The Executive Committee of AARINENA met on January 16, 2020, at Geneva Hotel, Amman-Jordan.
- Present:
- Dr. Rachid Dahan, AARINENA Vice President and the Maghreb Sub-Region Representative
- Dr. Nizar Hadad, Mashreq Sub-Region Representative
- Dr. Fadilah Al Salameen, Arabian Peninsula Sub-Region Representative
- Dr. Bülent Sonmez, Western Asia Sub-Region Representative
- Ms. Seta Tutundjian, Non CGIAR organizations
- Dr. Abdelrahim Huniti, Universities Representative
- Ms. Zeinab Almomany, Youth and Women Representative
- Dr. Rida A. Shibli, AARINENA Executive Secretary
Recommendations
The EC recommends:
1. Have EC members involved in finding new members to join AARINENA to achieve it’s mission to get more fund from its membership fees. Small organizations, centers, NGOs…etc., can be contacted.
2. Have EC members to get AARINENA involved in activities they are aware of through their institutions and to have more participation of AARINENA members in these activities.
3. Facilitate more collaboration with international organizations that can fund, support or participate to AARINENA’s activities (FAO, GFAR…etc.)
4. Have workshops according to the suggestions of the KISR/Kuwait, ICBA/UAE and TAGEM/Turkey.
5. Open venues of collaboration out of the NENA region to get more fund and activities like the current collaboration with CASTCTC.
6. Have AARINENA as a hyperlink in all possible organizations websites to get more institutions acquainted with AARINENAs missions and to open more venues of collaborations.