Links

Democracy and the Rule of Law

Arab Inter-parliamentary Union (AIPU) The Arab Inter-parliamentary Union (AIPU) is an Arab parliamentary organization composed of parliamentary groups representing Arab Parliaments. » http://www.arab-ipu.org/english/

Programme on Governance in the Arab Region (POGAR) An Information Portal dedicated to Development and Governance in the Arab Region presented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). » http://www.pogar.org/

European People´s Party The EPP is a family of the political centre-right, whose roots run deep in the history and civilization of the European continent and has pioneered the European project from its inception. » http://www.epp.eu/

Development of a free and social economical system and order

Arab-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry e.V. (Ghorfa) Ghorfa is one of the most important addresses in Germany for commerce contacts. For the German business man it is one of the most known bridges. » http://www.ghorfa.de/

General Union of Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture for Arab Countries The General Union of Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture for Arab Countries (General Union) is an Arab regional non-governmental organization that has the privilege of representing the Arab private sector. » http://www.gucciaac.org.lb/

Capacity Building International (InWEnt) InWEnt is synonymous with human resources and organisational development in international cooperation. Our service package addresses specialists, executives and decision-makers in industry, politics, administration and civil society. » http://www.inwent.org/index.en.shtml

German Chambers of Commerce Abroad (AHKs) The closely-knit network of Chambers of Commerce Abroad, delegate offices and representations in more than 80 countries on every continent of the world is of major importance to German industry. » http://www.ahk.de/eng/index.html

Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) ESCWA promotes economic and social development through regional and subregional cooperation and integration and serves as the main general economic and social development forum within the United Nations system for the ESCWA region. » http://www.escwa.org.lb/

Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is an economic and political policy-coordinating forum for the six member states (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)). » http://www.gcc-sg.org/

Middle East Economic Survey (MEES) The Middle East Economic Survey (MEES) keep you informed on oil and gas in the Middle East via a weekly newsletter. » http://www.mees.com/

Euro-Mediterranean Dialogue and the Peace Process in the Near East

Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue between Cultures The Foundations main objective is to bring people and organizations from both shores of the Mediterranean closer to each other and to help bridging the gap between them. » http://www.euromedalex.org/

NATO's Mediterranean Dialogue (MD) NATO's Mediterranean Dialogue (MD) is a ten-year old forum for political consultations and practical cooperation, which includes a bilateral and a multilateral component and involves countries of the Mediterranean area. » http://www.nato.int/med-dial/home.htm

Center for European Integration Studies (ZEI) The work of ZEI contributes to the solution of the problems of European integration and Europe's role in a global context through research work, policy advice, dialogue between researchers and decision-makers, and education. » http://www.zei.de/

Civil Conflict Resolution (Zivik) The zivik team advises non-governmental organisations and the German Federal Foreign Office in this field and supports the selection, furthering, evaluation and documentation of relevant projects. » http://www.ifa.de/zivik/eindex.htm

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) is a network of more than 60 human rights organizations from over 20 countries in the Euro-Mediterranean region. » http://www.euromedrights.net/english/engelsk.html

EuroMed http://ec.europa.eu/external_relations/euromed/index_en.htm

Dialogue of Cultures and Religions

Qantara The Internet portal Qantara.de represents the concerted effort of the Federal Center for Political Education, Deutsche Welle, the Goethe Institut and the Institut Institute for Foreign Relations to promote dialogue with the Islamic world. » http://www.qantara.de/

Geman Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) The DAADis one of the world's largest and most respected intermediary organisations in its field. Scores of students, teachers, researchers and scientists supported by the DAAD have been able to gain valuable experience abroad. » http://www.daad.de/en/index.html

Jordanian Interfaith Coexistence Research Center (JICRC) The Jordanian Interfaith Coexistence Research Center (JICRC) is concerned with the sensitive and vital issue of coexistence in general and within the Middle East region in particular. » http://www.coexistencejordan.org/

The Evangelische Akademie Loccum The Evangelische Akademie Loccum encourages an open-minded discussion of the fundamental issues of our time, accompanies people searching for religious and cultural, social and political orientation, and offers a dialogue. » http://www.loccum.de/english/english.html

German Information Centre for the Arab World Website of the German Foreign Ministry for the Arab World » http://www.almania-info.diplo.de/ar/Startseite.html

Goethe Institute http://www.goethe.de/ins/jo/amm/deindex.htm

German Federal Institutions

The President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Dr. Horst Köhler www.bundespraesident.de/en

Deutscher Bundestag German Parliament » http://www.bundestag.de/htdocs_e/index.html

German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel http://www.bundeskanzlerin.de

Centre-right political parties in Germany

Christlich Soziale Union (CSU) The CSU is the centre-right political party only operating in Bavaria. Together with the CDU, both parties form the so-called CDU-CSU political group in the parliament (www.cducsu.de). » http://www.csu.de

CDU Germany Christian Democratic Union of Germany » http://www.cdu.de

Political Foundations

Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V. http://www.kas.de

Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSS) The institution named after former Bavarian minister-president and CSU chairman Hanns Seidel has been active in political education since 1967. » http://www.hss.de/english.html

Research Institutes

Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) The Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) is an independent scientific establishment that conducts practically oriented research on the basis of which it then advises the Bundestag and the federal government. » http://www.swp-berlin.org

German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) The Research Center of the German Council on Foreign Relations is an institute devoted to research with an emphasis on politics, economy, and science. » http://www.dgap.org/english

Gulf Research Center (GRC) One of the main objectives of GRC is to produce recognized research from a Gulf perspective, thereby redressing the current imbalance in Gulf area studies, where local opinion and interests are under-represented. » http://www.grc.ae/

Islam Research Directory The German Orient Institute (Hamburg) and the Goethe Institute intend that the Islam Research Directory should provide lasting assistance towards the establishment of links between researchers. » http://www.islamresearchdirectory.org/en/

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) The German Institute of Global and Area Studies, is a Hamburg-based research institute focused on political, economic and social developments in Africa, Asia, Latin America, North Africa, and the Middle East. » http://www.giga-hamburg.de

Other link lists

Germany online: The Official Germany Portal. http://www.deutschland.de/en

International Relations and Security Network (ISN) The ISN Links Library offers a comprehensive collection of annotated links to international relations and security related websites. The collection includes links to government agencies and departments, NGOs, research institutes. » http://www.isn.ethz.ch/

Arabdecision Arabdecision about Arabdecision: The most comprehensive database in the Arab World of Institutions. » http://www.arabdecision.org/

International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES) IFES is an international, nonprofit organization that supports the building of democratic societies. In this well ordered library you get much more than only information about elections. » http://www.ifes.org/searchable/ifes_site/links.html