SomaliREN Annual Council Meetings 2022

24 Jul 2022, 07:00 → 28 Jul 2022, 23:00 Africa/Mogadishu

Hall 1 (Park Inn Hotel)

Abdirazak Mohamed Aden (Chairman, Board of Directors)

The theme of the Annual University Leaders Retreat is "Advancing research development in the Somali higher education and research institutions"

 

Link to the meeting: https://vc2.somaliren.org.so/b/som-wqw-thr-iah

 

Sunday, 24 July

08:00 → 12:30 Annual Board Meeting

12:30 → 13:45 Lunch break and prayers

13:45 → 17:45 Annual Council Meeting

Convener: Mr Abdullahi Bihi Hussein (SomaliREN)

13:45 Opening and remarks

Speaker: Prof. Abdirazak Mohamed Aden (Chairman, SomaliREN Board of Directors)

13:55 Welcome statement

14:05 Goodwill statement

Speaker: Dr Yousef Torman (Managing Director, ASREN)

14:15 Adoption of the agenda

14:25 Presentation of the annual report - managerial, technical

14:55 Presentation of the financial performance and position

15:15 Membership issues and welcome of new members

15:45 Tea break and project poster viewing session

16:15 Governance issues, elections and amendments

17:15 Review and proposal of initiatives

17:30 Adjournment of the annual council meeting

Monday, 25 July

08:00 → 08:10 Annual University Leaders Retreat: Opening and remarks

Convener: Prof. Abdirizak Adam

08:00 Welcome statement and introduction of the program

08:05 Opening remarks

Speaker: Prof. Abdirizak Adam (Chairperson, SomaliREN)

08:00 → 10:30 Annual University Leaders Retreat: Session I : Strategies for advancing research in the Somali higher education context

08:00 The State of Research in the Somali Higher Education Institutions 2022 Report

Speaker: Abdullahi Bihi (SomaliREN)

08:20 Research development in the Somali Universities: Challenges and remedies

Speaker: Prof. Mubarak Aar (President, Beder International Unviersity)

08:40 A Proposal to strengthen research: SomaliREN Journal

Speaker: Abdirashid Hashi (HIPS)

08:50 Presentation 3 - Developing research in our universities: strategies and lessons

09:10 Panel Discussion

1. What important indicators should our universities be focusing on to improve the state of research in our institutions?
2. What strategies can we adopt to improve the status quo?
3. How can we overcome the challenges facing research development in our institutions?

Speaker: All

10:00 Tea-break

10:30 → 14:00 Annual University Leaders Retreat: Session II: Mobilizing and managing funding for research development

10:30 Presentation 4 - Prioritizing research funding within our own institutions

10:50 Presentation 5 - Research funding opportunities

11:10 Presentation 6 - Institutional-level research grant management

11:30 Panel Discussion

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?

Speaker: All

12:30 Lunch break and prayers

14:00 → 18:00 Annual University Leaders Retreat: Session III: Leveraging partnerships and collaboration for research development

14:00 Presentation 7 - potential partner intervention

14:20 Presentation 8 - potential partner intervention

14:40 Panel Discussions

1. What is holding back our institutions to capitalize on the partnerships they have already formed with counterpart universities abroad?
2. What can be done to inject effectiveness into the partnership agreements and how can we spark effective local research collaborations?
3. What lessons have we learned from the ongoing research collaborations among our own universities?

Speaker: All

15:30 Tea break and prayers

16:00 Site visits, meeting with partners, etc.

Tuesday, 26 July

08:00 → 10:30 Annual University Leaders Retreat: Session IV: Building institutional and individual research capacities

08:00 Presentation 9 - Institutional competencies for effective research development and operation

08:20 Presentation 10 - Establishing an impactful researcher capacity building program at our universities

08:40 Implementation of Presentation 11 - SomaliREN's research capacity building program: a recommendation benchmarking framework

09:00 Panel Discussion

10:00 Tea break

10:30 → 21:00 Annual University Leaders Retreat: Session V: Technology infrastructure and resources for research development

10:30 Presentation 12 - SomaliREN's services portfolio for research

Speaker: Mohamed Ali Ahmed (Bile) (SomaliREN)

10:50 Presentation 13 - Facilitating access to research and education resources

11:10 Panel Discussion

12:00 Wrap-up of the annual retreat program

Speaker: Prof. Abdirizak Adam (Chairperson, SomaliREN)

12:10 Signing and adoption of the annual retreat program communique

12:30 Lunch break and prayers

14:00 Site visits, excursions and meetings with partners

19:30 Closing dinner

Wednesday, 27 July

08:00 → 16:00 SomaliREN Strategic Planning

Thursday, 28 July

09:00 → 17:00 Study Tour