The Ministerial Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (COMSTECH) in its third annual meeting called for the expansion of cooperation and synergy among its thirteen networks.

According to the CINVU Public Relations Report, in this event, which was accompanied by a report on the outcomes of the programs and achievements of the thirteen scientific networks of COMSTECH, Dr. Karim Najafi Barzegar, Secretary-General of CINVU, clarified the details of the four major projects: CEAQUALES, CEATQUALES, CINVU Plus Super-Application and Super-University, and explained the future plans of CINVU from 2025 to 2027.

COMSTECH, in this annual meeting, called for the continuous presentation of detailed reports on executive actions and the acceleration of cooperation and synergy among the thirteen networks, especially by holding monthly meetings and utilizing the CINVU Plus super application. In addition, the Secretary-Generals of the CINVU, INN, and INSTP expressed their readiness for further coordination among the networks based in Iran.

Professor Dr. Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary, the Coordinator-General of COMSTECH, also emphasized in this event the necessity of modeling and utilizing the structure, expertise, and achievements of CINVU by other scientific networks. He also recommended that CINVU establish stronger ties with less advantaged countries in line with the approach of empowering education, research, and knowledge-based activities and addressing challenges in less-demanding areas.

According to this report, the third meeting of the COMSTECH networks was hosted by the INOC at Dokuz Eylul University in Izmir, Türkiye.

It is worth mentioning that the COMSTECH Inter-Islamic Network on Virtual Universities (CINVU) is an international educational, research, knowledge-based, and technology network affiliated with the Ministerial Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (COMSTECH), which is hosted by the Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology of the Islamic Republic of Iran. With the idea of creating educational equity, CINVU is a base for expanding universal public education based on smart and online technology that by networking of capacities, uses the power of education, research, innovation, and technology, in line with the approach of helping to empower and advance the countries of the Islamic world.