Career Development Facilitator (CDF)

What is the Arab Career Development Facilitator Program?

The ACDF Program is one of the accredited training programs offered by the Arab Career Development Association (ACDA) based in the United States. It has been specially developed for the Arab world, aiming to equip participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to provide effective career support. The goal is to help individuals explore career paths, make well-informed career decisions, and navigate different life stages using evidence-based approaches tailored to the cultural context of the Arab region.

Who is this program for?

Social and psychological specialists
Recruitment and training officers
Teachers and student guidance counselors
Career development practitioners
Civil society organization workers
Anyone interested in human capital development and youth empowerment

Program Completion Criteria:

Completing 90% of the program requirements
Scoring at least 85% on the final evaluation

Certificate of Completion

This certificate is your gateway to international accreditation, selected based on your professional experience and career path.

The Arab Career Development Facilitator Track is one of four training tracks accredited by the Arab Career Development Association for the year 2025. This track offers practitioners the opportunity to obtain the internationally recognized ACDF certification, offered in four progressive levels that reflect professional growth and impact:

Master Trainer (Level Four)

Instructor (Level Three)

Ahmed Mustafa Kamal El Din is a founding partner of GROWAT in Saudi Arabia, Assistant
President of the Professional Development Network – San Jose – California, USA, and
Managing Director for the Middle East and North Africa region.

Key achievements:
• Member and Leader of the National Board for Professional Development in the USA –
International Relations Committee 2020-2023 and Ambassador for the Middle East and
North Africa Region for the Board 2022.
• Representative of CRG Canada for assessment and measurement tools.
• Consultant for the United Nations Organization – UNICEF.
• Winner of the Merit Award for 2022 and the Best Professional.
Development Expert Award in the World from the National Board for
Professional Development in the USA for 2011, and the Best
International Professional Facilitator Award in the World from the
National Board of Certified Consultants in the USA for 2015.

Professional experience:
• Born and raised in Egypt in Giza Governorate, he took the professional path before
graduating from university, which refined his skills and developed his potential, in
addition to his journey of self-discovery, which has not yet ended.
• He has been involved in the field of information technology for more than two
decades, during which he held several positions, including Information Systems
Consultant in the Office of Experts of the Minister of Finance, then his career path
shifted to the field of professional development to manage the operations of the first
professional development project in the Arab world, which is the establishment of a
vocational guidance and counseling center at the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo
University in 2006.
• He also served as a Professional Development Consultant for the United Nations
Children’s Fund (UNICEF) from October 2009 to 2018.

Other notable achievements:
• In June 2010, during the annual conference of the National Board for Professional
Development (NCDA) in the USA “the largest institution in this field in the world”,
where he was celebrated as the first representative of this association in the Arab
world.
• In January 2011, Ahmed Mustafa was selected by the National Board for Professional
Development (NCDA) in the USA to be the first Arab to join the leadership
development program in the field of professional development to enable him to lead
and spread this field in the Arab world. This was followed by Ahmed Mustafa being
accredited in February 2011 as a Senior International Trainer for Professional
Development at the global level, and to be the only one with the right to teach and
develop curricula for this field in the Arabic language.
• In early 2014, Ahmed Mustafa was nominated to join the Advisory Council of the National Board of Certified Consultants in the USA to become the first Arab to obtain this membership.
• In May 2015, he was chosen by the National Council of Certified Consultants) in the field of mental health and psychology (in the USA) to be an ambassador for the first international conference in the field of mental health facilitation in North Carolina,
USA. During this conference, he was granted a certificate of registration as a mental health facilitator to be the first Arab to have the right to implement the mental health facilitator program and train trainers on it in the Arab world.
• Ahmed has carried out many development and educational programs for all segments of society and different age groups, which have had a clear impact on
rebuilding a new way of thinking about planning life paths. One of his most famous programs is the Self-Management Art program, in which he teaches a new system of standards and measurements that help to understand personality patterns in addition to multiple lifestyle patterns so that life paths can be planned in accordance with personality patterns. This in addition to programs for preparing certified professional counselors and facilitators from the USA, where more than 1000 guidance and counseling specialists have been trained since October 2009 until January 2020 in many countries.
• In mid-2011, Ahmed Mustafa was chosen to implement the first pilot project to
integrate professional development into the educational system in the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia; from September 2016 to January 2020, he managed the professional development programs for Allow Company in the Kingdom, which implements some of the professional development and scientific content projects for professional development for many government agencies and other sectors in the Kingdom.
GROWAT was established to lead human development programs, projects and
services in the next stage for Arab societies, whether in the Arab world or Western countries.