UQU Vice President for Development and Entrepreneurship Dr. Hani bin Osman Ghazi has launched the training program organized by the Deanship of Development and Quality for 570 trainees including; faculty members, employees and students during the current year 1438/1439 H to prepare the participants to setting  the university strategic plan. Present in the launching ceremony which took place at the training hall of the Deanship in Abdyia campus was the Dean of Development and Quality Dr. Mohamed Ja'afar Thabit.
 

The first workshop that witnessed participation of 24 trainees including; department managers and presented by the internationally certified trainer Dr. Ayman Jwahirji shed light on the concept and importance of strategic planning concept and the steps to be followed in this regard. The Trainer discussed phases of strategic planning starting from planning to planning, how to form strategic planning team and then analysis phase  in which the external environment directly related to the university including; the economic, technical, legal, environmental and social elements, was analyzed. After that, the internal environment of the university was analyzed and points of strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and challenges was discussed. Additionally, the mechanism of   drafting the university identity contents including; values, mission and vision was discussed and the issues, strategic initiatives performance indicators were drafted so to be used in setting a well-established executive plan.    

On this occasion, the UQU Vice President for Development and Entrepreneurship Dr. Hani bin Osman Ghazi said the UQU Vice Presidency for Development and Entrepreneurship represented by the Deanship of Development and  Quality will embark during the current year on providing training for 570 of the university affiliates in the fields of writing and drafting  of strategic planning including; 200 male and female employees, 170 male and female students and 200 faculty members. 

He said this training programs represent the first steps of  involving all parties and categories in setting the university strategic plan to help those parties implementing and following-up the strategic plan emanating from everyone  on the ground in the next future so as to boost practices of the first standards of the institutional accreditation. He pointed out that the workshop will last for more than 60 days underlining that the university will obtain the institutional accreditation during the coming 10 months.  

For his part, the Dean of Development and Quality  Dr. Mohamed Ja'afar Thabit said the training workshops are intended to explain the concepts related to strategic planning , its importance for the university and the role of its affiliates in this regard. He went on to add that the workshops will witness participation of all university affiliates including;  academic and administrative leaderships, faculty members, employees and students.