Saudi Arabia's Vision Research Articles

Key Performance Indicators for Measuring Sustainable Performance: A Case Study of Implementing Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 Strategy

Key Performance Indicators for Measuring Sustainable Performance: A Case Study of Implementing Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 Strategy

Udział kobiet w rynku pracy w Arabii Saudyjskiej i jego determinanty

Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 recognized female labor force participation as an important component for economic growth. This study investigates the relationship between female labor force participation rate, female tertiary school enrolment, female life expectancy and per capita income measured quarterly between 1991 and 2017. The study employs traditional unit root tests of Augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF), Phillips-Perron (PP) and Kwiatkowski–Phillips–Schmidt–Shin (KPSS) complemented by Zivot and Andrews (ZA) test. Furthermore, for robustness check, combined cointegration test as prescribed by Bayer and Hanck (2013) and Pesaran ARDL bound tests were performed. Toda-Yamamoto causality test examined the causality flow among the variables. The result posits all independent variables have positive significant effect on female labor force participation rate within Saudi Arabia; rendering a policy recommendation: higher female labor participation can be achieved through investment in female education, health sector and achieving economic growth.

Towards Sustainable Residential Buildings in Saudi Arabia According to the Conceptual Framework of “Mostadam” Rating System and Vision 2030

Saudi Arabia vision 2030 adopts comprehensive development standards in all fields of Saudi society. To achieve such standards, many initiatives and programs have been launched to achieve sustainable goals while meeting the needs of the present without compromising the requirements of future generations. Sustainable buildings are highly important in achieving sustainable development goals due to their excellent ability to reduce energy consumption, increase building efficiency, and reduce harmful emissions of greenhouse gases. The Kingdom aims to be the largest investor in the world in the sustainable buildings sector. To this end, the “Mostadam” evaluation service was recently launched in order to assist existing and new buildings in achieving sustainable building standards in a way that is in keeping with the privacy and principles of Saudi society. The present paper presents an extensive investigation to assess the current state of sustainable buildings in Saudi cities. Moreover, the main categories of sustainable residential buildings according to the “Mostadam” rating systems are discussed, and the potential of such categories in Saudi Arabia is explored. Finally, suggestions are given for some practical strategies and future policies targeting the total transformation towards sustainable buildings and, consequently, towards sustainable cities. This will have a great impact on achieving comprehensive sustainable development in Saudi Arabia in line with vision 2030.

The Socio-Economic Development of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Gender Inequality Index and Policy Recommendation

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is experiencing a dilemma since 2005. The dilemma is between the modernization of its social system underscoring the importance of gender equity in the community, particularly for women and girls, while facing the traditional, conservative norms and values that undermine the women's capacity to engage in society with men. Since 2005, Saudi Arabia has embarked on the modernization routes for its rules and policies to create more economic, social, and civil opportunities for women to be actively engaged in the community. In the paper, we will explore the relationship between the legal reforms that occurred in Saudi Arabia regarding women's rights and their impact on Saudi Arabia's Gender Inequality Index (GII). Understanding the relationship will build a comprehensive understanding of Saudi Arabia's capacity to achieve comprehensive sustainability for the society known by Saudi Arabia Vision 2030. The project relies on quantitative and qualitative meta-analyze research methods to assess data and build conclusions.

The mediating role of ICTs in the relationship between international tourism and environmental degradation: fit as a fiddle.

