The Convention was signed by Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation, Abdellatif Miraoui, in the presence of the ambassador-representative of the Kingdom of Morocco to Unesco, Samir Addahre.

The Kingdom has co-chaired with Egypt, Tuesday and Wednesday, "the International Conference of States for the adoption of this Convention".

In addition to Morocco, representatives of six other states out of 19 have signed the Convention, namely Mauritania, Egypt, Yemen, Lebanon, Oman and Qatar.

Under this Convention, the States parties notably declare their firm resolve to cooperate closely in order to encourage, in the interest of all the States parties, the widest and most effective use of available human resources in the fields of training and research to help accelerate the development of the States parties, to promote regional and international cooperation for the purpose of recognizing academic studies and certificates, and to facilitate academic and professional exchanges and the widest possible mobility of teaching staff, students and researchers in the region.

They also undertake to facilitate the recognition of studies, certificates and degrees issued by other States parties in order to enable students to undertake or pursue higher education, to constantly improve and develop curricula and methods of educational planning in the States parties, taking into account the Arab specificity and identity and the imperatives of economic, social and cultural development, and, in order to stop the exodus of talent from the Arab States, to strive to provide professors and researchers with a stimulating working environment, in which the freedom of teaching and the independence of higher education institutions are respected.