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The Egyptian Citizen Sector in a Post-Mubarak World

Note: This is a past event, additional resources may be available below.

Tue Feb 22, 2011
Washington, DC

Date

Tue Feb 22, 2011
7:30am – 9:00am EST

Location

Washington, DC, United States

Contact

    [email protected]
    202.736.2282

Hosts

Dr. Iman Bibars, an Egyptian national based in Cairo, has been a regional leader for the past 25 years. The discussion will center on Egypt’s pivotal role in shaping a new voice for change in the Arab World, and the role of social entrepreneurship in an evolving region.

Ashoka is a global association of the world’s leading social entrepreneurs—men and women with system changing solutions for the world’s most urgent social problems.

The Aspen Institute serves as the Secretariat for Partners for a New Beginning (PNB). A joint project with the State Department and leading business and civil society leaders, PNB is a collection of public-private partnerships committed to broadening and deepening engagement between the United States and local communities on issues of economic opportunity, science & technology, education, and exchange to help advance President Obama’s Cairo vision.

By invitation only.

Dr. Iman Bibars, an Egyptian national based in Cairo, has been a regional leader for the past 25 years. The discussion will center on Egypt’s pivotal role in shaping a new voice for change in the Arab World, and the role of social entrepreneurship in an evolving region.