The United Nations sustainable development goals (SDGs) proposed 17 effective plans linked with three principal aims, i.e., eradicating poverty, conserving the natural environment, and ensuring prosperity for all. Travel and tourism are the leading stream sector through which all the three stated United Nations themes could be achieved efficiently. The future project of Saudi Arabia's vision is also in line with the United Nation SDGs that much emphasized on tourism expansion, innovation, and sustainable development, which directly supports the SDG-8 (i.e., decent work and economic growth), SDG-9 (i.e., industries, innovation, and infrastructure), SDG-12 (i.e., responsible consumption and production), and SDG-13 (i.e., climate change). The study's objective is to evaluate the country's e-tourism initiatives and green development agenda in the long-run by using the quarterly data from 1995Q1 to 2018Q4. The study employed the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) model for estimating the short- and long-run relationship between the variables. Further, the study developed an "e-tourism index" that combines ICT's share in tourism income and expenditures items by principle component matrix (PCM). The results show that oil rents, ores and metal exports, and railways goods transportation depleted natural resources, while ICT's share in energy demand, inbound tourism, and trade openness conserve natural resources via the adoption of advanced technologies, eco-tourism knowledge, and green technology imports in a country. The results confirmed the U-shaped relationship between the country's per capita income and natural resource depletion in a given period. The positive relationship (negative impact) of air transportation freight and trade openness with carbon emissions is evident in the short-run; however, the result is insignificantly determined in the long-run. The industry value-added and ICT's share in energy demand substantially delimit carbon emissions through cleaner production techniques and green innovation. The U-shaped relationship in the short- and flat relationship in the long-run is found for carbon-growth nexus. In the long-run, inbound tourism has a positive (negative impact) relationship with carbon emissions that need sustainable tourism policies to delimit carbon emissions. The air-railways passengers carried and trade openness is the main antecedents that influenced fossil fuel energy consumption in the short- and long-run, while in the long-run, tourism income, ICT's share in energy demand, and industry value-added delimit fossil fuel combustion. The study confirmed the inverted U-shaped relationship between carbon emissions and per capita income in a country. The e-tourism index positively influences the country's economic growth, mobile share in the energy demand, industry value-added, and railways goods transportation. In the long-run, the mobile share in energy demand and railways goods transported increase while air transport freight decreases economic growth. Finally, the e-tourism index is positively influenced by industrial value-added and ICT's share in fossil fuel energy demand. Simultaneously, air transportation passengers carried and ICT's share in carbon emissions negatively affected the e-tourism index in a country. The study concludes that Saudi Arabia's vision 2030 of e-tourism and green sustainable development could be achieved by promoting green ICTs, cleaner production technologies, sustainable consumption and production, tight environmental regulations, and green travel and tourism infrastructure, which ultimately will support the Saudi's vision realization programs towards the country's prosperity.

دور معلمي التربية الإسلامية في توعية طلابهم بملامح رؤية المملکة العربية السعودية (2030) من وجهة نظرهم في ضوء بعض المتغيرات

هدفت الدراسة الکشف عن واقع دور معلمي التربية الإسلامية في توعية طلابهم بملامح رؤية المملکة العربية السعودية (2030) من وجهة نظرهم، واستخدمت الدراسة المنهج الوصفي، وطبقت على عينة بلغت(340) معلما ومعلمة للتربية الإسلامية بالمرحلة الثانوية موزعين وفق متغيرات (النوع- المؤهل- سنوات الخبرة) واعتمدت على استبانة مکونة من ثلاثة محاور؛ شمل المحور الأول العبارات الخاصة بدورمعلمي التربية الإسلامية في توعية طلابهم بمحور الوطن الطموح من رؤية المملکة العربية السعودية (2030)، وشمل المحور الثاني العبارات الخاصة بدور معلمي التربية الإسلامية في توعية طلابهم بمحور الاقتصاد المزدهر من رؤية المملکة العربية السعودية (2030)، وشمل المحور الثالث العبارات الخاصة بدور معلمي التربية الإسلامية في توعية طلابهم بمحورالمجتمع الحيوي من رؤية المملکة العربية السعودية (2030)، وأسفرت النتائج عن أن مستوى دور معلمي التربية الإسلامية برؤية المملکة العربية السعودية (2030) جاء مرتفعا في محوري الوطن الطموح والاقتصاد المزدهر وجاء متوسطا في محور المجتمع الحيوي، کما أشارت النتائج إلى عدم وجود فروق دالة إحصائيا في استجابات عينة الدراسة تعزى لمتغير النوع، بينما وجدت فروق تعزى لمتغير المؤهل لصالح المؤهل التربوي، ووجدت فروق تعزى لمتغير سنوات الخبرة لصالح ذوي الخبرة الأعلى. الکلمات المفتاحية: الوعي – رؤية المملکة العربية السعودية (2030) الوطن الطموح – الاقتصاد المزدهر – المجتمع الحيوي. Abstract: The study aimed to state the reality of the role of Islamic Education teachers in raising awareness of their students about features of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (2030) vision from their viewpoint. The study used the descriptive method, and was applied on a sample of (340) Islamic Education male and female teachers at the secondary level, distributed according to variables (Gender- Qualification-Years of experience). The study based on a questionnaire consisted of three themes; the first theme included phrases on the role of Islamic Education teachers in raising awareness among their students of the ambitious homeland of Saudi Arabia's vision (2030). The second theme included phrases on the role of Islamic Education teachers in educating their students about the thriving economy of Saudi Arabia's vision (2030).The third theme included the role of Islamic Education teachers in raising awareness of their students about the vital society theme in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's vision (2030). Results revealed that the level of Islamic Education teachers' role in Saudi Arabia's vision was high in the ambitious homeland and thriving economy themes and mediated in the vital society theme. Results also indicated that there were no statistically significant differences in responses of the study sample referred to the Gender variable, there were statistically significant differences referred to the qualification variable for the educational qualification, and there were statistically significant differences referred to the experience years variable for those with higher experienced years. Keywords: Awareness - Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030. Ambitious Homeland - Thriving Economy - Vital Society

