The Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr. Naeem Al-Aboudi, inaugurated the scientific conference on the National Day of the Erasmus Program, which was held on September 8-9. The conference aims to open horizons for international academic cooperation. It is the first specialized guide for the Erasmus Program focused on Iraq, marking the first step of its kind toward institutionalizing international academic cooperation mechanisms.
The conference program, which was attended by our university president, Prof. Dr. Aqeel Sarhan Muhammad Al-Ghazi, and held at the University of Baghdad, included a review of four major Erasmus programs implemented in Iraq, highlighting mechanisms for getting benefit from them to strengthen academic and research partnerships, develop joint diploma programs, attract visiting professors, and expand scientific and cultural exchange between Iraqi universities and their European counterparts.
The conference workshops were also attended by the Director of Scholarships and Cultural Relations at our university, Asst. Prof. Dr. Nada Sami Nasir, and the Head of the Erasmus Unit, Lect. Rand Majid Rasool.
The event was attended by a number of directors of the scholarship and cultural relations departments within the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, along with a number of presidents of public and private universities. Participants were distributed across four training halls, which hosted interactive sessions with international trainers specializing in the Erasmus program.
The sessions reviewed four major Erasmus programs implemented in Iraq, highlighting mechanisms for taking benefit from them to strengthen academic and research partnerships, develop joint diploma programs, attract visiting professors, and expand the horizons of scientific and cultural exchange between Iraqi universities and their European counterparts.
The closing remarks were delivered by the President of the University of Baghdad, Prof. Dr. Bahaa Ibrahim Insaf, and Dr. Muwaffaq Sajit Samir.
This activity achieves the Sustainable Development Goals, represented by Goal 4, which calls for quality education, as well as Goal 17, "Partnership for the Goals."
