The President of Yarmouk University, Professor Islam Massad, affirmed Yarmouk's interest in being an active partner in the planning and implementation of various projects supported by the European Union Mission to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, given the distinguished academic competencies that Yarmouk embraces in the various scientific fields. During his meeting with a delegation of the European Union to the Kingdom, which included the Vice President of Cooperation and Director of the Department of Economy, Infrastructure, and Trade, Dr. Tiboh Moyer, and Director of Energy, Environment, and Climate Change Programs, Dr. Omar Abu Obaid, Massad pointed out the importance of integrating the academic sector with the various activities and programs of both the public and private sectors, as this contributes to advancing the sustainable development in the local community. He added that the university, through the Department of International Relations and Projects, has prepared two draft projects in the field of sustainable development and circular economy.
In return, the Vice President for Academic Affairs, Professor Muwaffaq Omoush, stressed the need to bridge the gap between the academic sector, the industrial sector, and the public sector, which opens many prospects for cooperation between the various institutions affiliated with those sectors, stressing Yarmouk’s keenness to participate in the Green-Revolution projects supported by the Mission during next year.
For his part, Moyer said that Jordan is a key partner of the European Union at the global and regional levels, as the vision of the European Union Mission in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is to ensure the implementation and follow-up of bilateral relations in the political, economic, trade, security, and foreign aid fields. He stressed the interest of the European Union Mission to cooperate with Yarmouk to implement a set of scientific and research projects supported by the Erasmus Plus program, especially in the field of responding to the Syrian crisis, in addition to the possibility of cooperation to conduct scientific research and joint projects in the field of agriculture and resource management.
