Governance of Public Universities and Their Role in Promoting Partnership with Non-Governmental Institutions

Abstract

The aim of the research is to demonstrate the role of public universities in promoting partnership with non-governmental organizations in Gaza Strip from the point of view of employees in public universities. The researcher used the descriptive analytical method. The research community consisted of the employees of the Islamic University and Al-Azhar University. The study tool was a questionnaire applied to a simple random sample of employees. A questionnaire was obtained by 228 responses with a recovery rate of 94.2%. The study concluded that there is a statistically significant relationship between governance in all its dimensions (laws and regulations, academic freedom, accounting and accountability, the responsibilities of the board of directors, the rights of all the beneficiaries, transparency and disclosure) and strengthening the partnership between universities and civil society organizations. The study reached a number of recommendations, the most important of which is the need to work on applying the principles of governance, especially after the world has recently witnessed environmental, social and economic phenomena that have clearly affected the financial and administrative performance of many international institutions. The need to focus on human resources and their knowledge of the rules and principles of governance in addition to providing them with all the latest developments and scientific information in this area, and that the departments of universities focused on training programs, seminars and seminars specialized in governance, and the integration of some specialized scientific materials of governance in the courses taught by the scientific.