In accordance with the principle of the university's openness to the economic and social environment and to strengthen the frameworks of joint cooperation between the University of Ouargla and the Sonatrach Group, an important meeting was held on the morning of Thursday, September 19, 2024, between the administration of the University of Kasdi Merbah, represented by its director, Professor Mohamed Taher Halilat, and the Director of Human Resources of the Sonatrach Group, and the Director of the Petroleum Institute.
This meeting comes within the framework of strengthening the partnership between academic and economic institutions, especially in the field of training and scientific research.
During this meeting, the focus was on several main axes, most notably:
Training and training, as the meeting addressed providing company employees with training opportunities in various fields, with the aim of raising their competencies and developing their technical and scientific skills. The university director stressed the need to develop specialized training programs and courses in cooperation with Sonatrach and the Petroleum Institute, in line with the needs of the local and global market, while Sonatrach representatives stressed the importance of cooperation and benefiting from the university's pedagogical and scientific support for the company's cadres in several fields.
At the end of the meeting, both parties expressed their commitment to strengthening this partnership and achieving tangible results that benefit both the university and the company, thus contributing to supporting the national economy and developing human resources in the petroleum and energy sector.