KEY:
CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR EGYPT (2014)
[Stakeholders]
Egyptian National Holiday – Embassy Open
Egyptian National Holiday – Embassy Closed
Embassy Holiday – Embassy closed
UKTI – UK Trade & Investment – www.ukti.gov.uk
UKTIRH – UKTI Regional Marketing Hub –
www.gov.uk/government/world/egypt
BEBA – British Egyptian Business Association – www.beba.org.eg
EBCC – Egyptian British Chamber of Commerce – www.theebcc.com
BC – British Council - www.britishcouncil.org/egypt
SDI – Scottish Development International – www.sdi.co.uk
EG – Egyptian Government
CH – Chatham House - www.chathamhouse.org
ABCC – Arab British Chamber of Commerce - www.abcc.org.uk
London Stock Exchange – www.londonstockexchange.com
Exporta – www.exportagroup.com
TheCityUK – www.thecityuk.com
UKFT – www.ukft.org
BBG – British Business Group
MEA – Middle East Association – www.the-mea.co.uk
EIC – Energy Industries Council – www.the-eic.com
EBBC – Egyptian British Business Council – www.ebbc-uk.org
BES – British Egyptian Society – www.britishegyptiansociety.org.uk
EEL – Egyptian Embassy, London
Euromoney - www.euromoneyconferences.com/The-EgyptConference
LSE - http://www2.lse.ac.uk/middleEastCentre
British Expertise – www.britishexpertise.org
BESA - www.besa.org.uk
TVET UK – www.tvetuk.org
ADS – www.adsgroup.co.uk
As of 6 April 2014
January 2014
Week of 12 Jan.
19
19-23
Investment in Egypt Conference
EBCC Board Meeting
19-25
Suez Canal Corridor opportunities Scoping
Visit
EWT/BETT/BC ministerial visit to London
19-25
British Council: Skills for Employability
19-26
UKTI officer: Wafaa Saad in the UK
20
21
22
22-25
27-30
27-30
29
29
30
30
EBCC Conference on Tourism & Residential
Tourism
UKTI/British Council/Training Gateway:
Egypt Education Seminar ‘Opportunities in
Egypt’
BEBA: Special working dinner in honour of
H.E. Ibrahim Mehleb
The BETTSHOW 2014 trade fair
UKTI officer: Heba Mohamed in Dubai
Arab Health trade fair
Economic & Trade Counsellors
meetings
BEBA get together
Britain in the Region – North Africa
MEA: Outlook for the MENA region Business Briefing
London, UK
Sharm EL Sheikh,
Egypt
Egypt
Infrastructure
London
Education & Training
UK
Education & Training
Excel London, UK
Education & Training
Waleed El Zomor,
Egyptian Embassy,
London
Karin Van Wesep,
EBCC
Tim Flear, & Sonia El
Kattan, UKTI
Mark Stephens, British
Council
Riham Boutros, British
Council
Wafaa Saad, UKTI
Education & Training
Karin Van Wesep,
EBCC
Wafaa Saad, UKTI
Sharm EL Sheikh, Egypt
London, UK
Four Seasons Hotel,
Garden City
UK
Dubai
Dubai
EU Delegation
Ambassador’s Residence
Dubai
Bury House, UK
Mai Refaie, BEBA
Education & Training
Healthcare
Healthcare
Multi-sector
Wafaa Saad, UKTI
Heba Mohamed, UKTI
Heba Mohamed, UKTI
John Franck, UKTI
Hala El Halabi, BEBA
John Franck, UKTI
sd@britishexpertise.
