Capacity Development Programme

Executive Summary:

Dhofar University has launched on Sunday, 09/02/2020 the Capacity Development Programme for Non-Academic Staff, which seeks to enable employees to contribute effectively to improving the University’s administrative and financial performance, through a series of educational and awareness lectures, and specialized training and sessions.

The programme draws on the International benchmarking, which pays great attention to research methodology, and strategic thinking. Topics of the educational lectures and the qualifying training programmes were classified into several categories, including presenting educational issues and cultural awareness for discussion, and also introducing local and international sustainable development issues, as well as acquiring advanced skills in information and communication technology, and how to deal with various modern media. The programme also envisages practical training in interpersonal skills to understand the rules and theories of public relations and protocol, to contribute to spreading the culture of customer service among all employees. In addition, the programme delivers specialized training in administration and finance, also offering soft skills sessions, which in turn will impact the overall performance at the University.

Dhofar University intends, to pursue the capacity Development Programme annually to manifest with modern training developments and continuous improvement through mainstreaming it within the University’s general strategy, the university’s commitment to training and qualification in an institutional strategic framework.