Projects

DIRAIA, ‘Knowledge’ in Arabic, short for “Developing Inclusive Research through Activism and Informed Advocacy,” is a comprehensive initiative addressing the knowledge gap on environmental activism in the MENA region. Focusing on Morocco, Tunisia, Lebanon, and Iraq, DIRAIA explores the dynamics, strategies, and resilience of environmental mobilization within the context of social justice and governance challenges. Employing an action-oriented research design involving interviews, fieldwork, and case analysis, DIRAIA aims to provide practical insights for practitioners, policymakers,...

The Arab Reform Initiative (ARI), in partnership with Alternative Policy Solutions (APS) at the American University in Cairo (Egypt) and the Moroccan Institute for Policy Analysis (MIPA), is spearheading a groundbreaking initiative to strengthen civil society’s role in environmental governance in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Generously co-funded by the European Union through its ‘Civil Society Facility for the Mediterranean’ and the Kingdom of Sweden through the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA),...