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OSP team wishes you and your loved ones a blessed and joyful Ramadan filled with peace and spirituality. #HU_OSP #OSPGreetings #RamadanKareem

World Goetheanum Forum is coming to Egypt! Re-think Re-feel Re-do Sustainable Development How to craft new narratives of Sustainable Development for our common earth? How do you re-think, re-feel, and re-do Sustainable Development? You are invited to join us from 24-28 of September 2025 at UNEPs Champion of the Earth, SEKEM in Egypt to start this narrative building where outer and inner approaches fuse for a multilateral and cosmopolitan pathway! Registration & info: https://lnkd.in/dJwtMhmj You will be jointly hosted by World Goetheanum Association , Section For Agriculture, Biodynamic Federation Demeter International, EBDA, Economy of Love , Eosta BV / Nature & More, Robin Food Coalition, Heliopolis University, EcorNaturaSì Spa, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL , The Club of Rome, WorldEthicForum and World Future Council Ahmed Elshazly , Alexandra Wandel , Andrea Valdinoci, Fabio Brescacin, Helmy Abouleish, Johannes Kronenberg, Juan Martin Richter, Justus Harm, Katharina Hofmann , Lin Bautze, Linard Bardill, Luea Ritter, Maria PazBernaschina, Naagla Ahmed, Till Kellerhoff and Volkert Engelsman #SEKEMGroup #47YearsOfSustainableDevelopment #WorldGoetheanumForum #WGF2025 #GoetheanumAssociation

Award Winner Announcement! 👏🏼👏🏼 Congratulations Dr. Thoraya, Director of Carbon Footprint Center (CFC) at Heliopolis University, for receiving PRIMA Partnership Award for Women Greening Food Systems, for her efforts with 5,000 smallholder farmers and contribution to revolutionizing the carbon market for farmers in Egypt. Through her project “Egyptian Women Green Food” project, she contributes to climate action and boosts the income of farmers through carbon credit systems. Dr. Thoraya’s awarding comes in recognition for the sustainable economic development achieved with smallholder farmers, while also affecting societal and environmental sustainable development in the community, thus contributing to achieving SEKEM Group Vision Goals for Egypt 2057 of affecting change in the lives of 250,000 farmers. During the ceremony, Dr. Thoraya was presented the award by Prof. Dr. Mohamed El-Shinawi, Co-Chair of PRIMA Board of Trustees and DR. Mohamed Ahmed Wageih, PRIMA Project Officer for Agrofood Value Chain in NEXUS. To many more achievements towards impactful change!

Incubation Call for Startups! HU-ECSI is thrilled to announce opening its incubation call for startups for the fifth round of Estedama Program. The call is open for startups in the industry fields of: ✅ Integrative Healthcare ✅ Renewable Energy ✅ Construction ✅ Agri-Food Estedama is a green tailored incubation program that fosters innovation by providing entrepreneurs, who offer sustainable solutions in their respective sectors, with the resources, mentorship and funding needed to address global challenges. The outcome? Nurturing impactful scalable businesses, thus boosting sustainable solutions that promote food security, clean energy, health and wellbeing, and eco-friendly construction practices 👉 Apply now, and let’s contribute to a more sustainable and resilient future together! https://lnkd.in/dfZHUsJw Stay tuned for more info. And feel free to reach out to us for inquiries via messages or email on: ecsi@hu.edu.eg Heliopolis University Heliopolis University Office of Sponsored Programs

Partnership announcement! Heliopolis University is pleased to announce its partnership with Euro-Mediterranean - EMUNI University to work on expanding its presence in Egypt and the Arab region. Our partnership includes multiple aspects that aim to be beneficial to our students and staff in various aspects, such as: 👉 Student exchange program 👉 Research and innovation programs 👉 Staff mobility HU international relations office is always working towards raising accessibility to innovative programs and universities worldwide. For collaborations, please reach out to us on: iro@hu.edu.eg

WAT-DEV Project tailors a workshop for farmers from 3 governorates! As part of the project activities and in collaboration with the faculty of Engineering at Heliopolis University, the project team organized a successful workshop at SEKEM Group's Farm, titled “Best Practices & Innovation” for project farmers, beneficiaries and stakeholders. Over the course of 2 days, the workshop’s 42 participants from Sharkia, Ismailia and Qalyubia, were trained on the Best Management Practices - BMPs for land, crop & water, as well as sustainable agriculture concept as a solution for the climate change threats in Egypt. During the workshop, the participants had field visits to multiple locations at Sekem Farm where they learned firsthand about the innovative sustainable agricultural practices used. There were also discussions and talks from experts & specialists in dairy products management, sustainable & organic agriculture, and circular economy fields. The farmers’ take-outs from the workshop and action plan included: 👉 Switching to organic fertilizers in their farms 👉 Practicing tree-loading to reduce carbon emissions 👉 Water Users Associations - WUAs will help farmers integrate modern irrigation techniques WAT-DEV Project is considered supportive of Heliopolis University’s efforts and contributes to achieving Sekem Vision for 2057, which is helping 7 million Egyptian farmers transition from traditional to organic agriculture. So far, our efforts have helped 17,000 farmers transition to organic agriculture, with a goal of 40,000 farmers by 2025 and 250,000 farmers by 2030. Noteworthy, the WAT-DEV Project goal is to expand the implementation of best management practices and select agricultural innovations among local rural communities in Egypt, Sudan, Kenya and Ethiopia. Stay tuned for more updates from WAT-DEV Project.

