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Achievements On the Regional Level

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Elba project

Regional Community Solid Waste Management program (RCSWMP)

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RAED Profile

RAED is a network of Arab non- governmental organizations including more than 200 NGOs from Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Sudan, Egypt, Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Kuwait, Quatar, Bahrain, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen.

objectives

The objectives of the organization is to coordinate between regional community organizations in the exchange of skills, experiences and information. To create new grassroots activities to be implemented by

RAED NGOs members. To encourage the inclusion of community participation projects in government programs to achieve sustainable development. And finally, to gather, disseminate and exchange regional and international data on different environmental and developmental problems.

Achievments

The secretariat of the network is the Arab office for Youth and Environment (AOYE) has worked extensively with the national coordinators of RAED to ensure the coordination among the NGOs members in the network. This active coordination has been successful in making the network an influential actor in the field of environment throughout the Middle East region such that now :

RAED has been granted an observant status in the Council for the Arab Ministers of Environment concerned with the environment in the Arab League. And on the international level, RAED has been granted consultative status with the ECOSOC (Economic and Social council of the UN).

RAED has participated in several international NGO fora and conferences on the international level such as:

The Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1992

The International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), Cairo, 1994
United Nations World Summit on Social Development (WSSD), Copenhagen, 1995
The United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 1995
The second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements HABITAT II, Istanbul, Turkey, 1996.

Also, the network has attended:

The forth meeting for the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) , New York , 18 April-3 May 1996
The United Nations Roundtable Concerned with lending assistance to the Palestinian people, Cairo 1996
The Rio + 5 Forum, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil 1997
Regional Meeting for Arab Youth Strategy for Environmental Action, Egypt, 1997
Global Knowledge 1997, Canada, 1997
General Assembly Special Session (Earth Summit II), New York, 1997.

RAED is a network of Arab non- governmental organizations including more than 200 NGOs from Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Sudan, Egypt, Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Kuwait, Quatar, Bahrain, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen.

The objectives of the organization is to coordinate between regional community organizations in the exchange of skills, experiences and information. To create new grassroots activities to be implemented by

RAED has participated in several international NGO fora and conferences on the international level such as:

The Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1992

The International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), Cairo, 1994

United Nations World Summit on Social Development (WSSD), Copenhagen, 1995

The United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 1995

The second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements HABITAT II, Istanbul, Turkey, 1996.

Also, the network has attended:

The forth meeting for the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) , New York , 18 April-3 May 1996

The United Nations Roundtable Concerned with lending assistance to the Palestinian people, Cairo 1996

The Rio + 5 Forum, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil 1997

Regional Meeting for Arab Youth Strategy for Environmental Action, Egypt, 1997

Global Knowledge 1997, Canada, 1997

General Assembly Special Session (Earth Summit II), New York, 1997.