His Excellency Professor Dr. Koutoub Moustapha Sano, Secretary-General of the Academy, chaired the 146th weekly meeting of the departments on Monday, 14 Rabi’ al-Thani 1447 AH, corresponding to October 6, 2025, at the General Secretariat headquarters in Jeddah.

At the beginning of the meeting, His Excellency welcomed the attendees. He emphasized the need for the Scientific Committee to finalize the themes and topics for the upcoming scholarly session scheduled to be held in Malaysia, in preparation for sending out a call for papers to scholars, researchers, and experts before mid-month.

His Excellency also issued a series of directives to enhance the Academy’s institutional performance. He stressed the importance of:

• Strengthening cooperation among departments,
• Improving institutional work mechanisms,
• Adhering to approved timelines for implementing projects and activities,
• Raising the quality of reports, scientific output, and media content issued by the Academy to ensure excellence in its deliverables and fulfillment of its mission.

Following that, the meeting reviewed the decisions from the previous session and issued several new resolutions, most notably:

1. Converting all Academy publications into digital formats and uploading them to the Academy’s website, starting with those currently available in PDF format and completing the rest.
2. Preparing a budget proposal to complete the printing of the remaining issues of the Academy’s journal.
3. Preparing a report on progress made regarding the expansion of the Board of Trustees for the Academy’s endowment.
4. Drafting a preliminary budget proposal for purchasing an integrated recording and filming device to document events.