Under the
Patronage of H.H. Sheikh Nahayan
Mabarak Al Nahayan, UAE Minister of Higher Education, and Scientific
Research, and H.E. Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, German Federal Foreign
Minister, the joint
office of the German
Technical Cooperation (GTZ), the Goethe-Institute and the German
Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) held its joint opening ceremony on 22
May 2006.