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Achievements of the Project Activities In Egypt By The EGYPTIAN Team

Final National Seminar of TEMPUS- FORMDER in Egypt. Achievements of the Project Activities In Egypt By The EGYPTIAN Team. February 15 th , 2008 IAM, Montpellier. Project partners. Distances E-communication Lab (1),(2). Training of Egyptian Students and the Young Staff.

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Achievements of the Project Activities In Egypt By The EGYPTIAN Team

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  1. Final National Seminar of TEMPUS- FORMDER in Egypt Achievements of the Project Activities In Egypt By The EGYPTIAN Team February 15th, 2008 IAM, Montpellier

  2. Project partners. Distances E-communication Lab (1),(2). Training of Egyptian Students and the Young Staff. Video conferences. Contents

  3. Project partners • The Mediterranean agronomic institute of Montpellier (IAM M), Montpellier, France (The project contractor ) • Center for Rural Development Research and Studies (CRDRS), Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt (partner) • Urban Planning and Regional Development Dept.– Thessaly University, Volos, Greece (partner) • Institute of Agronomy and Veterinary-Hassan II- Rabat, Morocco (partner)

  4. The Mediterranean agronomic institute of Montpellier (IAM M), Economic Center for Rural Development Research and Studies (CRDRS), Sociological Urban Planning and Regional Development Dept.– Regional Planning Institute of Agronomy and Veterinary, Agricultural Partners’ Approach to Rural Development

  5. Mutual field visits of the partners to the peer academic institutes and preparing reports about the educational systems in each institute for diagnosis of the potential curriculum development of the rural development program. Inception of the Project activities

  6. First Meetings in Montpellier

  7. Attending annual seminars by Egyptian team

  8. Distances E-communication Lab (1),(2)

  9. Labs Establishment

  10. Lab (1) during the establishment stage

  11. Lab(1) during the establishment stage

  12. Lab (1) Ready for use

  13. Purpose from the lab Allow interactive communication between members of the Egyptian team (professors and graduate students) and all members of the other three teams above during the teaching program, which includes eight courses, participate equally between four scientific institutes, half will be developed under the current programmes of these institutions, and the other half be fully developed in order to serve the future development of those programmes. 13

  14. Technical possibilities available in the lab • 20 new PCs • Server PC for networking of the PCs in each lab • ADSL internet service • Audio visual aids (to allow Video Conference held between four teams. The following are photographs of the lab 14

  15. Lab (2) Ready for use

  16. Mobility of Egyptian Students and the Young Staff • Introduction • Objective • Time and Duration of the Training • Targeted groups • Criteria of selection of students for Mobility: • selection of students for Mobility • Preparation of students before traveling • During the training period • After the training period

  17. Introduction The over all objective of exchange program from the Egyptian side is to expose the students to the new knowledge, educational methodologies, technologies and techniques in other courses prepared by other teams specially the ones in Volos, Thessaly University and IAMM in the context of FORMDER project. This is to let students understand how these aspects are applied and used in the area of rural development in other countries and their implications that could be transferred in the case of Egypt. For the junior teacher this will help him for getting more details about how to adapt some of such techniques in the courses prepared by the Egyptian team.

  18. The Objectives The objective from training of students will be different from that of the young teacher. • To recognize the general outline of other courses prepared in the context of the project that might help them whether in the development of their own careers or orienting them towards joining post graduate studies for enhancing their professional experience at higher level; post graduate diploma, M.Sc. or Ph.D levels. • Contacts and exposure of the students to the contents of other courses prepared by other institutes in the same discipline in other countries to help establishing new professional linkages among future young rural development practitioners and researchers between Egypt and the countries involved in FORMDER. • Mobilization of attention of students to the other learning potential opportunities in the same area in other FORMDER institutes.

  19. Objectives (cont.) • For the young teacher it is expected that by the end of training he should get the main experience from the Greek team in utilizing the GIS and any other related and relevant techniques for application in the instruction of the courses pertaining to rural development. • New insights are expected from exposure of the young teacher to the experiences of the Greek and/or French teams. • The basic knowledge and experience he has in GIS will help him benefit fast from such training.

  20. Objectives (cont.) • Mutual contacts and discussions among our students and the students of other institutes in Greece, France, and Morocco will provide an actual and real opportunity or the exchange of knowledge and experiences that will enhance the integrity of educational programs for our students. This will open up new prospects for our students in connection with their careers and self-learning in the future. • The experience of the Greek partners in preparation of their courses with intensive use of GIS applications is of special interest to be transferred in the case of Egypt in the evaluation and leadership courses.

