University Chair on innovation E stablishment ... S teps a dopted in Aleppo University

Dr. Hussein AL MOHAMMAD and Dr. Hasan MULKICairo Meeting 25 May 2009

University Chair on innovation

Establishment ...

Steps Adopted

in

Aleppo University

University of Aleppo

Etudiants

University of Aleppo


Constitute a dynamic working group . ...

In consultation with the president of the University and

the vice president, a working group of five university staff

members were selected to represent the various

disciplines of the university. They have to :

- follow up the activities planned for the project,

- collect needed information and reply to requests as

quick and accurate as possible,

- work out a strategy at the local level for the technology

transfer and innovation,

- be a permanent contact person for each faculty which

represent.

- increase the benefit and extend the participation to the

maximum

Incubator Technologic

Dr. Kher tarsha KURDI

Principal Fields represented

Medicine, Dental medicine

Pharmacy Dr. Faysal SARRAJ

Agriculture Sciences

Technical engineeringDr. Hussein AL MOHAMAD

Dr. Abdulla KATTA

Others .... Dr. Abdul H. KHALNDER

Mohamad KASEM

Civil engineering, electric,

mechanics, Informatics

Dr. Ammar NASSANIDr. Hasan MULKI

Presidency of the universityProf. Nizar AKILProf. Abed YAKAN


Constitute a Group of Consultation. ...

A consultation group was constituted of several

faculties deans, representing the various disciplines of

the university. A meeting with the faculties deans was

held to present the university Chair on innovation, :

- to inform them about the advance of project and discuss

the possibility to pass to the act ,

- to have their opinions and their suggestion on the

various points of project ,

- to work out a strategy at the faculty level for the

technology transfer and innovation,

- to participate in the dissemination permanent for the

faculties .


Dean of faculty of Agriculture

Dean of the faculty of Sciences

Dean of the faculty of electric engineering

Dean of the faculty of civil engineering

Dean of the faculty of Mechanic engineeringDean of the faculty of informatics engineeringDean of the faculty of Medcine

Dean of the faculty of Pharmacy

Dean of the faculty of medicine dentaire

Dean of the faculty of Economy

Consulting Group


Working Group Activities.... First meeting with the consultation group at the

Aleppo University aimed to inform the university president

and all the deans about the tempus UNCHAIN project, a

power point presentation in Arabic, summarized all the

working packages for the project.

In addition, the working group carried out several meetings

to answer the different activities planned by the project


Prepare the Chair

-We obtained a space of 70 square meters to host the

chair, it is located near the AUF (Agence Universitaire

pour la Francophonie), it consists of an office for secretary

and a large room for Computer laboratory and training.

Another lecture room could be prepared in the near

future.

-The furniture is ready and they are in utilization by the

working group

-Until now, there is no any restriction to establish the

chair and integrate it in the mainframe of our University

hierarchy. On the contrary, the president of the University

encourages us and facilitates the establishment of this

innovation chair.


Chair on innovation Center


prepare the rooms :


Equipment procuring & installation



The relation between university and industry has

several difficulties:

1- Lack of administrative incompatibility with the

needs,

2- Insufficient financial support, for R&D,

3- The university misses a clear mechanism to

locate and follow the problems and the

development of industry

4- Insufficient trust between the industrial and

university

The University – Industry reality



- University research is generally of little importance to the industry and their impact is modest in economic development.

- The ability of the industry in Syria and Arab countries generally modest knowledge of the exploitation and use of R&D and innovation to transform the value. - Lack of awareness, researchers at the university for the importance of scientific research devoted to solve the problems of industrial.

- The weakness of communication and information exchange between European universities and MEDA universities, which prevents the exchange of experiences and learn from successful experiences.

The University – Industry reality

About the questionnaires!

The working group made a good effort to

complete the required questionnaire.

This questionnaire was the core investigation

and in a great significance to start collecting

the information about the reality of university

– industry relation.

However, we have found several significant

remarks about the structure (the form and

questions itself), that can be summarized as

following:

About the questionnaires!

- The questionnaire is relatively long

(more than 20 pages)

- The answers are always require of

explanation, for what it is very difficult

to answer by the professors.

- The questionnaires is of general type

- The questionnaire is difficult to be

understood

to know the needs of industry adaptation of the courses to the needs of industry and Labor market.

training and professional insertion for the students

Suggestion for the questionnaires !

For the industry

For the University

Qualification of human resources The importance of R&D and innovationThe importance of expertise and know-how

University Chair on innovation E stablishment ... S teps a dopted in Aleppo University

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