The Pro Vice-Chancellor of University of Cape Coast, UCC, Prof Rosemond Boohene, has received in audience a high-level delegation from the French Embassy in Ghana.

Led by the Head of Cooperation, Mr. Julien Lecas, the delegation was in the University to explore areas of academic opportunities to expand collaborations with UCC.

Mr. Lecas indicated that the Embassy had been collaborating with the Centre for Gender Research Advocacy and Documentation (CEGRAD) of UCC and added that the immediate past Director of the Directorate of Research Innovation and Consultancy (DRIC-UCC), Prof. Frederick Ato Armah, had been selecting project calls for proposals for the Embassy.

For her Part, Prof. Boohene, after welcoming the delegation, conveyed to them the warmest greetings of the Vice-Chancellor.

She said the University was looking forward to instill an entrepreneurial mindset in its students and called on the Embassy for support in that regard.

The Pro Vice-Chancellor asked for collaboration in the area of community engagement to hone the skills of the youth in the surrounding communities of the University.

The Embassy delegation included Attache Scientific and High Education, Florent Engelmann, as well as the Project Assistant, Miss. Esther Clare Attionu.

Also at the meeting were the Dean of the Office of International Relations and the Vice-Dean, Dr. Bert Boadi-Kusi.

Source: Documentation and Information Section-UCC