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 Joint meeting in the Faculty of Geography with a representative of Lund University, Sweden on the Erasmus+ International Joint Project

 

 

 

 According to the Public Relations Department, Faculty of Geography, a joint meeting was held with the Presidency, the International Advisor, and the Scientific Representative of the Faculty of Geography and the representative of the University of Lund Sweden at the Faculty Presidency.

The main topic of the meeting was about the EU funded Erasmus+ international project between 6 European Universities, three universities in Iran (managed by Tehran University) and two universities in Yemen under the name of Environmental Management in the Middle East. The project is being coordinated by Dr. Ali Mansourian, Lund University, Sweden.

 

The main goal of this project is to develop scientific and educational capacities related to natural and environmental management using Spatial Data Infrastructures and Technologies in the Middle East.

 

 At the beginning of the meeting, Dr. Karamatollah Ziari, President of the Faculty of Geography, welcomed Dr. Ali Mansourian, the coordinator of the project and the representative of Lund University and expressed the potential and capacity and international position of the Faculty of Geography. Developing these partnerships will strengthen international relations, benefit from valuable experiences of both sides, enhance the international standing of the two universities, and the Faculty of Geography will use its full potential to maintain and develop these relationships.

Following this meeting, Dr. Saeid Hamzeh, International Advisor and Faculty member of the Department of Remote Sensing and GIS, and Dr. Ali Mansourian as Project Leader and Representative of Lund University and Dr. Ara Toomanian as Scientific Representative of the Faculty of Geography, University of Tehran in this project, exchanged ideas and suggestions for developing cooperation and how to organize an Erasmus Plus training class between the Faculty of Geography and the University of Lund, as well as the possibility of further collaborating on joint international projects.