Senior leaders of international networks of liberal political parties presented their organizations and discussed the importance of international networking at a workshop sponsored by the Regional Office of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty (FNF) in cooperation with the Network of Arab Liberals (NAL) on April 2, 2009 in Cairo. Entitled "Cooperation for Freedom. The Role of International Political Networks", the informative event featured speeches by the Secretary General of Liberal International, Emil Kirjas, and the president of the network of Arab Liberals (NAL), Mohamed Tamaldou.

The President of the Democratic Front Party of Egypt (DFP). Dr. Osama Ghazali Harb, facilitated the event and highlighted the importance of international relations of political parties. DFP is the first Egyptian party to join Liberal International as a member.

"We have strengthened our role in the Middle East and Northern Africa", said Emil Kirjas and pointed at the close cooperation of LI and the Network of Arab Liberals. Kirjas also announced that LI would hold the group’s world congress in Cairo in October 2009, the lead theme of which would be education: "We are going to discuss how education affects human rights and democracy and also the entrepreneurial spirit of the people, particularly the youth", Kirjas said.