Vision:
To contribute to the development of local communities and improve the quality of life; through empowerment, faculty building, and institutional and community partnerships. To launch initiatives and support them leading to the transformation of the university to a reference, a tool and a model in the development of local communities. The message of the center is based on the investment of the scientific, human and financial capabilities of the University and to directed these capability to contribute to the development community, through the employment of these capabilities in a scientific manner responsive to the facts of the surrounding environment, and to contribute to push sustainable national development, and to raise the level of productivity and community participation and to manage the positive change in order to serve the priorities of development and modernization. This is achieved through our commitment to pioneering and excellence; through working within the framework of institutional standards; through teamwork, and through providing distinctive services in a transparent and responsive manner to meet the needs of the clients in accordance with effective monitoring controls.
Objectives:
The objectives of the center are summarized as follows:
Conducting applied scientific research that serves the goals of sustainable national development and launch specialized research programs in these areas
Establishing specialized scientific databases on the characteristics of local communities and their reality and make them available to decision makers and researchers.
Conducting quality scientific community surveys and updated them regularly, and providing technical Consultations for the various production and community sectors.
Providing quality communication services to the local communities in the territory of the university through benefiting from the media and developmental communication applications.
Contributing to upgrade performance in public and private sector institutions.
Implementing training programs and rehabilitation programs at the local and regional levels.
Contributing to the development of cognitive and technical faculties of workers in the university, and developing the university capacity in providing services to the society.
Contributing in preparing the university graduates for the labor market in collaboration with stakeholders, by providing them with necessary skills and providing support and training opportunities and by rehabilitating and familiarizing them with the necessary labor market and its needs.
Our values:
knowledge is power
Team work for a common goal
Clients ore our partners in progress
Continuant progress and change toward the best (service quality)
Development starts and ends with humans
We progress in order not to lag behind
We adopt innovative initiatives and appreciate innovators
Credibility and commitment
Transparency and accountability
Planning principles:
Sustainability in providing service:
Sustainability at the university level makes the human being, who is the centre of it, closely tied to the concept of high standard living which is the right of every human to enjoy the quality of living. That is, his/her rights to learn, obtain work that is compatible with his/her knowledge and scientific capabilities, live in a clean environment and to obtain products that healthy are environmental friendly, achieve a proper residence, achieve a good income, be involved in the community and play a role in reaching political decision, live in secure cities known for having variable educational and intellectual activities. It is with these factors all together, that we can talk about the concept of high quality living. Therefore, those interested in achieving this goal must get involved in through dialogue and discussion regarding sustaining development. It is through Dialogue only that an idea and its goals can attract and achieve acceptance form those with less interest.
Societal Responsibility:
The societal responsibility represented by the university's role towards local society in all its shapes and colors, is a huge responsibility. In addition to its academic significance the university does play a role in development through offering training programs, seminars, and studies tackling issues related to the local community that are likely to help find logical solutions for its problems. This demonstrates the significance of the university's essential role in the surrounding societal environment.
Scientific perspective:
The planning for a developmental role spurs from a scientific perspective and is based on incorporating scientific management and methods in scientific research, establishing information banks, determining priorities, identifying and describing the present situation and foregrounding solutions for it. The knowledge gap is one of is one of the sources of planning weak developmental planning and implementation in Jordan. Universities are equipped to close this gap and contribute by providing qualified human resources.
evelopmental information system:
Information system:
Research and studies:
The centre establishes, installs and maintains providing accessible comprehensive and specialized information banks and databases concerning the conditions and characteristics of local communities. In this respect, the university will establish information banks consisting of the following:
Information banks: the populations' demographic, economical and social characteristics, for both individuals and families (the results of economical and social surveys undertaken by the university).
Database: public institutions in the governorate and their role in economical and social development.
Database: Civic institutions in the governorate (charitable and cooperative organizations, youth clubs and cultural groups) and the role they have in the development process.
Sectoral Databases: economical sectors in the governorate (industrial, service, trade, agriculture, health, education, etc.) which provides detailed information about each sector such as the number of employees and their characteristics and other indices.
Information bank: Developmental studies concerning the governorate of Ma'an whether funded or not and published or not.
Information banks: population concentrations in the governorate and the economical and social characteristics at the individual and family level of each concentration.
Information bank: concerned with the phenomena of poverty and unemployment in the governorate of Ma'an and Aqaba.
Information bank: concerned Al-badya within the governorate of Ma'an and Aqaba and consists of economical, social, population aspects and others.
Information bank: investments according to the sectors of the governorate and its sub-regions.
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