Activity A. Encouraging policy dialogue by organizing consultations through focus groups and producing correspondent consultation reports (see details below).
Activity B. Elaborating one or more policy briefs under one of these modalities (see details below):

• Individual (elaborated by one UNESCO Chair)
• Collective (elaborated by two or more UNESCO Chairs or a UNITWIN Network)

Activity C. Produce one or more short videos on a higher education relevant issue.
Now a focus group based on Activity A is going to be held by Dr. Abasalt Khorasani (Associate Professor of Shahid Beheshti University) on the Theme 7 of the conference.
subject:
Studying Factors, Problems, and Challenges for Developing Private Sector Investment in Iran's Higher Education System.

Members of Focus Group:
Dr. Mohamad Yamani Douzi (chair holder and Professor at Shahid Beheshti University)
Dr. Maghsoud Farastakhah (Professor at the Institute for Research and Planning in Higher Education and Member of the UNESCO Chair in Management, Planning, and Quality Assurance in Higher Education)
Dr. Reza Maniei (Vice President and Member of the UNESCO Chair in Management, Planning, and Quality Assurance in Higher Education) 
Dr. Mohamad Taghi Nazarpour (Financial Vice President at the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology)
Dr. Ali Mohammad Ahmadvand (President of Eyvanakey University)
Ms. Masoumeh Gharoun ( Vice President of Human Resource Development and Assistant Professor at the Institute for Research and Planning in Higher Education)
Dr. Arasteh (Faculty member at the Kharazmi University)
Dr. Farzaneh Shemirani (General Mangager of Private Sector at the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology)
Dr. Rahim Ebadi (President of Institute of Higher Education Mehr Alborz)
Dr. Nasrin Asgharzadeh (Ph.D. Higher Eduation Planning)

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Time: 26 April 2021
Venue: Webinar