Friday 28/March/2025 – 12:44 PM
Dr. Ayman Ashour, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, witnessed the closing session of the workshop “Evaluation of Institutional Innovation”, which was held over three days and targeted the rehabilitation of the relevant sectors of workers on the files of support and implementation of the policy of innovation in institutions affiliated with the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, in the framework of pushing the ministry’s steps towards institutional accreditation in the field of innovation from the Higher Institute for Innovation in the United States of America.
Dr. Ayman Ashour stressed the Ministry’s commitment to applying the highest international standards in the field of institutional excellence, appreciating the efforts made to make this workshop successful, which is a starting point towards serious work in the file of progress to obtain institutional accreditation in the field of innovation from the International Institute of Innovation, which is an international recognized reference to measure the maturity of innovation in institutions.
Enhancing the competitiveness of our academic and research institutions on the global scene
The minister added that the progress towards this accreditation is not a goal in itself, but rather a strategic step aimed at enhancing the competitiveness of our academic and research institutions on the global scene, and achieving our national vision in turning into a knowledge -based economy, in line with the National Strategy for Higher Education and Scientific Research 2030, which was launched in March 2023 as part of Egypt Vision 2030, pointing to cooperation with the Islamic World Organization for Education and Science And the “ISESCO” culture in this file.
The closing session of the workshop came out with a number of recommendations represented in setting a sustainable strategy for institutional innovation in a manner consistent with international standards and strategic standards of the ministry, the introduction of mobile functional roles concerned with institutional innovation, creating a nucleus for a full -time team of institutional innovation, and setting a mechanism for institutional participatory innovation; To enhance the search for problems and develop perceptions of innovative solutions, automate innovative work management from start to end, set a mechanism to monitor sustainable innovative performance, and create an open innovation platform with the involvement of stakeholders and partners.
At the conclusion of the workshop, Dr. Ayman Ashour honored both Eng. Suleiman Barada, Nima Allah, the international expert approved in the field of evaluation of institutional innovation, and Dr. Sally Mabrouk, Director of the Office of the Director General of ISESCO supervising the strategy and excellence sector in the organization, for their efforts in enriching scientific knowledge and practical experiences of the beneficiaries of the workshop, in the presence of Dr. Wiam Mahmoud, the coordinator of the innovation file Entrepreneurship between institutions affiliated with the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and Egyptian Universities, Dr. Rami Magdy, Assistant Secretary -General for ISESCO, and Dr. Sumaya El -Sayed, Assistant Secretary -General for ALECO Affairs.
It is noteworthy that the workshop dealt with a number of axes on the criteria for maturity of institutional innovation, the requirements for obtaining accreditation and the methodology of measuring the maturity of institutional innovation.
