Planning for HR Conference Underway in Algeria
November 2008
On the heels of the successful career fair attended by 5,000 students and 40 firms, planning has started on an international symposium in Algeria on entrepreneurship, focusing on the University Response to Developmental Challenges. It is scheduled for May 16-17 and will be held with various sponsorships, including the Institute of National Commerce (INC), WDI’s partner in Algeria.
The symposium will make a comprehensive diagnosis of university-enterprise relations in the world and suggest solutions in the case of Algeria. Specifically, the international symposium aims to:
1. Alleviate psychological barriers between company managers and university faculty
2. Identify the conditions necessary for the implementation of entrepreneurship
3. Outline medium and long term development perspectives for Career Centers
4. Foster the representation of company executives in the University Management Board, and that of university faculty on Company Management Boards
The symposium is a continuation of work by DCS as part of the Educating Managers, Promoting Linkages and Opportunities Initiative project, a partnership between WDI, INC and the Middle East Partnership Initiative. One of the achievements of the project was the opening of a Career Center at INC, the first in the country. Since then, INC has been contacted by other Algerian universities interested in duplicating the center.