Dr Ashraf El-Ghandour, Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research Affairs, witnessed the activities of the symposium on “Management, Sustainability and Strategic Planning for the Centre of Excellence for Water at Alexandria University”, in the presence of Dr. Said Allam, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Dr. Essam Wahba, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Engineering for Graduate Studies and Research and Executive Director of the Center, Dr. Walid Abdelazim, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Engineering for Community Service and Environmental Development, Dr. Wael El-Meghlani, Acting Vice-Dean for Education and Student Affairs, Dr. Dina El-Gayar, Deputy Director of the Project Management Unit at the University, and representatives of American and Egyptian universities participating in the center, as well as a group of faculty members, specialists and experts.

In his speech, Dr. Ashraf El-Ghandour stressed that the project of the Water Excellence Center at Alexandria University is working to find solutions to the expected water problems in light of population growth and the serious challenges we are currently facing. El-Ghandour expressed his hope that the workshop will come out with recommendations that contribute to achieving sustainability for the Water Excellence Center, which represents an expert house to provide practical solutions to all challenges related to the field of water in Egypt.

Dr. Said Allam indicated that the workshop discusses the strategic plan for the center, which works to support learning and applied research in the field of water, as well as work to address the most important challenges facing Egypt in sustainable water management.

While Dr. Essam Wahba confirmed that the workshop discusses the sustainability plan and the governance system of the center, which is concerned with studying the latest developments in the fields of science and scientific research and new uses of technology in the field of water, as well as providing consultations and training services in the field of water in line with the national strategy of the country’s sustainable development plan “Egypt Vision 2030”.





