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Laila Rashed Iskandar Kamel is an Egyptian social entrepreneur and politician. She is currently Egypt's Minister of State for Environment Affairs in the newly formed interim government under Prime Minister Hazem El Beblawi.〔(Who's Who: Egypt's Full Interim Cabinet )〕〔Hend Kortam and Rana Muhammad Taha, (Egypt’s new interim cabinet ), ''Daily News Egypt'', 18 July 2013.〕 Dr. Iskander has been working with Egyptian grassroots organizations for over 20 years. She acts as chairperson and founding board member of CID Consulting – an Egyptian consulting firm that "strives to create holistic growth solutions by bridging corporate and developmental objectives".〔()〕 She is well recognized internationally and locally as a consultant, researcher, and trainer in community development.〔()〕 Laila Iskander is also a trustee at Alfanar, the first venture philanthropy organization in the Arab Region. ==Education and early career== Dr. Iskander studied Economics, Political Science and Business at Cairo University. She acquired a Master of Arts in Teaching with a specialization in Near Eastern Studies from the University of California, Berkeley and later acquired a Doctorate of Education from the Teacher's College at Columbia University in New York. Iskander has worked as researcher, speaker and consultant with governmental and international agencies as well as with the private sector in the fields of gender, education and development, environment, child labor and governance. Her consultation work encompasses grass roots' issues and policy matters. She also served as consultant to the Egyptian Minister of Environment on waste management.〔 Over the past 25 years, Iskander has worked on projects in “…institutional building, network creation, institution of public-private partnerships, and technology transfer…” in the fields of non-formal education, primary health care, community environmental issues, crafts, literacy and gender, among others.〔 She also served as a jury member to UNESCO’s International Literacy Prize and acted as UNESCO’s UNLD Resource Person for the Arab region between 2005 and 2007.〔 Dr. Laila also has a long track record and expertise in the area of formal and non-formal education techniques, and had managed several projects in this area in Egypt 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Laila Iskander」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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