The Center has issued the university’s fourth strategic plan 2022-2025, ambitious, all of whose strategic objectives revolve around sustainable development goals through initiatives to achieve the Kingdom’s Vision 2023
King Abdulaziz University, immediately after the launch of the Kingdom's Vision 2030 and the programs emanating from it to develop the work of government institutions, was keen to align its strategic plan with the goals and initiatives of the Kingdom's Vision and the National Transformation Program, in addition to what has been and is being done to align the university's strategic plan with the development vision of the Makkah Al-Mukarramah region and the National Youth Strategy.
The university launched many strategic programs and initiatives and developed detailed executive plans for its strategic plan in order to embody and activate this alignment, and in response to the national duty and priorities of the stage set by the wise leadership of this generous country, and to participate in building and developing national human resources, in order to achieve the university's vision in its fourth strategic plan by making it "a leading global university that contributes to achieving the Kingdom's vision."
Sustainable development has been of great importance in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia since the beginning of its development journey, and its features became clear in its strategic directives, which placed it within its current and future plans. As a result, King Abdulaziz University established the Development Unit, with the greatest interest in promoting the concept and culture of sustainable development in the year 1440 AH, as most of its attention is directed towards sustainable development. And raising the level of students’ awareness and understanding of its content through the programs and activities held by the unit and linking them with the goals of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030, thus opening students’ awareness and horizons in the field of developing programs and creating initiatives under the umbrella of sustainable development and disseminating them in all sectors of the Founder’s University.
The King Abdulaziz University delegation participated in the Green Saudi Initiative Forum under the patronage of His Highness the Crown Prince, may God protect and preserve him. Accordingly, the Sustainable Development Unit launched a student skill license, “Leadership in Sustainable Environmental Development.” Sixty male and female students were accepted within precise and specific criteria and high-quality mechanisms, which included the work of partnerships. Effective and fruitful, and in cooperation with a group of specialists to provide the license, which in turn was the key for students to facilitate their access to presenting projects and distinguished outputs that qualify them to design programs and initiatives that promote sustainable environmental development on campus. The unit also contributed to the establishment of many activities and programs, such as: the My University is Green initiative, which seeks to increase vegetation cover at the university campus level, and the initiative to spread awareness of efficient spending.
Unit programmes
1. Forum of Man, Environment, Man, and Straight Thought. The program’s themes are spreading the concept of sustainable development among male and female students
2. Digital Transformation Program (Hasan): The program’s axes include the impact of digital transformation on sustainable development and the value of learning
3. Hemma program provides support to male and female students from idea to application