Digital Processing of Autistic Children's Drawings to Make Use of them in the Design of Printed Fabrics for Children's Clothin

Saudi Arabia's vision 2020 has placed more emphasis on paying attention to groups with special needs, providing support to them, addressing all their difficulties and considering them as part of human wealth, which makes it necessary to develop, integrate and benefit from them in the society. Autistic children are a wealth that can be invested and benefited from their capabilities and potentials. Researchers point out that these children lack social interaction and communication. Many studies tried to enter their world, to break the barrier of social withdrawal and isolation they live in, and to draw their attention. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to reveal the supporting activities, specifically the art of drawing, which help develop autistic children's sensory perception and use it as an alternative method of communication, to adapt and utilize their drawings to develop digital designs through computer software to produce children's printed fabrics. The major research question is: How can artistic elements and vocabulary of autistic children's drawings be adapted and digitized to develop printed fabrics for children's clothing? The current research aimed to identify the artistic and aesthetic characteristics of autistic children's drawings for the 6-12 age group, to digitize the drawings through computer software to design printed fabrics for children's clothing, and to measure the degree to which specialists and children's mothers accept the designs developed from the autistic children's drawings to be marketed locally. The analytical descriptive approach was used in this study. The results showed statistically significant differences at a significance level of 0.05 between the 20 designs proposed by the researcher, based on the specialists' opinions on the appropriateness of designs in achieving the aesthetic and functional requirements. In addition, the results revealed statistically significant differences at a significance level of 0.01 among the 20 designs proposed by the researcher, based on the mothers' opinions

Management and Ensuring the Quality in the Educational Organizations (Standards, Models and Methods) in the light of Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030: ضبط وضمان الجودة في المؤسسات التعليمية (المعايير والنماذج والأساليب) في ضوء رؤية المملكة العربية السعودية 2030

The study aimed to investigate standards, models and methods of management and ensuring the quality in the educational organizations through reviewing the variable intellectual visions that dealt with quality standards and models, and manner of its management and fields of its application in the educational organizations in the light of Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030. The study used the historical method, and the study tool was represented in revising the previous studies and researches that was written in management and ensuring the quality in the educational organizations. Main findings: 1- The quality of education represents a comprehensive strategy for development of the educational organizations. 2- The education system is mainly concerned on application of quality department to many parameters, of which mainly: International competition, increased rates of joining and spending on education, emerging of new techniques in information systems and methods of production, and taking into consideration the educational services through satisfaction of users or customers. 3- The main standards of quality of education are represented in fulfilling the needs of the users, the needs of the planners and financiers of the educational system, efficiency of educational leadership, professional development of the educational and departmental systems, and development of performance and quality of outputs. 4- There are many mechanisms that can be applied for management of quality of education, of which mainly: self-evaluation, external evaluation, and evaluation of outputs. 5- The quality fields and its management widen due to variability of elements and components of the educational system, although it's concerned in 3 main fields, which are: emphasis on needs of the users, efficiency of the educational organization, and effectiveness of the educational leadership. Based on the results of the study, some suggestions and recommendations were represented for management and ensuring the quality in the educational organizations.

