A cooperation support programme for higher education, worth €38.6 million has been launched between Algeria and the European Union, said Sunday in Oran (432-km west of Algiers Bernard Segarra, in charge of the EU support programmes in Algeria.
The four-year programme, for which the EU will contribute with €21.5 million and Algeria with €17.1 million, is part of the cooperation between the EU and Algeria, said Segarra on the sidelines of the visit of the ambassador and head of the EU delegation to the teaching hospital of Oran.
It aims at "supporting the modernization of the sector of higher education and scientific research, and to assist the ongoing reforms."
 A seminar will be held in Tlemcen (540-km west of Algiers) on Monday to assess the programme in presence of the EU ambassador and head of delegation to Algeria as well as European and Algerian experts.