Erbil Polytechnic University arranged the third (Final) concluding conference of the TIGRIS Project, which took place on Tuesday, October 13th, 2020. A group of the academic staff of the EPU attended this event, including the Rector of the university, Asst. Prof. Dr. Kawa Abdulkareem Sherwani, the Director of the International Office, Asst. Prof. Dr. Ranj Sirwan Abdullah, the Head of Grant and Fund Raising Unit, Dr. Selar Othman, and the Head of the Cultural Relations Unit of the EPU International Relations Office, Asst. Prof. Dr. Abdullah Omer Yassin,
During this event, the contents and the agenda of the final conference were mentioned, which was looking back on three years of the TIGRIS Project, presenting key outcomes of the project in its third year and having a joint discussion (round table) on the regional (KRI) and global outlook of internationalization. Following up on our efforts in supporting the reforms for the implementation of the Bologna Process in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Prof. Robert Wagenaar from the University of Groningen participated as a key speaker. Previously, Prof. Wagenaar conducted the TUNING training workshop in March 2020. Professor Wagenaar gave his expert assessment of the ongoing modernization of the Higher Education sector in the Kurdistan Region, outlining requirements and potential future steps, presenting the latest developments concerning the Bologna Process. Considering that Bologna-related reforms will be a key focus of Kurdish partners in the coming years, this would be of great interest to all. Therefore, Prof. Wagenaar’s inputs also include some time for Q&A sessions where Kurdish partner universities actively succeeded in the current and future themes.
It is worth to be mentioned that eight partner universities of Kurdistan, all the European partner universities in the TIGRIS project, and more than 184 universities participated in this virtual conference.