The Projects Unit Office and the Coordinator of the FP7 Program Organize an Introductory Workshop on FP7 and Tempus Projects at An-Najah
Under the auspice of Prof. Rami Hamdallah, President of An-Najah University, the Projects Unit Office and the Coordinator of the FP7 Project at the University organized an introductory workshop on FP7 and Tempus projects at the Faculty of Science’s auditoriums at the New Campus.
Attendees to the workshop included: Dr. Mohammad Hanoon, Vice President for Community Affairs as representative of Prof. Hamdallah, in addition to Dr. Fahoom Shalabi, Deputy Assistant for Higher Education and the Coordinator of the FP7 Project, Mrs. Sahar Hwaitat, from the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, Dr. Khaled Eleiwi, Director of the Projects Unit at An-Najah, Dr. Jalal Dabbeek, Coordinator of Scientific Centers and Director of the Earth Sciences and Seismic Engineering Center at the University, as well as Dr. Imad Ibrik, Tempus Program Coordinator at the University.
At the beginning of the workshop, Dr. Eleiwi welcomed the audience and expressed his gratitude to the University President for supporting this event and similar ones that focus on the vital role of projects in activating communication between the University and the local and international society.
Dr. Hanoon delivered a speech on behalf of Prof. Hamdallah in which he explained that the projects that the University gets reflect the positive value of scientific research. He also said that the applicable aspects of scientific research are the ones that make it valuable and perfect, and this is what distinguished scientific research in the developed countries.
Moreover, he mentioned that the University responds to the suggestions presented by its faculty staff regarding any developments that should be introduced to the University. A good example on this is the new academic programs that the University has offered recently including the Urban Planning Major, Radio and TV, as well as Public Relations.
Dr. Dabbeek delivered a presentation about the projects that are currently being implemented at the University and emphasized that the University’s main goal is to serve the society and the different local institutions as well as establishing cooperation ties with them and provide consultancy services.
Moreover, he explained that the projects that are implemented at the University are funded by different local, regional and international bodies and target various research fields. He also said that there must be a future plan through which services and consultancies are offered to the different institutions in the society through building joint cooperation relationships. Additionally, Dr. Dabbeek explained the new organizational structure of the scientific centers at the University.
Dr. Shalabi presented a full explanation and description of the FP7 Project with respect to the amount of funding, the basic elements that influence the process of evaluating the projects’ proposals that are submitted to the Program, how to receive them and how to contact the Program in order to obtain these projects.
Mrs. Hwaitat spoke about the electronic mechanism through which individuals can access the Program’s website and create a profile of the institution, in addition to the required data and information needed for the electronic registration in the website which is important to ensure easy communication between the applicant and the Program.
Dr. Ibrik presented a description of Tempus Program and the possible ways to take benefit of this program. Regarding this project, two projects from Palestine have been accepted among other submitted ones; one of these two projects has been submitted by An-Najah University.
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