Role of higher education in MENA: Welcome and Overview – Prof. Allam Ahmed
Welcome and Overview
Professor Allam Ahmed
Director MEKEI and President WASD
Reconnecting Higher Education to the discourse of inclusive sustainable knowledge-based economy in the Arab Region
Hosted by the University of East London, Dockland Campus, London, United Kingdom
Thursday, 2nd February 2017 from 14:00 to 17:00 (BST)
The mission of the MEKEI research institute is to use research and education to help transform the countries of the Middle East and North Africa to advanced, knowledge-based societies led by sustainable innovation and social advance. Many consider the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region as one of the most important emerging parts of the world economy in the 21st century. MENA is strategically vital as it produces the majority of the world’s oil. However, despite the region’s oil, most MENA countries score lower on Human Development Index (HDI) world ranking, with GDP, productivity and investment rates well below the global average. It is, therefore, becoming widely accepted that the dominant economic model of the region – based on the public sector, oil incomes and workers’ remittances – is not up to the challenges of modern globalisation and the needs of advanced knowledge-based societies. Given the apparently contradictory needs of economic growth and environmental conservation, it comes as no surprise that knowledge management, innovation and sustainable development (SD) have had such a powerful influence in contemporary discussions on the future of the region.
Knowledge Management Knowledge Economy Leadership Change Management Transformation
Algeria
Bahrain
Egypt
Iraq
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Libya
Morocco
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Tunisia
United Arab Emirates