Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria, attended the Board of Trustees meeting of the Cyprus Research and Educational Foundatio (CREF) of which he is a board member, in Paphos, Cyprus, on 24 July 2010.
During the meeting, a ceremony was held for the signing of a collaboration agreement between CYL and the BA.
It is worth mentioning that the Cyprus Institute, which is established under the institutional umbrella of CREF, is a non-profit science and technology research and educational institution. H.E. President of the Republic of Cyprus, Demetris Christofias, is the honorary Chair of CREF, and the Board of Trustees includes world-renowned academics as well as former presidents of Cyprus.