Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organisation (ALECSO)

ALECSO works within the Arab League and is mainly concerned with enhancing and coordinating educational and cultural activities in the Arab world. It was founded in 1970 in accordance with the Arab Cultural Unity Charter with headquarters in Tunis. ALECSO’s Action Plan 2005–10 priorities include: literacy teaching; closing the technological and digital gap between Arab and other countries; enhancing educational systems using modern techniques in teaching and learning; supporting dialogue with other cultures; developing the scientific research system, focusing on fields of priority to the Arab world such as water resources, renewable energy and the environment; preserving the historical heritage; and disseminating and promoting Arab culture internationally.
ALECSO is overseen by a Director General and is made up of constitutional, executive, technical and administrative bodies plus five external bodies that are key to the organisation’s activities.
Contact and Website
Address
Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organisation (ALECSO)
Mohamed Alkhames Street
1120, Tunis
Tunisia
Phone: +216 71 784466
Fax: +216 71 784965
Website: www.alecso.org
Contact
Dr Mohamed-El Aziz Ben Achour
Director General
Email: ma.benachour@alecso.org.tn
Education Department
Ahmed Sayed Khalil
Phone: +216 26074000
Email: askhalil59@yahoo.com
Science and Scientific Research Department
Abulgasem El-Badri
Phone: +216 26058000
Email: abulgassemel-badri@alecso.org.tn; ahelbadri2000@yahoo.co.uk
Cultural Department
Rita Awad
Email: r.awad@alecso.org.tn
Arab Centre for Arabisation, Translation, Authorship and Publication, Damascus
Arabisation Coordination Bureau, Rabat
Institute of Arab Manuscripts, Cairo
Website: www.manuscriptsinstitute.org/
Institute of Arab Research and Studies, Cairo
Website: www.iars.net