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http: www.badea.org techniques in a way that allows the large- Chairman of the Board of Directors and
Established: November 28, 1973 scale implementation of the tasks of the Director-General: Mr. Abdulatif Yousef
Cairo Office: agricultural and social developments and Al-Hammad
Arab Bank for Economic Development in the optimum exploitation of the renewable Contact: Munira Al-Khubaizi, Library
Africa (BADEA) natural resources in these environments. Manager
82, AL -Merghani Street, No. (7) Second The Agreement Eastablishing the Fund
Floor, Misr Al Jadida was adopted by the Economic and Social
Arab Republic of Egypt Council of the League of Arab States on 16
Tel/Fax : +202-2-4175501 May 1968, ("the Agreement"). The General
Started operations: March, 1975 Secretariat of the League of Arab States
Contact: H.E. Yousef Al-Bassam, Chairman declared the Agreement effective as of 18
/ Dr. Sidi Ould TAH, Director General. / December 1971. The first meeting of the
H.E.Eng.Yousef Ibrahim Al-Bassam Board of Governors was convened on 6
Vice President & Managing Director / Arab Company for Livestock February 1972, and the Fund commenced
BADEA (Banque Arabe pour le Development: (ACOLID) operations in early 1974. Its membership
developpement economique en Afrique) P.O.Box 5305, Mezzeh, Villat Gharbieh, comprises all 21 members of the League
seeks to promote economic, financial and Damascus, Syria of Arab States and each member has
technical cooperation between African and Tel: +963 1 6616302 / 6616943 subscribed sahres of the capital of the
Arab countries. It has a dual role: as an Tlx:411376 ACOLID SY Fund.
instrument for dispensing and coordinating Fax:+963 1 6616989 The AFESD is an arab regional financial
Arab aid to non-Arab Africa as well as a e-MAIL: acolid@sps.net.sa institution, having an independent
forum for broad discussion of cooperation Saudi Arabia: P.O.Box 18389, Riyadh juridical personality. Its purpose is to
between African and Arab countries. 11578 P.O. 75026, Saudi Arabia contribute to the financing of economic
BADEA finances economic development Tel: +966 1 4195445 and social development in the Arab states
in African countries, stimulates the Fax: +966 1 4192187 and countries (through (1) financing
contribution of Arab capital to African Email: ; reg@acolid.com, acolid@sps.net. development projects, with preference
development, and helps provide technical sa given to overall Arab development and to
assistance for development in Africa. Chief Executive Officer: H.E. Dr. Abdullah joint Arab projects; (2) encourgaing the
"Forty-three member states of the T. Al-Thenayan investement of private and public funds in
Organization of African Unity that are not Established in 1974 by the governments Arab projects; and (3) providing technical
members of the League of Arab States, are of Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, assistance services for Arab economic and
eligible for aid from BADEA. By the end of Sudan, Iraq, Somalia, Egypt, Yemen, Qatar, social development.) it not only provides
1999, 41 of them benefited from BADEA's and the Arab Investment Company and loans, but also extends technical assistance
operations. the Kuwait, Foreign Trading Contracting grants to allevieate the bottlenecks
BADEA is funded by Arab governments. It and Investment Company. ACOLID was confronting the economies of the Arab
provides both project loans on concessional established as Pan-Arab Company to excel states.
terms and technical assistance, mainly for and play a leading role as specialized Arab The AFESD also provides secretariat
project feasibility studies and institutional co. in livestock fields. Authorized capital for the Coordination Secretariat of Arab
support." KD 60 million. Set up to encourage and National and Regional Development
provide start-up finance for the production, Institutions.
processing, transport of animal products
and fodder. Poultry projects (for egg and
meat production), dairy project, sheep
and calves projects (for meat production),
feed projects and consultation services to
inter Arab organizations, government and
private companies.
Arab Fund for Technical
Arab Centre for the Studies of Arid Assistance to African &
Zones & Dry Lands (ACSAD) Arab Countries (AFTAAC)
Almuhafaza Street, Great Billal Hotel 33 Sakanat El-Maadi St., Cairo, Egypt
Building Damascus Syria Tel:+20-2-3590322
P.O Box: 2440, Damascus, Syria Fax: +20-2-3592099
Tel: + 00963-11-3944171/3944172/ E-mail: arabfund@aftaac.org.eg, info@
3944173 Arab Fund for Economic & Social aftaac.org.eg
Fax: + 00963-11-2264707/3944170 Development (AFESD) Established: April 1975
E-Mail: acsad@net.sy P.O.Box: 21923, Safat 13080, Jamal Abd Started operations: 1976
http: www.acsad.org Al-Naser Street - Al Shuwaikh, Kuwait Executive Director: Mr. Mahdi Mostafa
Cont: Dr.Rafik Ali Saleh, Director General Tel:+965 4844 500 / +965 2495 9000 El Hadi, Assistant Secretary-General of
Established in 1971 as a specialized Fax:+965 248 15750/60/70 the Arab League
research center within the framework Tlx: INMARAB 22153 KT The creation of AFTAAAC was approved
of the League of Arab States. The main E-mail:malkhubaizi@arabfund.org, hq@ in December 1973 by the Economic
mission of ACSAD is to face the challenge arabfund.org Council of the League of Arab States, Its
imposed by the arid and semiarid http:www.arabfund.org statutes were endorsed in October 1974
environments through the provision of Established: December 18, 1971 by the Seventh Arab Summit Conference.
scientific and applied data and advanced Started operations: 1974 AFTAAAC is managed by the Secretariat of

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