platform to present and develop their innovative initiatives, with guidance from specialized professors from Algeria and abroad.

During the third stage of the visit, the minister inspected the veterinary clinic affiliated with the Faculty of Natural and Life Sciences at Chadli Bendjedid University of El Tarf. He received detailed explanations on the pedagogical and scientific services provided across 17 specialties, including animal nutrition, ruminant diseases, general and specialized veterinary surgery, and poultry diseases. He also reviewed the clinic’s role in strengthening students’ practical training and preparing them for the labor market.

The minister then carried out an inspection visit to the 2,000-bed university residence project at the El Tarf university hub, whose construction works are in their final stages. He inspected the project’s facilities, notably the central restaurant, rooms, sports hall, services pavilion, as well as the outdoor landscaping and public lighting works. He praised the quality of the completed works and the sustained pace of progress achieved.

During the final stage of his visit, the minister chaired a consultative meeting with the university community, marked by the signing of several cooperation and partnership agreements, including:

An agreement between Chadli Bendjedid University and the National Security Directorate of El Tarf for organizing training sessions in various specialties, particularly language teaching;

An agreement between Chadli Bendjedid University and the National Agency for Microcredit Management (ANGEM).

The meeting also included honoring several outstanding students and delegations, notably:

The project holder awarded in the “Green Shield” competition during Global Entrepreneurship Week;

The winner of first prize at the International Environmental Impact Festival at the University of Jendouba (Tunisia), within the framework of the EDENGARDEN 2025 twinning program;The second-place winner at the Maghreb Meeting on Environment and Climate Change held in El Tarf in March 2026;The second-place winner at the national innovation hackathon “Inno Tech,” dedicated to digital creativity and emerging technologies 2025;The team ranked first in the national Makrathon on interregional tourism, organized from April 14 to 16, 2026, at El Tarf University within the framework of the twinning program;The football team of Chadli Bendjedid University, ranked second in the university football championship organized at Kasdi Merbah University Ouargla;The Tunisian delegation that participated in the workshops of the Student Entrepreneur Hub.