field visit

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field visit

Today, January 8, 2024, the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Mr. KAMEL BADDARI, with the CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of SAIDAL, conducted a field visit to the University of Sciences and Technology, HouariBoumediene, to inspect research laboratories “Tamayouz” specialized in biological sciences. It was also an occasion to identify their qualifications, scientific, human, and financial competences.
This visit was an opportunity to perceive a number of research products and patents for inventions obtained.
In the second stage of the visit, the Minister inspected the technical platform of physics and chemistry analysis founded on the University campus and was briefed about its important role in supporting the pharmaceutical industry and the significance of the guarantee of pharmaceutical product quality and security. This platform has a great number of highly advanced technologies and quality scientific apparatus and equipment that could contribute to the development of new pharmaceutical products.
This field visit represents the integration of the high education and scientific research sector in the improvement of research results, development, and invention through the strengthening of partnerships in the pharmaceutical industry, mainly with SAIDAL Group and different active economic institutions in the pharmaceutical industry field.

working and inspection visit to the province of Ghardaïa

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working and inspection visit to the province of Ghardaïa

On January 11, 2024, the minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Mr. Kamel Baddari, and the minister of Knowledge Economy and Startups, Mr. Yacine El-Mahdi Oualid, carried out a working and inspection visit to the province of Ghardaïa, during which the minister stressed the activation of the profitability of scientific research as an engine for sustainable social and economic development through the development of research projects that contribute to creating wealth, innovation, and employment opportunities for young people.

The minister affirmed that research must be a support for experienced idea holders to enable access to entrepreneurship and the creation of institutions in various fields and crafts within the framework of innovative projects.

Tribute to the world champion student athletes

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Tribute to the world champion student athletes

The Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Mr. KAMEL BADDARI, honored five students crowned during the world championship of Vovinam held recently in Vietnam and the world championship of Kickboxing hosted by Italy.
On this occasion, the students ‘Timtaousin Adel‘, ‘Khishan Mohammed‘, ‘HalfaouiNarimène‘,‘DehamchiFaïrouz‘, ‘BousafsafFarid‘ were honored for collecting three gold medals, one silver and one bronze.
During a press conference, the Minister stated that the tribute ceremony is an “opportunity for praise and pride inthe accomplishments of these students,” deeming this success an “indicator of Algeria’s triumph in these two sports.”
The Minister also recalled the support and interest that the President of the Republic, Mr. ABDELMADJID TEBBOUNE, grants to University Sport as a “reserve of the national elite.”
The Minister revealed on this occasion the lunch of the first winter national gathering on Monday, December 11, 2023, in Tamanrasset to “create unity and solidarity among the Algerian students from different parts of the nation and select the university sport elites to participate in national competitions.

 A visit to the Research Center for Energy Semiconductor Technology

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A visit to the Research Center for Energy Semiconductor Technology

The Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Mr. KAMEL BADDARI, inspected on December 6, 2023, the Research Center for Energy Semiconductor Technology located in EL HARRACH (Algiers). During his visit, the Minister high lighted the necessity of matching scientific research with the challenges of economic development and the needs of Algerian society. Hereof, the Minister stressed that the year 2024 must be one of achieving “scientific excellence, industrial priority, and matching the needs of Algerian society.” He pointed out that in order to forge this strategy, it was agreed with researchers to create economic institutions inside the Center that will be in charge of transforming research projects and prototypes into industrial products, mainly those directly related to the needs of Algerian citizens.
In the same context, he added that the funding that the Center will receive next year will make it an “added value,” for the creation of economic institutions will generate jobs and contribute to the economic recovery through the manufacturing and marketing of products.
During his visit, many projects, supervised by the Center’s researchers, were presented, including products in the form of research prototypes in the field of energy, sustainable development, and water security.

