… is a freelance consultant, trainer and researcher based in Cairo, Egypt. Amr believes in the impact of youth work and the efficiency of non-formal learning thus he turned these into his main areas of speciality. He works with several local and international institutions in MENA and Europe on designing and delivering educational programs for young people 15 – 30 years old.
Amr has amaster in Education and Youth studies from the University of Hong Kong, and a certified practitioner in Adult Learning by Calgary University in Canada and recipient of Community Leadership Certificate from George Mason University in Washington D.C. in US. He supports the autonomy of young people and transformative powers in them, and the importance of youth work to activate that.
Educational approaches that critically look into global development share a paradigm of promoting the interconnectedness of global development by establishing cause-effect links in the lives of the people in countries with developed economies, and the people in countries with developing economies*. The learners in this process are encouraged to rethink their understanding of the global status quo and assess their individual actions in relation to it.
In EVS, there was a focus on learning in an exchange process between volunteers and host communities. European Solidarity Corps now focuses more on service and less on learning.
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