IDRC manages three Middle East special initiatives in partnership with the Canadian International Development Agency and the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada.  These three initiatives are located in IDRC's Special Initiatives Division.

PLEASE NOTE:

IDRC has moved, as of October 9, 2007 our new  location is

150 Kent Street,
Ottawa, ON,
K1P 0B2

Our phone numbers remain the same and our mailing address remains unchanged at

PO Box 8500,
Ottawa, ON,
K1G 3H9

• Expert and Advisory Services Fund (EASF)
  The EASF supports research and capacity building for policy planning and coordination by Middle Eastern parties on the refugee issue as they seek to find and implement sustainable solutions to the refugee problem.

• Middle East Good Governance Fund (MEGGF)
  The MEGGF aims to increase policy-relevant knowledge that is useful for promoting good governance in the Middle East region, particularly in Iraq.

• Scholarship Fund for Palestinian Refugee Women in Lebanon
  This Fund supports Palestinian refugee women in Lebanon with good academic standing whose social and economic circumstances would otherwise compel them to abandon their studies, in their pursuit of undergraduate university degrees.

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• Middle East and North Africa information resources
  A guide to some of the most important and most useful sources of information on the Middle East and North Africa for IDRC.