New ITP Conference Grant 2025 awarded!!
Written by Claire Messenger, Manager, International Training Programme
We are delighted to award an ITP Conference Grant 2025 to Nagwa Bakr, Training Department Director, National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (Egypt, ITP Fellow 2019).
Nagwa will use her grant to attend and speak at The Future of Museums in Rapidly Changing Communities, ICOM General Conference 2025 in Dubai from 11 to 17 November 2025.
Nagwa says that the ICOM General Conference 2025 offers a unique platform for learning, exchange, and building meaningful professional networks and a valuable opportunity for her, both professionally and personally. She is looking forward to engaging in sessions, discovering global museum trends, and connecting with professionals worldwide.
You can read more about the conference here https://dubai2025.icom.museum/
As Director of the Training Department at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Nagwa’s role focuses on two main areas.
(1) Capacity building and professional development were day-to-day, she coordinates with museum departments to identify training needs, design session plans, communicate with trainers or partner institutions, and schedule and evaluate training activities. She also reviews feedback and adjusts future programmes accordingly. The trainings reflect national priorities such as sustainability, climate change, gender equity, and heritage education. Nagwa works with government entities, NGOs, and foreign institutes to ensure relevance and quality.
(2) Community learning, were Nagwa plans and leads monthly workshops for the public, selecting timely themes and coordinating logistics, speakers, and outreach. Recently she organized a workshop on the journey of the Holy Family in Egypt, where young travellers who had cycled over 350 km along the route shared their experience with the audience. The event sparked rich discussions about pilgrimage, heritage, and modern travel narratives, attracting new audiences engaged in cultural tourism, digital storytelling, and travel literature through both areas.
Nagwa ensures the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization functions not only as a site of preservation but also as a responsive, educational space rooted in community participation.
We are delighted to be able to support Nagwa this year and look forward to hearing more about her conference experience and sharing her final report with our ITP global network.