Algeria and Niger strengthen technical cooperation with new agreements and training programs
Algeria and Niger have signed technical cooperation agreements following a high-level meeting between Abdelkader Djellaoui, Algeria's Minister of Public Works and Basic Infrastructure, and a Nigerien delegation led by Abdoulaye Ouma Ahmed, Secretary General of Niger's Ministry of Equipment and Infrastructure. The agreements aim to reinforce technical capacities and facilitate expertise transfer between the two nations. This visit builds upon the outcomes of the second session of the Algerian-Nigerien Joint Commission held in Niamey in March 2026, and a previous visit by Niger's Minister of Equipment and Infrastructure, Salissou Mahaman Salissou, to Algeria in June 2026. Discussions focused on implementing a cooperation protocol and monitoring memoranda of understanding between Algeria's National Technical Control Authority for Public Works CTTP and Central Public Works Laboratory LCTP with their Nigerien counterparts. The two countries also explored expanding their partnership and strengthening technical capabilities. Several future agreements were examined, including a convention between the CTTP and Niger's Public Works Quality Center CPTP, an action plan between these institutions, and a training and rehabilitation agreement involving the LCTP and Niger's National Laboratory of Public Works and Building LNTPB. A training program for Nigerien technical executives is also part of these initiatives. The signed cooperation agreements and the adopted joint action plan will imme
