Conclusion of cooperation agreement between Insurance Research Institute and Sakarya International University of Türkiye
According to the financial news report, citing the public relations and international affairs of the Insurance Research Institute, Mohammad Mahdi Asgari, the head of the Insurance Research Institute, while attending the Sakarya International University of Turkey and concluding a joint cooperation agreement with this university, with the vice president of the Sakarya University, the head of the Faculty of Political Sciences and the Center for Studies Islamic economics and finance of this university met and discussed in separate meetings. During this event, various scientific and administrative departments were visited and students of this university were also visited.
Mohammad Mehdi Asgari, the head of the Insurance Research Institute, on Wednesday, November 10, 1402, during separate meetings with Khaghan Aslan, the head of the Center for Islamic Economic and Financial Studies at Sakarya International University. [۱]Ozer Oygon[۲] Vice President of Sakaria and Mustafa Chalishir International University[۳] The head of the political science faculty of the university signed a memorandum of understanding on joint cooperation with this university and exchanged opinions regarding the expansion of joint educational and research cooperation with this university.
Asgari in the first part of these meetings, which was hosted by the Center for Islamic Economic and Financial Studies of Sakarya University and with the presence of Khaghan Aslan, the head of this center, and Hamdi Chilingir. [۴] and Saleh Olaf [۵] It was held by the assistant professors of Sakaria University, he mentioned the Insurance Research Institute as the only scientific center in the field of insurance education and research in Iran and added that since last year, the Insurance Research Institute has prepared the preparations for presenting takaful products for the first time and so far 9 insurance companies Iranians have succeeded in obtaining a license to sell takaful windows in the country. Specialized workshops and webinars and all kinds of face-to-face and virtual training courses for managers in Iran and other countries have also been held in line with the empowerment of Iran’s insurance industry in the field of takaful.
Referring to the insurance research institute’s support for student theses and doctoral dissertations on insurance and takaful and the provision of some takaful training courses, Asgari called for the mutual cooperation of faculty members of the two institutes as supervisors and advisors and to conduct joint research in the form of master’s and doctoral theses. .
The head of the insurance research institute also pointed out the importance of risk assessment in determining insurance premiums, the experiences of Sakaria University in the field of risk management and corporate risk management (ERM). [6] called it useful for Iran’s insurance industry and added that the insurance research institute plans to launch a risk laboratory in the near future, and in this field, the two groups can have effective cooperation.
Khaqan Aslan, head of the Center for Islamic Economics and Finance Studies at Sakarya University and the host of the first working meeting of the Insurance Research Institute delegation at Sakarya University, considered this university to be the only university that offers undergraduate education in the field of Islamic economics and finance in Turkey, and by providing explanations about the structure And the activities of the university, he noted, Sakarya International University with 17 faculties including engineering, computer and information sciences, business, educational sciences, political sciences, technical education, medicine, science and art, fine arts, dentistry, law, theology, communication, Management, Sports Science, Technology and Tourism has 85,000 students from more than 20 countries and has more than 10 years of experience in providing various educational programs at the master’s level and seven years at the doctoral level.
Khaghan Aslan added that only in the political science faculty of this university, there are seven educational groups in which educational items are presented in the field of issues related to insurance and crisis management.
The head of the Center for Islamic Economic and Financial Studies of Sakarya University stated that this university is ready to conclude a memorandum of understanding and expand communication with the Insurance Research Institute. Considering the geographical location of Iran and Turkey and the possibility of natural disasters, especially earthquakes, one of the areas of joint cooperation with the Insurance Research Institute will be in the field of natural disaster risk management.
In this meeting, Hamdi Chilingir, Vice President of the Center for Islamic Economics and Finance Studies and Associate Professor of Sakarya University, expressed his satisfaction at the start of joint cooperation between the two institutions and expressed the details of the composition of students and the conditions of admission of international students of this university in different academic levels.
The head of the Insurance Research Institute met and talked with Dr. Ozer Oyegun, the vice president of the International University of Sakarya.
In this meeting, after introducing the Insurance Research Institute as the only scientific center in the field of insurance education and research in Iran, Asgari explained the scientific programs of the Research Institute. After explaining the educational and research programs of the Insurance Research Institute, especially in the field of takaful, he noted that despite the nascentness of Iran’s insurance industry in the field of takaful, Turkey has valuable experiences in this field and in the field of corporate risk management (ERM). Based on this, negotiations and the beginning of cooperation with insurance and takaful institutions of this country in order to transfer knowledge and joint investment in the field of takaful in Turkey, as well as setting up the risk laboratory of the insurance research institute, are on the agenda.
The head of the Insurance Research Institute also pointed to the activities of five research groups in the Insurance Research Institute and the presence of experts in the fields of statistics, mathematics, economics, management, etc. at the head of these groups, conducting joint research projects with Sakaria University and holding educational workshops in Turkey or Iran from the fields Available for joint cooperation of two collections. Dr. Asgari also invited the Vice-Chancellors and other senior lecturers of Sakaria University to attend this year’s insurance and development conference and present scientific articles.
The vice president of Sakarya International University, after welcoming and expressing his satisfaction at the meeting with the delegation of the Insurance Research Institute, declared his readiness for any cooperation with the Insurance Research Institute.
Explaining the educational programs of this university, Ozer Oygun considered the conclusion of a memorandum of understanding as the first step for the start of joint cooperation between the two institutions and stated that in Sakarya International University, in addition to offering a doctorate course in Islamic studies, it is possible to conduct bilateral research with the joint cooperation of Turkish students and researchers from other countries. is.
