Sponsored by Prof. Dr. Mahmoud El-Meteini, President of Ain Shams University, and Prof. Dr. Ghada Farouk, Vice President for Community Service and Environment Affairs; The Faculty of Education held an introductory symposium entitled "The Role of Japanese Social and Continuing Education Centers (Komenkan) in Promoting Sustainable Development and Possibility of Benefiting in Egypt", within the framework of the project "Promoting Social Education and the Kominkan Model in Egypt".

The symposium was held under the auspices of the project team under the chairmanship of Prof. Dr. Hazem Rashid (Dean of the Faculty), and Prof. Dr. Abdel Nasser Mohamed Rashad (Dean of the Faculty for Graduate Studies and Research), with the generous participation of Prof. Dr. Alaa El Din Abdel Halim Mohamed Farag (Dean of the Faculty for Community Service and Environment Affairs). ), and Prof. Dr. Safaa Shehata (Dean for Education and Student Affairs), and under the general supervision of the project team: Dr. Ahmed Refaat, Dr. Mohamed Farghali (Director of the Center for Educational Excellence), Dr. Suhaib Tolba (Director of the Community Services Unit), and Dr. Mohamed Abdel Majeed (Director of the Egyptian Cominian Center).

Professor (Makino Atsushi, Social Education Expert, University of Tokyo), and Mr. Shinoseki Minami, Project Manager and Executive Director of the Hantagawa Center in Japan, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the 10,000 Individuals Association, gave a lecture at the symposium.
The symposium was attended by a large number of "faculty staff – teaching assistants - researchers - postgraduate students". The symposium was preceded by a visit by the Japanese delegation to the various centers and units of the faculty , represented in the Center for Psychological Counseling under the management of Dr. (Ahmed El-Sayed) and the Center for Educational Excellence is under the management of Dr. (Mohamed Farghali), the University Education Development Center is under the management of Prof. Dr. (Osama Jibril), the English Language Development Center is under the management of Prof. Dr. (Jihan Youssef), and the Community Services Unit is under the management of Dr. (Suhaib Tolba).