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Dr. Konsowa Attends Signing Ceremony of Cooperation Protocols to Develop Unplanned Areas in Alexandria Governorate
Based on the directives of His Excellency President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, President of the Republic, and under the auspices of the Administrative Control Authority, Major General Mohamed El-Sherif, Governor of Alexandria, and Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa, President of Alexandria University, signed a cooperation protocol to prepare the detailed plan for the unplanned areas and urban sprawl areas in Alexandria Governorate, in order to transform those areas into a digital system using geographic information systems in accordance with the city’s urban strategic plan, taking into account the provision of all public utility needs for citizens. This protocol is carried out in cooperation with Alexandria University, the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, and Pharos University.
The signing of the protocol was witnessed by Dr. Jacqueline Azer, Deputy Governor, Dr. Ismail Abdelghaffar, President of the Arab Academy for Technology and Maritime Transport, Dr. Mahmoud Mohieldin, President of Pharos University, as well as representatives of the Administrative Control Authority, and Dr. Saeed Allam, Acting Vice President of the University for Environmental Affairs and Community Service.
In his speech, Major General Mohamed El-Sherif welcomed the university presidents and representatives of the Administrative Control Authority at the Main Headquarters of Alexandria Governorate, praising the vital and effective role of the Administrative Control Authority in bringing together the centres of expertise from Alexandria University, the Arab Academy for Science, Technology, Maritime Transport, and Pharos University. He added that this protocol aims to prepare detailed plans for the unplanned and urban sprawl areas in Alexandria Governorate, to eliminate the randomness that Alexandria has suffered since 2011 and before. He also pointed out that Alexandria Governorate will be the entity entrusted with implementing the strategic plan for the city of Alexandria 2032, including the outcomes of land and urban space uses and the approval of detailed plans and urban development projects. Alexandria governor stressed the necessity of having plans for cities to limit the spread of slums and building and construction violations on agricultural lands, stressing that this protocol will have a great impact on Alexandria Governorate in the future.
While Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa stressed the necessity of circulating this protocol in the various governorates of Egypt to eliminate slums. He added that Alexandria University will prepare and study detailed plans for specific areas, and for areas that have not been identified and assign them in coordination between the governorate and the university, in addition to preparing digital files in the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) program for the required areas, as it is one of the most prestigious universities in Egypt and the Middle East, and for its pioneering role in providing technical and academic support in various areas of development to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
Alexandria University Educational Innovations and Distance Learning Center Holding 5th International Conference APITEL 2023 in October
Under the auspices of Professor Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa, President of Alexandria University, the Centre for Educational Innovations and Distance Learning at the University will organize on the 21st of October its fifth international conference, APITEL 2023, which will be held under the title "Developing the Learner Autonomy:
Undergraduate Research and Flipped Classrooms as Two Proposed Means".
Its work will continue for two days at the Conference Centre of the Faculty of Medicine.
Dr. Ghada El-Khayyat, Director of the Centre, indicated that the conference will include a competition for each of the faculty members supervising the research of undergraduate students, as well as the students participating in the research. Two prizes will be awarded, the first in the field of humanities and social sciences, and the second in the field of natural sciences. She added that the conference activities will include international training on artificial intelligence in education.
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Dr. Konsowa Visits Beirut Arab University to Participate in Celebration of Appointing Dr. Wael Nabil as University President, Discusses Means of Academic Cooperation
In response to the invitation of Dr. Ammar Al-Houry, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Endowment for Righteousness and Charity, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Beirut Arab University, Professor Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa, President of Alexandria University, visited the sister country of Lebanon, to participate in the ceremony celebrating Dr. Wael Nabil Abdelsalam assuming the duties of his new position as President of Beirut Arab University, as of the beginning of September, and celebrating the graduation of the university’s sixtieth batch, in the Debbieh area. The ceremony took place in the presence of several political, diplomatic and academic leaders in Lebanon and the Arab countries, Dr. Ahmed Zayed, Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Dr. Saeed Allam, Acting Vice President of Alexandria University for Community Service and Environmental Development Affairs, as well as the new deans of the faculties of Beirut Arab University.
Dr. Konsowa indicated that the visit also included a field tour of the university’s faculties and facilities in the Beirut and Debbieh regions, and discussions on the ways to activate academic cooperation between the two universities, in light of the cooperation agreement that the two sides signed last March in Cairo in the presence of Dr. Ayman Ashour, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research. Dr. Konsowa stressed that Alexandria University is ready to provide all aspects of support to Beirut Arab University to serve the Arab nation with a new and distinct vision, which comes as a reflection of the Egyptian state’s keenness to support scientific and academic cooperation with the sister country of Lebanon, considering that Beirut Arab University is the crown jewel in these relations, and a reflection of the unique historical and academic ties that combine the two universities, which have deepened since the establishment of Beirut Arab University in 1960, as one of the institutions of the Endowment for Righteousness and Charity, with the support of Alexandria University.
