Who we are

The Academy for International Development – Middle East and North Africa (AID-MENA) is an organisation dedicated to capacity building and research for professionals in civil society, the public sector, and government in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, as well as the Balkans and Turkey (specifically for Syrian NGOs). 

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Who we are

AID-MENA was established and registered in Egypt, in 2006 and later became a registered as Regional Organization in the Kingdom of Hashemite of Jordan. In 2009, AID-MENA founded its three sister organisations in the region, the National Development Foundation (NDF) in Egypt, Yemen and Lebanon which are operating as a non-profit organisation.  

As part of AID-MENA geographical expansion, we established the International Development Foundation (IDF) in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina which operates as a non-profit organisation. Subsequently, in 2018, AID-MENA registered its new organisation and research centre, AID-Türk, in Turkey, under registration number 0030628835 for responding to the Syrian crisis and supporting the civil social sector inside Syria and Syrian NGOs in the dispora.

AID-MENA has a multidisciplinary team of more than 50 professional staff and consultants with different educational backgrounds, skills and experiences in various development, economic, social, political, democracy and election, governance, humanitarian aids, women and youth engagement and health fields. AlD-MENA has an extensive network of more than 100 non-governmental organisations, academic institutions, civil societies, faith-based organisations and privately owned business in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, Europe and Africa.