The move aims to drive high-growth sectors and turn research into market-ready products, companies, and jobs.
PM Madbouly attended the ceremony on Thursday on behalf of President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi during the General Assembly of the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) and the International Research Commercialization Expo (IRC EXPO 2025) in the New Capital.
Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Ayman Ashour also attended the signing.
The ministry said the agreements are the result of months of work following the launch of the competitive call for the initiative on 17 February 2025.
Embedded within the National Strategy for Higher Education and Scientific Research 2030 and the National Policy for Sustainable Innovation, the initiative seeks to build specialized regional alliances that bring together academia, industry, entrepreneurs, investors, and government actors to stimulate innovation in high-potential sectors with strong economic growth prospects.
Each alliance is designed to act as a regional development engine, converting research outputs into scalable enterprises and sustainable employment opportunities.
A total of 104 alliances submitted proposals across various fields. They underwent a three-stage evaluation process overseen by a technical committee, supported by the sectoral councils of the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, and assisted by international experts.
Nine alliances passed all three stages and were shortlisted for the final assessment phase, which focuses on turning each alliance’s conceptual vision into a detailed implementation plan.
This phase requires signing a cooperation protocol between the ministry and each alliance to finalize its sectoral mandate, membership structure, indicative budget, six-month work plan, and performance indicators.
Alliances that complete the protocol will receive final approval and sign a binding agreement with the ministry to begin a three-year implementation cycle.
Minister Ashour said the initiative reflects an advanced model of applying Egypt’s National Policy for Sustainable Innovation 2030.
He noted that the shortlisted alliances show the capacity of academia, industry, and government institutions to form strong partnerships capable of leading regional development.
He added that the initiative aims to cultivate innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems across Egypt’s regions, transforming each alliance into a knowledge-driven economic cluster and a key contributor to job creation and company formation based on scientific research and technology.
The ministry stressed that “Alliance and Development” is one of the flagship initiatives of the National Policy for Sustainable Innovation 2030.
Launched earlier this year, it aims to position Egypt as an innovative, sustainable, knowledge-based society by leveraging research-driven innovation to create value, enhance sectoral sustainability, and strengthen Egypt’s regional and global competitiveness.
In November, the cabinet approved a draft presidential decree allocating about 16,000 feddans of state-owned land in New Valley Governorate for agricultural and technological research, as part of the “Alliance and Development” initiative.
Led by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, the project will transform the desert site into an integrated agro-industrial zone implemented by 28 public universities in partnership with industry and government bodies.
The New Valley project will focus on strategic crops and medicinal plants, while universities nationwide will pursue applied research in fields such as agriculture, biotechnology, renewable energy, industrial technology, and tourism.
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