January 2017 By Annamaria Krajnikova, Carlos Felipe Rodriguez, Hicham Barakat and John Campbell “Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve.” Roger Lewin INTRODUCTION We are at the beginning of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). The technology and industry are changing rapidly, and most students are not equipped with the right…
March 29th, 2017 By Prof. Hicham Barakat The eradication of poverty and exclusion, public governance improvement and the achievement of social justice constitute a major cornerstone to any social and economic development. It is an ambition that lies beyond party politics, or any other consideration, and that needs to underpin every elected government agenda. In…
Sustainability (from ‘sustain’ and ‘ability’) is the process of change, in which the exploitation of resources, the direction of investments, the orientation of technological development and institutional change are all in harmony and enhance both current and future potential to meet human needs and aspirations.
Ouarzazate (Berber languages: ⵡⴰⵔⵣⴰⵣⴰⵜ, Warzazat; Arabic: ورزازات), nicknamed The door of the desert, is a city and capital of Ouarzazate Province in Drâa-Tafilalet region of south-central Morocco. Ouarzazate is at an elevation of 1,160 metres (3,810 ft) in the middle of a bare plateau south of the High Atlas Mountains.