King Abdulaziz Center for National Dialogue Promoting Saudi Society with UNDP

September 7, 2021

The Saudi Arabian King Abdulaziz Center for National Dialogue focuses on altering and changing the population's minds via intellectual dialogue. 

Seeking to promote the very fabric of Saudi society, the KACND represents core values of coexistence that build a vibrant, tolerant, prosperous, diverse, and cohesive community.

The KACND addresses vital subjects such as politics, religion, culture, economics, and education. Furthermore, it encourages civil society organizations and individuals to contribute and participate in its national dialogue program across the Kingdom.

Any indicators, centers, critical professionals, and scholars could initiate social impact and change within the Kingdom, leading it into the development realm, which resulted in the KACND collaborating with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) as a cooperator and supporter of their initiative. 

On an international level, the UNDP derives various indicators alongside its Social Development Goals. These goals improve living standards in member states and encourage the essence of equality, acceptance, and balance.

Assisting the KACND in tackling subjects that affect the Kingdom is of prime concern to the UNDP. Focusing on indicators that could potentially challenge the Kingdom and its ethics.

The support that the UNDP offers KACND comes via the United Nations Social Indicators Program. A program that entails a globally recognized list of researched and investigated subjects, methods, and approaches that entice dialogue within any nation.

Renowned for its global experience in effective and positive dialogue, the UNDP has also supported the KACND by creating the Kingdom's National Cohesion Index. A report that discovers what subjects could be of interest and importance to the Kingdom and makes valid approach recommendations.

The UNDP ensures its international quality of program delivery via its processes and protocols, technical ability, and capacity training programs. In addition, working closely with the KACND, tribal councils, and affluent individuals has created a hub of information exchanged as knowledge between all those involved.

The UNDP is honored to support the KACND in answering the Kingdom's most vital subject matters. It is setting the stage for the future of Saudi Arabia with a patriotic voice by addressing the Kingdom across multiple subjects that bring communities closer together.