on 2016, WASD President, Professor Allam Ahmed signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Government of Kuwait’s General Secretariat of the Supreme Council for Planning and Development (GSSCPD). Dr. Khaled Mahdi, Secretary General of GSSCPD signed the MOU.

The MOU aims to collaborate and engage in various activities with GSSCPD in relation to Kuwait’s National Project for Knowledge Economy (NPKE).

The aim is to promote co-operation between the institutions in teaching, consultancy, capacity building and scientific research.

Among the different items discussed were the co-operation in the joint delivery of a “Chief Knowledge Officer (CKO) International Course” in Kuwait, consultancy on a wide range of knowledge management (KM) issues; and the development of joint consultancy research activities on the performance and transformation of the State of Kuwait into a sustainability, knowledge-intensive economy.