participation of nearly 8000 young men and women from different provinces, and in the presence of the President of the Republic, the Prime Minister and ministers, the Speaker and members of the House of Representatives, in addition to the leaders of political parties, trade unions, university presidents, journalists, media professionals and representatives of Independent national councils. These conferences resulted in several recommendations that were taken into account, including: the establishment of the Southern Egypt Development and Border Regions Supreme Commission to improve public services with investments up to 5 billion. The implementation of the Golden Triangle project (Qena-Safaga-Al-qassir) has started; while many young common law prisoners have been released as part of a presidential pardon. In addition, young people from around the world have been invited to an international youth conference. Indeed, the World Youth Forum was held in Sharm El-Sheikh in November 2017 with participants drawn from 52 countries. It was a real opportunity for the world’s youth to engage in a serious and direct dialogue, be it between them or with policymakers and officials around the world. During this forum, all issues of concern to young people were discussed with the aim of achieving a common dialogue formula that contributes to making the world a better place. 4. Recognizing the importance of investing in young executives, the President launched the "Pioneers of Future Technology" initiative to invest in youth human resources in the field of communications and information technology, in order to attract investment and international companies to create research and development centers in the new technological zones. 5. In order to provide employment opportunities for young people to eliminate unemployment, surveys are periodically conducted to monitor the real needs of the labor market in order to meet the workforce needs appropriate in terms of quantity and quality and to verify the relevance of these job opportunities. Thus, 270,776 jobs have been created during the year 2016 by various means, including the National Employment Bulletin, published by the Ministry of Manpower, local recruitment companies and recruitment offices affiliated with workforce directorates in Governorates. In the year 2016, 154,681 job opportunities have been provided overseas for holders of higher education diplomas, 26,813 for secondary education graduates, 219,738 for holders of middle education certificates and 158,912 for non- diploma holders, with a total of 560,144 jobs for men and women. The development and professional planning initiative have also been implemented in collaboration with UNICEF to develop youth’s career planning skills and support the idea of self-employment, in order to achieve better employment rates and creating new jobs through entrepreneurship initiatives in governorates. 81