Partners (Phase III)

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  The Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) is an Egyptian institution of international character, devoted to the promotion of enlightened values, good governance, and sustainable development in Egypt and the Arab world, as well as elsewhere in the world. It is governed by an international Board of Trustees. Amongst its numerous initiatives, the BA gives special attention to Youth activities and programs in the belief that they are the future and the leaders of tomorrow.

  The BA, the New Library of Alexandria, is dedicated to recapture the spirit of the ancient Library of Alexandria. It aspires to be:

  • The World's window on Egypt;
  • Egypt's window on the world,
  • A leading institution of the digital age; and, above all;
  • A center for learning, tolerance, dialogue and understanding.
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  The InfoMall is a web portal operated by the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, The aim of the InfoMall is to help establish a communication network among NGOs and civil society organizations, and enhance collaboration among them in order to promote development in their communities.

  This web portal is designed to enable civil society organizations to display their activities. A special section of the portal is dedicated to introduce each organization (its name, contacts, field of work, activities, etc.), which allows for interchange of information among the different organizations which also display samples of their successful projects on the portal. The web portal also includes search tools to find reports issued by the various organizations, a chat room, and a bulletin board.

Host organizations

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  Algeria

  The Free General Students Union aims at developing students and youth participation and positive interaction in development as well as the promotion of civil society.

  The Union also aims at connecting youth with their cultural heritage and history that are filled with authentic values. It also tries to encompass all youth roles and backgrounds, and communicates to all parties locally and internationally.

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  Bahrain

  Hewar Society is a non-governmental Bahraini organization. It was formally established in January 2009. Since that date, Hewar Society is trying to achieve harmony between tradition and modernity. It is core mission is to expand the participation of young people in decision-making through launching pioneer projects and creative initiatives, encouraging creativity, innovation and leadership, refining management and leadership skills, shedding light on youth affairs, giving attention to talented young people and developing democratic culture and youth spirit.

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  Comoros

  The Association of Arab Youth in the Comoros (AJAC) is a nonprofit association that works within and for the benefit of the Comoros in the fields of culture, education, health, environment and agriculture. In addition, it takes into account the gender dimension in its various projects. AJAC aims to build a group of active young people who are able to generate, develop, train, organize and manage projects that add value and contribute to the sustainable development in the Comoros in terms of solidarity, cooperation and mutual respect. It is also interested in the exploitation of natural and micro-economic framework to promote solidarity and fair trade.

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  Egypt

  The WupY "What's up Youth" is a non for profit network, which communicates through its portal (http://www.wupy.org) and offers information that active youth may need to exceed, develop their capacities, and help their communities. Thus, WupY gives a variety of free and practical services in one click for youth all around the world.

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  Egypt

  Elmasry foundation for community service is a national Egyptian organization which seeks no profit. It was established under the sponsorship of the Ministry of Investment, and the support of public work sector in addition to civil society organizations. It aims at improving welfare and building social capital in poor societies in Egypt in order to achieve social justice and peace.

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  Iraq

  The Iraqi Center for Human Rights and Democracy Studies is a non-governmental, non-profit, non-political and independent institution, working within the Iraqi legal framework to achieve its objectives. Founded by a group of Iraqi researchers and academics with a clear vision to spread, promote and defend human rights, democracy and peaceful coexistence values in the Iraqi Society and work to comprise these values in the Iraqi culture.

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  Jordan

  The Community Development Committee (CDC) is a social community based association, established in 1998 in Zarqa for Palestinian Refugees' camp in Jordan, under the legal umbrella of UNRWA. CDC committed to the high coordination committees' bylaws of the local rehabilitation and development committees in Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan.

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  Kuwait

  Business Systematic Company is a Kuwaiti company that emerged to meet the needs of growing businesses and help organizations claim their edge in today's global competitive market. The importance of the human factor has been recognized globally as the main contributor to the success of business. Therefore, we can no longer ignore the need to take our teams to the next level in order to meet client expectations. Business Systematic delivers human solutions that correspond to our client needs. We partner with our clients to provide them with the right solutions for their HR development need. We believe that this era is the Human era, where knowledge and technology are employed to improve performance from the qualitative and quantitative.

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  Lebanon

  The Arab Thought Foundation (ATF) is an independent, international, non-governmental institution, having no political or sectarian ties. It is a solidarity initiative between the business community and the intellectuals to promote the proud attachment to the nation's core values through responsible freedom. ATF is dedicated to all domains of knowledge: i.e. science, medicine, management, information and literature. The Foundation channels intellectual and cultural efforts to promote the attainment of the nation's solidarity, its advancement and the preservation of its identity.

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  Libya

  Libyan Red Cresent Association Ijdabia Branch, is a voluntary association for the sake of the public. It was established in 1975. It provides help and assistance for the most vulnerable people without distinction according to sex, origin, color, nationality, or religious/political thoughts. It aims to protect human dignity. Also, it offers different activities for the civil society such as: training for first Aid, catastrophe management, social awareness from diseases and accidents, etc… through youth volunteers.

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  Mauritania

  Dialogue, Culture and Creation Association aims to support youth and social work through making the dialogue essential in our lives, installing the spirit of citizenship and being initiative, publishing great ideas and initiatives, and encouraging the local and global Mauritanian youth participation, to make the exchange and understanding processes among youth more easier. All that is is implemented through a lot of activities and with the cooperation of some supporting partners on the local and national levels.

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  Morocco

  The Association Tiflétois New Life (ATNL) aims at organizing different youth activities in different domains; cultural, social, recreational, athletic, scientific, developmental and informational as well as the supervision and training of young people in these fields and their development on the ground.

