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Ms. Manar Abu Sbaa- the VP for Administrative Affairs and Dr. Khalid Attyeh- the Head of the Continuing Education Center in AAUP attended the ceremony along with the trainer of the course, Mr. Abdallah Barakat and the participate employees.

Speakers emphasized that the importance of this course comes mainly to upgrade the academic and administrative levels of the university staff and to add a new features for the work environment. They also ensured that there will be future courses to raise the efficiency of employees in the practical and educational lives.

This training is part of the Center’s project in “enhancing the national research capabilities in the reconciliation and conflict resolution field” that is funded by the EU. This project is also part of the vision of the center that was established on 2017 to be the first of its kind in the Arab region that enhances and supports the researches and studies in the conflict resolution and reconciliation, and the intercultural communication. The center keens to provide the academic scientific knowledge and practical skills in the mentioned fields.

In the 2 days workshop, participants discussed the ways to address the violence problem among students of the higher education institutions and to enhance discourse. The workshop also continued I discussing topics from previous workshops that are related to empowering female students to participate in the university life and be part of the student council elections. Part of the workshop was about training to students in the fields of enhancing discourse language and renouncing violence from a gender perspective.

All universities get evaluated annually by GreenMetric evaluation, and this evaluation relay on some standards including sustainability in education and scientific research, the development of infrastructure, the sustainability of energy and water, transportation to and from the university and the communication with the university.