org
As of 6 April 2014
31 Jan –26 Feb.
British Council: Skills for Employability
UK
Education & Training
Riham Boutros , British
Council
February 2014
2-6
British Council: skills for Employability
Assuit
4
British Council: Skills for Employability
British Council Agouza
5
8-11
BBG meeting
Waste Management Scoping Visit
9-13
British Council: Skills For Employability
9-14
International Inspiration – Sports
Ambassadors Conference
13th Annual Islamic Finance Summit
10-12
13
24-26
25-26
26-28
Skills for Employability: Business model
Canvass Training
TEMPUS Leadership and Management
Project Training
Joint Workshop on Enhancement of
Nursing Education And Nursing Reforms
within NHS Structure:
Prospects, Challenges and Solutions
Furniture Trade Mission
26
ABCC: Cross Cultural Seminar
27
MEA and British Expertise: Healthcare
Briefing
Egyptian Banking Institute working in
27
John’s Residence
Egypt
Qwesna, Aswan, Mahala,
Cairo
UK
Education &
Training
Education &
Training
Environment &
Water
Education &
Training
UK
Aswan & Sohag, Egypt
Ismailia and Jordan
Luxor
Education &
Training
Education &
Training
Education &
Training –
Health care
London & Manchester
Furniture
UK
London
Education &
Training
Healthcare
Le Meridien Heliopolis, Cairo
Education &
Ahmed Osama, British
Council
Riham Boutros, British
Council
John Franck, UKTI
Yasmin Montasser,
UKTI
Riham Boutros, British
Council
Dina Ghoneim, British
Council
Ruari Cahill, MEA
Riham Boutros, British
Council
Shaimaa Nasr, British
Council
Hadi Fawzi, SDI
Karin Van Wesep,
EBCC
info@abcc.org.uk
Sue Davie, British
Expertise
Nevine Abaza, British
As of 6 April 2014
partnership with Tyro Training and
Egyptian Tourism Federation working in
partnership with Edinburgh College both
supported by British Council’s Skills for
Employability Programme- dissemination
event to celebrate the success of these
two programmes
Training
Council
March 2014
2-7
3-6
3
UKTI Director John Franck in the UK
BEBA/EBBC Mission to London
Egypt: Open for Global Business Seminar
UK
London
Egyptian Cultural Centre,
London
London Chamber of
Commerce, London
British Council, Spring
Gardens
Egyptian Cultural Centre,
London
UK
4
Egypt: Promoting Bilateral Trade
5
British Council Briefing on Egypt
5
UK/Egypt ICT seminar
5
ABCC: Arabic Language Training
6
6
ABCC Networking Event
Business Opportunities in the Egypt &
Libya Ports Sector
6
6
EBBC Networking Event
Ports Scoping Visit Report Launch
7
Executive Office Meeting
London
Royal Overseas League,
London
Avanta Hanover Square
10-13
12-13
Security & Policing Event
Retail Week
UK
Dubai
UK
UK
Multi-sectors
Multi-sectors
Multi-sectors
John Franck, UKTI
Nadia Lamloum, BEBA
Nadia Lamloum, BEBA
Multi-sectors
Nadia Lamloum, BEBA
Multi-sectors
James Hampson, British
Council
Nadia Lamloum, BEBA
ICT
Education &
Training
Ports
Security
Retail
info@abcc.org.uk
info@abcc.org.uk
John Franck, UKTI &
Becky Bryant at
events@uktiprojects.co.uk
Karin van Wesep, EBBC
Marcus Archer
karin@theebcc.com,
EBCC
Yasmin Montasser, UKTI
Meghna Elder, UKTI
As of 6 April 2014
15-21
16-20
17
18-21
UKTI Director: John Franck in Dubai &
Abu Dhabi
GREAT week
Dubai & Abu Dhabi
Multi-sector
John Franck, UKTI
Dubai
Multi-sector
Dubai
Multi-sector
UK
Education &
Training
Multi-sector
Meghna Elder, UKTI
Dubai
Meghna Elder, UKTI
Dubai
Riham Boutros & Maha
Sharaf, British Council
John Franck, UKTI
Ruari Cahill, MEA
info@abcc.org.uk
Britain in the Region
British Council: Skills for Employability
19
19
20
Egypt UAE Workshop in Abu Dhabi
MEA Annual Lunch
ABCC: Letters of Credit Course
20
British Council: Skills for Employability
Cairo
23
Waste Management Event
Cairo
24
Fourth Annual Conference
The Impact of Political Developments on
Business in Egypt
Textile Trade Mission
24-27
24-29
26
26
26-27
27
Abu Dhabi
Dorchester Hotel
UK
Education &
Training
Education &
Training
Environment &
Water
61 Whitehall London
karin@theebcc.com,
EBCC
karin@theebcc.com,
EBCC
Omar El Missiry, UKTI
John Franck, UKTI
John Franck, UKTI
London & Manchester
UKTI officer Omar El Missiry in the UK
BBG Meeting
Economic & Trade Counsellors
meeting
ABCC: A - Z OF Exporting Course
UK
John’s Residence
EU Delegation
Natural resources and Mining - Market
Briefing with British Expertise
Bury House, UK
UK
Riham Boutros & Ahmes
Osama, British Council
Yasmin Montasser, UKTI
Education &
Training
Mining
info@abcc.org.uk
Ruari Cahill, MEA
April 2014
1
A breakfast briefing with guest speaker Mr.