  21. Time and Duration of the Training • Two weeks (30 hours per week) started from 6/5/2007 till 20/5/2007

  22. Targeted groups 1- Undergraduate students in the final semester for graduation in the community Development Program (6 to 9 depending on their achievement in the last semester 2006/2007). 2- Graduate students studying the one year program of “Planning and Evaluation of Rural Development Projects” (3 to 5 depending on their achievement in the last semester 2006/2007). 3- One young teacher with special skills in the use of micro-computing techniques.

  23. Criteria of selection of students for Mobility The following criteria were approved by the Department of Rural Sociology and Agricultural Extension Council for selection of the students eligible for mobility through the FORMDER project; 1- Average ‘B’ in the Social science related courses attended last semester, 2- Good command of English or French language, 3- Students registered for graduation in the last semester in their concerned program whether Egyptians or foreigners (3 Somalis). The same conditions were applied for the students registered in the Diploma of Planning and Evaluation of Rural Development Projects.

  24. Selection of Students for Mobility • The application of the above criteria for the nomination of the number of 11 participants was as follows: • 2 of the Diploma students. • 8 of undergraduate students from community development major. • A young staff member to participate in training and supervision of students.

  25. Academic preparation: A workshop was held to exchange personal experiences regarding the use of computers in the following areas: -  1 - the MS Excel 2 – GIS application & software: Arcview &ArcMap Attend a lecture on the GIS in Faculty GIS Laboratory Preparation of students before travel

  26. Administrative preparation The following procedures have been implemented under the supervision of Tempus work team in Egypt, financially supported from Tempus; Mail Group. International health insurance to the participants. visas from the Greek Consulate. booking tickets. Orientation of students before travel

  27. 1-Orientation Orientation of the objectives and procedures of the mobility program with general coordinator in Egypt before travel

  28. Administrative arrangements The following procedures were implemented under the supervision of Tempus team in Greece, financially supported from Tempus; Transportation from the airport to the hotel and return. Accommodation in a hotel near the University of Thessaly.

  29. Activities achieved during the training period in Volos

  30. Training program An overview about Rural development in Greece and participatory approach. Introduction to GIS. GIS applications. GIS software : ArcMap. Remote sensing applications. Remote sensing software Erdas Imagine. Methodology and technique, Statistical tools. The academic activities achieved during the training period

  31. Mobility 1-orientation 2-Volos 3-feedback

  32. 1-Orientation A Lecture during the lab. Work in Thessally Univ.,Volos, Greece

  33. 2-volos Social photo in Volos, Greece

  34. 2-volos Practical training during the lab. Work in Thessally Univ.,Volos, Greece

  35. 2-volos Practical support by Greek instructor within the training

  36. 2-volos Discussions after class in Thessally Univ.,Volos, Greece

  37. 2-volos Instructions during the lab. Work in Thessally Univ.,Volos, Greece

  38. Several meetings were held in CRDRS to: Discuss Learning lessons. Evaluate the impacts of training. Distribute certificates in the presence of the Dean, Vice- Dean & Dr Tahani. After the training

  39. 3-feedback Feedback of implementation of mobility program with Cairo univ.Staff and FORMDER Gen. Coordinator at home

  40. 3-feedback Orientation of mobility program in Thessally Univ.,Volos, Greece

  41. 3-feedback Delivery of the certificates of training in Volos, Greece at home in Faculty of agric., Cairo univ.

  42. Video conferences

  43. Many video conference sessions were held among the four partners participating in FORMDER to: - Deliver 4 lectures about the 4 updated courses in activity 2. - Have several life discussions about the managerial aspects of the project. Six M.Sc. theses undertaken under supervision of joint committees of staff from both the Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Egypt and Al-Azhar University in Gaza Strip, Palestine were discussed through videoconferences sessions held in the e-communication labs (1) and (2). Video conferences

  44. video conferences (cont.) First lecture by videoconference in lab (1) Nov. 2005

  45. Third lecture by videoconference in lab (1) in 2006 video conferences (cont.)

  46. video conferences (cont.) Last lecture by videoconference in lab (2) Nov. 2007

  47. Extended functioning of the E-communication labs’ facilities in supporting academic and society service activities

  48. Utilization of E-communication lab (2) facilities in providing services to society (training of rural development professionals)

  49. Extended functioning of the E-communication lab (2) facilities in supporting academic activities of the faculty at international level (distance defense of joint supervised M.Sc. Theses between Faculty of Agriculture staff and Al-Azhar University in Gaza strip) Six sessions have been organized for this purpose so far

  50. The micro-computing facilities of the two e-communication labs are used frequently in the applied courses in statistics and micro-computing applications for the under-graduate specialized in English section of community development and the graduate students in the diploma of “planning and evaluation of rural development projects”. Extra Utilization of the micro-computing facilities of the two e-communication labs

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