Small and Medium Entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 and Its Role in Reducing Unemployment in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) account for 60 to 70 percent of jobs in most OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) countries with a particularly large share in Italy and Japan, and a relatively smaller share in the United States. Throughout; they also account for a disproportionately large share of new jobs, especially in those countries which have displayed a strong employment record.In Saudi Arabia, more than two-thirds of the population are younger than 30 and about 100,000 graduates enter the job market each year. The present paper discusses what measures should be taken and highlights the importance of understanding the relationship and interaction between unemployment and entrepreneurship. The present research focuses on studies that explain small and medium-sized entrepreneurship and its role in reducing unemployment in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Both qualitative and quantitative approaches are used to collect data that may contribute to a better understanding of the employment issues of Saudi young men and women. Besides; we introduce entrepreneurship Survey Questionnaire; this survey has focused mainly on understanding the relationship and interaction between unemployment and entrepreneurship. In this survey, a more balanced view is taken by examining the factors which contribute to creating more job opportunities.

Application of Support Vector Machine for Arabic Sentiment Classification Using Twitter-Based Dataset

Sentiment classification is the process of classifying emotions and opinions in texts. In this study, the problem of Arabic sentiment analysis was addressed. A support vector machine (SVM) model was proposed to classify opinions in Arabic micro-texts as being positive or negative. To evaluate the performance of the SVM model, a dataset was built from tweets discussing several social issues in Saudi Arabia. These issues include changes that were implemented by the country as part of a newly established vision, known as Saudi Arabia Vision 2030. The constructed dataset was manually annotated according to the sentiment conveyed in the text. To achieve the best sentiment classification accuracy, several procedures were implemented within the proposed framework including light stemming, feature extraction (Ngrams, emoji and tweet-topic features), parameter optimisation and feature-set reduction. The experimental results revealed excellent outcomes. An accuracy of 89.83% was achieved using the proposed SVM model.

Develop assessment framework inspiring-Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 for health program in higher education: an experience from Al Maarefa University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Background: There are indeed several types of assessment used in measuring the achievements of the program learning outcomes (PLOs). To mention some, one can talk about direct, indirect, subjective, and objective assessment. It is necessary to have a clear framework to assess the PLOs and to indicate the strengths and weaknesses of the program for early detections and improvements. The purpose of this study is to develop an applicable assessment framework that combines both direct and indirect methods through performance index and performance indicators (PIs) of PLOs inspiring by Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 for health program in higher education. Methodology: The online databases were interpreted using a literature review, to produce a few articles outlining and examining the implementation and evaluation of assessment framework relating to health programs. This search was conducted through the support of Google keywords: learning outcome assessment plan, learning outcome direct assessment method, learning outcome indirect assessment method, learning outcome PIs, and learning outcome performance index. Results: An assessment framework was presented using both the direct and indirect methods of assessment learning outcome with a view to reach a definitive method of assessing learning outcome achievements. Conclusion: The study recommends the development of standardizing examinations to simulate the national and international standardized examination that all examination questions need to be mapped with the PLOs.

Awareness of, Beliefs about, Practices of, and Barriers to Teledentistry among Dental Students and the Implications for Saudi Arabia Vision 2030 and Coronavirus Pandemic.

