Baghdad – The University of Florence and Iraq intensify their relations. There are many areas in which the two exchange and collaborate: in 2005 researchers from the University of Florence were the protagonists of important international cooperation projects in the field of agricultural and livestock development and water resources management. Since June 2013, according to an agreement with the Iraqi Ministry of the High Education and Scientific Research, there are 6 groups of visiting professors in Florence from all the provinces of the Arab nation. New projects will seek to support the incoming of Iraqi students, supported by Iraq’s government. The details were discussed during a meeting between the Deans of the University of Baghdad and the University of Alnahrain, and Florentine Professor Matteo Barbari, who was in Iraq in recent days. (9Colonne)
