11.4.1: Sustainable Practices Targets

KAU monitors and encourages sustainable commuting like walking, cycling, carpools, and shuttlebus on campus, as well as providing bus transportation services between the university campus and the dorms.

KAU has also taken the needed monitoring measures for the sake of generating reports and consequently, taking the right sustainable decisions.

To serve this goal, KAU has created "The General Administration for Studies and Designs" which seeks to be a pilot house in the management of the studies, designs and development of university cities through the application of modern technical standards and specifications to serve the scientific and academic process and the effective application of quality management systems so that quality becomes an integral part of the daily practices and are up to the requirements and expectations of the beneficiaries and support decision-making and contribute to the achievement of the strategic objectives of the administration.

The administration is committed to provide an appropriate working environment and activate the principle of participation and effective contribution. “Towards the creation of a healthy, attractive and sustainable university environment using rational resources”, is the message of the General Administration for Studies and Designs at King Abdulaziz University. The impact of the environment, which is based on shaping the lives of people, goes beyond the material dimension, directly touching the efficiency of performance, leading to the stimulation of creative thinking that contributes to the advancement of nations. From here, its mission is to plan the future of KAU campus and its branches in order to provide an ideal educational, research and practical sustainable environment through future facilities or to rehabilitate and upgrade existing facilities and infrastructure in order to preserve the environment sustainability.

Supervision and Reports Unit

What distinguishes this unit from other units is the support provided by the administration of the General Services Administration and its staff members in presenting the information related to the ingoing and outgoing transactions and by controlling the process of these transactions and making regular and detailed reports and other reports including statistics and diagrams to measure the work outcome and to diagnose the weakness areas. It does the following functions:

1. Preparing monthly reports of the staff members of the administration of general services section.

2. Providing the director of the general services administration with monthly statistics and reports about transportation maintenance and services and sending them to the deputy vice dean section.

3. Preparing annual and reports.

4. Supervising administration official letters, preparing reports and sending them to the General Administration Director.