New Partnership Announcement

Arab Land Initiative is pleased to announce a new partnership with the Arab Urban Development Institute (AUDI), a regional non-governmental and non-profit organization specializing in research and training in urban development and municipal affairs.

AUDI was founded in 1980, with headquarters located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Since its inception, it has grown to encompass more than 650 member cities across 22 Arab countries. The Institute supports municipalities in the Arab region in addressing their urban development challenges by providing credible and impactful policy research products and training programs in four focus areas: municipal institutional development, urban resilience, local economic development and livable cities.

AUDI engages in work that contributes to an improved global urban future through innovative partnerships and collaborative learning by bringing together municipalities, urban researchers, universities, donors and regional and international organizations. The Institute aims to build a strong network between Arab municipalities and regional and international urban development organizations, to contribute to capacity development of municipalities through training and leadership programs, to diversify activities and programs to align with the needs and aspirations of stakeholders and to engage in high quality policy research.

To do this, AUDI develops and implements dedicated training and advisory programs to provide cities with needed technical support, organizes specialized conferences and meetings to strengthen relations between Arab cities, facilitates media exposure for Arab urban realities and horizons through written and audiovisual products, preserves the memory of cities and urban development in the Arab region and contributes to better urban development in Arab cities through qualitative research.