Amaliastraat 3-5
2514 JC The Hague
Netherlands
- Arts
- International/Cultural relations
- Youth and education
The core mission of the Lutfia Rabbani Foundation is to develop a dialogue platform between Europe and the Arab World. The Foundation implements this mission through three channels: • Scholarships: designed to enhance the post-graduate educational experience and promote intercultural cooperation by offering students from Europe and the Arab world the means to study or research in each other’s respective countries. The foundation provides several scholarships: MSR scholarships for Master and PHD students, Travel scholarships to promote mutual understanding between the Netherlands and Arab world, and the Vreede scholarship for the summer program at the Hague Institute on international law. • Dialogue platform: through the biennale Euro-Arab dialogue Forum, the annual MSR lecture series and two Roundtable Dialogue workshops each year, the Foundation seeks to create a dynamic platform for mutual understanding, discussion and networking between both parts of the world. • Cooperation: through its cultural and educational projects the foundation aims to enhance mutual exchange, understanding and collaborations between Europe and the Arab world.
The Foundation implements a variety of programs and activities designed to benefit students and professionals in both regions, and seeks to promote education in the broadest sense of the term. In addition to providing scholarships (http://www.rabbanifoundation.org/scholarships/msr-scholarships/) to Arab and European students to study in each other’s’ respective regions, the Foundation organizes and hosts the Euro-Arab Dialogue Forum (http://www.rabbanifoundation.org/dialogue-platform/), develops education projects (http://www.rabbanifoundation.org/cooperation-2/) and participates in numerous other initiatives in the field of Euro-Arab cooperation to promote Euro-Arab dialogue and understanding.
We promote Euro-Arab dialogue, linking people together through education and cooperation and offering a dialogue platform for both regions to discuss, debate, network and collaborate. For the past 35 years, the Lutfia Rabbani Foundation has been a bridge between Europe and the Arab world, underlining the importance of a strong, interactive and mutually beneficial relationship between both parts of the world. In the words of the founder Mahmoud S. Rabbani: “Arabs and Europeans still have much to learn from each other. Once they have come to a genuine understanding they will find that there is room in their mutual relationship for a much stronger and broader cooperation.”
We would like to build partnerships with other organizations and organize activities focused on Euro-Arab dialogue.