Embassy of India in Algiers celebrates India Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) day 2022

ALGIERS- The Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) Day 2022 was celebrated on 22 December 2022 on the Hotel Sofitel, Algiers.

According to a press launch issued by the Embassy, ITEC is a bilateral programme of help which was established in September 1964. Training and capability constructing is one among its main targets.

“Under ITEC, Algerian professionals are offered training courses in different centres of excellence in India which empower them with professional skills and prepare them for an increasingly globalized world. Every year India offers 40 slots in training courses at different Indian Institutes covering diverse themes and these are open to Algerian officials, public sector employees, universities, Chambers of Commerce and Industry and the private sector,” famous the communiqué.

Large variety of ITEC alumni attended the occasion, throughout which eight of the ITEC alumni shared their wealthy expertise throughout their coaching in India within the subject of photo voltaic power applied sciences, startups, diplomacy, industrial tasks and infrastructures, well being, WTO points and in internet applied sciences. Representatives had been additionally current from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Trade and Promotion of Exports, Ministry of Health, Population and Hospital Reforms, Ministry of Energy and Mines, the Algerian Space Agency. Several journalists from outstanding Algerian print and digital media coated the occasion.

The assertion additional defined that since 2007, greater than 365 candidates from Algeria have availed ITEC coaching. This yr the Embassy has acquired a file variety of functions. Some of the favored ITEC programs in Algeria are: superior strategies of crime investigation, narcotics and psychotropic substances, Human Resource Management for organizational excellence, authorities accounting and monetary administration, audit of e-governance, WTO points, improvement partnership – studying South-South cooperation, local weather change and sustainable improvement, recycling know-how, synthetic intelligence, information analytics and threat administration.

In his remarks, Ambassador Gaurav Ahluwalia spoke about glorious bilateral relations between India and Algeria, whereas appreciating the contribution of ITEC alumni in enhancing the connection by appearing as a bridge of understanding between the 2 nations. He spoke in regards to the ongoing digital revolution in India and IndiaStack which has revolutionized monetary transactions in India. Referring to President Tebboune’s concentrate on making a start-up, entrepreneurial financial system in Algeria, the Ambassador hoped that ITEC alumni would discover IndiaStack a helpful case examine for implementation of President Tebboune’s imaginative and prescient. He added the constructing on these digital public items was a key focus space for India’s G20 Presidency.

Take a glance into Algerian-Indian relationships:

Back in historical past, India had an in depth relationship with Algeria earlier than its independence in 1962 when the diplomatic relationship was established. New Delhi supported and even hosted the Algerian Independence Movement represented by National Liberation Front (NLF). Algeria and India preserve strong relations of fraternity and friendship drawn from an extended widespread militant journey. Their Diplomatic relations had been established in 1962, the yr Algeria turned unbiased from colonial rule from France. Since then, relations between the 2 nations have been cordial. The two nations help one another on important points at bilateral and multilateral ranges. Presidential visits have been persistently paid to additional enhance cooperation and coordination. To wit; Gandhi paid a working go to to Algeria in 1973, Shri Rajiv Gandhi visited, in June 1985, Algeria as properly and, in flip, the President of Algeria Chadli Bendjedid visited India in 1982, 1983 and 1987. Former President Bouteflika, for his half, visited India on 24-29 January 2001 because the Chief Guest on the Republic Day Celebrations. Besides these visits, many Minister-level and official-level visits had been undertaken by each the nations. In 2019, the-then Foreign Minister Abdelkader Messahel paid a working go to to India, throughout which a variety of bilateral agreements to strengthen the authorized framework for cooperation between the 2 nations; Cultural Exchange Program and Visa Waiver Agreement for Diplomatic and Official Passport holders had been signed. As lengthy as bilateral agreements are involved, the next are some agreements inked by each side:

1. Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement in January 2001 to keep away from double taxation and stop fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on earnings and on capital with a view to selling financial cooperation between the nations.

2. Phytosanitary Agreement signed in January 2001 to ascertain cooperation within the subject of quarantine and safety of pure vegetation, to guard the cultures of their respective nations in opposition to illnesses and damaging brokers prone of being transported by merchandise for consumption or re-production.

3. Veterinary Sanitation Protocol signed in January 2001 to boost cooperation between the veterinary authorities of the 2 nations to facilitate industrial exchanges (import, export and transit) of the animals and animal primarily based merchandise and to protect their respective territories from eventual epizootie, parasitic illnesses of animals and zoonosis infections for human beings.

