Sustainability Development Goals

16.3: Working with Government

Macro sovereignty is the backbone of organizations, including universities. And planning is an effective tool that guides organizations towards achieving their goals carefully, comprehensively and sustainably. Education is considered the most important life structure in which all age groups of society are established and grow, so that the education of the people of the country is continuous throughout life. University education touches the youth stage, which is the essential age of peoples. In the university, education is mastered to highlight the student’s multiple competencies, and his/her qualification is formulated to participate in the university and educational systems, and in social entities through leading and promising jobs, and towards building the society through the public and private sectors, all the way towards the future of the Kingdom's 2030 vision. KAU celebrated its 50th anniversary, in which it integrated the infrastructure and the dependable university environment, in accordance with the obligations of the nine national five-year plans. Thus, KAU will not only achieve the leadership of the national university education towards its goals, but also always participate in the nation, its willingness and orientation towards building the future of the Kingdom.

Strategic Center to Kingdom’s Vision 2030 Realization

As a result, KAU established the “Strategic Center to Kingdom’s Vision 2030 Realization”. The Strategic Center to Kingdom’s Vision Realization at King Abdulaziz University is a center specialized in strategic planning to support and follow up on the various sectors of the university to achieve the Kingdom’s vision 2030, through the implementation of the programs initiatives emanating from the Kingdom’s vision at all administrative and academic levels in addition to supporting the university’s sectors in preparing and implementing strategic plans according to international standards.

KAU strategic plans are as follows:

The first strategic plan for King Abdulaziz University (2004-2008) focused on establishing the infrastructure for King Abdulaziz University in all aspects, with a special focus on building capacity in terms of human resources, research, service and building partnerships.
The strategic directions of the first strategic plan are the basis and the first building block of the strategic directions of the second strategic plan. The second strategic plan of the university (2009-2013) focused on the following aspects: the electronic university, the educational process, research and development.
With regard to the third strategic plan (2014-2018), the university's top management has been keen to prepare well for it based on what has been achieved from the second plan, as the second strategic plan represented the basic starting point for the directions of the third strategic plan. The university’s higher management expects the third strategic plan stage to be a new stage of excellence and university performance improvement in all aspects of its activities as well as achieving an advanced rank in the global classifications and moving forward, confidently, towards enhancing the human resource development process and academic and programmatic accreditation. Thus KAU continues in building a university that should be one of the top 100 beacons of science and knowledge in the world.
The third stage focused on: funding and investment, infrastructure, information technology, innovation, sustainability, inventions and leadership, scientific research and post-graduate studies, effective learning and teaching, and social responsibility.
In 2022, King Abdulaziz University launched the fourth strategic plan "TAMOUH" 2022-2025.

16.3.1: Provide Expert Advice to Government

KAU has been executing a set of Exhibitions, conferences and workshops in cooperation with the local and national government for the sake of supporting its strategy & goals, and consequently, the Kingdom’s Vision 2030.

16.3.2: Policy & Law-makers Outreach and Education

KAU has been always putting huge efforts to extend its outreach, to policy and law-makers, by providing general education and skills & capacities’ building on critical topics. This has been done through conferences, workshops, partnerships, and university centers and offices that support such an objective.

16.3.3: Participation in Government Research

KAU established an effective national innovation system that engages research and development (R&D), education, and economic institutions in a strategically coordinated and productive way, with the government, NGOs and the private sector.

Check KAU's Participation in Government Research

16.3.4: Neutral Platform to Discuss Issues

Moderation is one of the religious and civilizational features that many societies aspire to emerge and formulate on the ground through responsible political, economic and social behavior, for individuals and groups.

KAU established the Prince Khalid Al-Faisal Institute for Moderation which is an important and effective neutral platform to spread the culture of moderation among the spectra of Saudi society and spreading the values of tolerance and promoting the spirit of citizenship.