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About us
The Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe (CEDARE) is an intergovernmental not-for-profit organization established in 1992 under the Damascus charter adopted by the 3rd Arab Ministerial Meeting on Environment Affairs 1991. CEDARE addresses regional environmental challenges by promoting sustainable development and resource management.
As a hub for regional and international cooperation, CEDARE fosters strategic partnerships between the Arab region and Europe, facilitating knowledge exchange, policy development, and technical cooperation. These partnerships drive the implementation of joint programs that promote sustainability and environmental resilience.
Headquartered in Cairo, Egypt, CEDARE is currently working on reactivating its regional office in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its Euro-Mediterranean office in Malta, aiming to expand its outreach and impact.
CEDARE is governed by a 15-member Board of Trustees (BoT), which includes environment ministers, as well as representatives from regional and international organizations and academia. Saudi Arabia serves as Chair, while Egypt, the host country, holds the Vice-Chair position. With the support of more than 140 funding partners, CEDARE continues to lead regional sustainability and environmental efforts.
Through its multidisciplinary network of experts, CEDARE advances programs and initiatives across the Arab region, Europe, and Africa. CEDARE’s activities focus on digital transformation, climate resilience, water and land management, circular economy, green finance, and environmental governance.
As a hub for regional and international cooperation, CEDARE fosters strategic partnerships between the Arab region and Europe, facilitating knowledge exchange, policy development, and technical cooperation. These partnerships drive the implementation of joint programs that promote sustainability and environmental resilience.
Headquartered in Cairo, Egypt, CEDARE is currently working on reactivating its regional office in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its Euro-Mediterranean office in Malta, aiming to expand its outreach and impact.
CEDARE is governed by a 15-member Board of Trustees (BoT), which includes environment ministers, as well as representatives from regional and international organizations and academia. Saudi Arabia serves as Chair, while Egypt, the host country, holds the Vice-Chair position. With the support of more than 140 funding partners, CEDARE continues to lead regional sustainability and environmental efforts.
Through its multidisciplinary network of experts, CEDARE advances programs and initiatives across the Arab region, Europe, and Africa. CEDARE’s activities focus on digital transformation, climate resilience, water and land management, circular economy, green finance, and environmental governance.
Our Vision
To be a leading catalyst for transformative solutions, strategic leadership, and innovation in environmental sustainability, sustainable development, and climate resilience through regional and international collaboration aligned with evolving regional needs.
Our Mission
To support decision-makers and stakeholders to integrate sustainable development pillars, including environmental sustainability and climate resilience into policies and strategies. By fostering innovation, building strategic partnerships, enhancing capacities, and managing knowledge; CEDARE drives action and addresses emerging challenges in priority areas including resource efficiency, green and blue economy, water and food security, sustainable livelihoods, and local community inclusion.
Our Core Values
- Sustainability– Commitment to long-term environmental stewardship.
- Collaboration– Engaging regional and global partnerships for impact.
- Innovation– Promoting advanced technologies and policy solutions.
- Inclusivity– Advancing equitable and gender-inclusive environmental policies and actions.
- Integrity– Upholding transparency, accountability, and ethical practices.
Regional Experience
Cedare is an institution with strong roots, governed by a high-level Board of Trustees, comprising environmental policy and decision leaders. Cedare’s scope of regional expertise include, among other activities, integrated water resource management, environmental assessment and reporting, integrated coastal zone management and management of natural resources. Since 1992, Cedare has undertaken extensive research in issues of strategic concern to the MENA relevance, in the fields of:
Cedare’s global partner base includes governments, universities, international organizations, NGO’s, media, private sector, and civil society at large, including the USAID, League of Arab States, Care International, the European Union (EU), the World Resources Institute (WRI), the World Conservation monitoring Centre (WCMC), UNEP, UNDP, the World Bank (WB), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Food Programme (WFP), the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD), the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and others.
Cedare is a member in the executive boards of significant international and regional entities including the Arab Water Council (AWC); the Joint Ministerial Committee on Environment and Development for the Arab Region; the Mediterranean Commission for Sustainable Development; the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment; the Steering Committee of the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Initiative; the Global Water Partnership; the Arab Water Council; the Arab Roundtable of Sustainable Consumption and Production and the International Dynamic Coalition on Internet and Climate Change, the African Ministers Council on Water (AMCOW); and the Egyptian Water Partnership among others.
Cedare contributed to the establishment of a number of regional environment and information networks such as the Africa Environment Information Network; the North Africa Network of Environmental Journalists; the Arab Regional Environment Information Network; the Arab Disaster Risk Reduction Network; and the Arab Network for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation, as well as other specialized thematic networks.
Our Partners
The Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe (CEDARE) was established in1992 as an international inter-governmental Organization with diplomatic status.