Under the auspices of Prof. Mahmoud El-Meteini, President of Ain Shams University, Prof. Ayman Saleh, Vice President for Postgraduate Studies, the activities of the training program offered by the European Investment Bank and the Union for the Mediterranean, under the title "The European Investment Bank and its role in the development cooperation of the European Union, were concluded ."

Prof. Khaled Qadri, Dean of the Faculty of Business, said that the preparation for this program, which took place on March 20-21, 2023, took more than four months of preparatory meetings with the participation of Professor. Ayman Saleh, Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research, Prof. Shahira Samir, Executive Director of the International Relations Sector, Prof. Hayam Wahba is Professor of Investment and Finance and Vice Dean for Postgraduate Studies and Research.

Ms. Flavia Palanza, former director of the European Investment Bank for Neighboring Countries, Mr. Andrea Tinagli, representative of the European Investment Bank in the Union for the Mediterranean, and Mr. Guiseppe Provenzano, Project Manager for Higher Education and Research at the Union for the Mediterranean, participated in the implementation of the programme.

For her part, Prof. Hayam Wahba, the program coordinator, confirmed that the program presented, over the course of the two days, many practical and applied cases that would qualify graduates of the faculty in the labor market and increase their skills in the areas of planning for setting up projects, especially small and medium enterprises, and how to communicate with international organizations in order to take advantage of the financing opportunities available, especially The European Investment Bank and the Union for the Mediterranean.

The role of the European Investment Bank in the development cooperation of the European Union, the financial structure of the European Union for development, the dialogue between partners through the Union for the Mediterranean and its role in formulating policies, as well as the role of the European Investment Bank within the structure of the European Union were presented.

In view of what the delegation of the European Investment Bank and the Union for the Mediterranean sensed from the great interaction of the attendees over the two days, they decided to hold the training program annually at the Faculty of Business.

At the end of the program, attendance certificates were distributed to the participants.