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HMEMSA in the Moroccan culture represents an endearing term meaning little garbanzo. In English, it stands for the Home of the Moroccan Educators and Moroccan Students in America.
Led by Dr. Mohamed Boutjdir, a professor at SUNY Down State in NY, and in collaboration with other Moroccan competencies in the US, the American Moroccan Competencies Network (AMCN) was formed as an entity whose goals are to strengthen collaborations between Morocco and the US in several areas of interest to Morocco namely:
- Industry and New Technologies
- Higher Education and Scientific Research & Development
- Moroccan Women and Development
- Agriculture and Agro-Food
- Sustainable Development and Protection of Environment
- Human Development
The Ministry of Moroccans Living Abroad and AMCN are calling for projects to be submitted in one of these areas. The authors/directors of the selected projects will be invited to the First AMCN Forum that will be held in New York, NY on June 23, 2012.
The request for projects (RFP) forms are available in English and French and can be downloaded here:
A flyer with information about the forum and examples of projects from our sister Canadian Network:
A prelimanary program can be found here:
Please submit your proposals to: americanmorrocancn@gmail.com. The deadline for projects submission is April 30, 2012.
Please circulate the news and RFP forms to Moroccan Associations and colleagues in the U.S. who may be interested in submitting projects.
An article about the forum can be found at Morocco World News: http://moroccoworldnews.com/2012/04/34619/the-forum-for-american-morocca...
HMEMSA is growing. We are in the process of extending membership to all those who are interested in becoming involved and/or informed about higher education, research, and professional training in the U.S. and Morocco.
Fill out HMEMSA Membership Form to become part of HMEMSA growing network of students, educators, educational professionals, and contributors who believe in advancing our homeland and its citizens through education.
Fill out the Project Interest Form to get directed to other HMEMSA members who share your interests.
Both forms are fillable and savable PDF forms. Download them to your computer first. Then, you should be able to type in your information and save the files as a new PDF files with your entered information. Make sure you send them to the email provided in the forms.
The day-to-day operations of HMEMSA are carried out by a team consisting of the executive board and other HMEMSA active members including the board of advisors.
- President: Dr. Amine Chigani
- Treasurer: Ms. Wafa Bennani
- Secretary General: Ms. Selma Elouardighi
- Dr. Sami Ainane
- Dr. Mohammed Belkhayat
- Ms. Wafa Bennani
- Dr. Amine Chigani
- Dr. Mohsine Elahmadi
- Dr. Soumia Ichoua
- Ms. Jackie McCarthy
- Dr. Jamil Salmi
- Ms. Khadija Rheljari (founder)
- Dr. Ahmed Zakari
- Engineering Education in Morocco
- HMEMSA Mobile
- Healthcare Education in Morocco
- Energy Systems and Projects in Morocco
- Child Education Sponsorship
- Fundraising and Outreach
- Marketing and Online Presence
- Center for Global Understanding (CFGU) Internship
