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Today, Tuesday, the 12^th of September, 2023, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki, the Rector of Erbil Polytechnic University, the Dastpek training course started, which is an important project and has many benefits for students and graduates of the Erbil Polytechnic University to find job opportunities and become self-employed through innovation projects and competition.

The Dastpek Project is a special competition for entrepreneurship in which the Erbil Polytechnic University participates alongside six other universities in the Kurdistan Region. The course is organized by the German Foundation (GIZ) with the assistance of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research. The participants will be trained by trainers Kovan Omar and Zanyar Jabar. This project is funded by the European Union which encourages university graduates and students to develop their own business ideas and work to establish their own jobs. In the first phase, 60 graduates and students will benefit.

Through this project, students and graduates of the Erbil Polytechnic University can participate in a two-day training course in which they will work on building a work project as a team and then two teams will be selected for the next stage of the competition alongside the team other universities participating in this program will then receive intensive training In the final stage, the winning teams will present their projects in a special ceremony.

The objectives of the project are to change the attitudes of students and graduates about their future work, get familiar with entrepreneurship, and business leadership, practical steps to build businesses, promote and enhance the ability to work in teams practically.

On Monday, the 11^th of September, 2023, Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki, the Rector of the Erbil Polytechnic University, received a delegation from Tor Vergata University of Rome, Italy consisting of Dr. Daniel Fit Paldi and Dr. Glara Fuad Hassan.

In a meeting where several members of the university council and director of the International Relations Office were present, after introducing our university to the guest delegation, they discussed the establishment of academic and scientific relations between the Erbil Polytechnic University and Tor Vergata University of Rome, Italy. Both universities agreed upon Signing a memorandum of understanding to conduct scientific activities such as scientific conferences and conduct joint scientific research between the teachers of both universities.

The meeting also focused on the work strategy and capacity of our university and the successful programs it conducts in collaboration with other universities around the world, especially student exchange. The Erbil Polytechnic University annually trains more than 30 to 40 students abroad, which gives them the necessary experience, knowledge and information to successfully complete the training.

On Sunday, September 10, 2023, Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki, the Rector of the Erbil Polytechnic University, received a delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross Organization (ICRC).

In the meeting the Vice Rectors for Scientific Affairs and Higher Education, the Administrative and Financial Affairs, the Director of the International Relations Office, and the Head of the Department of Prosthetic and Orthotics Department were present. They discussed the continuation of the Prosthetic and Orthotics Department which is for now financially supported by ICRC and in the next stages the responsibility of this department will be upon of our university.

An international evaluator accompanied the delegation who will evaluate the programs and laboratories of the Prosthetic and Orthotics Department.

On Sunday, the 10^th of September, 2023, Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki, the Rector of the Erbil Polytechnic University, received a delegation of WFP.

In a meeting where the Vice Rector for the Scientific Affairs and the directors of the Career Development, Engineering and Projects were present, they discussed the job fair and graduation ceremony for the students who have successfully completed the training courses in collaboration with our university WFP, which is financially supported by the German Ministry of Cooperation.