Launching the National Program for Technological Alliances
Under the patronage and presence of Prof. Ashraf El-Shehhi, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, and Prof. Mahmoud Saqr, President of the Academy of Scientific Research, the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology organized, in partnership with Egyptian universities, centers, research institutes, the national industry, civil society organizations and relevant government agencies, a workshop The work of the Knowledge Alliances and Technology Alliances Program, Sunday, June 5, 2016 at the Pyramisa Hotel in Dokki, at exactly ten o'clock in the morning, and Prof. Ashraf Al-Shehhi, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, stated that this program comes in the executive framework of the Ministry's strategy in science, technology and innovation, which is one of the most important and largest national programs In the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology and its executive plan to link scientific research with industry and the needs of society and approved in the Academy Council No. 162 of 2015. For his part, Prof. Mahmoud Saqr, head of the academy, stated that the program aims to deepen local industrialization and gather scattered research and human capabilities in the same field, and unify its efforts and integration Linking it to industry, civil society and relevant state institutions and toto Providing incentive, appropriate technical and financial support, and creating an encouraging environment to provide innovative and applied solutions based on the outputs of projects and previous studies to develop the national industry in the areas of water desalination, food, medicine, metallurgical industries, spare parts, textile industries, and the microelectronics industry, and each alliance consists of at least 10 sides Including universities, institutes, research centers, civil society institutions, the private sector, and national industry in the field, and the relevant state institutions (three members from each alliance at least from the industry). The number of alliances sponsored by the Academy in the first phase reached 8 alliances with a total funding of 80 million pounds, which is The largest program to link scientific research with industry in an effective way and the goal is to produce or develop a product locally.
