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His Excellency the Erbil Polytechnic University Rector Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki, participated in the Skills Conference for the Sustainable Agriculture which was held in Baghdad.

A delegation consisting of the representatives of the Ministries of the Higher Education and Scientific Research, Education, Agriculture and Water Resources of the Kurdistan Region, on behalf of the Kurdistan Regional Government, have participated in the Skills Conference for Sustainable Agriculture that is going on in Baghdad.

The three Rectors of Kurdistan Polytechnic Universities (Erbil, Duhok, and Sulaimaniya), the Vice Rector of Erbil Polytechnic University for Scientific Affairs and Higher Education and the Director of Career Development Center participated in the conference.

The conference was arranged by the Isdeharak Organization in collaboration with the European Union Mission in Iraq in which they will discuss how to develop the agricultural sectors as a source of income.

The conference will also discuss the role of education and learning in providing vocational skills in agriculture.

On Tuesday, the 23^rd of May, 2023, the Rector of the University, Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki received Mr. Ala Al-Ziadi, the Representative of the Department of the Islamic Enlightenment Affairs in the Holy Al-Abbas Shrine in Karbala and his accompanying delegation.

In a meeting where the Vice Rector for Scientific Affairs, the Director of the International Relations Office, and Dr. Muhammed Zahawi the  Coordinator of the mentioned Department were available, the guest delegation expressed their pleasure to meet and visit our university and said they are ready to take serious steps to strengthen relations  with our university and other universities in Iraq in general and the universities of Karbala in particular.

In the meeting, the university Rector spoke about the importance of relationships and collaboration among universities and students with each other such as, establishing relationships between our university students and students of Karbala to exchange opinions, knowledge and information and familiarity with each other’s customs and culture on strengthening academic relations with Karbala universities and other Iraqi universities.

At the end of the meeting, the representative of the institution presented three books as a gift to the Rector.

At the official invitation of the Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences, a delegation of the Erbil Polytechnic University participated in the activities of the Bielefeld University International Week, which lasted from May 8th to 12th of May, 2023.

Representatives of universities from 31 countries participated in the event and our university was one of the participating universities. Several international seminars and activities were held.

The delegation of our university consisted of Asst. Prof. Dr. Botan Majid Asngar, the Dean of the Erbil Technology College and Asst. Prof. Dr. Ranj Sirwan Abdullah, the Director of International Relations Office of the University Presidency. On the sidelines of the event, the delegation held several meetings with decision makers, researchers and professors of this university to expand the academic and scientific relationships between the Erbil Polytechnic University and the university and the Bielefeld University of Applied Science.

During the meetings, many issues related to student exchange and joint research projects of master’s and doctoral students were seriously discussed, in addition to holding conferences and joint research between the staff of both universities.

The university presidencies and specialized colleges on both sides are also expected to work on the details of the implementation of the processes.

It is worth mentioning that Mr. Muayad Ismail Othman, a research Instructor at the Bielefeld University, who is originally from Erbil, was an important coordinator and in organizing the communication, preparation and conduct of the meetings.

The Rector of the Erbil Polytechnic University Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki  accompanied several members of the university Council and directors of the university presidency, visited the National Memorial of Mulla Mustafa Barzani in Barzan and were welcomed by Sheikh Khalat Barzani.

On the sidelines of the scientific conference of Erbil Polytechnic University students held at Mergasor Technical Institute, His Excellency the Erbil Polytechnic University Rector, visited the Barzani National Memorial in Barzan.

During the visit, they visited the sections of the memorial and the curators and guides of the memorial gave detailed and unheard information to the audience about all the historical objects and documents displayed in several boxes.