<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Century Gothic&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:#404040">OCP Group, Shell and Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) have signed a collaboration agreement to develop a pilot project to assess the feasibility of large-scale production of low-carbon ammonia using hydrogen produced from renewable en

<p>The joint EPFL-UM6P initiative "Excellence in Africa" has now released the names of the first 10 students selected after the 1st call for proposals of the 100 PhDs for Africa programme.</p>

<p>March 8th of every year is a globally recognized day for the celebration of women’s rights. That day, every society, community or institution chooses a myriad of ways to honor the women in its midst: flowers, goodies, thank you notes and the like.<br />

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The fourth cohort of the UM6P Explorer program closed on Thursday, February 24, 2022 with a virtual showcase highlighting some of the entrepreneurial initiatives supported by the program.&nbsp;<br />
The event began with a roundtable discussion in which Explorer program participants shared their experiences in applying for and obtaining program grants. This discussion was followed by tours of the teams' virtual presentation rooms, where the audience was able to interact with the entrepreneurs about their initiatives.</p>

<p>Eight years after the adoption of the Malabo declaration, and just three years before the target date of 2025, we could certainly ask the question on where we stand on some of these targets and how much could African countries accelerate the pace towards achieving some of the declaration goals. The COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences on African economies and population livelihoods have made this challenge even more complex, adding to all the chronic problems of climate change, water scarcity, poverty etc.</p>

<p>Mohammed VI Polytechnic University is officially nominated and recognized as a CLIMATE HERO by the official youth constituency of the United Nations Framework convention on climate change, at the United Nations Climate Change Conference of Youth 16 (COY16), the official precursor youth event of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26). UM6P Youth Statement was the only policy paper representing youth vision in the Kingdom of Morocco during the COY16 at Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.

<p>&nbsp;UM6P announces that Atlas Cloud Services has been has been certified to both ISO 27001 and PCI DSS international standards.</p>

<p>ISO 27001 defines the requirements for information security management systems (ISMS) and facilitates the security management of sensitive assets, and PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) designates the data security standards applicable to the payment card industry. Developed by the PCI Security Standards Council, the PCI DSS is designed to reduce online fraud.</p>

<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>Interested in effectively contributing to the implementation of Agenda 2030 through its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? the UM6P Sustainable Development Department is launching its 2022 call for projects dedicated to the UM6P community.</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>