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Within the strategic plan and efforts of the Erbil Polytechnic University to develop the skills of the university staff, on Monday, the 3^rd of April, 2023, a training course for a number of teachers and employees was held which will last for four days. In this event, the Rector of the University Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki, the Vice Rector, deans, and directors were present.

In collaboration with the German University (THM) in the framework of the implementation of the project (Academic Education in the Field of Renewable Energies) which is supported by (DAAD), Erbil Polytechnic University opened a training course for the university staff entitled (Project Management, Systematic Development Solution). The course will continue for four days in the at the Scientific Research Center Hall of the university.

This course that will be delivered and supervised by Professor Dr. Klaus Behler, twenty-three academic staff and several administrative staff of technical colleges and institutes participated. The main subjects of the training course are: Project Management, Problems Solutions, and Systematic Development that will be explained and discussed intensively during the course.

On the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan Prof. Dr. Edrees Mohamad Tahir Harki, the Rector of Erbil Polytechnic University, congratulated all teachers, employees and students of the Erbil Polytechnic University on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan. He hoped that this month would spread a better life and prosperity on Kurdistan nation.

This is the text of the message of the President of the Erbil Polytechnic University

On the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan, on behalf of myself and the Erbil Polytechnic University Council Members, I warmly congratulate all teachers, employees and students of our university. I ask God to accept our prayers and make the month of Ramadan be a source of more happiness and peace for Kurds.

May God bless all in great health, Amen.

Prof. Dr. Edrees Mohamad Tahir Harki

The Rector of the Erbil Polytechnic University

The Rector of the Erbil Polytechnic University Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki, participated in the Congress of the Arab Universities Union, which is held in 18 to 20 of March 2023 at both Sousse and Muntasir Universities in Tunisia.

The Rector of the Erbil Polytechnic University with a number of presidents of universities in the Kurdistan Region participated in the opening ceremony of the 55th General Congress of the Union of Arab Universities, which began under the supervision of the Prime Minister of Tunisia, Najla Bouden Ramadan.

The opening ceremony of the congress was conducted in the presence of the Minister of the Higher Education and Scientific Research of Tunisia, Moncef Boukthir. As the Kurdistan Regional Government Representative, the President of the Erbil Polytechnic University and the Presidents of the Kurdistan Regional Universities held a series of meetings with the congress participants the Higher Education and Scientific Research Minister of Tunisia Moncef Boukthir and the Egyptian Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Mohamed Ayman Ashour.

In these meetings, the Kurdistan delegation exchanged views on the development of relations and collaboration between universities.

The congress is scheduled to discuss several issues related to the education process in universities, especially in the post-corona period, which was the first congress of the union and discussed the impact of the spread of the coronavirus, which led to think about the use of electronic systems and greater attention to its use in higher education.

It is worth mentioning that Erbil Polytechnic University is one of the members of the Union of Arab Universities.

Yesterday on Tuesday, the 14^th of March, 2023, the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in collaboration with IREX International organization and in the presence of advisors and general directors of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research conducted a workshop. 70 university teachers from all governmental universities of the Kurdistan Region participated. This was the first training course that covered the subjects of the survey of labor market needs and the adaptation to the content of the curriculum which continued for two days.

In the training course six academic staff of the Erbil Polytechnic University have participated which lasted for two days. They were trained by the international experts from the IREX International Organization to lead the Kurdistan Regional Labor Market Survey Project and the program development.

Currently, the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research has implemented the program development project, for this purpose they required a scientific survey of the needs of the labor market, public and private sectors to redesign the outcomes of the educational process.

The project aimed to align the entire education and training process with the needs of the labor market and the direction of economic development, so that the university graduates can improve their skills to succeed in the competition for employment.

In a speech delivered on the first day of the course, the the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research Consultant, Dr. Amanj Abdullah Saeed told the teachers participating in the course: “You will lead this important process and our work will be long and the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research will assist you to develop your skills in designing curricula in light of changes in the labor market.”