BOARD OF DIRECTORS REPORT 2010 – 2011 CYCLE

1. BOARD OF DIRECTORS REPORT2010 – 2011 CYCLE

2. CONTENTS • PART ONE: MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS • PART TWO: MAJOR CHALLENGES • PART THREE: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE BOARD PLAN 2012 -2013

3. PART ONE: MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS

4. FIRST: Focus on our mission to outreach for the poor • Increase the number of poor students' exempted from school fees : • 80 first graders fully exempted from school fees in the school year 2010 – 2011. • 80 additional first graders fully exempted in 2011 – 2012 • i.e. 160 poor new students fully exempted. • In addition to some 1735 students with previous partial exemptions MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS

5. SECOND: Internal up-grading and strengthening • Salary increase for all staff in Cairo and sub-offices: maximum per staff ; was LE 275, - and the minimum LE 100,-; this increase was additional to the yearly annual increase implied by the Government. • Salary increase for the front-line workers in the field. • Setting a system for offering permanent contracts – gradually - for school teachers based on a set of criteria for monitoring quality and sustained acceptable performance. • Setting a system for offering permanent contracts for executives based on a set of criteria and performance evaluation (in-progress). MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS

6. SECOND: Internal up-grading and strengthening • Re-possess Mokkatam piece of land from intruders and secure it. • Design and launch a plan to document, proper recording and finalizing legal papers for all our properties and fixed assets. • Examine the possibilities for re-constructing Balteem building (the staff summer resort hostel). MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS

7. SECOND: Internal up-grading and strengthening • Conduct a series of consultative meetings involving all executives from Cairo and sub-offices with the purpose of exchanging views and exploring ways to improve performance: • Up-date the organizational structure and job descriptions for new jobs; to be implemented gradually starting 2012 • Design a system for performance evaluation for senior executives; to be launched for implementation, after training, early 2012. • Up-date and enforce new rules and regulations for financial and administrative authorizations. MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS

8. THIRD: Enhance our own resources for better profit • Start a reserve fund to secure us: so far the fund is of LE 3 million deposited aside; the fund is cumulated by incremental installments deducted from the overhead of the micro credit loans. • During the reporting period, we paid back some LE 8 million due to donors of the micro credit schemes; the remaining amount due is of LE 2, 875,000 • Launched the review of our income generation activities: • Akhmim & Hegaza • Hostels in Cairo and Abou Korkas. MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS

9. FOURTH: The Strategic Planning Exercise • Crystallize a new strategic plan for AUEED in line with our vision and mission and in light of the internal and external changes in our working environment. • 675 members participated in the strategic planning process involving beneficiaries, front-line workers, field staff and senior executives, Board and General Assembly members. A total of thirty consultative meetings were conducted in Cairo and the four beneficiary governorates. • Mobilize 8 Experts members of the General Assembly to provide technical expertise - free of charge- along the various stages of the planning process. MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS

10. FIFTH: Strengthen ties with partners and collaborators • Board members visits and meetings with sub-offices and Collaborating Religious Congregations. • Encourage the participation of the General Assembly members in various exercises including the strategic planning, organizational re-structuring, performance evaluation system, Choir activities. • Screen the General assembly membership; now we are 204 members by the end of 2011. MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS

11. FIFTH: Strengthen ties with partners and collaborators • Participate and contribute to the national dialogue on the role of Civil Society following the 25th of January Revolution. • Establish linkages with organizations within the scope of the Social Responsibility of the Private Sector in Egypt MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS

12. PART TWO: MAJOR CHALLENGES

13. MAJOR CHALLENGES • The need to up-date work processes, internal regulations, organizational structure and communication confronted with the size and wide range of activities of our organization (change management issues). • Sustaining and increasing our current level of funding from external resources confronted with the financial constraints faced by donors in the industrialized countries. • The impact of changes happening in Egypt in 2011 on program implementation, official authorization of funds, security issues in Cairo and in the field ... MAJOR CHALLENGES

14. PART THREE: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE BOARD'S PLAN FOR 2012- 2013

15. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE BOARD'S PLAN FOR 2012- 2013 • Maintain focus on our strategic priority for reaching the poor across all programs and activities. • Establish a system for fairness in wages and promotions and apply it gradually across all executive posts in Cairo and sub-offices. • Sustain dialogue with the executive bodies in all change management's agenda. • Establish clear and doable rules for monitoring and accountability with specific focus on quality deliverables and coordination. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE BOARD'S PLAN FOR 2012- 2013

16. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE BOARD'S PLAN FOR 2012- 2013 • Continue increasing our reserve fund incrementally, by additional installments. • Widen the scope of our civic and rights education programs when circumstances allow for it. • Allow more opportunities for the General Assembly members to volunteer and contribute to our activities in Cairo and in the field and invest on their expertise as much as possible. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE BOARD'S PLAN FOR 2012- 2013

17. Maintain focus on priorities launched during the previous cycle and sustain achievement. THANK YOU