Prof. Ayman Mahmoud Othman, Acting President of Aswan University, stated that within the framework of activating the joint cooperation protocol between Aswan University and the Upper Egypt Development Authority, a meeting was held under the chairmanship of Major General Staff Harb, Engineer/ Sherif Ahmed Saleh, Head of the Upper Egypt Development Authority, and Aswan University work team. Under the chairmanship of Dr. Mohamed Ahmed Abu Al-Layl – Vice Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the university – and with the participation of some civil society institutions at the Upper Egypt Development Authority headquarter.
His Excellency added that this comes within the framework of implementing the objectives of the Upper Egypt Development Authority by participating in the” Hayaa Karima” initiative to achieve sustainable development by providing stable job opportunities and integrated economic, agricultural, industrial, and educational projects that serve the poorest villagers in particular and the people of Upper Egypt in general.
It was agreed to form joint workshops that meet monthly to assess the performance of development in the poorest villages in Aswan Governorate and to study the results of implementing development projects for these villages with the participation of the university’s work team consisting of; Dr. Muhammad Hussein Barsi, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Commerce, Dr. Radwan Abdel Radi, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Archeology, Dr. Ahmed Al-Damrani, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Dr. Hamada Ragab, Faculty of Social Work, and Dr. Al-Nubi Hefny, lecturer of horticulture at the Faculty of Agriculture, and included a working team commission; Major General Hossam El-Nimr, Head of the Central Planning Department, Dr. Sabri Salah El-Din, Advisor to the Chairman of the Authority, Nasser Adam, Financial Director of the Authority, Eng. Rehab Fayez, Director of the Technical Office of the Authority, and a group of Upper Egypt Development Authority officials of some civil society institutions.