He announced his readiness to accept Iranian students, send Sakaria University students to Iran, carry out research projects and write joint scientific works with the Insurance Research Institute, and expressed his hope that with the conclusion of a joint cooperation agreement between Sakaria University and the Insurance Research Institute, effective steps will be taken to facilitate the joint activities of the two institutes. will be removed.
Mostafa Chalishir, the head of the Faculty of Political Sciences of Sakarya University, was the third host of the Insurance Research Institute delegation in this university.
In a meeting with the head of the Faculty of Political Sciences of Sakarya University, the head of the Insurance Research Institute announced that after introducing the Insurance Research Institute and explaining the previous interactions with the International University of Sakarya, the research institute welcomes any scientific communication with prestigious international universities, and it is hoped that a joint cooperation memorandum will be concluded. with Sakaria University in the field of conducting joint research projects, sending academic staff members of Insurance Research Institute as study opportunities and also sending some PhD students to Sakaria University Faculty of Political Science to study in fields related to the field of insurance and benefiting from Sakaria University professors as professors Provide guidance and advice for writing master’s theses or doctoral theses.
Asgari, referring to the Iranian president’s emphasis on expanding international interactions and starting to offer takaful products for the first time in Iran, joint cooperation with Sakaria University and sharing experiences in various fields including takaful, risk management, insurance, etc., carried out projects Research, sending Iranian students to Sakaria University, accepting students of this university in Iran to complete post-graduate education courses and study opportunities for faculty members and holding face-to-face and online training courses are among the fields of cooperation desired by the Insurance Research Institute.
In the following, Mustafa Chalishir, the head of the Faculty of Political Science of Sakarya University explained the structure and educational groups of this faculty and noted that the Faculty of Political Science of Sakarya University has seven research groups including international relations, economics, public finance, political science, econometrics, economics and Islamic finance. And it is related to the industry.
Dr. Mustafa Chalishir, as a sign of the agreement and readiness of this faculty to start scientific cooperation in the desired fields of the Insurance Research Institute, welcomed the development of bilateral interactions and expressed hope that the signing of the memorandum with the Insurance Research Institute would provide a suitable platform for improving the performance of the insurance industry of the parties.
The head of the Faculty of Political Sciences of Sakaria University also announced the readiness of this faculty to send students to Iran, accept Iranian students and scholars in Sakaria University and expand the communication between faculty members and experts in the field of insurance and takaful.
At the end of the series of meetings of the delegation of the Insurance Research Institute with the senior managers of Sakarya University, the signing ceremony of the joint cooperation memorandum between the Insurance Research Institute and the Sakarya University was attended by Mohammad Mahdi Asgari, the head of the Insurance Research Institute, Khaghan Aslan, the head of the Center for Islamic Economic and Financial Studies of Sakarya International University, Hamdi Chilingir.[۷] Dr. Saleh Olaf [۸] Ali Jan Yenis [۹] and Dr. Orhan Akash[۱۰] It was held by the associate professors of Sakarya University.
Asgari in signing the memorandum of understanding, sending master’s and doctoral students to Sakaria University, conducting research projects in the field of insurance, takaful, natural disasters and actuarial sciences, publishing scientific documents, holding educational workshops in Turkey or Iran, holding specialized webinars, including He enumerated the areas of cooperation between the two groups and, referring to the Iranian government’s support for the implementation of takaful and the expansion of international relations with other countries, he spoke about the international interactions of the Insurance Research Institute with Malaysia, Indonesia, the UAE, etc. He also invited senior managers of Sakarya University to attend the 1402 Insurance and Development Conference.
After signing the memorandum of understanding, the head of the insurance research institute, appreciating the hospitality and warm welcome of the senior managers of Sakarya University, evaluated the working meetings with various departments of this university as very fruitful and expressed hope that after the conclusion of the memorandum of understanding, scientific cooperation between the two institutions in various fields related to insurance and Takaful should start.
It should be noted that this memorandum was signed with the aim of creating a framework of cooperation between the parties in order to promote activities related to the development and expansion of knowledge in the field of insurance, takaful and Islamic finance based on mutual interests, and according to this, two sets in the field of holding training courses, Holding workshops, seminars, webinars, academic faculty members’ opportunity course, research in the field of Islamic financial services, providing advice in the areas desired by the parties in order to advance knowledge and increase talents in the field of insurance, takaful and Islamic finance, publishing joint scientific documents, etc. They will cooperate with each other.
It should be mentioned that at the end of the series of meetings of the delegation of the Insurance Research Institute with the senior managers of Sakarya University, a visit was made to the administrative departments and classrooms of the University’s Center for Islamic Economic and Financial Studies, the library, the Faculty of Political Sciences, Sakarya University of Applied Sciences. The head of the Insurance Research Institute also met and talked with the students of Sakarya University from Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Central Africa, Algeria, Tunisia, etc. during a cordial meeting.
It is worth mentioning that Sakarya International University (SAU) [11] It is one of the largest universities in Turkey with more than 85 thousand students. The research activities and master’s and doctoral degree programs of this university in the fields of science, technology, engineering and humanities, as well as degrees related to business, medicine, law, nursing and dentistry, have always been recognized as among the best in Turkey. As the first and only public university in Turkey, Sakarya University has five institutes including educational sciences, natural sciences, health sciences, social sciences and the Middle East, and has received the ISO 2002 quality certificate as well as the EFQM superior quality certificate.
The Center for Islamic Economic and Financial Studies of Sakarya University was also established in 2014 and scholars of the same name are teaching there. This study center offers a master’s degree in Islamic finance and economics and is looking to offer a doctorate in Islamic finance and takaful.