Cooperation agreement to strengthen the partnership between the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and the National Observatory of Civil Society

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Cooperation agreement to strengthen the partnership between the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and the National Observatory of Civil Society

On Thursday, November 30th, 2023, in Ben Aknoun, a cooperation agreement was signed between the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and the National Observatory of Civil Society to strengthen the partnership between the two bodies and contribute to national development.
During the signing ceremony, the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research explained that the agreement falls within the framework of the policy set by his sector to make the university“ a locomotive for economic and social development.” The Minister also added that under this agreement, the Ministry is committed to involving the Civil Society in sectoral commissions and councils and enacting laws and legislation related to the sector of Civil Society.
The Ministry will also undertake the preparation of training offers for the Civil Society in order to involve it in the projects launched by the sector in the field of social entrepreneurship and startups.
The President of the National Observatory of Civil Society, Mr.NOUREDDINE BENBRAHAM, praised this initiative, which will strengthen the tasks of the Observatory as an advisory body.He also added that to strengthen this role, the Observatory is committed to participate actively in policy development and training offers related to Civil Society.

Third call for proposals for National Research Programs

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Third call for proposals for National Research Programs

The Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Mr. KAMEL BADDARI, with the Minister of Energy and Mines Mr. MOHAMED ARKAB, the Minister of Agriculture and rural development  Mr. ABDELHAFID HENNI, the Minister of Hydraulics Mr. TAHA DERBAL, the Minister of Environment and renewable Energies Mrs. FAZIA DAHLEB, the Minister of Fisheries and fishery products Mr. AHMED BADAN, the Minister of Knowledge Economy, Startups and Micro-enterprises Mr. YACINE EL MAHDI OUALID, Mr. president of National Economic, social and environmental council Mr. BOUCHENAK KHELLADI, and the Secretary General of the Ministry of Health and the representative of the Minister of Industry and Pharmaceutical Production, oversaw today November 25th, 2023, the third call for proposals of National Research Programs addressed to the various Algerian researchers in Algeria and abroad and to the national competences of different sectors of activity, to contribute to the creation of research teams for the execution of the development projects designed by the economic and social partners and formulated by the intersectoral committees of scientific research and technological development.

This call is part of the continuous efforts of development and scientific research to find practical solutions to the needs of certain economic and social institutions that have contributed to the proposition of these projects, also to permit the inquiry of creative means of conception and design of prototypes and products that can be exploited for economic profit or that intended for the creation of Startups / small businesses and crowning some inventions with international patents.

This call also aims, through the planning and execution of targeted development projects, to deliver products produced by the participating research teams, identical and coherent to the propositions made by the institutions initiating the projects. It is to be noted that the project selection process id carried out accordingly to a scientific evaluation by experts taking into consideration appropriate criteria, in addition to criteria of practicality and innovative and economic efficiency.

Hearing session to present the budget of the Higher Education and Scientific Research sector for the year 2024

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Hearing session to present the budget of the Higher Education and Scientific Research sector for the year 2024, before the finance and budget committee of the National People's Assembly

The Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Mr. KAMEL BADDARI, participated today, Wednesday November 22, 2023, in the hearing of the finance and budget committee of the National People’s Assembly, chaired by Mr. SAAD BAGHIDJA, president of the commission, as part of the study of the budgets of the sectors included in the finance bill for the year 2024. Ms. BASMA AZOUAR, Minister of Relations with Parliament was also in attendance.
The minister spoke of the great dynamism experienced by his sector in order to give a concrete form to the strategy drawn up in this area and which is presented as follows:
-Review the courses map and regroup certain areas to create better compatibility and optimal distribution of courses points in university establishments.
-Facilitate the student orientation process.
-Encourage innovation and creative ideas to launch a program that guarantees students to create their STARTUPs.
-Give strong thrust to the sector digitalization program.
-Encourage institutions under supervision to create subsidiary institutions.

For his part, Mr. SAAD BAGHIDJA, president of the commission, highlighted during his speech the great efforts made in the sector of higher education and scientific research, which have enabled the institutions of university education in Algeria to achieve a qualitative leap in the world university rankings.

