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Middle East Special Initiatives
Supporting the quest for lasting peace
 
This special IDRC program has supported the Canadian government’s diplomatic, development, and other engagement with the Palestinian refugee issue in the Middle East through technical research.
 
Our goal is simple: To provide backing, guidance, and research on the particular problems facing Middle East countries by supporting hands-on and academic work. We’re now completing our programming.
Expert and Advisory Services Fund

Expert and Advisory Services Fund

The Expert and Advisory Services Fund was established at IDRC to support research and generate knowledge that can lead to sustainable solutions to the Middle East refugee problem.
Middle East Good Governance Fund

Middle East Good Governance Fund

Established in 2004 to increase and disseminate policy-relevant knowledge, the fund has promoted good governance in countries of the Middle East and North Africa.
Scholarship Fund

Scholarship Fund

This multi-donor scholarship fund has helped young Palestinian refugee women in Lebanon pursue university degrees—and given them hope.

Latest Projects

Women in Cairo are now able to report rape, harassment, and assaults through Harrassmap, a pilot project in Cairo, Egypt. The goal is to change the social acceptability of sexual harassment in Egypt.
HarassMap: Using Crowdsourced Data in the Social SciencesHarassMap: Using Crowdsourced Data in the Social SciencesCommunity Based Crime Prevention in GuatemalaGrowing Informal Cities: Mobile Entrepreneurs and Inclusive Growth in South Africa, Mozambique, and ZimbabweSoutheast Asian Uplands Agriculture FellowshipsResearch Program of Adolescent HIV Prevention Strategies

Latest Projects

Guatemala is one of the most violent countries in the world. Guatemalans of every age, class and ethnicity confront violence daily in every part of the national territory. According to statistics kept by the police and the human rights ombudsman...
HarassMap: Using Crowdsourced Data in the Social Sciences Community Based Crime Prevention in GuatemalaCommunity Based Crime Prevention in GuatemalaGrowing Informal Cities: Mobile Entrepreneurs and Inclusive Growth in South Africa, Mozambique, and ZimbabweSoutheast Asian Uplands Agriculture FellowshipsResearch Program of Adolescent HIV Prevention Strategies

Latest Projects

Migrant entrepreneurs are an important force in the informal economy in southern Africa, but their role is often invisible to policymakers and researchers. New research on the contributions of these m
HarassMap: Using Crowdsourced Data in the Social SciencesCommunity Based Crime Prevention in Guatemala Growing Informal Cities: Mobile Entrepreneurs and Inclusive Growth in South Africa, Mozambique, and ZimbabweGrowing Informal Cities: Mobile Entrepreneurs and Inclusive Growth in South Africa, Mozambique, and ZimbabweSoutheast Asian Uplands Agriculture FellowshipsResearch Program of Adolescent HIV Prevention Strategies

Latest Projects

Efforts to strengthen knowledge and research skills in agriculture and food security in the uplands of Southeast Asia are essential to developing a strong network of professionals who can address some
HarassMap: Using Crowdsourced Data in the Social SciencesCommunity Based Crime Prevention in GuatemalaGrowing Informal Cities: Mobile Entrepreneurs and Inclusive Growth in South Africa, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe Southeast Asian Uplands Agriculture FellowshipsSoutheast Asian Uplands Agriculture FellowshipsResearch Program of Adolescent HIV Prevention Strategies

Latest Projects

In Africa, HIV is having a devastating impact on young people. Globally, youth aged 15 to 24 account for almost one third of all new infections. There are unique challenges to implementing adolescent-
HarassMap: Using Crowdsourced Data in the Social SciencesCommunity Based Crime Prevention in GuatemalaGrowing Informal Cities: Mobile Entrepreneurs and Inclusive Growth in South Africa, Mozambique, and ZimbabweSoutheast Asian Uplands Agriculture Fellowships Research Program of Adolescent HIV Prevention StrategiesResearch Program of Adolescent HIV Prevention Strategies
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