Book of Proceedings of the Eighteenth (18) Conference of Ministers Responsible for Arab Higher Education and Scientific Research

The conference dealt with the topic of “Higher education and scientific research in the Arab world in the horizon of 2030: vision and trends,” addressing through the main study in two parts for 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 Program, and scientific research in the Arab countries: reality, challenges and prospects), and the sum of studies prepared by the Arab Educational and Cultural Organization in the framework of implementing the recommendations of the conference (17). The conference (17) sought to achieve a number of goals, 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 Program, and benefiting from comparative experiences to develop future maps to support the adequacy of higher education and Arab scientific research, and discussing new directions for higher education and scientific research systems in order to crystallize a forward-looking Arab 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.