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Staff members of IDRC's Regional Office in Cairo - 2008

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),  four broad Program Areas will be supported in the region, namely: Environment and Natural Resource Management (ENRM); Information and Communications Technologies for Development (ICT4D); Innovation, Policy and Science(IPS); 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.

• Innovation, Policy and Science (IPS)
  Launched in 2005, the IPS program is the focal point of IDRC’s policy, partnership, and programming on the science and technology and development agenda.

• 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.

• Special Initiatives Division
  
  The Special Initiatives Division (SID) administers several programs, including the Canadian Partnerships Program that supports Canadian academic entities and NGOs, the Centre Training and Awards Program that supports academic study and offers researchers in the South opportunities for hands-on experience; and the Middle East Unit.

• Capacity Building in Resource Mobilization in MENA
  

• IDRC in Middle East and North Africa
  Profile of IDRC's activities in the MENA countries.

• Funding opportunities
  Advice and assistance for developing-country researchers seeking IDRC's financial support.

• 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
  

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New President for IDRC
Leading Canadian Diplomat Joins the Centre 2008-02-22
Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) welcomes the appointment of David M. Malone as its next President, effective July 1, 2008. Mr. Malone is currently Canadian High Commissioner to India and Ambassador to Nepal and Bhutan.