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co. in livestock fields. Authorized capital confronting the economies of the Arab
KD 60 million. Set up to encourage and states.
provide start-up finance for the production, The AFESD also provides secretariat
processing, transport of animal products for the Coordination Secretariat of Arab
and fodder. Poultry projects (for egg and National and Regional Development
meat production), dairy project, sheep Institutions.
and calves projects (for meat production),
feed projects and consultation services to
Arab Centre for the Studies of Arid inter Arab organizations, government and
Zones & Dry Lands (ACSAD)
Almuhafaza Street, Great Billal Hotel
Building Damascus Syria
P.O Box: 2440, Damascus, Syria
Tel: + 00963-11-3944171/3944172/ Arab Fund for Technical
3944173
Fax: + 00963-11-2264707/3944170 Assistance to African &
private companies.
E-Mail: acsad@net.sy Arab Fund for Economic & Social Arab Countries (AFTAAC)
http: www.acsad.org Development (AFESD) 33 Sakanat El-Maadi St., Cairo, Egypt
Cont: Dr.Rafik Ali Saleh, Director General Tel:+20-2-3590322
Established in 1971 as a specialized P.O.Box: 21923, Safat 13080, Jamal Abd Fax: +20-2-3592099
research center within the framework Al-Naser Street - Al Shuwaikh, Kuwait E-mail: arabfund@aftaac.org.eg, info@
of the League of Arab States. The main Tel:+965 4844 500 / +965 2495 9000 aftaac.org.eg
mission of ACSAD is to face the challenge Fax:+965 248 15750/60/70 Established: April 1975
imposed by the arid and semiarid Tlx: INMARAB 22153 KT Started operations: 1976
environments through the provision of E-mail:malkhubaizi@arabfund.org, hq@ Executive Director: Mr. Mahdi Mostafa
scientific and applied data and advanced arabfund.org El Hadi, Assistant Secretary-General of
techniques in a way that allows the large- http:www.arabfund.org the Arab League
scale implementation of the tasks of the Established: December 18, 1971 The creation of AFTAAAC was approved
agricultural and social developments and Started operations: 1974 in December 1973 by the Economic
the optimum exploitation of the renewable Chairman of the Board of Directors and Council of the League of Arab States, Its
natural resources in these environments. Director-General: Mr. Abdulatif Yousef statutes were endorsed in October 1974
Al-Hammad by the Seventh Arab Summit Conference.
Contact: Munira Al-Khubaizi, Library AFTAAAC is managed by the Secretariat of
Manager the League of Arab States and supervised
The Agreement Eastablishing the Fund by the League’s Board but has its own
was adopted by the Economic and Social independent budget. It is funded by
Council of the League of Arab States on 16 voluntary contributions from Arab States
May 1968, ("the Agreement"). The General and institutions.
Secretariat of the League of Arab States AFTAAAC’s main function is to provide
Arab Company for Livestock declared the Agreement effective as of 18 technical assistance for development
Development: (ACOLID) December 1971. The first meeting of the projects in Arab and African countries,
P.O.Box 5305, Mezzeh, Villat Gharbieh, Board of Governors was convened on 6 by sending Arab and African experts on
Damascus, Syria February 1972, and the Fund commenced missions to these countries.
Tel: +963 1 6616302 / 6616943 operations in early 1974. Its membership
Tlx:411376 ACOLID SY comprises all 21 members of the League
Fax:+963 1 6616989 of Arab States and each member has
e-MAIL: acolid@sps.net.sa subscribed sahres of the capital of the
Saudi Arabia: P.O.Box 18389, Riyadh Fund.
11578 P.O. 75026, Saudi Arabia The AFESD is an arab regional financial
Tel: +966 1 4195445 institution, having an independent Arab Gulf Program for United
Fax: +966 1 4192187 juridical personality. Its purpose is to Nations Development
Email: ; reg@acolid.com, acolid@sps.net. contribute to the financing of economic Organizations (AGFUND)
sa and social development in the Arab states
Chief Executive Officer: H.E. Dr. Abdullah and countries (through (1) financing P.O.Box 18371,
T. Al-Thenayan development projects, with preference Riyadh 11415, Saudi Arabia
Established in 1974 by the governments given to overall Arab development and to Tel:(966 11) 4416240, 4414168, 4418888
of Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, joint Arab projects; (2) encourgaing the Fax:(966 11) 4412962, 4412963
Sudan, Iraq, Somalia, Egypt, Yemen, Qatar, investement of private and public funds in E-mail: prmedia@agfund.org
and the Arab Investment Company and Arab projects; and (3) providing technical http: www.agfund.org
the Kuwait, Foreign Trading Contracting assistance services for Arab economic and Bahrain office:
and Investment Company. ACOLID was social development.) it not only provides P.O.Box 1335, Manama, Bahrain
established as Pan-Arab Company to excel loans, but also extends technical assistance Tel:(+973) 727 013
and play a leading role as specialized Arab grants to allevieate the bottlenecks Fax:(+973) 728 597

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