Preliminary Agenda*

May 30, 2016

3:00PM-5:00PM Registration Al-Aurassi Hotel

5:30 PM Buses depart from the Al-Aurassi Hotel to the University of Algiers 1

Plenary Session/Welcome Reception • H.E. Tahar Hadjar, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Algeria • Hamid Bencheniti, Rector of University of Algiers 1 • Rebecca Hughes, Head of Education, British Council • Peter Wells, Chief of Higher Education, UNESCO • Marcello Scalisi, Director, UNIMED • Mourad Ezzine, Manager, Center for Mediterranean Integration • Marie Françoise Marie-Nelly, Director of Operations for Maghreb countries and

Malta, World Bank

9:00PM Buses return to the Al-Aurassi Hotel

May 31, 2016

8:00AM-8:15AM Buses depart from the Al-Aurassi Hotel to the University of Algiers 1

8:15AM-9:00AM Registration

9:00AM-9:30AM Opening Session/Welcoming Remarks • H.E. Tahar Hadjar, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research,

Algeria.

9:30AM-10:00AM Keynote. Shantayanan Devarajan, Chief Economist-MENA, World Bank.

10:00AM-11:15AM Plenary Session I. The contribution of tertiary education towards competitiveness and employability Chair: Marie Francoise Marie-Nelly, Director of Operations for Maghreb countries and Malta, World Bank • H.E. Sidi Salem. Minister of Higher Education, Mauritania. • Peter Wells, Chief of Higher Education, UNESCO. • Rebecca Hughes, Head of Education, British Council. • Ghouali Noureddine, General Director for Higher Education. Ministry of

Higher Education and Scientific Research, Algeria.

11:15AM-11:30AM Coffee Break

11:30AM-12:45PM

Plenary Session II. Evidence Informed Innovations in Tertiary Education Chair: M. Aouragh Abdelhafid, Director of Scientific Research, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Algeria • A fragmented overview of MENA research performance. Tayfun Basal,

Regional Director, Elsevier. • Trends in Higher Education in the MENA Region. Karma El-Hassan, Director,

Office of Institutional Research and Assessment, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.

• Human Capital Challenges to learning and competency development in higher education systems of the Arab States. Dakmara Georgescu, Program Specialist, UNESCO.

12:45PM-1:45PM Lunch

Conference business will be conducted in English, Arabic and French. Simultaneous English-Arabic-French interpretation will be offered in all sessions of the conference.

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1:45PM-3:00PM Parallel Sessions A

A1. TERTIARY EDUCATION AND EMPLOYABILITY STRATEGIES IN THE 21st C Moderator: Hana A. El-Ghali, World Bank • Developing and implementing an institutional employability strategy for the

21st Century, in a modern Civic university: Liverpool John Moors University case study. Joanne Ives, Liverpool John Moors University, United Kingdom.

• The significance of 21st century skills in higher education and the impact of self- directed learning to achieve non-cognitive attributes among university graduates in Lebanon. Hassan Khashfe and Anwar Kawtharani, LIU, Lebanon

• Employability inclusion in the curriculum : impact on governance & graduate employability, Amine Bensaid, Mundiapolis, Morocco.

A2. TERTIARY EDUCATION FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND EMPLOYABILITY Moderator: Silvia Marchionne, World Bank • A Tertiary education for employability. Nan Yeld, British Council. • Towards entrepreneurial architecture in Algerian higher education: the case of

the Ecole Polytechnique d’Architecture et d’Urbanisme. Mohamed Salah Zerouala and Kahina Amal Djiar, EPAU, Algeria.

• Promoting Entrepreneurship Education: A Case Study of Palestine Employment for Education (PEFE). Adel Zagha, Birzeit University, Palestine.

A3. GOOD GOVERNANCE AND CHANGING CONTEXTS Moderator: Ahmad Jammal, Ministry of Education and Higher Education, Lebanon • Building a University Shared Governance Framework for a changing global

market. Georges Yahchouchi, USEK, Lebanon. • Higher education financing and autonomy in Vietnam. Lan Anh Vu, World Bank,

Vietnam. • Developing National Economic Resilience and Higher Education

– The Case of Malaysia. Abdul Razak Ahmad, CTEF, Malaysia.

