2030
Conference 18: "Higher Education and Scientific Research in the Arab World on the Horizon of 2030: Vision and Orientations", Algiers, the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, December 2021
The conference addressed the topic "Higher Education and Scientific Research in the Arab World on the 2030 Horizon: Vision and Directions", examining—through the main study in two parts on higher education and scientific research (diagnosing the reality of Arab higher education and comparing it internationally in light of the goals of the Education 2030 programme, and scientific research in Arab countries: reality, challenges and prospects)—as well as the body of studies prepared by the Arab Organization for Education and Culture within the framework of implementing the recommendations of the 17th Conference. The 17th Conference sought to achieve a set of objectives, including discussing mechanisms for raising the performance of university and research institutions in the Arab world, evaluating what has been accomplished to achieve the fourth goal of the Sustainable Development Goals: the Education 2030 programme, benefiting from comparative experiences to draw up future maps to support the adequacy of Arab higher education and scientific research, discussing the new directions of higher education and scientific research systems in order to formulate an Arab foresight vision for higher education and scientific research, and presenting the executive plan for the general framework of Arab scientific research in the social, cultural and economic fields
The conference issued a number of recommendations that included encouraging Arab research and academic unity among Arab universities, establishing or updating their national qualifications frameworks to keep pace with changes for use in developing the joint Arab framework, strengthening scientific research in the humanities and social sciences, drawing on and exchanging the best Arab practices and experiences in this field and benefiting from them, focusing on applied research and encouraging its publication and availability, linking it to the needs of the public and private economic and social sector, supporting the major qualitative projects implemented by ALECSO in the fields of localizing artificial intelligence and the Arab ranking of universities, supporting the ALECSO observatory by providing it with data and statistics on the education and scientific research sector, adopting the ALECSO initiative to use blockchain technology in documenting scientific certificates and protecting them from forgery, and adopting the draft executive plan for the general framework of Arab scientific research in the social, cultural and economic fields. Documenting best practices in the fields of scientific research, academic accreditation and governance and working to disseminate them, converting the recommendations on performance measurement indicators for artificial intelligence uses into a questionnaire and disseminating it to Arab countries, periodically following up on progress in accomplishment, coordinating with Arab countries to propose an Arab programme for joint research projects and their financing mechanisms, and cooperating with the United Arab Emirates to benefit from its experience in smart education.
Proceedings book of the eighteenth (18) Conference (click here)