Wishing you a joyful holiday season and a fantastic year to come. #HU_OSP #Greetings2024

Future Economy Forum in the Blue Zone at COP16Riyadh leading the session "Regenerative Agriculture and Nature-based, Science-backed Innovation: Empowering Farmers as Stewards." Covered for the International Institute for Sustainable Development by @Delia Paul. Side event co-hosted with NOW Partners Foundation, EoL (Economy of Love ) Global, Natural Capitalism Solutions, and SEKEM Group. ➡️ Speakers: Walter Link, President and Founder of NOW, Co-Founder of Economy of Love Global (moderator) Professor Hunter Lovins, President and Founder of Natural Capitalism Solutions , Author of 19 books, Professor at Fordham University Merijn Dols@, Co-Founder of the Future Economy Forum, former Head of Global Innovation and Circularity at Danone Professor Ahmed Elshazly, CEO of Heliopolis University , SEKEM Group Laura Santucci, former Chief of Staff UN World Food Programme WFP and President Obama's White House political operations. ➡️ Key Insights: “Regenerative agriculture combines traditional and new practices to create benefits for people and nature, resulting in increased yields, more nutritious produce, higher household incomes, and increased biodiversity. Speakers and participants at this event cited examples from India and Egypt to illustrate the benefits to farmers: first, from applying regenerative principles; and second, from sale of carbon credits from soil carbon sequestration.” Walter Link: “Desertification occurs not only over large land areas, but also on parts of farmland that are no longer productive, because of the over-use of chemicals. This can be reversed using combinations of traditional methods with new innovations” Hunter Lovins: “Peer-reviewed scientific research shows livestock grazing increases mycorrhizal fungi and promotes soil carbon—a process that is “driving climate change back at a profit”—whereas chemical-based agriculture poisons the fungi and leads to decline in the nutritional value of crops.“ Laura Santucci: “Change happens, not only because of data and evidence, but because science and storytelling together can win over the hearts and minds of policymakers.“ ➡️ Read the full piece: https://lnkd.in/gwC_tEnS Photo by IISD/ENB | Angeles Estrada Vigil

Proud to announce that SEKEM Group, our mother company, has been awarded the Champions of the Earth award, under the Entrepreneurial Vision category. The award, presented by the UN Environment Programme, is considered the UN's highest environmental honour. "A lot of people told us this is a mission impossible. But we are specialists in mission impossible. We love mission impossible." Mr. Helmy Abouleish, Chair of Board of Trustees of Heliopolis University, during his interview with the UN Environment Programme. Watch full interview here: https://lnkd.in/em-aD8Mw Read full article here: https://lnkd.in/eqczRk7h

Heliopolis University sparking climate action at #COP29! HU team represented by Mr. Helmy Abouleish, Chair of Board of Trustees of Heliopolis University along with Dr. Ahmed Elshazly, Director of Sponsored Programs & International Relations, Dr. Thoraya Seada, Director of Carbon Footprint Center (CFC), and Eng. Naglaa Ahmed, Projects Manager at the Office of Sponsored Programs, took part in COP29 Azerbaijan of the UNFCCC, within this year’s united call “In Solidarity for a Green World” Our team was involved in many events, pavilions, dialogues and discussions about our continuous efforts in ensuring a sustainable development in our community and Egypt. With media being the way people become aware of the urgency required in shifting behavior to more environmentally conscious, Heliopolis University #COP29 representatives took part in multiple Climate Journalist Roundtables as well. Our conversations highlighted the on-ground actions we take for the betterment of the environment in various aspects, as follows: 👉Regenerative Agriculture:  Helping 40,000 smallholder farmers in transitioning to regenerative agriculture and the actions taken to support them; thus making strides for climate change and transforming lives in the process. 👉Carbon Emissions:  Exploring challenges and possible solutions facing the Carbon Voluntary Market (CVM) in Egypt and Africa; thus ensuring carbon credits quality and environmental advocacy. 👉Water Management:  Explaining our sustainability practices for water management and conversation, as well as biodynamic and regenerative agriculture; thus changing the climate action game for a better future. 👉Higher Education: Voicing our beliefs and university activities in unfolding human potential through higher education as an infrastructure for a regenerative and healthy world. 👉Food Systems: Discussing our plans for environmentally conscious food systems through regenerative agriculture and water systems management. Special thanks and appreciation to our supportive changemakers and partners in success: Carbon Footprint Center (CFC) EBDA Economy of Love SEKEM Group Future Economy Forum Financial Regulatory Authority FRA Conscious Planet (Save Soil) 4p1000 Initiative Food Tank #HU_OSP #HeliopolisUniversity #OfficeofSponsoredPrograms #COP29 #Baku #ClimateAction #RegenerativeAgriculture #WaterManagement #BiodynamicFarming #SDGs #SDG6 #SDG13 #SDG17 #SVGs #SVG5 #SVG6 #SVG9