Conference 13: "Developing the Management of Higher Education in the Arab World", Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, December 2011

Conference 13: "Developing the Management of Higher Education in the Arab World", Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, December 2011

The conference's orientations and recommendations addressed many topics, most importantly a call for the Arab states to: develop the legislation and administrative regulations of higher education and scientific research institutions in a way that strengthens their autonomy and impartiality and enhances transparency and quality, and to set standards and mechanisms for selecting academic and administrative leaders; to complete the establishment of national bodies for sponsoring and developing scientific research and to provide the Arab Observatory for Education with statistics and pioneering experiences related to the management of higher education so as to benefit from them and disseminate them; and to work on keeping higher education institutions away from political conflicts that affect their educational mission and the future of students, in order to advance higher education and scientific research. In addition, it called on the Organization to develop a programme to improve the governance of higher education and scientific research institutions in the Arab world, in cooperation with regional and international organisations and funding institutions, and to establish a mechanism for coordination among the national institutions and bodies responsible for scientific research in the Arab world.