Institute of Cultrual Affairs Middle East & North Africa

National Network
Egypt
Address

119 Misr/Helwan Road-Borg El Karnak
Cairo
Egypt

Telephone
02-25254145
Telephone (other)
02-25254115
Fax
02-25254115
E-Mail
assemkml@gmail.com
E-Mail (2)
Madeleine_Michel@hotmail.com
Mobile Phone
0106809960
Mobile Phone (other)
0105633154
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
1976
Fields of Activity
  1. Environment/Sustainable development
General Information
The Institute of Cultural Affairs- Middle East and North Africa is a private, non-profit organization concerned with the “Human factor” in world of development. ICA-MENA affiliates with 30 ICA's worldwide federated in ICA International (ICAI), chartered by the royal decree in Belgium in 1977.
Mission and Objectives

To enable partner communities locally and regionally to achieve sustainable development investment of available resources to improve the living standards and keep pace with changes in the global environment, and we thought that we support the positive participation and the realization of justice and development to achieve the highest levels of satisfaction for all stakeholders to meet current and projected needs to devise new solutions to the outstanding development best suited to the particular characteristics of each culture and society in our geography.

Main Projects / Activities

Throughout the past 32 years, ICA-MENA integrated development interventions benefited around 200 villages, supported by 4 branch offices extending from Beni Suef, to Aswan, Fayoum and Greater Cairo governorates as well as the Cairo regional office that provides the managerial support. Today ICA’s family includes approx. 100 committed and professional full time Egyptian staff working in the 4 governorates.
Small and Medium Enterprises and Business Planning- Microsoft: project entailed a series of training workshops that are focused on SMEs.
Training for EQUIP project in seven governorates: Through this methodology and using the Technology of Participation ICA became capable of leading the working groups towards taking the right decisions on a participatory basis
Capacity Building for Manchiet Nasser Schools: project focused on the capacity building of schools in the designated urban slum area so as to create a learning environment that supports and facilitates school enrollment.
Small Grants Program: program focused on establishing a youth exchange workshop to help empower youth to serve marginalized communities in the MENA region.
Small Grants Program: program focused on establishing a youth exchange workshop to help empower youth to serve marginalized communities in the MENA region.
Children at Risk project targets the social development of working children, children with visual impairments, and children with disabilities in Cairo, Fayoum and Charkia governorates in Egypt. This project work on realizing this goal through recognizing the rights of and empower Egyptian male and female children, specifically working children and those with special needs, hence, reducing poverty among them and providing them with a chance in the social development
Me Book Program for Democracy: This program was aimed at instilling a sense of value among Egyptian children as a first step towards promoting democracy.

Contact (1) Full Name
Assem Kamal
Head of the organisation
Assem Kamal
Contact (2) Full Name
Madeleine Michel