The members of UQU Strategic Team of Empowerment Plan "Tamkeen 2023" held their second meeting at the university campus in Abdyia to discuss a number of issues related to the workshops carried out during the last period within the strategic plan project set in line with the Kingdom Vision 2030. 

Meanwhile, the UQU Vice President for Development and Entrepreneurship Dr. Hani bin Osman Ghazi valued the support and directives of the UQU President Prof. Abdullah Omar Bafail provided for the plan's project, which will bring about institutional and systematic work to upgrade the educational and research status of the university to the ranks of the international universities. 

He added the plan requires putting it into action by the UQU vice Presidencies, College Deanships, Supportive Deanships, Institutes and all centers and departments during the period from 2019 to 2023, after approving and adopting it by the university council. He said the plan will have a significant role in organizing work mechanism in the educational and research fields beside the community participation wishing all success and progress for the plan's team to come out with a well-established plan which will contribute to serving the university affiliates including students, faculty members, and the community members. 

It should be noted that the plan' team reviewed during the meeting the previous strategic plan of the university, the report of the external auditors for the institutional national accreditation, and the international academic accreditation as part of the endeavors to boost positives and overcome negatives. The meeting also discussed making arrangements for the questionnaires, promoting the plan on the media, contents of workshops and the tasks of the plan's team for the coming meeting.  

The "Tamkeen" team works under the umbrella of the Strategic Planning Unit supervised by the UQU vice Presidency for Development and Entrepreneurship. The team employs a number of academicians and experts in strategic planning who are tasked with plan's formulation and supervision besides following up its implementation.