The REACH project team specialized in the field of Mechanical Engineering traveled to Slovenia to receive the training program at University of Ljubljana – Slovenia, as part of Work Package3 of the project funded by the European Commission through the Erasmus + program Capacity Building in the Field of Higher Education CBHE. REACH project aims to develop the capabilities of Palestinian higher education institutions to enhance the possibility of cross-border employment of Palestinian graduates. The team that received training in Slovenia included a group of academics specialized in the field of Mechanical Engineering from partner Palestinian universities.
University of Ljubljana provided a training program in topics identified based on the Work Package 1 “training needs assessment”. The team will transfer the experiences gained from University of Ljubljana to the graduates from Palestinian universities in the graduate training program. The training program was distributed over five days, starting on Monday, May 30, and ending on Friday, June 3, 2022. The program is scheduled to contain various topics such as Product design, CAD/CAM/CNC, Automation and Robotics.
The training program also included practical training lectures in the university laboratories.
At the end of the training program, Dr. Sadiq Abdelall, REACH project’s manager, thanked all the trainers from University of Ljubljana and the university administration for their cooperation and providing the desired benefit from the visit. It was also agreed to increase cooperation in future projects.