​On December 26-2022, Prof. Amr Ezzat Salama, the Secretary General of AArU, participated in the Third Conference of Ministers of Leaders Responsible for Technical and Vocational Education and Training in the Arab World held in the International Conference Center in Algiers.

The conference was organized by ALECSO, the Arab League's Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization, in cooperation with Algerian Ministry of Vocational Education and Training. It was attended by several international experts in the field of technical and vocational education and training.

In his part, Salama invited the Arab youth to drive into the technical and vocational training, hence to avoid high rates of unemployment in the Arab countries. He also invited Arab universities to develop their outcomes in line with labor market requirements.

On the other hand, Salama mentioned that Arab universities provided several research projects in medical, engineering, basic, social sciences, water, environmental and energy sectors. They also provided new joint projects and established several technology incubators.

Finally, he thanked and appreciated the effort and the interest provided by the Algerian country.

In his part, Prof. Waleed Salameh, the AArU Consultant, presented the Arab Qualification Framework that is hosted by AArU in cooperation with ALECSO. This framework aims to develop a Regional and Arab Qualification Framework AQF came from its believes that it is of its due time because of its importance, enhance and add value to the project process and final output, the AArU policy and technical document and action plan, create and share knowledge: contribute to creating common understanding and concepts of qualifications frameworks and systems, share experiences: disseminate information on the state of play, good practice and experiences of QFs on the Arab Countries and across the globe.