Giza Systems and the American University in Cairo (AUC) entered into a partnership agreement for the establishment of “Giza Systems School of Technology”. The school will provide training courses on basic soft skills as well as specialized technical skills to new graduates from Egyptian universities. The agreement was signed by Eng. Shehab El-Nawawi, CEO and managing director of Giza Systems; and Dr. Mohsen El-Shamaa, director of the AUC Management Center at Smart Village's Conference Center on Monday attended, among others, by Dr. Tarek Kamel, Egyptian Minister of Communication and Information Technology. The program focuses on training young people on business soft skills as well as the skills needed for sales and management practices. The training courses will be given by highly qualified instructors from the AUC Management Center. However, the technical part will be presented by industry-specialized trainers from Giza. The training programs are tailored to ensure maximum utilization of the trainees and to provide them with the skills needed in the labor market. There was extensive collaboration with many specialty institutions to design the content of the giving courses. Among them are the National Telecommunication Institute (NTI) which plays a vital role in the content design, and the Tele Management Forum (TMF) that works on developing the efficiency of operating companies in the field of communications and setting international guidelines for them. Dr. Tarek Kamel said: “The world of tomorrow is of strong competition, however, we have the qualifications to compete and our duty is to maximize the utilization of both physical and human resources, otherwise we would encounter great distress. Our responsibility is to support and educate the new generations with those elements.” The minister expressed his optimism about the future of the telecommunication sector in Egypt and the injection of investments, in addition to the rising employment curve by facilitating more than 10,000 direct and indirect vacancies. “We need such serious initiatives which reflect the role of the private sector in the development of human resources working in the CIT field and to promote human labor to the highest levels as it is the basic component of development and which will attract more foreign investments and raise the efficiency of the Egyptian economy,” Kamel added. “Giza Systems School of Technology has national objectives, aims at developing human resources that serve the CIT sector since our region enjoys promising market, which is expanding day by day,” Shehab El-Nawawi said. “This partnership comes from Giza Systems' belief in the vital role of the played by the private sector in developing the CIT industry and supporting calibers, in addition to reinforcing young people with the necessary skills for the business market. This all comes in the context of Giza Systems' social responsibility,” he added David Arnold, president of AUC, said AUC will contribute by giving the soft skills, sales and management programs through a number of experienced and highly-qualified professionals. “The idea behind establishing Giza Systems School of Technology comes in collaboration with the Management Center at AUC. AUC is known for its consideration of community development and service using prominent and well-trained people. The program duration will be three extensive months. Trainees will be trained on basic business skills, sales and marketing skills, and project management skills. They will also enjoy having specialized technical skills by experienced and qualified trainers from the team of Giza Systems,” Abeer El-Ghonemi, CEO vice manager for Human Development at Giza Systems, said. “Giza Systems is keen on hiring prominent and successful candidates. The initiative is expected to start in July for 2008 and 2009 graduates. Some 100 students are expected to graduate in the first year and training classes will be held at AUC main campus in downtown,” he added.
