The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) faces an array of overlapping and compounding crises. Proxy warfare, military occupations, despotism, and unequal global integration overlaps with the collapse of incomes, skyrocketing unemployment, and climate shocks. At the same time, Arab Spring era demands for rights and liberties have been squashed. How can we generate fresh, localised, and actionable solutions to address these challenges?

The IDS MENA Initiative is an ambitious partnership between researchers, activists, citizens, development practitioners, and humanitarian agencies. Through research, events, workshops and other activities, it creates a space for shared global learning and actions that will address the biggest development challenges in MENA.