ICESCO and Afro Arab Youth Council Sign Memorandum of Understanding

The Afro-Arab youth council signed an MOU with ICESCO on 5th March 2024 with a view of enhancing joint cooperation between the two parties in areas of common interest through conferences, seminars, and workshops in the fields of artificial intelligence, space science, heritage preservation and peacebuilding.

The AAYC Secretary General, Dr. Abbas Agaba and  Ms. Ramata Almamy Mbaye, Head of the Social and Human Sciences Sector at ICESCO, signed a memorandum of understanding between ICESCO and the Council at the AAYC 20th Anniversary celebrations at Kampala International university Kansanga.

AAYC Secretary General Dr. Abbas Agaba and Ms. Ramata Almamy Mbaye, Head of the Social and Human Sciences Sector at ICESCO signed a memorandum of understanding.

During his speech, Dr. Salim M. AlMalik, Director-General of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO), highlighted that ICESCO has become open to its Member States to devise adequate programs and projects based on the priorities and needs of each country, stressing the Organization’s willingness to continue fruitful cooperation with Uganda in the fields of education, science and culture.

For his part, Dr. John Chrysostom Muyingo, State Minister for Higher Education, who represnted the first lady of Uganda Hon Janet Kataaha Museveni, commended ICESCO’s roles in supporting the efforts of its Member States in their areas of competence, stressing the Ugandan Ministry of Higher Education’s keenness to cooperate with the Organization.

Afterwards, the second day activities of the Afro-Arab Youth Council’s anniversary kicked off with a workshop on ‘Sufferance of People with Mental Health Challenges’, where Dr. Muyingo conveyed to Dr. Al-Malik the congratulations of Her Excellency Janet Museveni, Ugandan First Lady, Minister of Education and Sports of the Republic of Uganda, for the developments and modernization witnessed at ICESCO, within its strategic vision and organizational structure, to advance the fields of education, science and culture in the countries of the Islamic world.