The office of Planning and Development is responsible for overseeing and reporting on the quality and consistency of the university provisions and outputs and the efficiency and efficacy of the university processes in achieving its mission.
The office P&D is led by the Vice President of Planning and Development who oversees the following activities within the institution and their alignment with the IEM:
- Strategic planning and related action plans development and implementation against institutional and operational performance indicators;
- Alignment of policies, procedures and organizational charts with internal/external audit reports and recommendations;
- Efficient utilization of human, physical and financial resources within the institution;
- Continuous enhancement of academic provisions based periodic self-assessment and review;
- Efficacy of information and databases in meeting planning and decision-making requirements;
- Reporting on Institutional Effectiveness
Institution Research Unit (IRU)
Contact Information
Almutasem Abu Daqa
Unit Head
Internal Ext.: 2129
e-mail: director.IRU@birzeit.edu
Tasks and responsibilities
The unit is responsible for all data mining and research at institutional level or any of its parts to ensure quality and consistency. It maintains a compendium of statistics and databases on university activities, resources and performance to support periodic reviews and inform institutional planning, policy formulation and monitoring and evaluation. It reports on institutional and operational performance indicators against identified benchmarks and standards.
Information and Procedures Unit (I&PU)
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Tasks and Responsibilities |
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Ahmad Abed Head Unit Internal Ext.: 5606 e-mail: aabed@birzeit.edu |
The unit is responsible for managing university wide repository on polices, regulations, and operation procedures and their continual review and development. It assists in enhancing effectiveness by improving business processes amongst university units and departments. The unit also manages university spaces, facilities and resources and oversees the employment of information technology to enhance university performance. |
Monitoring & Evaluation Unit (M&EU)
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Tasks and Responsibilities |
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Noor Fardaneh
Internal Ext.: 2142 |
The M&EU supports the university’s strategic objectives and ensures that all benchmarks and standards of quality are met through uniform and timely robust monitoring and evaluation of the quality assurance and enhancement processes. The M&EU role is to oversee the implementation of the developed quality framework and keep it under review. In particular, the unit oversees the processes of self-assessment and review of academic programs and the development and implementation of evidence based assessment in cooperation with IRU and I&PU and monitors the implementation of the improvements recommended n the findings. |
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Nabil Dabdoub
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Assistant to the Unit Manager |
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Unit (IEU)
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George Yerousis Unit Manager Internal Ext. 5633 E-mail: ieu.manager@birzeit.edu |
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Suhair Morar Internal Ext. 5192 e-mail: smorar@birzeit.edu |
Labor market coordinator |
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Riham Fawadleh Internal Ext. 5072 e-mail: rfawadleh@birzeit.edu |
Assistant |
