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Endowment for Democracy (NED)\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-orig-src=\"ned-logo.png\" alt=\"NED logo\"\/><\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <section class=\"hero\" aria-labelledby=\"title\">\n      <div class=\"hero-inner\">\n        <div>\n          <span class=\"badge\" title=\"Supported by NED\">Supported by NED<\/span>\n          <h1 id=\"title\">Universities Forum \u2013 Kurdistan 2023<\/h1>\n          <p>Strengthening Rule of Law, Governance, and Academic Quality in Higher Education.<\/p>\n          <div class=\"meta\">\n            <span class=\"pill\">Date: 26 Feb 2023<\/span>\n            <span class=\"pill\">Venue: Didaman Hotel, Erbil<\/span>\n            <span class=\"pill\">Organizer: Chawy Zanko Organization (CZO)<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"cta\">\n            <a class=\"btn primary\" href=\"#executive-summary\">Read Executive Summary<\/a>\n            <a class=\"btn soft\" href=\"#full-report\">Jump to Full Report<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"card\">\n          <div class=\"kicker\">At a glance<\/div>\n          <h3>Key Objectives<\/h3>\n          <ul class=\"list-check\">\n            <li>Assess enforcement of higher\u2011education laws in the Kurdistan Region.<\/li>\n            <li>Advance quality reforms and Bologna Process alignment.<\/li>\n            <li>Increase student participation and academic freedom.<\/li>\n            <li>Provide actionable policy recommendations to MHE, Parliament, and universities.<\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n    <section id=\"executive-summary\" class=\"card\" style=\"margin-top:20px\">\n      <div class=\"kicker\">Executive Summary<\/div>\n      <p>\n        The Universities Forum \u2013 Kurdistan 2023 convened policymakers, university leaders, faculty,\n        students, and civil society to diagnose legal and institutional barriers in higher education\n        and to chart a reform agenda. Building on CZO\u2019s monitoring work, the forum highlighted\n        gaps in enforcement of higher\u2011education laws, challenges in quality assurance, and the need for\n        participatory governance mechanisms. Consensus emerged around adopting Bologna\u2011based reforms,\n        strengthening quality assurance, and empowering student representation across institutions.\n      <\/p>\n    <\/section>\n\n    <section id=\"opening\" class=\"grid cols-2\" style=\"margin-top:20px\">\n      <article class=\"card\">\n        <div class=\"kicker\">Opening Session<\/div>\n        <h3>Keynotes & Remarks<\/h3>\n        <ul>\n          <li><strong>Mr. Bilal Faris<\/strong> \u2014 President & Executive Director, CZO.<\/li>\n          <li><strong>Ministry of Higher Education (MHE)<\/strong> \u2014 Representative remarks.<\/li>\n          <li><strong>Members of Kurdistan Parliament<\/strong> \u2014 Statements on higher\u2011education reform.<\/li>\n          <li><strong>University Presidents<\/strong> \u2014 Governance and quality priorities.<\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n        <p class=\"quote\">\u201cUniversities are pillars of a democratic society\u2014centers of knowledge and civic values.\u201d<\/p>\n      <\/article>\n\n      <aside class=\"card\">\n        <div class=\"kicker\">Event Logistics<\/div>\n        <table aria-label=\"Agenda overview\">\n          <thead>\n            <tr><th>Time<\/th><th>Session<\/th><\/tr>\n          <\/thead>\n          <tbody>\n            <tr><td>10:00\u201310:30<\/td><td>Registration & Opening<\/td><\/tr>\n            <tr><td>10:30\u201311:00<\/td><td>Publishing of Monitoring Report<\/td><\/tr>\n            <tr><td>11:00\u201312:10<\/td><td>Panel I \u2014 Laws: Reform & Enforcement<\/td><\/tr>\n            <tr><td>12:10\u201312:40<\/td><td>Coffee Break<\/td><\/tr>\n            <tr><td>12:40\u201314:20<\/td><td>Panel II \u2014 Open Dialogue & Q&A<\/td><\/tr>\n            <tr><td>14:20\u201315:30<\/td><td>Lunch & End<\/td><\/tr>\n          <\/tbody>\n        <\/table>\n      <\/aside>\n    <\/section>\n\n    <section id=\"full-report\" class=\"card\" style=\"margin-top:20px\">\n      <div class=\"kicker\">Monitoring & Evidence Base<\/div>\n      <h2>Findings from CZO Monitoring (2022)<\/h2>\n      <div class=\"grid cols-2\">\n        <div>\n          <h4>Legal & Governance<\/h4>\n          <ul class=\"list-check\">\n            <li>Weak enforcement of higher\u2011education laws and overlapping mandates.<\/li>\n            <li>Limited institutional autonomy and inconsistent leadership appointments.<\/li>\n            <li>Underutilized roles for faculty and student representatives in university councils.<\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n          <h4>Quality & Standards<\/h4>\n          <ul class=\"list-check\">\n            <li>Gaps in curriculum modernization and program accreditation.