EURAS&EURIE President Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın, Educanada Authorities who had a booth in the 8th EURIE, and Consul General of Canada Tara Scheurwater came together at the lunch.
In the meeting, the projects related to academic collaborations and exchange programs were discussed and evaluated. At the end of the meeting Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın said “There are 2 countries Canada and Turkey have a success story in international education. We should share our experiences with each other about this subject. We always care to cooperation with Canadian institutions, we expect you to attend EURIE every year.” and he thanked the all participators.
EURAS Forum was held on the second day of the 8th Eurasia Higher Education Summit (EURIE). EURAS members who came to İstanbul from different countries for EURIE 2023, made presentations about new developments in higher education.
During the efficient forum, an academic cooperation protocol was signed with the Brazilian Universities Association.
EURAS Executive Board members who met in İstanbul with the occasion of EURIE 2023, came together at the dinner. At the dinner meeting, Executive Board Members, who couldn’t come together for so long because of the Covid-19 outbreak, evaluated previous activities and shared their opinions. At the end of the dinner, EURAS&EURIE President Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın said his wishes about EURAS’ new era and thanked the all participators who came together all around the world.
Eurasian Universities Union’s member Superior University which participated in the EURIE 2023 gave support to Anatolia Education and Culture Foundation (AKEV).
Pakistan Superior University President Chaudhry Prof. Dr. Abdul Rehman and The Rector Dr. Sumeyra Rehman made a donation to AKEV to be used for the needs of our earthquake victims, and with this donation, AKEV provided support to earthquake victims in the earthquake area.
“Imagine Tomorrow International Entrepreneurship and Innovation Event” was held for the fifth time between March 1-3, as part of the 8th Eurasia Higher Education Summit (EURIE) 2023. After the EURIE 2023 opening ceremony which was hosted by the EURAS&EURIE President Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın, Imagine Tomorrow’s opening ceremony was held with the protocol members who participated in the summit. After the ribbon cutting, the innovation products exhibited in 60 stands in the fairground were examined and information about the contents of the products was obtained from the entrepreneurs. Then, the awards of the winners of the competition were presented.
The winner of the competition was Ömer Kara with Bioclean, the second winner was Özen Özer with Ozztech and the third winners were Melih-Pelin Biçer with Kernel Dynamics and Emre Elmas with Blue Fuel & Green Hydrogen. Altındağ, Ataşehir-1, Avcılar, Aydın, Bahçelievler, Çamlıca, Kağıthane, Pendik Günışığı, Sakarya, Sancaktepe and Ümraniye Bil Campuses participated in the Imagine Tomorrow. Kağıthane BİL Colleges with “Oxicam” project, Çamlıca BİL Colleges with “Does Anyone Hear My Voice?” project, and Sakarya BİL Colleges with “Goodbye to Plastic and Hello to Insulation” project won prizes in the competition in the young entrepreneur category.
The 8th Eurasia Higher Education Summit (EURIE) opening ceremony was held at İstanbul Lütfi Kırdar Congress Center with the theme of “Creating a coalition with Internationalization in Higher Education”. In EURIE 2023, which brought together 320 institutions from 72 different countries, 154 speakers were panelists.
In the ceremony which EURAS&EURIE President Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın made an opening speech, President of the European University Association Michael Murphy, The Secretary-General of the Association of Arab Universities Amr Ezzat Salama, President of Association of Universities of Asia and the Pacific Sabur Khan, President of the Service Exporters’ Association (HIB) and Turkish Airlines Prof. Dr. Ahmet Bolat, President of the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TIM) Mustafa Gültepe, Vice President of Council of Higher Education (YÖK) Prof. Dr. Haldun Göktaş, and President of Turkish Higher Education Quality Council (YÖKAK) Prof. Dr. Muhsin Kar were also speakers. President of TÜBİTAK Prof. Dr. Hasan Mandal, Minister of Industry and Technology of the Republic of Turkey Mustafa Varank, Minister of Commerce of the Republic of Turkey Dr. Mehmet Muş, Minister of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Turkey Dr. Mehmet Muharrem Kasapoğlu and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu shared their best wishes about 8th Eurasia Higher Summit (EURIE) with video conferences.
After the speeches, the official opening was held with the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the protocol. In the fair, which there were 117 booths, they visited the booths one by one and had a talk with the participators, and took considerations about the summit. Mustafa Aydın, who shared the starting point and main goal of the EURIE journey at the opening of the summit, thanked all the participants, wishing that the 8th Eurasian Higher Education Summit would lead to new partnerships and academic collaborations.
IAU President Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın visited the cities which were affected by the earthquake that occurred on 6th February and made our country grieve. Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın who set out saying “it’s time for unity and solidarity”, primarily visited Hatay province which was most affected by the earthquake. Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın met about location planning for container living area with the Coordinator Governors Mehmet Makas, Ali Arslantaş, İskender Gazi, Harun Kaya ve Brigade Commander Ali Mete in the 8. Brigade Command.
While IAU-Blue Crescent (IBC) Container Living Area land in Hatay-Kırıkhan was determining, Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın personally started the infrastructure works and he also announced that as of the beginning of March, the installation of containers will begin. Afterward, evaluating the land, he conveyed his thanks to related teams for their help.
After his Kilis visit, Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın went to Adıyaman where the earthquake was deeply impressive. Then, he visited Adıyaman BİL College and Malatya-Doğanşehir which were damaged by the earthquake. He examined in the container living area under construction and then he met with earthquake victims.
In his Kahramanmaraş-Elbistan visit, met with Regional Coordinator Trabzon Mayor Murat Zorluoğlu and commission District Governor Eyüp Kaykaç about container living area. He expressed his gratitude to everyone who works heartily for the region after the earthquake and he shared his sorrow for citizens who lost their lives.
The zoom meeting with T.R. Ministry of Trade was held under the presidency of Services Exporters’ Association Vice President Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın and T.R. Ministry of Trade International Service Trade General Director Dr. Emre Orhan Öztelli.
T.R. Ministry of Trade International Service Trade Deputy Director General Çiğdem Şamiloğlu Erkoç, T.R. Ministry of Trade International Service Trade General Directorate Education and Innovative Services Department Head Dr. Fatih Aydın and HİB General Secretary Dr. Fatih Özer also attended the meeting which discussed the activities on education. Within the scope of the meeting, consultations about education services supports and current system operation were held.
The board meeting of Services Exporters’ Association which operates under the umbrella of Turkish Exporters’ Assembly was held on 13th February 2023. To the meeting that held under the presidency of HİB President Prof. Dr. Ahmet Bolat; HİB Vice Presidents Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın and Salih Zeki Çakır, HİB Treasurer Member Mehmet Erdoğan and the other board members attended.
At the meeting, discussing the sector problems and solution offers for the current issues and the plans for the recent period were made.
On the last day of the visit of HİB Committee which is under the presidency of T.R. Minister of Commerce Dr. Mehmet Muş, met with Minister of Culture Ernesto Villegas and authorities of the Ministry of Higher Education. After, a meeting was held with Venezuela President and his delegation.
In the meetings, current data relating to all sectors of service export were obtained and ideas about the initiatives that will take the bilateral relationship much further were exchanged.
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