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Supporting improvement of governance and quality in MENA tertiary education: A close-up at the financing of institutions

Disconnects in Higher Education

Other Disconnects

Demographics

Source: Source: U.S. Census Bureau (2016)

CRISIS: Syrian Refugees in Tertiary Education

Country Number of Registered Syrians Syrian Refugees Tertiary Education

Number Percentage

Lebanon 1,033,513 5860 0.6%

University Governance & Quality Assurance

A partnership between the World Bank and the Marseille Center for Mediterranean Integration addressing three areas of work:

1) UNIVERSITY GOVERNANCE – 3) INTERNATIONALIZATION –. 2) FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY –

Governance Score Card Institutional and national Reports Lessons Learned and Accomplishments

Introduction

Why Benchmarking?

Identification and self-awareness of Governance models used-Comparison of self-assessment (perception) and questionnaire (reality) Institutional level: Identification of Strengths and weaknesses, base line for comparison

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Country level: Identification of models, differences between institutions, correlation between models and performance International level: Comparisons between models, correlations between models and performance

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• The University Governance Screening Card is a tool that

helps to assess to what extent tertiary education institutions in the MENA Region are following good Governance and Quality practices aligned with their Institutional goals.

• Also, it allows participating institutions to monitor their

progress, and to compare themselves with other institutions.

Governance Score Card

Introduction

Institutional and national Reports Lessons learned and a c h i e v e m e n t s

University Governance Score Card Version 1.0 (2013-15)

113 universities in 7 MENA countries 60 universities developing Action Plans Creation of University Governance Regional Network Building capacity and shared learning regional events

An expanded focus

• 9 countries:
• Morocco
• Algeria
• Tunisia
• Egypt
• Palestine
• Iraq
• Lebanon
• Jordan
• Afghanistan
• More than 150 tertiary

education institutions

• Expanded capabilities:
• Self-external assessment
• Online benchmarking
• Institutional Action Plans
• Inter-institutional network
• Expansion plans in and beyond

the MENA region:

• Vietnam
• India
• Mexico

University Governance Screening Card –Dimensions Outlook

Towards an increasingly interdependent world

Policy Recommendations

• Seeking new sources of financing to cope with the growing student

demand-such as partnering with the private sector.

• Identify priority activities for spending
• Employability, research, STEM, equity, internationalization…
• Fund effectively
• Increase public resources (which may not be only monetary)
• Improve efficiency of private and public funding
• Complement with private funds (transparent, fair and equitable

system of fees and loans; matching grants)

• Develop appropriate mechanisms (performance-based financing,

performance contracts) for managing finances within the institution

• Introduce a participatory approach to decision making and

budgeting

• Align quality assurance and evaluation mechanisms with budgeting

I n sti tut iona l an d n a t i o n a l Re p o r t s

Introduction

Governance Score Card Lessons Learned and Accomplishments

Timely and individualized information for decision- making

Institutional Reports National Reports Regional Reports Topic Analysis On-line benchmarking

For more information:

Hana Addam El-Ghali American University of Beirut Email: ha58@aub.edu.lb World Bank Group Email: helghali@worldbank.org