Madayn inks cooperation pact with university in Sur
Muscat - The Public Establishment for Industrial Estates – Madayn - on Wednesday signed a cooperation programme with the University of Technology and Applied Sciences - Sur (UTAS) with the objective of strengthening cooperation between the industrial sector and higher education, research and innovation sector.
The agreement, which comes within the framework of mutually beneficial cooperation between Madayn and the sultanate’s various educational and academic institutions, was signed by Dr Said bin Hamad al Rubei’ee, vice chancellor of UTAS, and Hilal bin Hamad al Hasani, CEO of Madayn.
The cooperation programme aims at encouraging the utilisation of available capabilities and expertise in the fields of manufacturing, innovation and entrepreneurship.
Commenting on the significance of the partnership between Madayn and UTAS, Rubei’ee stated that the cooperation programme will play a role in enhancing partnership between the industrial and academic sectors and creating promising opportunities for cooperation in various fields.
“Such opportunities include provision of consultation, business incubators, and training for university students. We also aim at cooperating in framing educational programmes by benefiting from the expertise in the industrial sector and taking into account the required skills and qualifications in the market,” Rubei’ee pointed out.
“We also aspire to give attention to on-the-job training as there is a qualitative leap approaching in many fields that require specific competencies. The cooperation between Madayn and UTAS will offer an ideal opportunity for students in various fields in Madayn’s various industrial cities,” he added
The agreement also aims at benefiting from business excellence initiatives, attracting industrial investments, and development of infrastructure towards achieving in-country value. These are to be achieved through encouraging startups, incubating student projects, providing technical and administrative training for entrepreneurs and business owners by providing intellectual property services, technical and feasibility studies, and knowledge transfer.
The partnership between Madayn and UTAS also aims at framing a technical training programme for the workforce based at Madayn’s various industrial cities within the specialisations available in UTAS and Madayn Industrial Academy.