Another step is taken toward the development of innovative technologies in the fields of water, clean energies, erosion and knowledge-based economies using the capacities of knowledge-based companies and startups.

According to the information center of national elites foundation, supporting the activities related to accelerators in specialized fields of dunes, popular economic desertification, and desalination will be accelerated as a result of a memorandum of understanding signed with this topic.

The MOU was signed between the water, drought, erosion, and environment technologies development headquarter, the strategic technologies development headquarter, and Arvand Parto Energy Rahbord Co., according to which the first accelerator specialized in economic desertification was established.

The agreement was signed to develop knowledge-based economy and flourish the entrepreneurship ecosystem for graduates following the issuance of a quadrilateral agreement signed between the budget and planning organization, the ministry of cooperatives and social welfare, the national development fund, and the Vice-Presidency. Another goal was implementing the program of developing specialized innovation accelerators.

This effort is another attempt to develop innovative technologies in the field of water, clean energy, erosion and the knowledge-based economy of the field using the capacity of knowledge-based and startup companies.

It also paves the way for meeting the technological needs of the popular economic desertification field and its related startups by accelerating and empowering internally through knowledge-based companies.

The agreement was signed by Esmaeil Ghaderifar, the head of the strategic technologies development headquarter, Nader Gholi Ebrahimi, the secretary of the water, drought, erosion, and environment technologies development headquarter, and Peyman Hasibi, the CEO of Arvand Parto Energy Co.