Cooperation protocol between Alexandria University Engineering Center and the Holding Company for Water and Wastewater
Dr. Ali Abdelmohsen, acting vice President for students affairs, on behalf of Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa, President of Alexandria University, and Engineer Mamdouh Ahmed Ismail Raslan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Holding Company for Water and Wastewater, signed a joint cooperation protocol to provide advisory services to complete the integrated strategy project for rainwater management in Alexandria governorate.
It is noteworthy that the project is being implemented based on a mandate from the Prime Minister, and a decision from Major General Mohamed El-Sherif, Governor of Alexandria, regarding the formation of a committee that will study the mechanism of partial separation of the rainwater drainage network within the city of Alexandria, and the protocol concluded between the Water Department of the Engineering Authority of the Armed Forces and the Water Company regarding project execution.
The centre will carry out engineering consultation work for the design and preparation of tender documents for integrated strategy projects for rainwater management in Alexandria, and it will also supervise the implementation of the project, which comes within the framework of the political leadership’s directives to develop radical solutions that contribute significantly to reducing the effects resulting from the repercussions of climate change.
The integrated strategy project for rainwater management is considered one of the most important radical solutions that will contribute in a distinctive way to facing the rainwater season and reducing the effects resulting from the fall of unprecedented amounts of rainwater that Alexandria witnesses every year, in addition to benefiting from rainwater and connecting it to the new delta as part of a huge national project.
The protocol signing ceremony was attended by Major General Mohamed El-Sherif, Governor of Alexandria, Dr. Jacqueline Azer, Deputy Governor, Dr. Walid Abdelazim, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Engineering for Environmental Affairs and Community Service, Dr. Ziad El-Sayyad, Executive Director of the Engineering Centre, and a number of professors, members of the work team, as well as Dr. Salah Bayoumi, Vice President of the Holding Company for Water and Wastewater, Brigadier Engineer Mohamed Galal, Head of the Projects Sector of the Holding Company for Water and Wastewater, Major General Mahmoud Nafea, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Managing Director of the Alexandria Wastewater Company, and Engineer Ahmed Gaber, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Managing Director of the Alexandria Drinking Water Company.
Cooperation Protocol between Alexandria University and General Authority of Alexandria Port
Professor Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa, President of Alexandria University, and Rear Admiral Nihad Shaheen, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Authority of Alexandria Port, signed, a cooperation protocol between the two sides aimed at exchanging training and rehabilitation programs, and providing training and vocational programs for university students of the faculties related to work in seaports, and scientific qualification programs for employees of the Port Authority in accordance with the data and mechanisms of joint cooperation between them.
In his speech, Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa confirmed that Alexandria University, through this protocol, will provide practical training opportunities, in cooperation between the Alexandria Port Authority and faculty members, for students of the Faculties of Arts, Commerce, Law, Science, and Engineering in the departments related to sea ports, with the aim of qualifying and preparing them to keep pace with the requirements of the labour market and update the necessary knowledge and skills, in order to keep pace with modern developments. He added that the university will also participate in developing the technical capabilities of the staff working at the port, providing training courses and workshops, and facilitating their enrollment in postgraduate studies in related specialisations at reduced fees.
While Rear Admiral Nihad Shaheen confirmed that the General Authority of Alexandria Port, as one of the largest ports in the Republic that is recognized locally and internationally in the field of maritime transport and logistics, will facilitate the administrative procedures for permitting students to enter the customs office to obtain practical training before the start of the training program, and grant them a statement indicating their name of the student, the faculty, the department, the period of passing the training, and approving the trainee evaluation form with the seal of the training center. It will also participate in developing training programs for students of faculties' departments related to seaports.
The signing of the protocol was attended by Dr. Saeed Allam, Acting Vice President for Environmental Affairs and Community Service, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Dr. Mohamed El-Feki, Dean of the Faculty of Law, Dr. El-Sayed El-Seifi, Dean of the Faculty of Commerce, Dr. Amani Ismail, Dean of the Faculty of Science, Dr. Jihan Mahmoud, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Arts for Education and Student Affairs, Dr. Wael El-Maghlani, Acting Vice Dean of the Faculty of Engineering for Education and Student Affairs, and officials of the General Authority of Alexandria Port.