DOHA: Aspire Zone Foundation (AZF) signed yesterday a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), a member of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development yesterday.
This MoU aims to launch strategic cooperation between the two parties and engage in various joint projects and programmes.
The MoU was signed by Mohammed Khalifa Al Suwaidi, CEO of Aspire Zone Foundation and Engineer Soud Al Tamimi, Vice President of Operations at HBKU.
Talking to The Peninsula, Soud Al Tamimi, Vice-President of Operations at HBKU said: “This is an important memorandum between two very important organizations in Qatar. the importance of this cooperation is to up-grade the skills and to facilitate Aspire with our programmes and innovation research we do at our university. HBKU develops programs in partnership with international academic partners, we offer a unique experience which will benefits all the participants. Our fist leadership program is about to start very soon”.
“Our commitment to Qatar’s strategic and developmental goals is HBKU’s guiding principle, which fuels our drive to build human capital and institutional capability through rich academic experience within a unique research-oriented setting. This cooperation agreement underscores HBKU’s commitment to supporting public and private organisations in developing their people with the help of world-class educational opportunities based on an effective academic research network,” he added.
The MoU will pave the way for an enhanced framework of mutual cooperation in various areas, including future projects, scientific research and technical programmes.
During the conference Al Suwaidi, told The Peninsula, “This partnership came with a strategic point of view, as both organisations shares one thing in common in their vision which is innovation and research. 22 of our leaders are going to enroll in the up-coming program very soon. These programs will not only benefit Aspire zone but will benefit HBKU as well”.
He added,“We believe in the importance of developing our people to enable them to deliver our vision of becoming a leading organisation within the sports sector, as well as becoming a reference in sports excellence worldwide by 2020. We are proud to partner with HBKU in building and developing the next generation of talent in line with Qatar National Vision 2030 and its human development pillar”.
