DEAD
SEA, Jordan – Talal Abu-Ghazaleh University College for Innovation (TAGUCI), a
member of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Global (TAG.Global), represented by TAGUCI’s
Director of International Programs, Dr. Luai Jraisat, and TAGUCI Academic Staff
Member, Dr. Nasser Assaf, had taken part in the annual ‘Erasmus+ Networking
Seminar between institutions, organizations, and companies from numerous world
countries and EU Member States’. The Conference was held as part of the
Erasmus+ Program, which is funded by the European Union.

The
Conference aims to enhance the empowerment of employees from Jordan and the EU member
states to interact and exchange information and best practices, as well as to
discuss challenges in education and capacity-building projects within the
activities of the National Erasmus+ Office. In this context, the European Union
doubled the resources allocated for Erasmus+ for the years 2021-2027, which
confirms its commitment to investing in youth and their future, especially in
the Middle East region.

During
the Conference, two seminars were held; the first was organized by the National
Erasmus+ Office – Jordan, held for three days at the Dead Sea Hotel in the
presence of Minister of Education, Higher Education and Scientific Research,
Dr. Wajih Aweys, and Minister of Youth, Mr. Muhammad Salama Al-Nabulsi. The
second session took place at the Grand Hyatt Amman Hotel. It was organized and
supported by the Erasmus Netherlands Office (Erasmus+ Holland) with the aim of
enhancing research cooperation, and promoting faculty, undergraduate and
postgraduate students exchange program between universities in the
participating countries to exchange experiences among them.

In
this context, TAGUCI is implementing new educational programs by introducing a
Master’s Degree in Global Supply Chain Management Program to meet the labor market needs, and at the same time, to
provide professionals, who seek to develop their career, with the necessary
knowledge and expertise in the supply chain management and logistics fields.

Moreover,
a number of Jordanian member universities shared their successful experiences
within the Academic Mobility Program, where Jordan is considered one of the
active countries in the region in terms of the number of signed agreements and
number of students benefiting from the program.

Talal
Abu-Ghazaleh University College for Innovation (TAGUCI) is a University
College; an independent educational institution accredited by the Jordanian
Ministry of Higher Education; by the Quality Assurance Commission for Higher
Education Institutions ,as well as by the Foundation for International Business
Administration Accreditation (FIBAA).