English 
Under the auspices of Professor Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa, President of Alexandria University, Dr. Ali Abdelmohsen, Acting Vice President for Education and Student Affairs, received a delegation from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), as part of the delegation's visit to the university to conduct a mid-term evaluation of the University Centres for Career Development project with various partners concerned with implementing the project and beneficiaries of the services of this project, and to measure the level of performance of the centres and their progress towards achieving their main goals and discussing the most important steps being taken to support the sustainability of these centres and ensure the continuity of services provided to students, in the presence of Dr. Dina Saadallah, Executive Director of Career Development Centres at the university.
In his speech, Dr. Abdelmohsen welcomed the guests and appreciated the role of the university centres for professional development in contributing to developing the skills of a large number of students and alumni, organizing employment forums in various faculties, and qualifying them for the labour market through advanced training courses that keep pace with the requirements of labour markets inside and outside Egypt, within the framework of Alexandria University's strategy aimed at improving the level of educational services and raising the readiness of students and graduates to compete in local, regional and international labour markets. The Vice President of Alexandria University pointed out that the university has three centres for professional development that were established in cooperation with the United States Agency for International Development in the Faculties of Business, Engineering, and Arts, stressing the university's endeavour to establish a fourth centre in the medical complex.
The members of the USAID delegation also stressed the agency's keenness to cooperate with Alexandria University and communicate with students at the university centres for professional development, with the aim of listening to their proposals to develop the courses and activities provided by the centre to them, evaluating the performance of the centres and ensuring the importance of the sustainability of professional centres to help in planning future projects.
