NETWORKS

Capacity building

Higher Education Scholarship Palestine (HESPAL)

British Council: 'HESPAL aims to help create the next generation of senior academics who can maintain international quality standards at Palestinian universities and to develop renewed, sustainable links between Palestinian and UK universities.
The Scheme will upgrade junior academic staff in Palestinian universities through a Masters Scholarship programme.'
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Projects

EU collaborative projects in the MENA

Scientific projects targeting cooperation between MENA and EU scientists.

MERID
The Middle East Research and Innovation Dialogue  MERID project  is a coordination and support action funded by the EU framework programme for research and innovation to intensify and encourage R&I cooperation between the EU and the Middle East region, directly involving partners from Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine.
 
Since 2015, MERID project works to contribute to the development of science diplomacy, with a particular focus on the Middle East region, through the organization of webinars, regional events, dissemination of information, etc. MERID project includes 13 partners from 13 European and Middle East countries, coordinated by Euro-Mediterranean University EMUNI.
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EUROSUNMED focuses on the potential for cheap, plentiful solar power to adapt solar technology to the region's environment and infrastructure, while building local research capacity in the field.

'EUROSUNMED is a 4-year collaborative project supported by the FP7 Programme of the European Commission. This innovative project is targeting the following objectives:
  • Developing new technologies in 3 energy field areas, namely photovoltaics,  concentrated solar power and grid integration, at the EU research centres, national agencies and SMEs in strong collaboration with MPC universities, research organizations and SMEs from Morocco and Egypt.
  • Testing innovative components (PV cells/modules, heliostats…) under specific conditions of MPCs (irradiation, hot climate, dust…).
  • Establishing a strong network between EU and MPCs through exchange of students, senior researchers/engineers for transferring knowledge and technologies.
  • Disseminating the results of the project through the organization of scientific events open to a large public from universities, engineering schools and stakeholders.'      
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EUROSUNMED

Capacity building

Have you ever written a grant?

I posed this question to a professor at a university in Jordan.
The answer was no. This led me to start exploring the reasons
behind this and how  to resolve them.
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Capacity building


New major regional program to empower young women scientists

The International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) launched the design phase of a new major regional program to empower young Arab women scientists and leaders in agricultural research and development.







Loreal- UNESCO prize to support Arab women researchers

Source:  SciDev   
هبة الحاج باحثة لبنانية حصلت على الجائزة على المستوى الإقليمي والدولي، تحكي كيف دعمت عملها البحثي
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Business

Innovation and knowledge creation


Involving business in STI and economic development.
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Institutions

ICARDA

The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) is one of 15 centers supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). Its mandate is to promote agricultural development in the dry areas of developing countries

 Jobs

AUB
American University of Beirut
KAUST
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
ICARDA
The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas