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Forging ties with France
By AUGUSTINE NEMA, UPNG Public Relations
THE University of Papua New Guinea is reinforcing its ties with
France through initiatives aimed at expanding opportunities for
staff and students.
Vice Chancellor Professor Ross Hynes recently signed a Memorandum
of Understanding (MOU) with a famous art university in France,
called the Ecole Nationale Supérieur d'Art de Paris-Cergy.
The MOU was signed in Paris by the Director of the French
university René Denizot, and was delivered to the Vice Chancellor
for his signing by France Ambassador to PNG H.E. Patrick Boursin.
The MOU seeks to forge a partnership through an exchange program
for staff and students between the UPNG's Melanesia Institute of
Art & Communication (MIAC) and the French university.
Further discussions during the signing explored possibilities of
developing partnerships between UPNG and other universities in
France as well as French speaking universities in the Pacific
region, in New Caledonia and Tahiti.
Another MOU will be signed this week to effect the establishment
of a France Study Centre to facilitate the French course currently
taught at UPNG.
The centre will include a classroom and a library and is expected
to be set up within the premise of the School of Humanities and
Social Sciences.
The centre is an initiative of UPNG and the Alliance francaise de
Port Moresby.
 
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