ABSTRACTObjectives:Saudi Arabia launched multiple initiatives to overcome the problem of health-care access. The recent coronavirus pandemic created urgent demand to deal with the problem using nonconventional venues such as telehealth and teledentistry. This study aimed to investigate teledentistry knowledge, attitudes, and practices, and barriers to its use among dental students and teaching staff in Makkah province, Saudi Arabia.Materials and Methods:A total of 314 dental students participated in this cross-sectional study. Data were collected using a validated self-reported questionnaire to measure teledentistry awareness, attitude, practices, and barriers to teledentistry. The study was approved by Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia.Results:Only 17.2% were aware of the term “teledentistry.” However, after it was explained, participants were able to correctly answer 25.16%–62.42% of items about teledentistry. A total of 67.83% would practice teledentistry, and 70.7% support using teledentistry on a national scale for Vision 2030. Only 25.16% used teledentistry before, but 56.05% did dental consultations via smartphone. The most common barriers were patient satisfaction requiring a dentist’s physical presence, violation of patient privacy, and low levels of population education.Conclusion:Dental students seem to know little about teledentistry. However, they are open to learning and using it. It is encouraged to include the topic in continuing dental education, including how to use it during health disasters such as the coronavirus pandemic.

Awareness of the Entrepreneurship Culture of Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University Students in the Light of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Vision (2030): An Educational Rooting Study

Awareness of the Entrepreneurship Culture of Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University Students in the Light of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Vision (2030): An Educational Rooting Study

Building the health workforce: Saudi Arabia's challenges in achieving Vision 2030.

Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 represents a major structural shift in all economic sectors. Health care is one of the largest sectors significantly contributing to achievement of the vision OBJECTIVES: To provide an overview of health workforce in Saudi Arabia and identify various critical issues and challenges that need to be addressed in achieving health system goals envisaged in the Vision. This paper is based on extensive review of literature conducted to stimulate pertinent descriptive information on health workforce in Saudi Arabia. Saudi nationals constitute 44% of all health workforce and 29.5% of all physicians employed by the health system. Among Saudi nationals, there is a significant underrepresentation of females except in the nursing profession. The health workforce is beleaguered with numerical inadequacy, skill imbalance, gender disparity, and access issues. Health system needs to adopt a rigorous approach by investing heavily on medical, nursing, and other specialized fields of education. Planning for the health workforce needs to adopt appropriate strategies that reflect all aspects including the number, skills, and gender distribution for meeting the future health needs of population to facilitate achievement of Vision.

DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING A WEB-BASED RECYCLING SYSTEM FOR PROTECTING THE GREEN ENVIRONMENT

Our society suffers a lot from the things that are thrown uselessly; these things may be beneficial to our society. On the other hand, communities suffer a lot of waste especially plastic waste; this has led to environmental pollution and depletion of natural resources. Therefore, this research aims to achieve sustainable development and achieve part of the Saudi Arabia vision 2030. Hence we have distributed a questionnaire to 88 responders, and based on the results of this study, which shows the importance of recycling and its impact on the environment and the extent of community interest in this subject and their supporters, The Let's Recycle site, based on the results of the questionnaire, will improve waste and plastics disposal in an environmentally positive manner.The proposed system was developed using the Unified Modelling Language (UML) and Microsoft Visual Studio2010 programming language.

The Compatibility Of The General Diploma In Education Program’s Goals With The Educational Contents Of The 2030 Saudi Arabia Vision At Al Jouf University From The Female Students’ Perspective

The Compatibility Of The General Diploma In Education Program’s Goals With The Educational Contents Of The 2030 Saudi Arabia Vision At Al Jouf University From The Female Students’ Perspective

Creating a Unique Sustainable Rating System for Saudi Arabia to Achieve Environmental Assessment and 2030 Vision

Saudi Arabia Vision 2030 is a planning for 15 years that announced in 2016 to make Saudi Arabia's economy more powerful and has multi income channels not only oil, and developing public services. The planning focuses for better life enhancement with creating new economic regions inside the country with huge investments with hundreds of billions of US dollars. Sustainable development in this case is a mandatory to can achieve the goals of this vision. Sustainability is the process of change, in which the exploitation of resources, the direction of investments, the orientation of technological development and institutional change are all in harmony and enhance both current and future potential to meet human needs and aspirations. A unique sustainable rating system for Saudi Arabia environment should be created and applied under the protection of law umbrella to insure applying sustainable principals on all new developments and constructions. This paper focuses on reviewing applied sustainable rating system in Saudi Arabia against the environmental conditions and people culture in this area of the world and redistribute the weights of each item to be more compatible with the environment, local resources, and human needs. Keywords: Sustainable rating system, Saudi Arabia, 2030 Vision .

