The Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Prof. Dr. Nabil Kazem Abdel Sahib, called for holding an Arab conference for private universities and colleges and studying the establishment of a fund to support scientific research. This came when he received a delegation from the Applied Science Private University in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, which included the university president, Prof. Mahfouz Judeh, and the professor of cancer biology and immunology at the College of Pharmacy, Dr. Wamid Hadi Talib, in the presence of the Director of the Scholarships and Cultural Relations Department, Dr. Hazem Baqer Taher. The importance of holding an international Arab conference for private universities and colleges in cooperation with the Association of Arab Universities to conduct a comprehensive review that contributes to enriching knowledge, updating the compass of innovations, setting plans responsible for scientific, financial and administrative regulation to serve quality requirements, and determining the output path according to the requirements of academic accreditation and strengthening the areas in which they can cross-fertilize. Scientific experiments to ensure the benefit of the Arab countries according to the priorities responsible for the determinants of scientific and economic feasibility. He added that university education in the current stage is subject to the authority of changes, which requires educational institutions to move towards policies and mechanisms that are characterized by quality, flexibility, efficiency and ability to compete and keep pace with the rapid development and movement of knowledge and extrapolation of indicators and Challenges and the establishment of treatments for securing an educational environment worthy of achieving comprehensive development. He explained that there is an urgent need for concerted efforts to advance Arab scientific research, enhance international reputation, and benefit from specialized applied research, especially in the medical and health fields, calling at the same time to engage the efforts of researchers at the Applied Science University and the Center The Iraqi Research Center for Cancer and Medical Genetics at Al-Mustansiriya University. For his part, Dr. Mahfouz Judeh expressed the University of Applied Sciences’ readiness to provide aspects of cooperation and coordination with the specialized Iraqi universities, colleges and institutes in light of global changes, challenges and requirements, praising the project of the Arab Conference for Private Universities and Colleges called for by the Ministry of Higher Education and Research Iraqi Scientific.Department of Relations and InformationMinistry of Higher Education and Scientific ResearchJuly 6, 2021