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  Morocco

  CSM, Chantiers Sociaux Marocains, is a non profit NGO, founded in 1963. CSM is a national association, with several sections all around Morocco and a large international relation of cooperation. CSM is the Moroccan national committee of ICYE International Cultural Youth Exchange; it is a member of several national, regional and international platforms. CSM works under the motto "Your association opens to citizenship initiatives".

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  Oman

  Tawasul was established in August 2008 to be the first national independent and professional not-for-profit Think Tank in Oman, serving locally with international standards. Tawasul is driven by its vision to be the primary and preferred catalyst for an effective and efficient civil society in Oman. Tawasul pursues its mission "to empower civil society institutions through training and knowledge" aided by home-grown partnerships and support, presenting Oman as a leading country in the field of societal solidarity and partnerships between the public sector, the private sector and the civil society organizations. Tawasul draws its power from the visionary of the founders and the team of qualified professionals, experts, volunteers and sponsors, who all work together to make Tawasul's vision a reality narrating a success story. We provide policy research papers, advocacy workshops, media outreach activities, leadership and capacity building workshops to civil society organizations and leaders in Oman.

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  Palestine

  The African Community Society, ACS, is a Palestinian non-governmental non-profit society founded by the Afro-Palestinian community in Jerusalem in 1983. It is an offshoot of the Sudanese Welfare Club which was active between 1935 and 1967, the year when Israel occupied Jerusalem. It is also a revival of the African Youth Club, established in 1978 but which was forced to close in the mid -eighties due to financial difficulties.

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  Somalia

  Somaliland Youth Peer Network (SYPN) was founded in 2007 and got its registration certificate from the Ministry of Planning and Coordination. Headquartered in Hargeisa, SYPN has representatives (regional focal points) all around the country. SYPN envisions all Somaliland young people free from HIV/AIDS, STIs, GBVs, and possess key skills for life. Its mission is to strengthen the skills and information of the young people with regard to HIV/AIDS, STIs, Gender and Sexuality, Substance Abuse and skills for life.

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  Qatar

  The main purpose of Qatar Center for Voluntary Activities is to encourage the culture of voluntary work and develop the sense of social work among youth in Qatar. It is considered as a link between youth volunteers and different governmental authorities in various fields by offering trained teams to participate in different events internally and outside the country. In order to reach that goal, Qatar Center for Voluntary Activities provides various activities such as training and developing workshops, seminars, research and statistical studies as well as media and public awareness.

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  Saudi Arabia

  The Association of Volunteer Work is a specialized association in spreading and developing volunteer work and social responsibility within the youth, as well as supporting all sectors working in the social services with qualified volunteer force. The Association Mission is to spread the volunteer culture, motivate the volunteers, and support all volunteer initiatives, as well as establish professionalism in the volunteer work.

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  Sudan

  Gesr Center for Development is based on the support of human rights, offering a new vision to empower youth and support their participation. The center aims to encourage the participation of Sudanese youth, conducting research and studies on youth issues through media channels, promoting the role of youth in the democratic movement and promoting visions of achieving gender equity and equality between the sexes through the use of methods and new approaches to enhance the participation of young people at the grassroots level and at local, national and regional levels.

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  Syria

  The Syrian Family Planning Association is a voluntary non-profit association that works to educate families, especially women, about youth and concepts of family planning, reproductive health, and sexuality. It provides excellent services to focus on some areas in need, raises the efficiency of volunteers and workers in the association, develops their resources and makes studies and research in co-operation with the competent authorities.

  It was established in 1974 by a number of workers in various sectors of society, building on their belief that the family is the key link in the community.

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  Tunisia

  Club Unesco Alecso Bardo is a member of the Tunisian Federation of UNESCO Clubs, which is an associative movement in support of UNESCO's ideals, whilst contributing to their dissemination in various circles. They undertake activities directly related to the ideals and principles of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization such as non formal education, promoting tolerance, and intercultural dialogue. The club policies are to encourage and enable youth, to identify the priority problems facing them and their society, and to encourage gender equality.

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  Tunisia

  The Tunisian Red Crescent supports the public authorities in Tunisia as an independent auxiliary to the government in the humanitarian field. It helps reduce the human suffering and reveres the human dignity by mobilizing the power of humanity. The TRC works on many issues, such as: Spreading the humanitarian principles and values, making local communities healthier, disaster preparedness and risk management, first aid training, social inclusion and gender equality, empowering youth to lead positive change, environment and climate change, and migration. The TRC has seven fundamental principles: Humanity, Impartiality, Neutrality, Independence, Voluntary service, Unity, & Universality.

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  Yemen

  Development House (DH) was founded and led by youth experts to respond to the civil society needs for supporting organizational capacity building, and promoting resources and opportunities. DH provides training and consultation services for individuals and organizations through several training programs which respond to the needs of the civil society and strengthen its role. DH is considered the first organization which specializes in New Media "Web 2.0" in Yemen. DH aims to be the pioneer in empowering organizations to play their role in making the positive change in the community.

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  Yemen

  Youth Initiative Foundation (YIF) is a civil non-profit organization. It was founded in the beginning of 2010. The foundation is considered as an umbrella for a number of youth organizations in Hadhramout governorate, Yemen. The foundation prepares a new young generation equipped with knowledge and skills through empowering the active, initiative, and exceptional young people to get the available chances being needed to face the current challenges and supporting their participation to develop themselves and their community.