[Auto-translated content] The Arab Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization - ALECSO (Information and Communication Technology Department) held today, Monday, November 10, 2025, via visual communication technology, an introductory forum for the Skills for Innovation (SFI) project, in partnership with Intel, Millennium@EDU Sustainable Education, the Classera Smart Learning Foundation, and the JP-IK Foundation, in the presence of the project’s national coordinators in a number of Arab countries and representatives of partner institutions. The project aims to build the capabilities of Arab teachers and students by enhancing their digital and innovative skills to keep pace with future labor market requirements and the standards of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. It is considered one of the most prominent initiatives through which ALECSO seeks to support digital transformation in Arab education and enable teachers to employ technology and innovation in the educational process. The forum was opened by Professor Dr. Muhammad Al-Jumni, Director of the Information and Communication Technology Department at ALECSO, with a speech in which he welcomed the participants, stressing the importance of the project in building an Arab educational environment capable of keeping pace with global technological developments, and enhancing educational competencies in the fields of smart education and skills-based learning. Then came the speeches of representatives of partner institutions: Mr. Luigi Pessina, representative of Intel®, gave a presentation on the stages of the project globally and the experiences of its implementation in more than fifty countries. He stressed the company’s commitment to supporting ALECSO in adapting the content to suit the Arab educational environment. Eng. Mario Franco, CEO of Millennium@EDU Sustainable Education, Eng. Muhammad Al-Ghabri, representative of Classera, and Ms. Andrea Rocha, representative of JP-IK, also delivered speeches in which they stressed the importance of this Arab-international cooperation in supporting educational innovation and developing smart education in the Arab region. His Excellency Eng. Mohammed Al Madani, CEO of Classera, also delivered a speech in which he affirmed his organization’s support for this important strategic project. National representatives and coordinators from 12 Arab countries participated in the forum: Jordan, Lebanon, Bahrain, Algeria, Somalia, Palestine, the Emirates, Sudan, Iraq, Mauritania, Morocco, and the Sultanate of Oman. During the meeting, the “Innovative Teacher Competition 2026” (ITC) was presented, organized by ALECSO in partnership with Intel, Classera, and Millennium@EDU, and with support from JP-IK and SixUnited. The competition aims to honor creative teachers in Arab countries who use technology to design innovative lesson plans that enhance interaction and creativity in the classroom. Engineer Hossam Fahmy, Director of Global Partnerships at Classera, and Engineer Bilal Al-Amri from ALECSO, explained that the competition is held at two local and regional levels, as national competitions are organized in the Arab countries in the first stage, and the three best teachers from each country qualify for the Arab finals that will be held within the InnoXera Global Educational Technology Summit in 2026. The winners will receive recognized certificates from Intel® and ALECSO and technical awards from JP-IK. and SixUnited, and distinguished projects will be displayed on the global Intel® Skills for Innovation platform, to serve as reference models for innovative teaching. The participants stressed that this project represents a strategic step towards enabling Arab teachers to embrace innovation in education and spread the culture of learning based on skills and projects, which contributes to building a creative Arab generation capable of leading the shift towards smarter and more innovative education. Innovation Skills Project Link: Innovation Skills Competition Link: Competition Details - Innovation Skills Platform