Under the patronage of H.E. Prof. Hatem El-Gabaly Minister of Health and Population, the National Committee for Control and Prevention of the Viral Hepatitis in Egypt will organize a forum entitled "Strategy for the National Program of Prevention and Control of the Viral Hepatitis in Egypt." The forum will focus on approaches of the national strategy for prevention and control of viral hepatitis and suggest the implementation programmes.

The forum will be held at the conference hall, Kasr Al Aini Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, on January 31, 2007 at 9:00 a.m.

Under the auspices of the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture & Land Reclamation – Agriculture Research Centre (AGERI), and European Commission Research DG - Biotechnology, Agriculture and Food Directorate a workshop on the FP7 Agriculture, Food & Biotechnology Research Co-Operation Between the EU and the Mediterranean Partners will be held on 11-12 February 2007, at the Agricultural Research Center, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University.

It is intended to promote the launch of FP7 and networking between the EU and the Mediterranean partners' scientific communities in the area of biotechnologies, food, agriculture and fisheries, in view of the first FP7 calls. It will be a timely opportunity for both European representatives and for the other Mediterranean countries represented to present its potential, priorities and needs in these fields in view of reinforced international co-operation in this area during FP7 and beyond.

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Plenary Session Presentations

The 7th Framework Programme and opportunities under Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology research:
Dr. C. Patermann, Director of Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology, European Commission, Research DG


Egyptian research priorities in the field of Agriculture, Food and Biotechnology:
Dr. Hanaiya El-Itriby, Director of ARC


Regional Approach: Mediterranean priorities for FP7.
• B. Hervieu, Secretary General CIHEAM (conclusions Rabat workshop)
• F. Boughanemi, DGRTD. D.1 (international dimension of the 7th FP)

Calls 2007-2008: Opportunities for collaboration EU-Mediterranean region (DGRTD)
• A. Nieto-Nuez
• M. Lex
• JC. Cavitte
 

• Admission to the conference area with badges
• Participation in all scientific activities
• Conference kit
• Lunches and coffee breaks

Main Topics of the Conference:

• Infection Control
• Microbiology
• Virology
• Homeopathy
• Quality Control
• Microbiological Control of water Quality
• Workshops:
  • Sterilization program in hospital settings
  • Reprocessing of medical devices
  • Infection control standard precautions

The National Tempus Office in Egypt, in cooperation with German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) are organizing a seminar titled: “Expanding the German – Egyptian Cooperation in Higher Education and Scientific Research”, that would be held on June 6th & 7th 2007 at Helwan university.


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The first Euro-Mediterranean Ministerial Conference on Higher Education and Scientific Research, will be held in Cairo on Monday 18th June 2007. The conference will be co-chaired by H.E. Dr. Hany Helal, Egyptian Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research; H.E. Dr. Annette Schavan, German Minister of Education and Research, EU Presidency; and H.E. Dr. Janez Potocnik, European Commissioner for Science and Research.

The conference will be held at the JW Marriott Hotel Cairo, Ring Road, Mirage City, Kattameya, and will be attended by representatives of the ministries of Higher Education and Research of the 27 EU Member States and 10 Mediterranean countries. The conference aims at examining ways and means of developing co-operation in the field of scientific research, upgrading the quality of higher education and vocational training in Mediterranean Partner Countries, as well as standards of University Education.

A joint declaration will be issued at the end of the conference, entitled “Towards the Creation of a Euro-Mediterranean Higher Education and Research Area”, which will define guidelines for future co-operation among all Euro-Mediterranean countries. Education and Research, Technological Development and Innovation are of great importance to all Euro-Mediterranean partners This was confirmed by the Five-Year Work Programme agreed upon at the 2005 Barcelona Summit and emphasized by the conclusions of the 8th Euro-Mediterranean Conference of Ministers for Foreign Affairs in Finland in November 2006.

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