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Photo Caption: Workshop facilitator Dr.Bob McDonald and SINU PVCC Dr. William Parairato posed for a group photo with participants.ย ย
The Solomon Islands National University (SINU) has commenced the review of its 2021-2025 Strategic Plan through a Balanced Scorecard Training Workshop held this week.
Speaking at the official opening of the Balanced Scorecard Training on Monday, the Acting Vice-Chancellor and Pro-Vice-Chancellor Corporate (PVCC), Dr. William Parairato, emphasized the significance of this initial process, as it provides the planning framework for formulating the new SINU Strategic Plan for 2026-2030.
Dr. Parairato acknowledged and thanked DFAT and the Australian Government for funding what he described as a highly important training workshop. He also expressed his gratitude to the workshop facilitator, Dr. Bob McDonald of Informa Australia, for committing his time to lead the five-day training.
โWithout such great support, the University, with its limited financial resources, would not have been able to undertake this important training workshop.โ
โThe University recognizes the importance of partnerships and regards the Australian Government as an important stakeholder, especially in light of your continuous support for the University.โ
โThe University Community hopes these levels of immense support will continue into the future as we all collaborate in partnership to progress the Universityโs manpower development and grow the Universityโs capacity.โ
โTo our colleagues and participants, your selection to be part of this training workshop highlights the critical roles you will play in this process, as you will be the focal point within your respective faculties, departments and divisions as we started to prepare for the review of the 2021-2025 Strategic Plan and formulation of the 2026-2030 Strategic Plan.โ
โThe knowledge and skills you will learn in this training will equip and enable you to understand the strategic planning process, the important components of a strategic plan, and the significant role of having a strategic plan for the University.โ
โDuring this strategic planning process, you will play a significant role not only in the development of your respective strategic goals, key objective and activities or initiatives, but you will also be instrumental in the monitoring, evaluation and reporting of the progress of these important milestones of your plan.โ
โPlease ask as many questions as possible from the training expert and make use of this critical training workshop.โ
Dr. Parairato highlighted the importance of strategic planning stating, โthe purpose of strategic planning is to set overall goals for SINU and to develop a plan to achieve them. It involves stepping back from our day-to-day operations and asking where our University is heading and what our priorities should be.โ
โIt sets its sights on the future, focusing on where SINU wants to be in the next five years.โ
โYou might also go through the main components of a strategic, including our Vision, Mission, Values, Goals, undertake SWOT Analysis, Risks & Mitigation Strategies, costing of the plan and our reporting systems and development of our own faculties, departments and division annual work plans and action plans.โ
He further stated that, โThe importance of monitoring, evaluation reporting of our strategic plan cannot be underestimated as they form the critical part of the plan.โ
โParticipants, as you began the Balanced Scorecard Training workshop this morning, I wish you all the best. I hope you not only enjoy the training but also gain as much as possible from it.โ
โTo the training facilitator, Dr. Bob McDonald, I hope you enjoy your five days with us and are ready to address the many questions that will come your way.โ
Meanwhile, Dr. Bob McDonald expressed his enthusiasm for facilitating the workshop, stating that he is looking forward to sharing key insights on the Balanced Scorecard with SINU staff throughout the training.
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