17.2.4 – International collaboration and research, review comparative approaches and develop international best practice on tackling the SDGs


International collaboration and research

SVU has a strong collaborative partnership with international partners in order to review comparative approaches and develop international best practice on tackling the SDGs. In 2021, SVU is working on boosting the international collaboration regarding the implementation of SDGs.

 

Strategically, the primary objectives are to build local capacity for organization and pursuit of a number of market-driven applied research projects that address Egypt’s needs in the energy sector, while simultaneously promoting an inclusive educational culture that focuses on solving local and global problems.

 

***Through international research projects there are many achievements for SVU which include faculty members who complete their high degree in different cultures and worldwide universities though scholarships or through Egyptian fund. There is lack of activities in this due to worldwide pandemic (COVID19). However, there is evidence attached in that show the diverse background of SVU faculty members through international master, doctor, and postdoctoral scholarships.

SVU is a partner of national and international projects


  • SVU president visit University of Debrecen in Hungary to attend the meeting to study the best theoretical and practical studies of the Plant Clinic Project (PRO-DPCP) funded by the (Erasmus +) program.
  • SVU president and project team travel to the Euro-Mediterranean University – Slovenia to attend the first coordination meeting of the project to internationalize universities at home (MED2IaH).
  • SVU president and project team travel to Euromedfas University in Morocco to attend the first conference of the Internationalization of Universities at Home (MED2LAH) project funded by the (Erasmus+) program.
  • SVU president and project team traveling to the Universidad Católica de Murcia – Spain to attend the fourth coordination meeting of the Internationalization of Universities at Home (MED2LAH) project funded by the (Erasmus+) program

Innovation for the Leather Industry in Jordan and Egypt / INNOLEA


Center of innovation project in the leather industry in Egypt and Jordan, which includes Dr. Joachim Jiao from the Technological Center for Leather Industries in Portugal and Dr. Mahmoud Sayed Abdel Sadek, the project coordinator at south valley university. 

The innovation project for the leather industry is funded by the Erasmus program and in cooperation with the Arab Academy for Science and Technology and the Technological Center for Leather Industries in Portugal and under the auspices of the Ministry of Higher Education

The university president praised the project and its importance in linking scientific research with the industrial community and providing all means of technical support for the development of the leather industry.

Duration : from 2019 to July 2021

Partners: Egypt and Jordan, Portugal, Italy, and Romania.

International projects that collaboration data gathering for SDG


  1. University student capacity building: towards readiness for sustainable development-oriented regional job market, co-funded by the Erasmus+ Program of the European Union.

Project website : https://www.svu.edu.eg/ar/stream/

Partners : 10 institutes from national and international