Friday, September 15, 2023- As representatives of the President of the Republic of Algeria Mr. Abdelmadjid Tebboune, the minister of higher education and scientific research Mr. Kamel Baddari and the minister of knowledge economy, start-ups and micro-enterprises Mr. Yacine El Mahdi Oualid, attended the opening ceremony of the ‘G77+ China’ summit, in Havana, Cuba.
Themed ‘ challenges of current development: the role of knowledge, technology and innovation’, the summit saw the attendance of several head of states and governments of ‘g77+ China’, in addition to the U.N Secretary General Mr. Antonio Guiteras.
The participants discussed a range of topics and issues related to the development, such as, the role of science, technology and innovation in the development of countries, as well as the challenges facing the developing countries in achieving scientific and technological growth. They also addressed issues relevant to the lingering effects of the Covid epidemic, higher food and energy prices, markets fluctuations, inflation, debts recovery, climate change and geopolitical conflicts in different areas around the world.
On the sideline of their participation in the summit ‘G77+ China’, Mr. Kamel Baddari and Mr. Oualid met their Egyptian counterpart, Mohamed Aymen Achour Ahmed, and discussed ways of strengthening bilateral cooperation in the field of higher formation and education, along with scientific research.
The two parties, furthermore, examined the most important mechanisms of cooperation, particularly through twinning agreements between Algerian and Egyptian higher education institutions, and elaborating common training and research programs in the field of climate change, high technology and innovation, in a manner that fulfils the integration of both states in knowledge economy.