Under the auspices of the Honorable President of the Mosul University, Professor Dr. Waheed Mahmoud Al-Ibrahimi, and under the supervision of the Director of the Mosul University Libraries, Assistant Professor Dr. Mohammed Jassim Mohammed, the Continuing Education Division at the Central Library, in cooperation with the Sustainable Development Unit and the Studies and Planning Department at the Presidency of the University of Mosul, organized a symposium entitled “The role of governance in the public sector in reducing financial and administrative corruption in academic institutions.”

The symposium was delivered by Professor Dr. Kubra Mohammed thaher, and was conducted and presented by Assistant Lecturer Halla Abdul Monem Mohammed. The symposium discussed the importance of governance in enhancing integrity and transparency, establishing the principles of accountability and oversight, and reducing the manifestations of financial and administrative corruption in academic institutions, which contributes to developing institutional performance and enhancing the efficiency of university administration.

This symposium comes as part of the efforts of the Central Library at the University of Mosul aimed at spreading the administrative and academic awareness, boosting the principles of good governance, and supporting sustainable development goals, which contributes to building a university environment based on the integrity, transparency, and institutional responsibility

The symposium attained the following sustainable development goals: the fourth goal: Good education ,eighth goal: Decent work and economic growth, and the sixteenth goal: Peace, justice, and strong institutions.