SEKEM Insight

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SEKEM‘s Journal for Economy, Culture, and Society in Egypt

SEKEM Insight Nr. 77 - December 2008

Dear Readers, SEKEM Insight has always highlighted the importance of global partnerships with individuals and organisations for the manifold developments at SEKEM. With the various prestigious awards presented to both Ibrahim Abouleish and SEKEM these cooperations have taken on a whole new dimension since 2003.

Honors Ibrahim Abouleish receives German award

Tourism SEKEM expands travel options for visitors

Climate Change First international SEKEM conference

Dr. Ibrahim Abouleish Receives German Award

In November the first international SEKEM conference was held at the initiative. Several hundred guests used the event to discuss with their peers, the co-workers of SEKEM, and its executive personnel how the development of global agriculture can be furthered in a sustainable way and how Third World countries can be supported to take advantage of it to boost their development. Through the event SEKEM was able to show that it is capable to pro-actively work for the efficient replication of the approaches it has been developing for over thirty years. At the same time the interest of the global professional public clearly demonstrated the great trust that is placed in the work of the initiative and its ability to contribute to the dialogue. And, that the way it has chosen for itself was the right one.

Your Editors

Dr. Abouleish receives the German award from the embassador and in the company of Ulrich Walter

Dr. Ibrahim Abouleish, founder of the SEKEM Initiative in Egypt, was presented with the highest German civil award, the „Bundesverdienstkreuz“ of the Federal Republic of Germany on 27 November 2008. The German representative in Egypt, Bernd Erbel, recognised the lifetime achievement of Ibrahim Abouleish at an event at the embassy in Cairo. The Federal Republic of Germany has thus honoured his tireless work for intercultural and interfaith exchange with Germany. „I experience it as a beautiful sign of friendship between the SEKEM initiative and Germany. Our rela-

tionships with many people in Germany, with our trading partners, our support association, and with representatives of the federal government have always been and continue to be of vital importance for the development of SEKEM“, Ibrahim Abouleish declared. Ulrich Walter, founder and executive director of the organic food business of the same name based in Diepholz had supported the recognition of his work as a long-standing trading partner of SEKEM. „The SEKEM initiative is in close contact with Germany. The mutual cultural exchange that is furthered espe-

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