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Professor Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa, President of Alexandria University, and Dr. Ahmed El-Hayawy, Secretary General of the Education Development Fund of the Egyptian Cabinet, signed a cooperation protocol between the two sides to coordinate efforts regarding providing engineering consultations, training faculty members and administrative staff at the Egyptian Technological University, and providing experts from Alexandria University.
The signing of the agreement was witnessed by Dr. Saeed Allam, Acting Vice President of the University for Community Service and Environmental Development Affairs and Dean of the College of Engineering, Dr. Walid Abdelazim, Vice President of the Faculty of Engineering for Community Service and Environmental Development Affairs, Dr. Abdelaziz Emara, Executive Director of the Centre for Capacity Development of Faculty Members and Leaders, and a delegation from the Education Development Fund.
After signing the protocol, Dr. Konsowa stressed the university’s keenness to cooperate with the Education Development Fund in order to achieve the priorities of the state’s sustainable development plan (Egypt Vision 2030) and to provide a model of cooperation between the two sides that contributes to providing graduates at the highest level to meet the requirements of the labour market. He explained that Alexandria university through this protocol will provide engineering consultations for the buildings and facilities of the Egyptian Technological University, through the Engineering Centre at Alexandria University, and will also provide a set of appropriate training packages approved locally and internationally to raise the efficiency of trainees from the faculty members and administrative staff at the Egyptian Technological University through the Centre for Capacity Development of Faculty Members and Leaders at Alexandria University.
While Dr. El-Hayawy pointed out to the Fund’s role as an incubator for creating innovative educational projects and models in the various education sectors, including general, higher, technical, and vocational education. He pointed out the Fund’s keenness to benefit from Alexandria University with its scientific, human, and technical capabilities to complete the needs of the Egyptian Technological University and build the capabilities of its members to improve the quality of the educational process provided.
