Canadian Amb: Canada supports young Egyptian entrepreneurs

Hurghada – 19 November 2017: Canadian Ambassador to Egypt Jess Dutton told Egypt Today that Canada believes that entrepreneurship and small- and medium-sized enterprises are the foundation of any strong economy.

Egypt Today interviewed Dutton during the Egypt Entrepreneurship Summit (EES) in Hurghada on Thursday.

“Many youths are joining the economy every year. They need jobs and they have creative ideas. So impowering them to implement their ideas, create opportunities and create their companies, that will benefit Egyptians; that’s a great way for success,” Dutton said.



He added that Canada partners with the International Labor Organization (ILO) and Egyptian entities to provide jobs to young Egyptians through projects like “Decent Jobs for Egypt’s Young People”, which aims to create and access decent work opportunities for young men and women in different Egyptian governorates.

First trip to Hurghada to speak at the opening of the Egypt Entrepreneurship Summit 2017, supported by @CanEmbEgypt. C’est bon d’avoir une équipe forte du Canada aussi! #GEW2017 pic.twitter.com/jBcKu9TE0Y

— Jess Dutton (@JessDutton1) ١٧ نوفمبر، ٢٠١٧

In celebration of the 2017 “Global Entrepreneurship Week” (GEW), the third annual EES was launched by the International Labor Organization (ILO) and Canada's Decent Jobs for Egypt’s Young People project, in collaboration with the Middle East Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (MCSBE) under the Ministry of Investment and International Cooperation.

EES was held in Hurghada from November 15-18. The summit offers a meeting point for entrepreneurs, businesses, educators and policymakers to discuss how to overcome new challenges to business.

Ambassador Dutton joined Canada’s Foreign Affairs Ministry in 2005. He has served as the director of the Intergovernmental Relations Division and deputy head of the Stabilization and Reconstruction Task Force. Overseas, he has served in Seoul, South Korea, and then in Kandahar, Afghanistan as the director of the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team and in Kabul as deputy head of the mission. Before Cairo, he served in New Delhi as deputy head of the mission, according to the Canadanian government’s official website.