A4. TERTIARY EDUCATION, CITIZENSHIP AND LIFELONG LEARNING Moderator: Lea Iungmann, World Bank • Citizenship education in the LMD Reform: the unheard hidden

curriculum. Mohammed Milliani, Oran 2 University, Algeria • Lifelong learning and inspiration in the context of Palestinian public sector.

Rabeh Morrar, An-Najah University, Palestine. • The role of Lebanese universities in educating displaced and refugee children in

Lebanon, Michel Majdalani, LAU, Lebanon

3:00PM-3:15PM Coffee Break

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3:15PM-4:30PM Plenary Session III. From good ideas to concrete actions: Perspectives from the

MENA region Chair: Amine Bensaid, President, Mundiapolis University, Morocco. • Omar Al-Jarrah, President, Amman Arab University, Jordan • Abdel-Khalik Al-Farra, President, Al-Azhar University in Gaza. • Hamid Bencheniti, Rector of University of Algiers 1. • Najla Romdahne, Ministry of Higher Education, Tunisia

4:30PM-5:30PM The University Governance Screening Card V. 2.0: Preliminary Findings and

Discussions

5:30PM Buses depart from the University to the Al-Aurassi Hotel

June 1, 2016

8:00AM-8:15AM Buses depart from the Al-Aurassi Hotel to the University of Algiers 1

8:45AM-9:15AM E4C: An innovative regional strategy. • Abderrahman Beddi, Manager-Education, Islamic Development Bank. • Francisco Marmolejo, Tertiary Education Lead Specialist, World Bank.

9:15AM-10:30AM Plenary Session IV. Partnership, regional perspective and innovation: key

ingredients for competitiveness Chair: Giulia Marchesini, Sr Partnership Specialist, CMI • Marcello Scalisi, Director, UNIMED, Italy. • Jacques Van Der Meer, Managerial Adviser, European Investment Bank. • Zeinab Mazzouz, Project Manager, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain. • Rene Antonio Solano, Senior Social Protection Specialist, World Bank. • Emmanuelle Gardan, Program Manager, Union for the Mediterranean.

10:30AM-11:00AM Coffee Break

11:00AM-12:30PM Parallel Sessions B

B1. TERTIARY EDUCATION FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND EMPLOYABILITY Moderator: Najla Romdahne, Ministry of Higher Education, Tunisia. • L'insertion et le développement de la Culture entrepreneuriale à l'université

de Sfax. Maher Mnif, Sfax University, Tunisia. • La relation Université-Entreprise entre conservation et innovation. Abdel-

Madjid Djenane, Setif 1 University, Algeria. • L’evaluation de la mise en place du systeme LMD : une demarche pour

instaurer le projet d’établissement dans les universites Algeriennes. Abdelhamid Djakoun, UFMC1, Algeria.

• Crossing borders for employability. Roman Luckscheiter, DAAD, Egypt.

B2. TERTIARY EDUCATION: QUALITY ASSURANCE ISSUES AND PROCESSES Moderator: Ghassan Abdel Majeed, Ministry of Higher Education, Iraq • Future vision for the Algerian University: from the rote learning

institution to the skill equipping institution. Hichem Gharbi, UEHLE, Algeria.

• Good leadership supports a comprehensive system of quality. Magda Aboulsafa, University of Sadat City, Egypt.

• Quality assurance in higher education: the case of Al-Anbar University & Al-Kufa University. Al-Noori, Al Anbar University, Iraq.

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B3. PLANNING, EVALUATION AND BENCHMARKING FOR ACADEMIC QUALITY ASSURANCE Moderator: Sadek Bakouche, President of CIAQES, Algeria • Academic programs benchmarking for their quality improvement and

international recognition and accreditation. Moh'd Radaideh, AAU, Jordan. • Process to Establish, Assess, Evaluate and Continuously Improve the

Academic Programs in the HEI. Ali Hamie, AUL, Lebanon. • Strategic planning for higher education excellence. Soubhi Abou Chahine,

BAU, Lebanon.

