TALLINN: A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed yesterday between UNIMAS and Tallinn University of Technology (TUT) here that will pave the way for a strategic collaboration between Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) and TUT to support Sarawak’s transformation programme into a digital economy.
According to a statement from Unimas issued after ceremony, the MOU covers three technical areas of interest for immediate collaboration between Unimas and TUT, namely Research related to E-government (including using requirement engineering to model and evaluate the effectiveness of Digital Economy imitative for Sarawak; Research related to Cybersecurity and Blockchain technology, and Research related to Big Data and Analytics.
Present to witness the signing of the MoU were Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari bin Tun Datuk Abang Openg, State Secretary, Tan Sri Datuk Amar Mohamad Morshidi bin Abdul Ghani, the Ambassador of Malaysia to Finland, Latvia and Estonia, Puan Sri Blanche Olbery, the Honourary Consul of Estonia in Malaysia, Col. Dato’Harbans Singh, and heads of departments and agencies accompanying the Chief Minister during the study visit to Europe.
Meanwhile, another team led by Deputy Chief Minister, Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan visited a papermill called AS Estonian Cell located at Kundaabout 110 km from the Estonian capital.
The Unimas statement said the MOU also formalised cooperation between the two universities in areas of collaborative research activities, student project and internship, talk sessions for students and faculty members and development of curriculum and syllabus.
The cooperation was also extended to the exchange of academic staff or faculty members for research and teaching, participation in seminars and academic meetings by academic staff and faculty members and short term academic programmes.
The MoU was signed by Professor Datuk Dr Mohamad Kadim Suaidi, Vice Chancellor of Unimas and JaakAavikso, Rector of TUT.
In addition,Proffesso rKuldarTaveterof TUT has also been offered a visiting Professor post at Unimas as part of the collaboration between the two institutions.
“It is hope that with the MOU between Unimas and TUT, will further strengthen the relationship between both institutions of higher learning in areas of interest to both parties, and provide support to the state’s Digital Economy initiative,” the statement said.
Earlier, the Chief Minister and members of his delegation met with Mrs Urve Palo, Estonia Minister of Entrepreneurship and Information and later in the afternoon with key officials of the Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