<\/li>\n            <li>Fragmented adoption of quality assurance and Bologna mechanisms.<\/li>\n            <li>Insufficient faculty development and research productivity incentives.<\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        <div>\n          <h4>Student Participation<\/h4>\n          <ul class=\"list-check\">\n            <li>Weak student representation and limited channels for feedback.<\/li>\n            <li>Need for transparent, democratic mechanisms for student councils.<\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n          <h4>Recommendations<\/h4>\n          <ul class=\"list-check\">\n            <li>Codify enforcement pathways for key articles of the Higher\u2011Education Law.<\/li>\n            <li>Accelerate accreditation & national ranking frameworks.<\/li>\n            <li>Institutionalize student participation and academic freedom safeguards.<\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n    <section id=\"panels\" class=\"grid cols-2\" style=\"margin-top:20px\">\n      <article class=\"card\">\n        <div class=\"kicker\">Panel I<\/div>\n        <h3>Higher Education Laws: Between Reform & Enforcement<\/h3>\n        <p><strong>Panelists:<\/strong><\/p>\n        <ul>\n          <li>PD Dr. Mehabad Kamil \u2014 President, Halabja University<\/li>\n          <li>PD Dr. Dawood Sulaiman Atrushi \u2014 President, University of Duhok<\/li>\n          <li>PD Sherwan Sharif Qurtas \u2014 President, Soran University<\/li>\n          <li>Dr. Kawa Mohammed Faraj Qaradaghi \u2014 Lecturer, University of Sulaimani<\/li>\n          <li>Dr. Medhat Mohammed Sulaiman \u2014 Adviser, Kurdistan Parliament (Higher Education Committee)<\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n      <\/article>\n\n      <article class=\"card\">\n        <div class=\"kicker\">Panel II<\/div>\n        <h3>Open Dialogue & Q&A<\/h3>\n        <p>Interactive stakeholder dialogue with parliamentarians, MHE officials, university presidents and faculty, student councils, civil society organizations, and media. Topics included enforcement pathways, Bologna alignment, accreditation frameworks, student councils, and academic freedom.<\/p>\n      <\/article>\n    <\/section>\n\n    <section class=\"card\" style=\"margin-top:20px\">\n      <div class=\"kicker\">Participation & Outcomes<\/div>\n      <div class=\"grid cols-2\">\n        <div>\n          <h3>Who Attended<\/h3>\n          <ul class=\"list-check\">\n            <li>Parliamentarians & MHE officials<\/li>\n            <li>University presidents, lecturers & researchers<\/li>\n            <li>Student councils & youth representatives<\/li>\n            <li>Civil society organizations & media<\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        <div>\n          <h3>Agreed Next Steps<\/h3>\n          <ul class=\"list-check\">\n            <li>Adopt Bologna\u2011aligned quality assurance across universities.<\/li>\n            <li>Strengthen legal enforcement and clarify leadership appointment rules.<\/li>\n            <li>Institutionalize student participation and academic\u2011freedom safeguards.<\/li>\n            <li>Coordinate follow\u2011up working groups led by CZO in partnership with MHE & universities.<\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n    <section class=\"footer\">\n      <div class=\"hr\"><\/div>\n      <div>\n        <span class=\"tag\">CZO<\/span>\n        <span class=\"tag\">Higher Education<\/span>\n        <span class=\"tag\">Rule of Law<\/span>\n        <span class=\"tag\">Bologna Process<\/span>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"note\">\n        Contact: <a href=\"mailto:Chawyzanko@gmail.com\">Chawyzanko@gmail.com<\/a> \u00b7 Phone: +964 750 206 2003 \/ +964 781 582 9646 \u00b7 Address: Harwn Building, 40\u2011Meter Street, Erbil, KRI\n      <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n  <\/div>\n<\/body>\n<\/html>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"class_list":["post-3576","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"brizy_media":[],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chawyzanko.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chawyzanko.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chawyzanko.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chawyzanko.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chawyzanko.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3576"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/chawyzanko.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4069,"href":"https:\/\/chawyzanko.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3576\/revisions\/4069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chawyzanko.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}