12:30PM-1:30PM Lunch

1:30PM-3:00PM Parallel Sessions C

C1. IMPROVING QUALITY AT TERTIARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS Moderator: Mohamed Miliani, University of Oran 2, Algeria • Amélioration de la qualité d'enseignement dans un établissement de

formation des enseignants: Deux études de cas. Hayet Messekher and Miloud Sofiene Benali, ENS Bouzareah, Algeria.

• La normalisation dans l’amélioration de la qualité de l’enseignement supérieur et de la recherche scientifique. Sadek Bakouche, CIAQES, Algeria.

• Démarche pour la mise en œuvre du référentiel qualité. Mohamed Lerari. ENSTP, Algeria

• Le projet stratégique intégré à l'Université Virtuelle de Tunis. Béchir Allouch, UVT, Tunisia.

C2. TOWARDS IMPROVED GOVERNANCE AND QUALITY ASSURANCE ISSUES IN TERTIARY EDUCATION: CASE STUDIES Moderator: Gail Campbell, MENA Education Director, British Council • What good university governance is …and what it is NOT. The Role of outside

evaluation, accreditation and international collaboration in fostering and enhancing good university governance. Gina Cinali, Al Akhawayn, Morocco

• Assuring and Advancing the Quality of Pharmacy Education. Michael Rouse, ACPE, United States.

• Enhancing Shared Governance at American University of Beirut (AUB). Karma El-Hassan, AUB, Lebanon.

• Challenges facing building and strengthening a robust quality assurance system in Sudan. Abdel Bagi Babiker, PCEP, Sudan.

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C3. TERTIARY EDUCATION FOR EMPLOYABILITY Moderator: Ghouali Noureddine, General Director for Higher Education, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Algeria • Key elements to gainful employment. Diane Nauffal, LAU, Lebanon. • Tertiary Education for Employability at Al-Quds University: The Dual Studies

Approach. Hussein Jaddu, Al Quds University, Palestine. • HOMERe as Platform: Escorting Youth from Studies, to Internship &

Employability. Mahmoud Bentaouti, HOMERe, Egypt.

3:00PM-3:15PM Coffee Break

3:15PM-4:00PM The Way Forward: Towards Sustainable Improvement in Tertiary Education

4:00PM-4:30PM Closing Plenary Session Chair: Francisco Marmolejo, Tertiary Education Lead Specialist, World Bank • Stephen Jackson, Director of Reviews, QAA, United Kingdom. • Mourad Ezzine, Manager, Center for Mediterranean Integration.

5:00PM Buses depart from the University to the Al-Aurassi Hotel

6:30PM Buses depart from Al-Aurassi Hotel to dinner

9:30 PM Buses return to Al-Aurassi Hotel

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PARADIGM SHIFfSIN TERTIARY EDUCATION

CHANGEMENT DE PARADIGMEDANS L'ENSEIGNEMENT TERTIAIRE1:45PM-3:00PM Parallel Sessions AA2. TERTIARY EDUCATION FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND EMPLOYABILITYA3. GOOD GOVERNANCE AND CHANGING CONTEXTSA4. TERTIARY EDUCATION, CITIZENSHIP AND LIFELONG LEARNING3:15PM-4:30PM Plenary Session III. From good ideas to concrete actions: Perspectives from the MENA region4:30PM-5:30PM The University Governance Screening Card V. 2.0: Preliminary Findings and Discussions9:15AM-10:30AM Plenary Session IV. Partnership, regional perspective and innovation: key ingredients for competitiveness11:00AM-12:30PM Parallel Sessions BB2. TERTIARY EDUCATION: QUALITY ASSURANCE ISSUES AND PROCESSESB3. PLANNING, EVALUATION AND BENCHMARKING FOR ACADEMIC QUALITY ASSURANCE1:30PM-3:00PM Parallel Sessions CC2. TOWARDS IMPROVED GOVERNANCE AND QUALITY ASSURANCE ISSUES IN TERTIARY EDUCATION: CASE STUDIESC3. TERTIARY EDUCATION FOR EMPLOYABILITY3:15PM-4:00PM The Way Forward: Towards Sustainable Improvement in Tertiary Education5:00PM Buses depart from the University to the Al-Aurassi Hotel 6:30PM Buses depart from Al-Aurassi Hotel to dinner