The researcher Athar Houdley, a student in Strategic Planning and Fundraising at Graduate Studies Faculty in AAUP Ramallah campus, had discussed her MA thesis under the title of “Enhancing the concept of Monitoring, Evaluating, Controlling and educating in Non-Governmental organizations in Palestine”.
The Researcher targeted in her thesis, how to outlook the projects specialized for development implemented in Palestine through several non-governmental organizations locally or international, and found that there is a need to use different technics and systems to achieve the desired objectives of those projects.
The Arab American University Faculty of Graduate Studies at Ramallah campus hosted the head of the Arab and Islamic Fun, Minister Naser Qatami, in a lecture for writing project proposal course students of the strategic planning and the funds’ raising master program.
The hosting is part of the Faculty of Graduate Studies education policy to link the offered courses in various academic programs to reality and Palestinian market.
Minister Qatami gave a detailed explanation of the funds role in providing financial support for Palestinian projects’ proposals. Noting that 25% of the fund dedicated to the people of Jerusalem to face the racist occupation actions and talked about the Fund requirements in accepting project proposals.
A three-party agreement was signed by the Arab American University, Polytechnic Palestine, and Al-Quds to launch a PhD program in information technology engineering, the first ever in Palestine.
The signing ceremony took place in the presence of Chairman of the Arab American University Directors Board Dr. Yousef Asfour and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Palestine Polytechnic University Mr. Ahmed Tamimi, where the president of the American Arab University Prof. Dr. Ali Zeidan Abu Zahri and the President of Palestine Polytechnic University Dr. Imad Khatib and a representative of Al-Quds University president Prof. Dr.