During a meeting with a delegation of the American Organization for International Research and Exchange (IREX) headed by the project supervisor, Dr. Laurie Mason, His Excellency, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr. Nabeel Kadim Abid Al-Sahib  reviewed university partnership programs and areas of scientific and academic cooperation. Dr. Abid Al-Sahib stressed the importance of focusing on vital projects that aim at providing direct scientific and technical services to the community and the need to devote development and training programs to young energies and competencies according to a well-thought-out path and time limits consistent with the goals of scientific cooperation between Iraqi academic institutions and their American counterparts. His Excellency called on coordinating on program accreditation via the Iraqi National Accreditation Councils in the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, interweaving expertise in academic fields, benefiting from international partnerships in term of educational systems, programs and university infrastructure and opening more prospects for cultural exchange embodied in fellowships, grants and scholarships. For her part, Dr. Mason expressed appreciation for this cooperation and interest in reviewing the implemented programs, evaluating their effects and future prospects, developing partnership aspects between universities, ensuring comprehensive development and focusing on targeted applied projects, especially technical ones, and projects and programs related to the environment and renewable energy. It is worth mentioning that the meeting was attended by the Ministerial Committee in charge of supervision and follow-up.