compete for the best job opportunity.

Prof. Ayman Mahmoud Othman_ Acting President of Aswan University_ stated that Aswan University _ celebrated the Global Entrepreneurship Week at the Digital Egypt Creativity Center in Sahari Campus and that through the University Center for Career Development and in cooperation with the Creativity and Innovation Center.

The celebration comes for the importance of entrepreneurship in creating job opportunities, improving the economy and working on community development. Entrepreneurship is also an incubator for innovation that contributes to research and development.

Prof. Ayman Othman added that the celebration activities included an intensive training course on E-Commerce in cooperation with Zammit, and the Entrepreneurship Boot Camp in cooperation with Nubiavest for a period of 4 days, starting from Sunday corresponding to 21^st November 2021.

* Also, an intensive training on Sunday, 21^st November, on self-discovery, in cooperation with the University Center for Career Development_ Aswan University.

Celebrating and honoring the marathon teams, and knowing their journey with the Ebtikar Marathon, how it looked and exchanging experiences with them, as well as the Protect her (Ph) hackathon team from Aswan that won the first ICT Women at the level of the governorates of Egypt through the Creativa Aswan Center.

Prof. Ayman Othman explained that one of the most important achievements and services of the University Center for Career Development in Aswan, within the framework of cooperation between Aswan University and the American University, and with the support of the United States Agency for International Development, the center was inaugurated on 16^th January 2020 in attendance of Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research and in attendance of Major General/ Ashraf Attia_ Aswan Governor And a group of university presidents and ministry leaders.

Among the most important axes that the university center works on are:

• Specialized trainings.
• Professional consultancies.
• Skills development exercises.
• Introductory activities and events.
• Raising the efficiency of the work team at the center.
• Employment opportunities and practical training, as well as the center provides many services, including:

Training Center Services

• Entrepreneurship.
• Employment skills.
• Quality Management.
• Projects management.
• Occupational Health and Safety.
• Human Resource Management.
• Customers service.
• Sales.
• Supply chains.
• Marketing.
• Digital Marketing.
• English language.

The center has been providing services and training at its headquarters at the university_ Since its opening _but after the Corona pandemic period, the center’s services did not stop, and it was a great challenge to continue working through the Zoom application. And providing all facilities for students as providing Internet services to make it easier for them to join the training and benefit from all the services provided by the center.

Aswan University organized the training program and sustainable development in cooperation with the international Center for Consulting and general services and that in attendance of Prof. Ayman Mahmoud Othman_ Acting president of Aswan University _who started the Event of program with welcoming the vice deans and students participating to benefit from the training program.

And that in attendance of Prof. Magdy Mohamed Ali _ Coordinator of Aswan University and Previous Vice dean for Society service and environment development, Dr. Mahmoud Borai_ manager of the Centre, Eng. Ahmed Salem_ manager of Digital Transformation Centre_ which is held under the slogan: “Environment and Sustainable development”

Aswan University president assured the importance of training program event which will be launched on Tuesday in the Digital Innovation Centre Hall over three days to discuss many topics of Students activities and working on employing it in serving environment and how to preserve it and also Ecosystem system, global warming, Environment, Sustainable development and how to promote sustainable environmental and industrial development in the service of investment and connecting it to green industry and sustainable environment.

Dr. Magdy Mohamed Ali_ added that the program aims to protect environment and working on society service from presenting many environmental and societal issues through working on spreading awareness, increasing environmental culture to University students to promote the importance of environmental preservation and also preparing especial day in the industrial area in Aswan to raise and qualify employees in the industrial field and how to move to clean industries and also the sustainable tourism development, and its importance in attracting tourism and keeping the natural reserves and its role in promoting tourism.

Dr. Mahmoud Borai_ Manager of the international Centre for consulting and general services_ stated that the Centre represents the Centre of expertise in the fields of Clean environment and eco-friendly clean industries and working on qualifying the industrial buildings to stop pollution and the proper waste management and that comes in frame of training program and the concern of tourism activities to get green societies through applying standards requirements of tourism, industrial and societal environment at the level of Aswan governorate.