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8/29/24, 11:55 AM MBRF and UNDP to organize 2nd edition of Youth Knowledge Forum in Egypt on 2-3 September 2024 - Middle East News 247

MBRF and UNDP to organize 2nd edition of Youth

Knowledge Forum in Egypt on 2-3 September 2024

By News Desk 1 August 28, 2024

TheMohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation (MBRF) and the United Nations

Development Programme (UNDP) will organize the second edition of the Youth Knowledge Forum (YKF) in
Egypt on 2 and 3 September 2024. The YKF is being held in partnership with the Ministry of Youth and
Sports of the Arab Republic of Egypt and under the patronage of His Excellency Dr. Ashraf Sobhy, Egyptian

Minister of Youth and Sports.

The key goal of the second edition is to highlight major local and global knowledge achievements, encourage

knowledge practitioners to pursue higher levels of creativity and innovation aspects, and inspire Arab youth to
expand their creative capabilities by drawing inspiration from the achievements of past recipients of the
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Award (MBRKA). The YKF will play a vital role in MBRF’s

ongoing efforts to establish channels for disseminating, transferring, and localizing knowledge, while fostering
a global society that thrives on innovation and sustainable development.

His Excellency Jamal bin Huwaireb, CEO of the MBRF, said: “The collaboration between the MBRF,
UNDP, and the Egyptian Ministry of Youth and Sports marks a vital step forward in launching joint knowledge
initiatives regionally. The second edition of the YKF is projected to serve as a prominent platform for the

exchange of knowledge and experience as well as the creation of ideas among Arab youth. The objective is

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