مدى مساهمة التعليم المحاسبي بالجامعات السعودية في تطوير وريادة الأعمال والمشروعات الصغيرة والمتوسطة في ضوء رؤية المملكة 2030 بالتطبيق على جامعة الملك خالد = The Input of Accounting Education in Saudi Universities in Small and Intermediate Scale Enterprises Development and Entrepreneurship in View of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Vision 2030 : An Applied Study to King Khalid University

جامعة الملك خالد | التعليم المحاسبي | المشروعات الصغيرة والمتوسطة الحجم | تطوير الأعمال | ريادة الأعمال | رؤية المملكة العربية السعودية 2030 | King Khalid University | Accounting Education | Small and Intermediate Scale Enterprises | Enterprises Development | Enterprises Entrepreneurship | Saudi Kingdom Vision 2030

SOCIAL MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES AND THEIR BENEFITS IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS: A SURVEY OF JAZAN UNIVERSITY

The Saudi Arabia Vision 2030 plan is, in fact, an endeavor to establish the Kingdom as one of the most advanced and developed countries of the world. An Innovative approach and strategies are the main objectives of the Vision 2030 for the development of the country. Academia is focusing on various methodologies, which will help in elevating the importance of Saudi Higher Education Institution (HEI) to international standards. Social Media Technologies (SMTs) has turned into a developing phenomenon by numerous and diverse classifications in community and educational practice. The term SMTs denotes to web-oriented and mobile based applications that enable peoples and societies to produce, involve, and share new applications or current content, in digital world through multi-path communication. The emergence of Social Media Technologies has enforced mentors to think differently about the way learning occurs. HEI are investigating the use of various domains of Social Media Technologies for pedagogical purposes. These domains comprise blogs for instructions, wikis for shared content creation and podcasting to record teaching materials and making videos. However, HEI of the Kingdom are lagging behind in the incorporation of SMTs in learning and teaching. This research aims to establish contemporary instructions, learning practices, attitudes and scope of SMTs in the HEI pedagogy. A case study has been carried out in Jazan University that involved a mixed method approach to explore the practice of Social Media Technologies in the educational process.

A Proposed Perspective for Developing Science Curriculum for the Upper Primary Grades in Accordance to Saudi Arabia's Vision for 2030: An Analytical and Descriptive Study according to Delphi Method

Saudi Arabia's Vision for 2030 in development is exceedingly concerned with curriculum development. It believes that the current curriculum does no longer support the students' preparation for both life and work. Therefore, the present study aimed to reach a consensus by a set of educational experts on the importance of providing the science curriculum for the fifth and sixth primary grades with a content that can help achieve the requirements of the Kingdom's Vision for 2030 in development. In addition, it aimed to study what perceptions these educational experts have towards developing the science curriculum that can better achieve this vision. The study followed the descriptive approach and the use of Delphi method. It was applied to a group of (28) educational experts over three rounds that started on October 8, and ended on November 9, 2017. Findings indicated that the provision degree of the requirements of Saudi Arabia's Vision for 2030 in development in the science curriculum for the upper primary grades was too weak. Responses of the educational experts concerning developing the science curriculum to achieve the requirements of this vision, at the end of the third round, ranged between strongly agree and agree. At the end, a perspective for the development of the science curriculum was proposed depending on the viewpoints of the educational experts who participated in the present study.Keywords: Saudi Arabia's Vision for 2030, development of science curriculum, primary grades.