The Conrad Cairo Hotel
Mai Refaie, BEBA
As of 6 April 2014
8
16
29
Mouayed Makhlouf, IFC - International
Finance Corporation Director for Middle
East and North Africa.
A special working luncheon in honour of
H.E. Nabil Fahmy Minister of Foreign
Affairs
British Council: Skills for Employability
Semiramis InterContinental
Cairo Hotel
Cairo
HVO Suez Canal Regional Development
Project (SCRDP) Webinar
Egypt
Mai Refaie, BEBA
Education &
Training
Ports & logistics
Riham Boutros, British
Council
Omar El Missiry, UKTI
May 2014
9-16
10
13-16
13-15
14-15
UKTI Officer: Lina Abdelfattah in the UK
Scottish Development International
Energy Mission
UKTI Officer: Radwa Sultan in Dubai
Marketing Workshop
UK
Egypt
Dubai
Dubai
Succeeding in a changing world - investing
and operating in the Middle East
22
EBCC get together
28
Economic & Trade Counsellors
meeting
London
UK
EU Delegation
Power and
Renewable Energy
Marketing
Marketing
Lina Abdelfattah, UKTI
Hadi Fawzi, SDI
Radwa Sultan, UKTI
Camille Pascual,
Marketing Regional
Hub
Maged Ezzeldeen,
PwC
Karen Van Wesep,
EBCC
John Franck, UKTI
June 2014
8-13
UKTI officer: Yasser Aboudouma in the UK
UK
Yasser Aboudouma,
UKTI
As of 6 April 2014
8-13
9 (TBC)
10-11
16
16-20
16-27
17
18
19
20
UKTI Officer: Ahmed Khorshid in the UK
UK ports event
International trade expo
MEA: Energy Conference
MEA: Opportunity Middle East at the
International Festival for Business
MEA: Opportunity Middle East
MEA: Transport Infrastructure Conference
Finance Conference
EBCC Get Together: A Networking Event
UK
UK
Liverpool
UK
UK
UK
UK
UK
UK
EBCC Board Meeting
Ports & Logistics
Energy
Multi-sector
Multi-sector
Transport
Finance
Ruari Cahill,MEA
Ruari Cahill,MEA
Ruari Cahill,MEA
Karin van Wesep,
EBCC
Karin van Wesep,
EBCC
Karin van Wesep,
EBCC
Multi-sector
Wafaa Saad & Radwa
Sultan, UKTI
UK
Last week in June EBCC Investment Conference
(TBC)
Ahmed Khorshid, UKTI
Omar El Missiry, UKTI
Omar El Missiry, UKTI
Ruari Cahill,MEA
Ruari Cahill,MEA
UK
July 2014
1
Egypt: The crossroads of Europe, Middle
East and Africa Webinar
Egypt
August 2014
September 2014
TBC
TBC
Black Country Mission
(West Midlands Trade Mission to Egypt)
Egypt & Libya Tour to the UK
Cairo
Education, Others
Wafaa Saad, UKTI
Cairo & Alex
Multi-sector
Joy Heatley, UKTI,
Mids
As of 6 April 2014
October 2014
12-16 (TBC)
Gulf Information technology Exhibition
(GITEX)
Dubai
ICT
Wafaa Saad, UKTI
November 2014
TBC
10-14
Education & Training Mission to Egypt –
The Training Gateway
Explore Export
Cairo, Alex
UK
Education &
Training
Multi-sector
Wafaa Saad & Radwa
Sultan, UKTI
Caroline Alcock, UKTI
December 2014
Amongst Trade Missions to Egypt being discussed for Financial Year 2014/15 are the following:
- TVET UK (education – vocational training) – possibly in conjunction with Training Gateway & English UK.
- UKTI East of England Region, possibly focusing on infrastructure and education
- EIC (energy)
- Ports (following on from 2013 scoping visit).
Discussions are ongoing with UKTI colleagues in the UK regions and other Chambers, Staff Associations etc re running other
Egypt related events and possibly missions too.
As of 6 April 2014