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Established: April 18, 1981 & Admin. Dept. Fax: + 20-2-33378563
Started operations: 1981 Establishment: In accordance with E-mail: FAO-EGY@fao.org
President: H.R.H. Prince Talal bin Abdul resolution No:4/1989 by the board of Director General: José Graziano da Silva
Aziz Al-Saud Governors of the Arab Monetary Fund Contact: Mr Hussein Gadain,
Seven Arab Gulf countries (Bahrain, Iraq, (AMF) on March 16, 1989. FAO Representative in Egypt
Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Chief Executive Chairman of the Headquarters;
the United Arab Emirates) contribute to Board: Abdulrahman A. Al Hamidy Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
the resources of AGFUND which was Activity: The objective is to develop and 00153 Rome, Italy
established on the initiative of H.R.H. promote Arab trade and enhance the Tel:(+39) 06 57051
Prince Talal bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud of competitive ability of Arab exporters. e-mail:FAO-HQ@fao.org
Saudi Arabia. AGFUND gives grants to This is achieved by providing refinancing FAO helps develop countries in transition,
in the form of lines of credit, to Arab
various UN organisations and Arab NGO's exporters and importers, through National modernises and improves agriculture,
in support of socially oriented projects, agencies designated by central Banks / forestry and fisheries practices and
especially those designed to benefit monetary authorities of Arab countries ensures
children and mothers. (210 agencies in 19 Arab & 5 foreign good nutrition for all. Since it’s founding
countries). Refinancing includes pre- in 1945, FAO has focused special attention
export, export and import as well as buyer on developing rural areas, home to 70
credits. Eligible goods are those with percent of the world’s poor and hungry
value added of at least 40% originating people. FAO’s activities comprise for many
from primary resources and / or other areas namely putting information within
domestic production factors of an Arab reach, sharing policy expertise, providing
Arab Organization for Agricultural country. In its endeavor to enhance the a meeting place for nations, and bringing
Development competitive ability of the Arab exporters knowledge to the field.
Road No. 7 buildings , ATFP renders additional services,
B 474 – Khartoum-11111, Sudan through the Inter Arab Trade Information
Tel: (249 - 183) 472176 - 83 Network (IATIN) that provides information
Fax:(249 - 183) 471402 / 471050 relating to Arab Trade as well as Arab
Trade Opportunities. Also through Trade
Email: info@aoad.org
Promotion by Organizing the Buyers
Contact: Dr. Yahia Bakour, Director
General Sellers meetings on Arab goods.
AOAD Office in Jordan Structure: The General Assembly is the
highest authority. The Board of Directors
P. O. Box 19082 Amman 11196 - Jordan consists of eight directors elected by Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)
Tel: (962 - 6) 5521406 - 5521407 the General Assembly for a three years P.O. Box 5925, Jeddah 21432,
Fax: (962 - 6) 5521409 renewable term under the chairmanship Saudi Arabia
E-mail: ERO@aoad.org of the Director General and Chairman Tel: (+966 12) 6361400
http: www.aoad.org of the Board of the Arab Monetary Fund. Fax: (+96612) 6366871
Established in 1972, with authorized capital The Board of Directors is responsible E-mail: info@isdb.org
of KD 150 million, to encourage bilateral for formulating ATFP’s policy and http: www.isdb-pilot.org
food production projects between Arab internal bylaws as well as supervising Established: April 23, 1975
states and to provide an advisory service for its operations. The Chief Executive and Started Operations: October 20, 1975
agricultural development projects. Closely Chairman of the Board is responsible for Contact: H.E. Dr. Bandar Hajjar, President,
linked with the Arab Institute of Forestry in formulating ATFP’s management and the IDB Group, Chairman, Board of Executive
Latakia, Syria, AOAD has already completed conduct of its daily affairs. Directors (He was elected unanimously
some (1350) in-depth technical and feasibility General Publications: Articles of by the Board of Governors during their
studies in the Arab world to-date. Association (Arabic); Annual Report Annual Meeting in Jakarta in May 2016)
(Arabic and English); ATFP General Capital: As per the decision of the
Features (Arabic+ English). th
38 Annual Meeting of the Board of
Governors, the authorized capital of the
IDB was raised to ID 100 billion and its
subscribed capital to ID 50 billion.
The objective of IsDB is to foster
Arab Trade Financing Program economic development and social progress
(ATFP) in member countries and in Muslim
P.O.Box:26799, Corniche Road, communities in accordance with the
AMF Bldg., 7th Floor, Abu Dhabi, UAE Food & Agriculture Organisation of principles of Islamic Shariah. Its present
Tel: +971 2 631 6999 the UN (FAO) membership consists of 57 countries which
Fax: +971 2 631 6793 / 6316299 are also members of the Organization of
E-mail: finadmin@atfp.ae FAO Representation Office in Egypt the Islamic Conference.
Web: www.atfp.org.ae North Africa; P.O. Box 100, 11 El Eslah El
Contact: Mr. Aziz Jabara, Director, Finance Zerai Street, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt
Tel: +20 2 3331 6000 /10 - 3375029

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