Signing Cooperation Program in the Sector of Higher Education and Scientific Research between Algeria and Yemen

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Signing Cooperation Program in the Sector of Higher Education and Scientific Research between Algeria and Yemen

Wednesday, November 8, 2023—The minister of higher education and scientific research Mr. Kamel Baddari, and his counterpart the minister of higher education and scientific research, technical education and vocational training of the Republic of Yemen Mr. Khaled Ahmad Al-Wasebi, signed an executive cooperation program between Algeria and Yemen, for the period (2023-2025), at the headquarters of ministry of higher education and scientific research in Algiers.

In an address on the occasion, Mr. Baddari confirmed that this executive program would exchange knowledge and scientific research outcomes through ‘ the mobility between Algerian and Yemeni university actors’.
For his part, the Yemeni minister Mr. Khaled Ahmad Al Wasebi, called the executive program a’comprehensive and ambitious agreement’, which would enable and enhance the students exchange movement between both countries. As he also expressed his satisfaction at the signing of the executive program which would ‘ strengthen cooperation between the sectors of scientific research between both sisterly states, which share long historical relations’.

Start-ups in Algeria: an Engine for the Development of Small and Medium Enterprises

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Start-ups in Algeria: an Engine for the Development of Small and Medium Enterprises

Tuesday, November 7, 2023—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, visited the school of higher commercial studies (EHEC) in Kolea, Tipaza. Both ministers supervised the inauguration of an economic forum, organized by the school, in collaboration with a number of entrepreneurs, industrialists, students with innovative projects and start-ups, small, medium and large enterprises, several technical national schools, and different schools of business, commerce and management.

In an address, Mr.Baddari stated that the forum ‘contributes to the setting of a national strategy for research, exploration, innovation exploitation and open innovation’. As he confirmed that, the sector of higher education and scientific research is working on promoting scientific research, and all the matters related
to development and innovation. Calling the university instructors -as elite of the society- to contribute to the supervision of students who are willing to establish micro enterprises and implement achievable graduation projectsthat can be developed subsequently-on the ground-with funding resources provided by the State. Mr. Baddari also added that his ministry vision ‘which emerges from the government and the higher authorities vision, aims at reaching coherence between the students and university instructors, and the world of research, development, entrepreneurship and business, for the objective of achieving economic development’.
For his part, the minister of knowledge economy, start-ups and micro enterprises, he explained that 2000 institutions have obtained a Label for the best successful institution. Noting that his ministry ‘is weekly receiving hundreds of projects’. Adding that the public authorities have set a system that encourages and fosters university students to get into the world of entrepreneurship with an open mind to innovation and creativity’.
Mr. Oualid,furthermore, stated that Algeria has made headway in the establishment of start-ups according to a recent world ranking.

Ministerial Decree on the Students Mobility among University Institutions

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Ministerial Decree on the Students Mobility among University Institutions

Wednesday, October 31, 2023– the minister of higher education and scientific research Mr. Kamel Baddari oversaw the ceremony of the E-signing for a ministerial decree relating to the mobility of students among university institutions. The ceremony saw the attendance of the high officials of the ministry and a number of university and higher schools presidents from Algiers.
Speaking at the signing ceremony, Mr. Baddari said that ‘ this decree will pave the way for the mobility of students among national university institutions, by enabling them to learn in university institutions other than their own. Adding that ‘the students’ mobility within 114 university institutions will enable them to enhance their knowledge and education, by the transition between their original university and other receptive one’
Mr. Baddari, moreover, noted to the set of the new procedures released by his sector, such as the payment of the students’ bursary at the end of each month with an amount of 2000 Algerian Dinars as laid-out in a resolution of the council of ministers. Minister Baddari, furthermore, announcedthe forthcominginauguration of a number of services platforms.

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