The delegation included Dr. Sameh Mona, Project Coordinator from the ‎Architectural Engineering Department and Drs Mutasim Baba and Muhannad Haj ‎Hussein from the Building Engineering Department, and Adel Jaidi from the ‎Chemical Engineering Department at An-Najah who met with their project ‎counterparts at the University of Bordeaux.‎

Dr. Mona, the Project Coordinator said that the visit aims at completing the work on ‎the joint project which aims to promote research on sustainable environment, and ‎enhance research capabilities through establishing international research ‎collaborations. He also stressed the importance of the cooperation between the ‎universities.‎

Dr. Baba mentioned that they met with academic leaders from the University of ‎Bordeaux, and their project counterparts to discuss possible means of further ‎cooperation. The meeting proved to be productive and resulted in clear plans for ‎a ‎path forward in developing future joint programming.  ‎

During the visit, the delegation participated in a workshop organized by the Faculty ‎of Architecture at the University of Bordeaux where Dr. Hussein gave a lecture on ‎the quality of the internal environment.‎

In turn, Dr. Jaidi stressed the importance of academic cooperation between the two ‎universities, in terms of developing joint research projects in the field of energy ‎management and consumption.‎