Casablanca – The Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco and the Francophone University Agency (AUF) have signed a framework agreement aimed at stimulating scientific, intellectual, and cultural research in university institutions.
The agreement was signed on Wednesday in Rabat, by Abdeljalil Lahjomri, permanent secretary of the Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco, and Salim Khalbous, dean of the Francophone University Agency.
The partnership calls for accomplishing shared goals in the humanities and social sciences through arranging meetings and symposia, supporting the Academy’s African Arts and Arts Chair, and providing rewards for scientific study in the humanities and social sciences. It also addresses the issue of employment for those with degrees in these fields.
The agreement further allows for African-level collaboration and the strengthening of South-South cooperation, as well as the formation of a joint committee between the two parties to manage project follow-up and activation.
In a speech at the signing ceremony, Lahjomri stated that the purpose of this agreement — which he described as “Positive Francophonie” — is for the two institutions to collaborate in the disciplines of social sciences in order to develop a leading scientific elite.
Khalbous, for his part, acknowledged the agency’s signature of this agreement with the Academy, citing its leading position in Africa while emphasizing the importance of African collaboration and effort.
He also emphasized that work will be done to promote social sciences across the continent’s countries and to develop rewards to value scientific research in these areas as part of improving the South-South collaboration.
Established more than 60 years ago, the Francophone University Agency is one of the world’s most important international organizations of higher education and research institutions, with 990 university and research institutions in 118 countries.
