[taba:dul] is Arabic for exchange. The verb form emphasises the mutual aspect and the word’s basic meaning includes the notion of change. This defines what the DAAD, together with German universities, is doing in Iraq: supporting, in partnership, the rebuilding of the Iraqi university system and supporting change through exchange on a personal level.
DAAD supports Iraqi students of German language for short and middle term stays at German universities. According to the needs, summer and winter universities or limited research stays can boost the student’s progress. The following information caters for students of German and is therefore provided in German.
The Iraqi Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, H.E. Ali al-Adeeb, and DAAD's representative Alexander Haridi have met in Bagdad and agreed upon launching a new round of jointly funded BaghDAAD scholarships. The maximum number of stipends in the next round will be 100, limited to PhD studies according to the request of the Ministry. Details on requirements and procedure will be published in January 2012.
MoHESR's press release (Arabic)
From 28th until 30th September 2011, the 3rd Information Technology Conference with representatives from 15 Iraqi universities took place at the TU Berlin with the topic "Information Technology as a Key of the Social Development in Iraq".
The conference was focused on the relevance of social networks in the Internet and related societal and political processes in Iraq. Accordingly, the requirements and needs for the foundation of a Society of IT in Iraq have been discussed to give experts of IT (individuals, companies and non-governmental) an opportunity to join a network attempting to design and implement IT structures for the Iraqi society.
The conference report has been released and can be found here.
By the end of the first project period (2009-2011), representatives of the Iraqi partner universities and the TU Dortmund University met in Dortmund to evaluate the progress. During the final conference of the meeting, a new agreement between the University of Dohuk and the TU Dortmund University was signed.
