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On Thursday, the 31th of August, 2023, in the presence of Prof. Dr. Muhamad Tahir Harki, the Rector of the Erbil Polytechnic University, in a ceremony, the Aviar Environmental Awareness Organization fulfilled a two-month course on the environmental protection, in which students of the Erbil Technology College of the Erbil Polytechnic University participated.

At the beginning of the ceremony, Asst. Prof. Dr. Nageb Toma Bato, the Vice Rector for the Scientific Affairs and Higher Education; Asst. Prof. Dr. Botan Majid Asngar, the Dean of the Erbil Technology College, the Chairman of the Environmental Protection Board of the Kurdistan Regional Government Dr. Abdulrahman Sadiq and a number of party and government officials were present. The President of the Aviar Environmental Awareness Organization Mr. Aso Shikak welcomed the guests and explained how the course was conducted and presented the strategy of his organization to the participants.

The students participated in this course in both theoretical and practical methods and were taught by 30 environmental teachers to play their role in protecting greenery and cleanliness in Kurdistan in the future.

This course was organized in cooperation with the Ala Center, the supervision of the Nongovernmental Organizations Office, the Erbil Environmental Services and Protection Directorate, the Erbil Water and Sewerage Directorate, the Parks and Gardens Engineering Directorate, the Erbil Forestry and Environmental Police Directorate, the Erbil Environmental Office, and the Byabani Sawz (Green Desert) Organization.

At the end of the ceremony, a certificate of appreciation was presented by Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki and other participants.

Mr. Wirya Abdulqadir, a sports lecturer at the Erbil Polytechnic University, won three gold medals at the Antalya International Tennis Championships.

During his participation in the Antalya International Tennis Championships, Mr. Wirya Abdulqadir won the Antalya International Tennis Championship after reaching the final stage.

Mr. Wirya Abdulqadir, who is also the first vice president of the Iraqi Tennis Federation, defeated, during the tournament, he defeated the Turkish top seed Tarq Farakhi 2-1 in singles.

In the second round, he defeated Azerbaijan’s Alshin Rahimov 2-0.

In the doubles match, Mr. Wirya Abdulkadir and Alshin Rahimov faced Turkish player Omid Aksoy and German player Stevan Ulbreck they won the match in two sets to one (2-1) and became the chamoions.

In a telephone conversation, his Excellency Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhmad Tahir Harki, the Rector of Erbil Polytechnic University congratulated Mr. Wirya Abdulqadir on winning the championship title and wished him further success, while he expressed his full support for winning another championship title.

On Sunday, the 20^th of August, 2023, Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki, the Rector of the Erbil Polytechnic University, received a delegation from Imam Al-Aedham University.

In a meeting where the Vice Rectors for the Administrative, the Scientific Affairs and Higher Education, and the Student Affairs were present, the Rector welcomed the delegation and briefed them about our university history. In return, the guest delegation expressed their pleasure to visit the Erbil Polytechnic University.

In their meeting session, both parties discussed the development of universities by benefiting from each other’s experience and both sides agreed to establish scientific relations. In this regard, the Rector stressed upon the collaboration of the two universities in various fields, especially research and scientific conferences.

  Another topic of the meeting was the admission of students to universities and the opening of higher education study, master’s and doctoral degrees was another aspect of the discussions. In another part of the meeting, both sides considered the internationalization of universities as an important and necessary step to improve the scientific level of teachers and students.

Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki, the Erbil Polytechnic University participated in the roundtable meeting of polytechnic universities in Iraq, which was hosted by the Middle Technical University and held in Erbil city.

In a meeting where the Minister Deputy of the Higher Education and Scientific Research of Iraq, Dr. Haider Abd Zahd, the Chairman of the Committee of the Education, Technical and Vocational Training Reform Project in Iraq, Dr. Hamid Khalaf Ahmed and the consultant of the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research in Iraq Mr. Ala Abed Hassan, the Rectors of Iraqi and Kurdistan Polytechnic Universities, and the Vice Rector of Erbil Polytechnic University for Scientific Affairs and Higher Education were present, they discussed the steps taken to promote technical and vocational education in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region.

After presenting the speeches, the agenda of the meeting was presented through nine different topics discussing the independence of admission in polytechnic universities, especially in departments that follow the Bologna system, as well as the proposals and recommendations of the previous meeting technical education in Iraq and its transformation into the Office of Technical Education in the Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, steps to implement the Bologna system and obstacles to its implementation, investment projects and discussing the infrastructure construction for newly established universities. Working on changing the ownership of the land of the Ministry of Finance and Economy to polytechnic universities was also discussed along with several other current issues.