Algeria,officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria,is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to the northeast by Tunisia;to the east by Libya;to the southeast by Niger;to the southwest by Mali,Mauritania,and Western Sahara;to the west by Morocco;and to the north by the Mediterranean Sea. The capital and largest city is Algiers,located in the far north on the Mediterranean coast.
The University of Gothenburg is a university in Sweden's second largest city,Gothenburg. Founded in 1891,the university is the third-oldest of the current Swedish universities and,with 53,624 students and 6,707 staff members,it is one of the largest universities in the Nordic countries.
The University of Lausanne in Lausanne,Switzerland,was founded in 1537 as a school of Protestant theology,before being made a university in 1890. The university is the second oldest in Switzerland,and one of the oldest universities in the world to be in continuous operation. As of fall 2017,about 15,000 students and 3,300 employees studied and worked at the university. Approximately 1,500 international students attend the university,which has a wide curriculum including exchange programs with other universities.
Mair Eluned Morgan,Baroness Morgan of Ely,,is a Welsh Labour politician who has served as First Minister of Wales and Leader of Welsh Labour since 2024. She previously served as Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care in the Welsh Government from 2021 to 2024.
The United Nations defines community development as "a process where community members come together to take collective action and generate solutions to common problems." It is a broad concept,applied to the practices of civic leaders,activists,involved citizens,and professionals to improve various aspects of communities,typically aiming to build stronger and more resilient local communities.
Erasmus University Rotterdam is a public research university located in Rotterdam,Netherlands. The university is named after Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus,a 15th-century Christian humanist and theologian.
Tharman Shanmugaratnam,also known mononymously as Tharman,is a Singaporean politician and economist who has been serving as the ninth president of Singapore since 2023.
Education in Algeria is free and compulsory for Algerians from the ages of 6 to 15. However,only half of Algerian students are enrolled in secondary schools. As of 2015,Algeria has 92 post-secondary institutions,which includes 48 universities.
Vijayendra Kasturi Ranga Varadaraja Rao was an Indian economist,politician and educator.
Throughout Algeria's history as an independent state,there has been conflict between women's rights activists and conservatives about the status of women in Algeria. The 1984 Algerian Family Code entrenched certain forms of gender inequality and discrimination against women. Some progressive reforms were implemented in 2005 amendments to the law,but women are still unequal under Algerian law.
Atatürk University is a public land-grant research university established in 1957 in Erzurum,Turkey,in collaboration with the University of Nebraska. The university comprises 23 faculties,18 colleges,8 institutes,and 30 research centers. The university's main campus is located in Erzurum,one of the largest cities in Eastern Anatolia,and is considered one of the city's most prominent assets. Since its founding,the university has been a center of educational and cultural development for the eastern region of Turkey.
Esther Duflo,FBA is a French-American economist currently serving as the Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In 2019,she was jointly awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences alongside Abhijit Banerjee and Michael Kremer "for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty".
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem is a Moroccan-born French former politician and jurist. A member of the Socialist Party (PS),she served in a number of ministerial positions during the presidency of François Hollande. Vallaud-Belkacem was the first woman to serve as Minister of Education,Higher Education,and Research,holding the position from 2014 to 2017 under Prime Ministers Manuel Valls and Bernard Cazeneuve.
Émilie Laurence Tubiana is a French economist,professor and diplomat. She served as France's Climate Change Ambassador and Special Representative for the 2015 COP21 Climate Change Conference in Paris,for which she became recognised as a key architect of the resulting Paris Agreement. Since 2017,she has been CEO of the European Climate Foundation.
The Algerian Popular Movement is a social democratic Berber political party in Algeria. The party,which had been previously known since 2003 as the Union for Democracy and the Republic,was re-founded in February 2012. In the 17 May 2012 People's National Assembly elections,the party won 2.17% of the vote and 7 of the 389 seats.
The National Centre of Research in Social and Cultural Anthropology is an Algerian governmental research organisation in social sciences created by the decree 92-215 on May 23,1992. The Centre operates under the aegis of the Ministry of higher education and scientific research,its headquarters is located in Oran.
Abdelkader Ben Ghabrit,commonly known as Si Kaddour Benghabrit was an Algerian religious leader,translator and interpreter who worked for the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was the first rector of the Great Mosque of Paris.
The NITI Aayog serves as the apex public policy think tank of the Government of the Republic of India,and the nodal agency tasked with catalyzing economic development,and fostering cooperative federalism and moving away from bargaining federalism through the involvement of State Governments of India in the economic policy-making process using a bottom-up approach. Its initiatives include "15-year road map","7-year vision,strategy,and action plan",AMRUT,Digital India,Atal Innovation Mission,Medical Education Reform,agriculture reforms,Indices Measuring States’Performance in Health,Education and Water Management,Sub-Group of Chief Ministers on Rationalization of Centrally Sponsored Schemes,Sub-Group of Chief Ministers on Swachh Bharat Abhiyan,Sub-Group of Chief Ministers on Skill Development,Task Forces on Agriculture and up of Poverty,and Transforming India Lecture Series.
Paris CitéUniversity is a public research university located in Paris,France. It was created by decree on 20 March 2019,resulting from the merger of Paris Descartes and Paris Diderot universities,established following the division of the University of Paris in 1970. It was originally established as the University of Paris,but was renamed by decree in March 2022 to its current name.
The Personality Protection and Security Service (SPS) is an Algerian police service responsible for the close protection and escort of public figures.
