Following preliminary agreements between Zanjireh Omid and APHP International and 5 months after the initiation of the pediatric hospital construction, cooperation with the French company entered a new phase. A new agreement was signed between Didier Houssin, the representative of APHP and Maryam Marashi, the managing director of Zanjireh Omid, by which APHP International undertook to provide consultation services for construction and operation of the 540-bed pediatric hospital to Zanjireh Omid for a period of 5 years. The contract includes two parts according to which, APHP shall provide technical consultation to Zanjireh Omid as a contractor and supervise over Tina Farayand Company in construction of the hospital. According to the second part, APHP has also agreed to provide trainings for the medical teams of the future pediatric hospital. APHP (Assistance publique – Hôpitaux de Paris) is the largest university hospital center in Europe providing health care, teaching, research, prevention, education and emergency medical service in 52 branches of medicine at 39 French hospitals.