Higher Education and Scientific Research Minister Ayman Ashour stressed the importance of international cooperation to back the State’s development efforts in the fields of education and scientific research.

In a statement on Tuesday 27/12/2022, the Higher Education Ministry underlined the ministry’s success in organizing the second edition of the Scientific Francophonie Week in October, under the sponsorship of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi.

The event was organized by the Ministry, in cooperation with the Francophone University Association (AUF: Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie), with the participation of a number of ministers, experts and universities’ presidents.

It also underlined the signing of the first manifesto on the Francophonie scientific diplomacy, which aims at enhancing cooperation among Francophonie states and organizing future relations among universities.

In September, the National Strategy for Intellectual Property was launched in line with President Sisi’s directives, it further noted.

Also, Cairo University, in cooperation with the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT), organized the scientific dialogue with the Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Dr. Darren Tang.

The Higher Education Ministry also participated in the first Ministerial Conference of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) on Research and Innovation, which was organized by the French Scientific Research Ministry. The meeting adopted roadmaps on three priorities relative to research and innovation, namely health, renewable energy and climate change.

Source: State Information Service Egypt