Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research signed agreement to strategize science, technology and innovation in Iraq

Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Kurdistan Region has signed an agreement with The Ministry of Science and Technology of the federal government, and UNESCO to come up with a plan for science, technology and innovation in Iraq from 2011 to 2015.

His Excellency Professor Dlawer A. Ala`Aldeen, minister of higher education and scientific research of Kurdistan region said ((the agreement will assist in the creating of a road map of different stages in order to reach the best method of scientific research in the country)).
In the joint press conference in the ministry of higher education in Erbil that was attended by his Excellency professor Dlawer and Mr. Casey Walter, programs director in UNESCO, Mr. Raid Fahmi, Minister of Science and Technology in the federal government said((The agreement includes the launch of a joint initiative of the federal government, KRG and UNESCO to prepare a nationwide study for science , technology and innovation, pointing out that countries who do not take advanced science into consideration will not be able to witness development and catch the global renaissance.