Under the Patronage of His Excellency Amre Moussa, Secretary General of the League of Arab States, the AIWF programme continued with the valued cooperation of the League of Arab States and the support of the European Parliament, the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and the World Bank in hosting the second of a two-part series of conferences to mark the tenth anniversary of the Barcelona Process.
AIWF hosted the second conference, Women and Integrated Rural Development, on 12-13 June 2005 at the prestigious headquarters of the League of Arab States, in Cairo. The programme was supported by the Fundación Promoción Social de la Cultura, renowned for its work with NGOs and rural associations in the Euro- Med region, along with local partners the Women’s Strategy Group of Egypt’s International Economic Forum. Supported by the League of Arab States, The Foreign & Commonwealth Office, UK, European Parliament, World Bank, Shell, IBM and Commercial International Bank.