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Dr. Amro Izzat Salama, the General Secretary of the Union of the Arab Universities sent a gratitude letter to Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki, the Rector of the Erbil Polytechnic University for participating in the 56th Congress of the Union of Arab Universities held on the 4^th and 5^th of March, 2024 at the Baghdad University.

In an official message on behalf of the Union of the Arab Universities, Dr. Amro Izzat Salama congratulated the Rector of Erbil Polytechnic University on the coming of the holy month of Ramadan and wished this month to be a month of blessings and happiness for everyone.

In his message, the General Secretary of the Union of the Arab Universities thanked Prof. Dr. Muhamad Tahir Harki, the Rector of the Erbil Polytechnic University for his participation in the 56th Congress of the Union of the Arab Universities held on the 4^th and 5^th of March, 2024 at the Baghdad University and he hoped that the Erbil Polytechnic University must continue to achieve common goals and develop the level of higher education in Arab universities.

It is worth mentioning that the Erbil Polytechnic University is one of the universities members of the Union of Arab Universities that annually get an invitation to the congress of the Union, each session hosted by a member university.

On the 18^th of March, 2024, in the presence of Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki, the Rector of the Erbil Polytechnic University, the Vice Rectors and several members of the University Council held a workshop entitled (Building Capacity for University Key Figures) for all the heads of scientific departments of the Erbil Polytechnic University.

At the beginning of the workshop, a welcoming speech was delivered by the Vice Rector for Scientific Affairs and Higher Education. Then, the Rector delivered a speech in which he mentioned the importance of such courses for the heads of departments and made it clear that the heads of scientific departments of colleges and institutes are the dynamo of the university’s progress and bridges between the university and students and continuing such courses are of special importance to develop its capabilities and some new dimensions of the university does.

On the first day of the workshop, two seminars were presented. The first seminar was conducted by Dr. Fazel Jaff under the title (Teachers and Students Behaviors interaction) in which he in detail talked about the topics of body language and reading body language.

In the second seminar, Asst. Prof. Dr. Botan Majid Ahmad, the Vice Rector for Scientific Affairs, presented a subject entitled (Diploma Supplement and Transcript).

The workshop will continue on the second day and Mr. Yasin Rashid will deliver a seminar about (Student Registration for exams), and Mr. Zanyar Rizgar Ahmed and Mr. Aso Yasin Omar will present a seminar about (Google Chat) to the heads of scientific departments and directors of the university presidency.

On Sunday, the 10^th of March, 2024, Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki, the Rector of the Erbil Polytechnic University received a delegation of the International  Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) consisted of Mr. Oliver Ray, the Director of the Physical Rehabilitation Program / Geneva, Mr. Tigran Betani, the Director of the Physical Rehabilitation Program / Iraq, Mr. Chia Miqdad Ali, the Director of Physical Rehabilitation Program / Kurdistan, and Mr. Yan Lee Beck a Director in ICRC/Iraq.

In a meeting where Asst. Prof. Dr. Botan Majid Asngar, the Vice Rector for Scientific Affairs and Higher Education; Mr. Murad Amir the Dean of the Erbil Technical Health and Medicine, ⁠Dr. Zikra, the Head of the Department of Artificial Limbs and Supports; Asst. Prof. Dr. Nageb Toma Bato were present, both sides discussed how to continue the department of prostheses and supports in Erbil Technical College of Health and Medicine in admitting students for the third round. And providing foreign teaching staff and equipment to continue the educational process, and develop a plan to train local academic staff.

It is worth mentioning that this department was established with the full support of the International Red Cross in terms of preparing programs, equipment and materials within the framework of an agreement between the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Erbil Polytechnic University, for graduates of two rounds. According to this agreement, Erbil Polytechnic University will bear all the expenses.

During this meeting, a detailed discussion was held, and a number of ideas and suggestions were formulated, which will then be submitted to the International Committee of the Red Cross in an official report.

The Representative of the Erbil Polytechnic University Rector participated in the meeting of the league of technical universities in Iraq held on the the 7-8^th of March, 2024 in Basra City.

Asst. Prof. Dr. Nageb Toma Bato, representing the Rector of the Erbil Polytechnic University, participated in the meeting held at the Southern Technical University, which focused on the evaluation of the second phase of the Technical and Vocational Education Development Project in Iraq (TVET-2). It included: (Degree programme, Quality Assurance. Internationalization).

Another topic of the meeting was the suggestions and opinions of the universities as a better preparation for the conduct of the third phase of the project to develop technical and vocational education in Iraq, which is supposed to begin soon in the next few months.

It is worth mentioning that the next project will focus on (green energy, practicing the framework of technical and vocational education qualifications, paying attention to the introduction of technical universities through the development of university websites.