[Auto-translated content] In the presence of Her Excellency the Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development of the State of Libya, Ms. Mabrouka Othman Al-Touki, a capacity-building workshop in the field of culture policies and governance, organized in cooperation between the Ministry of Culture and Knowledge Development of the State of Libya and the ALECSO, concluded in Tripoli. Thirty people responsible for cultural work and leaders of Libyan cultural institutions benefited from this workshop, which lasted for four days in the period from February 3-6, 2025. The workshop aims to support the capabilities of beneficiaries in the field of formulating and governing national cultural policies and linking them to development paths, and to enhance the skills of beneficiaries in the field of implementing, monitoring and evaluating cultural policy programs and outcomes. In her speech on the occasion, Her Excellency Mabrouka Othman Al-Touki, Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development, thanked the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization for its keenness to support and enhance cultural work processes in the Arab countries, and its pivotal role in promoting and developing the mechanisms of cultural work and linking it to the people’s fundamental issues such as development, security and peace. Her Excellency the Minister expressed her great appreciation for what the organization is doing under the leadership of His Excellency the Director General, Professor Dr. Mohamed Ould Omar, and the modern model programs it provides for the benefit of the Arab countries. She also affirmed the desire of the State Libya in enhancing cooperation and coordination with ALECSO with the aim of strengthening the cultural unity of the Arab countries. In turn, Dr. Ahmadou Habibi, an expert at the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization, conveyed the greetings of His Excellency the Director General of the Organization, Professor Dr. Mohamed Ould Omar, to His Excellency the Minister of Culture and Cognitive Development of the State of Libya and to all the beneficiaries of this model program launched by the Organization for the benefit of the Arab countries. He stressed His Excellency’s keenness to strengthen joint Arab cultural work and develop its mechanisms. The work of the support workshop focused on the following areas: cultural policies and their components, stakeholders concerned with their design and construction, mechanisms and approaches for formulating and governing cultural policies and linking them to development paths, levels of work on cultural policies: nationally and locally at the level of municipalities and cities, mechanisms for implementing cultural policies, local contexts and particularities and their reflection in cultural policies, cultural policies: governance, monitoring and evaluation, reports of national and international culture sectors. On the sidelines of the workshops, the first coordination meeting was held on launching the tripartite action plan for cultural development in the State of Libya.