<p>It has almost been two years since COVID-19 entered Morocco’s borders, forcing an energetic and ambitious country to lock itself down for months. Our livelihoods, habits, projects, reflexes and attitudes were all affected somehow by the pandemic. Historians looking at this era of ours will probably have enough material for thousands and thousands of archives.</p>

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<p>Every January 24th, the world’s teachers, professors, researchers, policymakers and civil society leaders pause to contemplate, evaluate and celebrate what is probably the most puzzling field in international development: education. No wonder.</p>

Interested in effectively contributing to the implementation of Agenda 2030 through its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? the UM6P Sustainable Development Department is launching its 2021 call for projects dedicated to the UM6P community.

This call for projects, entitled “Mon projet DD 2021”, is part of UM6P's desire to set in motion a Sustainable Development approach and to mobilize its community (students, teachers, researchers and administrative staff) in order to integrate or strengthen Sustainable Development in our training, research and operations missions.

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<p>December 18 and 19, 2021 saw the organization of the first edition of the hackathon "AgriChallenge", within the startup campus "Startgate" in Benguerir. This hackathon was hosted by Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) in partnership with the Hassan II Agronomic and Veterinary Institute (IAV), with the aim of finding innovative solutions to the challenges faced by the Moroccan agricultural sector.</p>

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<p>Every December 18th, the United Nations honors Arabic in commemoration of its adoption as the international body’s 6th official language in 1973. As a Moroccan university, UM6P joins its global counterparts in giving tribute to one of our motherland’s two national tongues. Arabic has for centuries been the subject and the medium for much of humanity’s trade, spirituality, art, literature, science, calligraphy and architecture. It has left an imprint on almost every aspect of human history.</p>

<p>The International Water Research Institute (IWRI) is delighted to announce that the project AGREEMed has been selected for funding by the 2021 PRIMA Call Section 2– Multi-topic.

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<p>The African Institute for Sustainable Agriculture Research (ASARI) of l'UM6P in Laayoune, organized the first edition of the Workshop "Valorization and Promotion of Aromatic and Medicinal Plants of the Region of Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra" on December 14 and 15, 2021, in partnership with the Phosboucraâ Foundation.</p>

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<p>Every December 10th is a chance for the global community to contemplate the many advances attained by humanity in the spirit of promoting human rights. At Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), our dedication to shaping the minds of tomorrow puts the values of equality, dignity and prosperity front and center in our approach to producing and delivering knowledge.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The Institute of Research in Solar Energy and New Energies (IRESEN), University Mohammed VI Polytechnic (UM6P) and the OCP Group, proceeded last Thursday, November 25th to the signature of a partnership agreement&nbsp;at the UM6P campus in Benguerir,&nbsp;aiming at implementing the technological platform GREEN H2A dedicated to the R&amp;D and the Innovation in the field of Green Hydrogen and its Applications ("Power-To-X" - PtX)</p>

<p class="xxx" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:12.65pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#201f1e">UM6P and the Regional Center for Investment (CRI) Drâa-Tafilalet, signed today a partnership agreement to promote scientific research in the areas related to investment and co-co