Alexandria University President Dr. Essam el-Kurdi has recently received Mr. Jean-Paul de Gaudemar the President of Francophone University Association (AUF). Mr. Guademar was accompanied by Mr. Hervé Sabourin the regional director of Middle East Agency of AUF, Dr. Roshdy Zahran President of the Conference of francophone universities in Middle East, and AU former Presidents Dr. Hassan Nadir and Dr. Hend Hanafy. The attendants discussed AUF activities and proposals for the Rectangular Strategy 2018-2022 for improvement and development. Mr. Jean-Paul de Gaudemar highlighted the importance of paying attention to quality in French language education in early stages of education and encouraging students for distinction and creativity to be in the forefront of qualified students for the labor market and capable of community service.
He add that the power of AUF consists in solidarity, partnership and good relations between countries. He stressed the need to benefit from the francophone experiences existing in colleges in order to identify the needs and solve problems. He also pointed out that the next period will see more openness to Francophone universities in the Middle East and partnership between universities to implement joint projects in a non-traditional manner.
Mr. Hervé Sabourin called for more communication between universities in the Middle East in accordance with the vision of new president Dr. Gaudemar. He also called to make use of AUF programs and grants.
The heads Francophone departments in AU faculties discussed the difficulties facing the Francophone programs in their colleges and the proposed solution for these problems through more support from AUF