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US-Iraq University Partnership

Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 9:46 am
by ibrahim
Dear members:

I am attaching to you the "US-Iraq University Partnership".
Special thanks to Dr. Ahmad for his E-mail.

Abduljabbar Al-Wahedi


Dear Dr. Alwahedi

gday


Please find below some important; News (U.S. - Iraq University
Partnerships
) .

USAID Announces U.S. - Iraq University Partnerships


WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
has
announced that grants have been made to three university consortia,
each led
by a U.S. institution of higher learning, to partner with and
strengthen
Iraqi universities. Additional grants will follow in the coming weeks.
The
Higher Education and Development (HEAD) program for Iraq is one of
USAID's
most significant engagements with the university community in recent
years.
The universities will support the work of the Coalition Provisional
Authority (CPA) to strengthen the capacity of Iraqi universities.
Archeology and Environmental Research. The first of these grants, a
$4,131,274 award, is to a consortium led by the Research Foundation of
the
State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook that will partner
with
Baghdad University, Al Mustansiriyah University in Baghdad, Mosul
University
and Basrah University. The consortium, which includes Columbia
University,
Boston University and Oxford University (England) will provide tools
and
training to:
· Modernize curricula in archaeology and Assyriology and conduct
research
using modern analytical methods; and
· Develop curricula in environmental health and conduct environmental
research programs using modern techniques.
Agriculture. A second award in the amount of $3,770,724 is to the
University
of Hawaii's College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources that
will
partner with the University of Mosul's College of Agriculture and
Forestry
which is located in Hamam al-Alil. These resources will:
· Strengthen academic programs and extension training in agricultural
sciences at the University of Mosul and the University of Dohuk; and
· Rehabilitate the research infrastructure and the agricultural
research
program at the University of Mosul.
Raising the Bar: Legal Education Reform in Iraq. A third award, in the
amount of $3,827,734 is to the Human Rights Institute of DePaul
University
College of Law (IHRLI) and the International Institute of Higher
Studies in
Criminal Sciences (ISISC) in Siracusa, Italy, working in association
with
the University of Baghdad. The goal of this activity is to engage in
and
generate a broad-based reform of the legal education system in Iraq as
a
central and necessary element of the nation's transition to democracy.


Kind Regards

Dr.I. Ahmed