SomaliREN Annual Council Meetings 2021

Session

Annual University Leaders Retreat

8 Jul 2021, 08:00

Royal International Hotel

Conveners

Annual University Leaders Retreat: Opening and remarks

• Abdirizak Adam

Annual University Leaders Retreat: Higher education regulation and the Somali context

• Abdikarim H. Jama

Annual University Leaders Retreat: Success factors for accreditation and recognition

• Saed Hassan Habane (Director of Human Resource Management, Amoud University)

Annual University Leaders Retreat: Research output and accreditation/recognition

• Mursal Saney (Deputy Director, HIPS)

Annual University Leaders Retreat: Quality assurance benchmarks for higher education

• Mohammed Mohamoud Hassan (Rector, Benadir University)

22. Opening remarks

Prof. Abdirizak Adam (Chairperson, SomaliREN), Dr Mohammed Mohamud Hassan (Biday) (Deputy Chair, SomaliREN)

08/07/2021, 08:00

23. Welcome statement by the host

Dr Bashir Abdullahi Mohamud (President, Jigjiga University)

08/07/2021, 08:15

25. Situational Brief: State of Somali Universities Accreditation and Recognition

Prof. Abdikarim H. Jama (Executive Vice President, City University of Mogadishu)

08/07/2021, 08:30

26. Panel Discussion

All

08/07/2021, 09:00

What are the lessons learned from the most recent accreditation efforts by the Commission for Higher Education? Is a unified teacher assessment and capacity development approach useful for the Somali universities?

27. Quality assurance collaboration and benchmarking at the regional level

Dr Abdelrahim Hunaiti (Assistant Secretary General, Association of Arab Universities)

08/07/2021, 09:40

28. Quality assurance standards, guidelines and processes

Dr Mohammed Abdi Adam (Founder and board member, Kismayo University)

08/07/2021, 10:30

29. Teacher training and quality improvement

Dr Abdirahman Sh. Doon (President, GTEC)

08/07/2021, 10:50

30. Partnerships and collaboration on quality assurance: opportunities at AArU and AAU

Dr Ibrahim Mursal (President, Mogadishu University)

08/07/2021, 11:10

31. The Road to the Smart University

Eng. Mohamed Ahmed Mohamoud (President, Jamhuriya University for Science and Technology)

08/07/2021, 11:30

32. Panel Discussion

All

08/07/2021, 11:50

What factors are critical for the accreditation and recognition of our universities? How can we work together to raise the quality of service, and standard of education at our universities?

34. Institutional Review Boards: Motivation and Formation

Dr Sharif Osman (Mogadishu University)

08/07/2021, 14:00

35. Panel Discussions

All

08/07/2021, 14:25

How can we improve our research output to achieve accreditation? Should we form an IRB?

36. University policies and procedures, and their relevance to quality assurance

Prof. Mubarak Aar (President, Beder International University)

09/07/2021, 08:00

37. A benchmarking framework for quality assurance: proposed approach and methodology

Mr Mohamed Ali (Vice President, University of Hargeisa)

09/07/2021, 09:30

38. Implementation of the benchmarking framework

Dr Abdi Hussein Gass (President, Gollis University)

09/07/2021, 10:30

39. Discussion and Signing ceremony for the Quality Assurance Benchmark (QAB) agreement

All

09/07/2021, 11:30

40. Wrap-up of the annual retreat program

Prof. Abdirizak Adam (President, Chairperson, SomaliREN), Dr Bashir Abdullahi Mohamud (President, Jigjiga University), Dr Mohammed Mohamud Hassan (Biday) (Deputy Chair, Board of Directors)

09/07/2021, 12:00

41. Closing dinner

All

09/07/2021, 19:00