Research ‘space’ for Western Mediterranean, Maghreb

By Wagdy Sawahel. Member states of the 5+5 Dialogue initiative, a sub-regional forum for dialogue including five countries of the Arab Maghreb Union and five countries of the Western Mediterranean, have agreed to set up a ‘space’ for research and innovation to promote cooperation in science, technology and higher education.
The Maghreb countries involved are Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia, and the Western Mediterranean nations are France, Italy, Malta, Portugal and Spain.
The new initiative was outlined in a ‘Rabat Declaration’, which was endorsed at the first conference of ministers of higher education and research of the 5+5 Dialogue states, held in Rabat, Morocco, from 20 to 21 September. The conference was organised by Morocco’s Ministry of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Training. Read more...