MathiCs

Steering Committee

Members

Luis Oyonarte Universidad de Almería, Spain
Fouad Bennis École Centrale de Nantes, France
Ana Pipio Instituto Superior Técnico - Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Driss Bennis Université Mohammed V de Rabat, Morocco
M'hammed El Kahoui Université Cadi Ayyad de Marrakech, Morocco
Khalid Najib École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Rabat, Morocco

Meetings agendas

First meeting: April 22nd, 2021

Agenda

  • Selection of the company that will program and update the project website. Study of the special conditions to be included in the contract.
  • Approval of the updated list of technical material (with respect to that budgeted in the original project request) to be acquired. Determination of the minimum special conditions to be required from the companies participating in the bidding process.
  • Director's report on the study carried out regarding the suggestions made by our Project Officer during the Kick-off Meeting.

Second meeting: June 24th, 2021

Agenda

  • Study and approval of the reports to be sent to the Project Officer regarding her suggestions concerning a possible change in the staff costs of the budget and the structure of the training.
  • Actions to be taken when drawing up the list of professors who will follow the training process.
  • Study of the bidding documents provided by the Moroccan institutions for their bidding processes.
  • Decision to organize a coordination meeting of the teachers who will provide the training.

Third meeting: July 15th, 2021

Agenda

  • Decision of the dates of the next meeting of the team of teachers in charge of training. Decision of the dates of the next PMB meeting.

Fourth meeting: August 4th, 2021

Agenda

  • Preparation of the list of Moroccan Moroccan teachers who will follow the training program in the first period and of the reserve list.

Fifth meeting: October 21st, 2021

Agenda

  • Approval, if applicable, of the minutes of the previous session
  • Project coordinator’s report
  • Decision, if applicable, on the possibility of providing the 4th module of the training (WP5) in online format
  • Agreement, if applicable, on the possibility for European professors to attend, for the purpose of coordinating and structuring the training program, the courses planned at all the sites
  • Questions and Requests

Sixth meeting: November 25th, 2021

Agenda

  • Agreement, if applicable, on the dates of delivery of all the remaining courses of the training program
  • Agreement, if applicable, to defray the cost of airline tickets for those selected Moroccan who did not attend the training courses in Almería
  • Agreement, if applicable, on how to fill the vacancies produced in the courses of module 1 of the training program with respect to the list of selected professors and students
  • Approval, if applicable, of the minutes of the previous session
  • Project’s coordinator report
  • Questions and Requests

Seventh meeting: January 7th, 2022

Agenda

  • Design of a contingency plan to minimize the consequences of the closure of the Moroccan borders on the correct development of MathICs

Eighth meeting: January 20th, 2022

Agenda

  • Approval, if applicable, of the minutes of the two previous sessions
  • Project’s coordinator report
  • Agreement, if appropriate, on a possible postponement of the next PMB meeting to May or June, 2022, and on a possible change of institution for the meeting
  • Questions and Requests

Ninth meeting: February 18th, 2022

Agenda

  • Decision on actions to be taken following NEO warnings in Morocco

Tenth meeting: March 28th, 2022

Agenda

  • Approval, if applicable, of the minutes of the previous sessions
  • Project’s coordinator report
  • Agreement, if applicable, on the dates of delivery of Applications module of the training program in the second period
  • Agreement, if applicable, on the transfers to be made to the Moroccan institutions with the second pre-financing EACEA payment
  • Questions and Requests

Eleventh meeting: September 21st, 2022

Agenda

  • Approval, if applicable, of the minutes of the previous session
  • Project’s coordinator report
  • Elaboration of the First Financial Report
  • Approval, if applicable, of the contracting of an external quality assessment, as strongly recommended by the EACEA
  • Problems in the dissemination of the project
  • Approval, if applicable, of the revision carried out of the training course calendar
  • Questions and Requests

Twelfth meeting: December 13th, 2022

Agenda

  • Approval, if applicable, of the minutes of the last session (21st of September, 2022)
  • Agreement on the dates of the dissemination meetings agreed upon in the new Project Dissemination Plan
  • Report and decision making on the planning of the mathematical caravan
  • Other matters
  • Questions and Requests

Thirteenth meeting: January 9th, 2023

Agenda

  • Approval, if applicable, of the minutes of the last session (13th of December, 2022)
  • Determination of the exact date of the next PMB meeting, scheduled for April in Europe
  • Agreement on the dates of the dissemination meetings agreed upon in the new Project Dissemination Plan
  • Material purchase situation in each institution
  • Other matters
  • Questions and Requests

Fourteenth meeting: January 31st, 2023

Agenda

  • Approval, if applicable, of the minutes of the sessions of 13th of December, 2022 and of 9th of January, 2023
  • Final decision of the exact dates of the next PMB meeting
  • Other matters
  • Questions and Requests

Fifteenth meeting: May 16th, 2023

Agenda

  • Approval, if applicable, of the minutes of the sessions of 24th of January, 2023
  • Movement of dissemination subcontracting funds from the UM5 budget to the ENSMR budget
  • Modification of the project's web update system. Creation of the French version of the website
  • Elaboration of a tentative schedule for the remaining courses of the training program
  • Other matters
  • Questions and Requests

Sixteenth meeting: July 27th, 2023

Agenda

  • Discussion on the status of the Applications module of the training program and adoption of agreements on measures to motivate students
  • Other matters
  • Questions and Requests

Seventeenth meeting: November 8th, 2023

Agenda

  • Project’s coordinator report
  • Other matters
  • Questions and Requests

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