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Staff members of IDRC's Regional Office in Cairo - 2005

IDRC has worked in close collaboration with the Middle East and North Africa since 1971. Three years later the Centre established a permanent presence in the area with the opening of a regional office in Beirut, Lebanon. Relocated to Cairo, Egypt in 1976, this office is the focus of activities in 10 countries and territories extending from Turkey to Morocco. In the past 30 years IDRC has supported more than 550 research projects directed and managed by researchers and institutions in the region. A series of Country Profiles provides an overview of IDRC's work in the region by country and includes project highlights.

Based on IDRC's Corporate Strategy and Program Framework (CSPF 2005-2010),  three broad Program Areas will be supported in the region, namely: Environment and Natural Resource Management (ENRM), Information and Communications Technologies for Development (ICT4D), and Social and Economic Policy (SEP).

• Environment and Natural Resource Management (ENRM)
  The work of the ENRM program area is centred on the profound challenges brought about by the complex links between human well-being and the processes of gobalization, development, and natural resource degradation.

• Information and Communications Technologies for Development (ICT4D)
  ICT4D Program Area addresses issues of both access to ICT resources and assets, and participation of developing-world partners in the information economy.

• Social and Economic Policy (SEP)
  SEP focuses on enhancing the prospects for equitable development in its broadest sense, implying a simultaneous concern for economic growth, poverty reduction, political inclusion, and social justice.

• Funding Opportunities
  Advice and assistance for researchers on how to approach IDRC for financial support, and support to those who have already received IDRC funding.

• Articles and publications on IDRC's supported projects in the MENA region
  

• MERO Archives
  

• Contact Information
  How to get in touch with our offices around the world.

• Projects in Middle East and North Africa
  

Launch of telecentre.org to strengthen the global telecentre movement 2005-11-17
On 17 November 2005, at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Microsoft Corporation, and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), announced the launch of telecentre.org, a CA$21 million collaborative initiative that will strengthen the capacity of tens of thousands of community-based telecentres around the world.

Launch of the "Enhancing SME Competitiveness Strategy" 2005-03-31

Select Content on the IDRC Web Site Available in Arabic 2005-10-26

Selection of WaDImena pre-proposals 2005-08-18
The Regional Water Demand Initiative (WaDImena) is pleased to announce that pre-proposals have been selected.