The Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Mr. Kamel Baddari, met on the evening of 11 August 2026 at the Ministry’s headquarters with Algerian physicist and member of the Higher Council of the National Scientific Community Abroad, Professor Noureddine Melikechi, accompanied by a member of his team.
The meeting focused on ways to strengthen and establish technology transfer in the country’s strategic priority areas, as well as on leveraging recent scientific and technological expertise and experience to support innovation, develop national skills, and strengthen cooperation links between Algerian scientific expertise at home and abroad.
At the beginning of the meeting, Professor Noureddine Melikechi, in his capacity as vice-Coordinator of the Higher Council of the National Scientific Community Abroad, presented the Council’s initial steps towards carrying out its missions in accordance with its assigned responsibilities.
The meeting also provided an opportunity to present an action plan to establish academic and scientific mobility for faculty members and students by strengthening exchanges and cooperation between the schools of the “Chahid Abdelhafid Ihaddadene” Scientific and Technological Hub in Sidi Abdallah and the University of Massachusetts (UMass) in the United States, thereby opening new prospects for cooperation in education, research and innovation.