Iraq

The Arab Federation for the Digital Economy participated today in the work of the General Conference of the Association of Arab Universities in its fifty-sixth session, which was held in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, hosted by the University of Baghdad, during the period from March 3-6, 2024, which comes within the framework of strengthening scientific and academic cooperation and scientific research between Arab universities. In the presence of presidents of Arab universities, representatives of specialized Arab and international organizations, and the League of Arab States.

For its part, the Arab Federation for the Digital Economy, through the Assistant Secretary-General, gave a presentation on the Arab Digital University project, which will work as an integrated digital platform for education and training to provide digital educational content to accredited Arab universities, institutes and training centers at low costs and in different languages ​​via the Internet in accordance with international best practices, and the platform will serve as an important tool. And a new one to spread science and knowledge to cover the Middle East, North Africa, and West African countries. The digital university is scheduled to begin the experimental operational phase in March 2024.

His Excellency Dr. Amr Ezzat Salama, Secretary General of the Association of Arab Universities, on the platform and called on all the universities in the Gaza Strip and the Republic of Sudan to quickly subscribe to the platform during the trial period. He stated that the details of the platform will be distributed to the university presidents, explaining the framework of the digital education platform and the mechanisms for providing specialized educational and training programs. For universities, individuals and institutions to benefit from the platform.