As part of a perennial quest for an effective contribution to local and national development, the chancellor of Tamanghasset University Mr. Choucha Abdelghani and a Brazilian delegation have participated in a working session, held at ministry of traditional industry and tourism headquarters, to lead the project of creative transformation of desert rocks and minerals to be used in traditional industries, precious stones and jewellery. The working session comes as an embodiment of a framework agreement signed earlier between Ministry of traditional industries and tourism and its Brazilian counterpart as well as chamber of traditional industry of wilaya of Tamanghasse, reflecting the depth of Algerian- Brazilian cooperation in this domain. It’s worth mentioning that the chancellor’s participation was through videoconferencing.