Leadership and Members

This initiative is a partnership between ESCWA, ACUNS, and Qatar University (QU).

The ANDD will be governed by a board of:

• Chair: current year host for one year (QU)
• Co-Chair: previous year host for one year
• Vice-Chair: future year host for one year
• Board Members

ESCWA will provide the secretariat support for the network during the first two years, after which member institutions shall handle this support on a rotating basis.

Given its intensive experience with similar global activities, ACUNS will provide capacity-building support, advice, lessons learned, access to its global network, administrative support, communications, and other organizational activities.

The members of the regional network include:

• Institutional members: Those represent a diverse range of universities, research centers, think tanks, NGOs, public administration institutes, and related organizations in the Arab region and worldwide. Each organizational member shall designate a focal point to the network to maintain active and quality engagement and achieve the network's objectives.
• Individual members: These are experienced researchers who belong to a member institution from diverse fields of study and practices, including international relations and international law, trade and development, human rights, humanitarian medicine, cultural studies, media, technology, gender studies, urban development, and others.

The current network committed members are listed in the table below:

Key Contacts

QU: ANDD@qu.edu.qa

ESCWA: dds@un.org

ACUNS: admin@acuns.org

Website: http://www.qu.edu.qa/research/research-activities/ANDD