Water in Arabic countries is a valuable asset. On the other hand, the sun is a perennial source of energy, but climate change and pollution affect the water quality and the whole environment structure. However, regional potentials are far from the exhaustion, where, in recent years, the awareness of environmental protection and sustainable energy management in Arabic countries has been growing slowly but steadily.
In this awareness shift, a master's program "Environmental engineering and climate change" (MAPEC) arises at three Jordanian and three Syrian universities. Starting in the winter semester 2013/14, students will be trained to reduce pollution in their countries and to improve health conditions. The special thing about this program is that it is established and prepared in cooperation with five European partners. The University of Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe is one of them.
Therefore, the team from the European Universities such as Innsbruck, Hamburg and institute of Superior de Paços de Brandão and Höxter University, which plays a leading role, structures modules, trains the future teachers and sets up laboratories. Moreover, Prof. Ajib with his colleagues from Höxter University ‘Prof. Fettig, Prof. Oldenburg, Prof. Maßmeyer’ and from the other European partners prepare the basis for this Master program (MAPEC). For example, the Höxter University is responsible for two of study courses and actively participates in a further eight. Thereby, with modules to the subjects such as water, environment, energy, climate change, laws and regulations and specialization modules, the future students are trained on a wide base for activities in the field of environment policy or environment engineering.
In order to tune the teaching content of the later courses, the Höxter team frequently met in the past with European and Arabic partners. Recently, in Innsbruck, it was about the concrete contents .In February, they met in Amman, Jordan, and the visits were therefore also exciting because not only could thereby gain impressions about the scientific work of students, but also about the country and people.
