ASREN to be registered in Dusseldorf with head office in the Arab region
ASREN will build on the various resources available at the existing Arab regional organizations and country level networks and will work very closely with them in all matters. At the same time, research would take advantage of the unlimited potential of ICTs and should be digitally based, Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh
CAIRO --- December 15, 2010 --- The founding meeting of the Arab States Research and Education Network (ASREN), held under the patronage of the Secretary General of the League of Arab States (LAS) HE Mr. Amr Moussa and presided by HE Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, chairman of ASREN Board, concluded today stressing the necessity to prepare guidelines for funding research to be proposed to governments.
ASREN’s founding meeting organized at the Arab League Headquarters December 8-9, 2010 witnessed the official launching of the Arab States Research and Education Network in the presence of high-ranking officials, experts and academics including HE Ersat Hurmuslu, senior advisor to the Turkish President.
Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh, chair of the Global Alliance for ICT and Development of the United Nations (UN GAID), presided over the ASREN Board session calling for the necessity to promote and support scientific research in the Arab region.