University of Benghazi President Meets Italian Consul General to Discuss Academic Cooperation
Professor Eiz Eldeen Aldressi, President of the University of Benghazi, received Italian Consul General Filippo Colombo this morning to discuss ways to enhance academic and scientific cooperation between the University of Benghazi and Italian educational institutions.
The Consul General was accompanied by Isabella Lucaferri, Director of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation in Libya, and Claudia Oriolo, the Agency’s Coordinator.
The meeting was attended by the University’s Vice President for Scientific Affairs, the Director of the International Cooperation Office, several officials from the International Cooperation Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, the Director of the University Rankings Committee, and a faculty member from the Department of Italian Language.
Discussions focused on prospects for cooperation, particularly in the medical and educational fields. The participants explored the possibility of implementing academic exchange and training programmes with Italian universities specialising in medical sciences, with the aim of supporting academic staff development and improving the quality of education and scientific research.
The two sides also discussed enhancing academic partnerships between the University of Benghazi and Italian universities across various disciplines. They considered practical mechanisms for putting these partnerships into effect in ways that serve shared interests and open new prospects for scientific and research cooperation.
During the meeting, the Italian Consul General expressed the Italian side’s interest in offering Italian students the opportunity to study Arabic, Islamic archaeology, and other academic disciplines at the University of Benghazi, thereby enhancing cultural and academic exchange between the two countries.
The meeting ended with an emphasis on the importance of maintaining ongoing communication and coordination between the two sides, and on translating its outcomes into joint programmes and initiatives aimed at advancing academic relations between the University of Benghazi and Italian educational institutions.
