Paris, 3 October 2012 – Alexandria Trust Founder Salah Khalil and Executive Director David French participated in the inaugural meeting of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Network of Foundations Working for Development (NetFWD) in Paris. Khalil spoke at a session on ‘Job Creation for Youth in Africa: What Role for Education and Strengthening Skills?’
The OECD’s NetFWD offers a unique, informal forum for dialogue and information sharing for its members and will help promote social and economic progress by facilitating synergies between foundations and linking foundations’ experience and innovative approaches with the policy debate.