Signing of a framework partnership agreement between OFPPT and UEMF

The Euromed University of Fes (UEMF) and the Office for Vocational Training and Employment Promotion (OFPPT) are sealing, this Friday, February 26, 2021, a framework partnership agreement for the development of vocational training and the sharing of expertise, notably in the areas of Digital and Artificial Intelligence. 

This framework agreement, co-signed at UEMF by Ms. Loubna TRICHA, Director General of OFPPT, and Prof. Mostapha Bousmina, President of the Euromed University of Fes, will ensure a real synergy between UEMF and the future “City of Trades and Skills” of the Fès-Meknès Region; a project that is part of the continuation of the program to create 12 Cities of Trades and Skills by 2023-2024, in accordance with the new roadmap for the development of vocational training, presented before His Majesty King Mohammed VI, May God Assist Him, on April 4, 2019. 

The two parties mutually agree to develop high value-added partnership projects, notably through the development of training programs, trainer training, support for entrepreneurship and continuing education, as well as participation in research projects, final training projects and the joint development of training projects for the benefit of partner African countries. 

UEMF's involvement through this new partnership project confirms its willingness to support training institutions in centers of excellence that develop training and research programs, promoting innovation. Thanks to its eco-campus designed to the best international standards, UEMF will enable the “City of Trades and Skills” of the Fès-Meknès Region, intended to be a center of excellence, to access its technological platforms, designed to international standards, in particular those dedicated to digital engineering and artificial intelligence, 3D printing, Industry 4.0 technology, nanotechnologies, renewable energies, biotechnology and biomedical.