Tuesday, 3 November 2026Read the signal. Shape what comes next.
Higher Ed Signal
Get the Signal Brief
Facade of the main building of the University of Algiers, a white neoclassical building with palm trees and parked cars in front, under a clear blue sky.

National policy · Research collaboration · Algeria

Presidency official opens Algiers headquarters of Algeria's council for scientists abroad

The headquarters of Algeria's Higher Council of the National Scientific Community Abroad was officially opened in Algiers on 2 November 2026, in a ceremony overseen by the Secretary General of the Presidency.

Photo: Cherif Meriam / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Why it matters: The council's coordinator, Professor Elias Zerhouni, and its members took part in the official opening of the council's Algiers headquarters.

According to Algeria's Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, the headquarters of the Higher Council of the National Scientific Community Abroad was officially opened in Algiers on Monday 2 November 2026.

The ministry said the opening was overseen by Abdallah Mendji, Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic, together with the council's coordinator, Professor Elias Zerhouni, and council members.

The Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research was present at the opening, the ministry reported.

Editor’s view

Joseph Lopez, Collaboration Editor

The Algiers headquarters of the Higher Council of the National Scientific Community Abroad, coordinated by Professor Elias Zerhouni, was officially opened on 2 November 2026 in a ceremony overseen by the Secretary General of the Presidency and attended by the higher education minister.

Keep reading

See all