4. Air Service Agreement signed in 2000 to enhance connectivity between the 2 nations.

5. Agreement between Press Trust of India and Algerian Press Service signed in October 2003 to advertise cooperation {and professional} interplay between the 2 nations.

6. Agreement on Cooperation in Small and Medium-scale Enterprises signed in October 2003.

7. Cultural Exchange Programme signed in October 2003 to strengthen the cultural relations between the 2 nations.

8. MoU of Foreign Office Consultations was signed in October 2000.

Bilateral Assistance/Cooperation: The Government of India had dedicated an help of US$ 1 million as humanitarian help for the victims of the earthquake, which struck Algeria in May 2003.

Medicines price half 1,000,000 US {dollars} had been handed over in April 2004 and the steadiness within the type of development metal for the homes for the victims was handed over in October 2006. Indian
Space Agency launched the Algerian Satellite Alsat 2A into the orbit in July 2010.

Government of Algeria appreciated in writing, the help of India to take away Tipaza (a historic web site about 100 kms from Algiers) from the hazard record of the World Heritage Committee throughout UNESCO assembly in August 2006.

Algeria supported the non-permanent membership if UNSC for India throughout 2010. For army cooperation, the Algerian protection personnel commonly take part within the programs in India yearly. Both sides performed, on August 29, 2021, joint naval workout routines to boost maritime cooperation. Stealth ship INS Tabar represented India together with Algerian naval ship ANS Ezager performed the drills off the coast of Algeria.

Last August, the Indian Navy frontline frigate INS TABAR undertook a bilateral Passage Exercise (PASSEX) with Algerian Naval Force Ship EZZADJER. The joint train between INS TABAR and ANS EZZADJER included skilled interactions, sharing of greatest practices, and communication drills at sea.

On one other stage, and beneath the Cultural Exchange Programme between the 2 nations, totally different cultural troupes from each nations had been despatched to take part in a variety of cultural occasion, resembling; the India-Africa Forum Summit held in New Delhi, Indian Painting Exhibition ‘Women by Women’, Deserts People Festival in Algeria, Algerian movies in New Delhi, Tlemcen Cultural Capital of the Islamic World” and so on…Besides, beneath the Indian Foreign Affairs Ministry’s initiative “Bharat – Ek Parichay – Sharing knowledge with the world”, Embassy of India in Algeria contributed, in 2018, numerous books on Indian artwork, tradition and values to the Algiers University 1 and a couple of libraries to be used by college students. This step goals at enhancing connection between each peoples and higher understanding of India.

Economically, and extra lately, State-owned firm Sonatrach has inked a $1 billion contract with India’s Larsen & Toubro to construct vegetation to provide 11 million cubic metres of gasoline per day. In this vein, the Algerian restricted legal responsibility Company (LLC) LD Azouaou and Indian Group Mahindra Mahindra LTD sealed an settlement, in 2018, within the province of Tizi-Ouzou to create a three way partnership to assemble farm tractors. Indian-Algerian cooperation covers totally different different spheres, together with area. In 2016, Satich Dahwan Space Center’s lancher PSLV C-35 put into orbite 8 satellites together with three Algerian ones Alsat-1B, Alsat-2B and Alsat-1N.In 2018, the governments of Algeria and India have inked a co-operation settlement within the fields of science, know-how and area functions. The two events sealed, in September 2006, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on co-operation in coaching. This cooperation enabled 20 Algerian engineers to attend Master’s diploma programs in area functions and superior coaching in area telecommunications and geo-information. This cooperation additionally assisted within the profitable launch of Algerian satellites Alsat-2A on July 10, 2010, and Alsat-1B, Alsat-2B and Alsat-1N on Sept 26, 2016, and the participation of Algerian engineers within the satellite tv for pc preparation and launch phases.

Regarding parliamentary relationship, “Algeria-India” parliamentary friendship group was put in, in Algiers, beneath the presidency of the vice-Speaker of the People’s National Assembly (APN), Boualem Bousmaha, within the presence of the president of the Commission for Foreign Affairs, cooperation and the group overseas, Abdelkader Abdellaoui in addition to the-then Indian Ambassador in Algiers, Satbir Singh and a consultant of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This set up is seen as an essential area to appreciate nearer rapprochement and cooperation with India, a pleasant nation, and to translate the ‘main curiosity granted by Algeria to parliamentary diplomacy as a vector of official one (diplomacy ). This strategy is a part of the reform undertaking that the President of the Republic, Mr. Abdelmadjid Tebboune is working to concretize with a view to constructing a brand new Republic and a promising Algeria, trustworthy to its ideas and commitments.