EDITION 2011

VOLUME II.A / ASIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST

DIRECTORY OF DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS

GUIDE TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, GOVERNMENTS, PRIVATE SECTOR
DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES, CIVIL SOCIETY, UNIVERSITIES, GRANTMAKERS, BANKS,
MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS AND DEVELOPMENT CONSULTING FIRMS

Resource Guide to Development Organizations and the Internet

Introduction
Welcome to the directory of development organizations 2011, Volume II: Asia and the
Middle East
The directory of development organizations, listing 70.000 development organizations, has been
prepared to facilitate international cooperation and knowledge sharing in development work, both
among civil society organizations, academic and research institutions, governments and the private
sector.
The directory aims to promote interaction and active partnerships among key development
organisations in civil society, including NGOs, trade unions, faith-based organizations, indigenous
peoples movements, foundations and research centres. In creating opportunities for dialogue with
governments and private sector, civil society organizations are helping to amplify the voices of the
poorest people in the decisions that affect their lives, improve development effectiveness and
sustainability
and
hold
governments
and
policymakers
publicly
accountable.
In particular, the directory is intended to provide a comprehensive source of reference for
development practitioners, researchers, donor employees, and policymakers who are committed to
good governance, sustainable development and poverty reduction, through: the financial sector and
microfinance, trade and business development services, rural development and appropriate
technology, private sector development and policy reforms, legislation & rule of law and good
governance, community development and social protection, gender equality and participation,
environment and health, research, training and education.
As part of the collective effort to meet the Millennium Development Goals by 2015, the Year of
Microcredit provided an opportunity for the international community to raise awareness about the
importance of microfinance in eradicating poverty, and to enhance existing programmes that support
sustainable, inclusive financial sectors worldwide. In essence, microfinance offers each day the
possibility and hope to many poor people of improving - through their own efforts - their household
economic welfare and well-being and enterprise stability and growth. Therefore, In this 2011 edition,
microfinance actors and practitioner organizations have been marked by [M], integrating
microfinance
institutions
and
enabling
environment
into
one
directory.
This cutting-edge publication -- Eleventh Edition -- will give you hundreds (thousands) of useful sites
where you can find the statistics, reports, regulations, best practices and other key information you
need...when you need it. This time-saving tool includes a country finder index and annotates each
organization by category, so you'll know from the start whether an organization is worth visiting. Its
Internet resources will point you in the direction of the best development resources available in each
country on the World Wide Web today.

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Please note:

For easier referencing, the directory has been divided into 6 geographical sections: Africa, Asia
and the Middle East, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, North America, and Oceania.

For each of the regions contacts have been annotated by the following 9 categories: (1)
international organizations; (2) government institutions; (3) private sector support organizations
(including fairtrade); (4) finance institutions; (5) training and research centres; (6) civil society
organizations; (7) development consulting firms (including references to job opportunities and
vacancy announcements); (8) information providers (development newsletters/journals); and, (9)
grantmakers.

The directory can be used in a variety of ways... by researchers, consultants and other
development practitioners searching for up-to-date institutional information for a particular
country; by trainers using the directories as a reference tool for their training programmes; by
organizations trying to identify possible project partners; by individuals looking to identify possible
employers; by funders seeking grantees; by grantees in search of funders; or by organizations
aiming at identifying those institutions, agencies and programmes which are dedicated to
providing resources, products and services to their members.

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Countryfinder: Bahrain

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 Bahrain

AAOIFI - Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (Bahrain)

Manama Bahrain Other address:

Mailing address: P.O.Box: 1176

Web page: http://www.aaoifi.com/ Category: 4. Finance

Tel.: 973-17-24-4496 Fax: 973-17-25-0194 E-mail: aaoifi@batelco.com.bh

Notes:

ABC Islamic Bank (Bahrain)

Arab Gulf University (Bahrain), Faculty of Higher Education

AWAL Women Association (Bahrain)

BahCCI - Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Bahrain)

Bahrain Home Page

Bahrain Society of Engineers (Bahrain)

BCHR - Bahrain Center for Human Rights (Bahrain)

BCSR - Bahrain Centre for Studies and Research (Bahrain)

BES - Bahrain Environmental Society (Bahrain)

BFPA - Bahrain Family Planning Association (Bahrain)

BIBF - Bahrain Institute of Banking of Finance (Bahrain)

BMA - Bahrain Monetary Agency (Bahrain)

BMPO - Bahrain Marketing and Promotions Office (Bahrain)

BSE - Bahrain Stock Exchange (Bahrain)

Mailing address: P.O. Box 2808 Manama Bahrain Other address: ABC Tower, Diplomatic Area Manama Bahrain Tel.: 973-17Web page: http://www.arabbanking.com/ Category: 4. Finance Notes:

53-2235 Fax: 973-17-53-6379 E-mail:

Mailing address:
Web page: Category: 5. Training and Research Notes:

9054 Fax: 973-17-26-5212 E-mail:

Bahrain Other address:

Mailing address: P.O.Box 22162 Al Mahrak Bahrain Other address:

Tel.: 973-17-72-8448 973-17-72-

Tel.: 973-17-67-8948 Fax: 973-17-67-

8929 E-mail: Web page: Category: 6. CSO Notes:

Mailing address: P.O. Box 248 Manama Bahrain Other address: King
Web page: http://www.bahrainchamber.org.bh/

Mailing address:

Bahrain Other address:

Tel.:

Fax:

E-mail:

Web page: http://www.bahrain.gov.bh/ Category: 8.

Information Notes:

9819 E-mail: mohandis@batelco.com.bh

779-5170 E-mail: info@bahrainrights.org

Mailing address: P.O. Box 835 Manama Bahrain Other address:

Web page: http://www.mohandis.org/ Category: 7. Consulting Notes:

Mailing address: Manama Bahrain Other address:

Web page: http://www.bahrainrights.org/ Category: 6. CSO Notes:

17-75-4757 Fax: 973-17-75-4835 E-mail: Info@bcsr.gov.bh

Bahrain_environment@hotmail.com

Tel.: 973-17-72-7100 Fax: 973-17-72-

Tel.: 97-33-963-3399 Fax: 97-31-

Mailing address: P.O.Box : 496 Manama Bahrain Other address:

Web page: http://www.bcsr.gov.bh/ Category: 5. Training and Research Notes:

Mailing address: P.O Box 33778 Issa Town Bahrain Other address:
Web page: Category: 6. CSO Notes:

Tel.:

Tel.: 973-

Fax:

E-mail:

Mailing address: PO Box 20326 Manama Bahrain Other address: Villa 377, Road
Web page: Category: 5. Training and Research Notes:

No.1210 Manama Bahrain Tel.: 973-17-23-2233 Fax: 973-17-24-4671 E-mail: bfpa@batelco.com.bh

81-5559 Fax: 973-17-72-9928 E-mail: infodesk@bibf.com

53-3342 973-17-53-4170 E-mail: bmalbr@batelco.com.bh

3886 Fax: 973-17-53-1117 E-mail:

25-6332 E-mail:

Mailing address: P.O. Box 20525 Manama Bahrain Other address:

Web page: http://www.bibf.com/ Category: 5. Training and Research Notes:

Mailing address: P. O. Box 27 Manama Bahrain Other address:

Web page: http://www.bma.gov.bh/ Category: 4. Finance Notes:

Mailing address: P.O. Box 11299

Tel.: 973-17-

Tel.: 973-17-53-5535 Fax: 973-17-

Bahrain Other address:

Tel.: 973-17-53-

Web page: Category: 3. Private sector Notes:

Mailing address: P.O. Box 3203 Manama Bahrain Other address:

Web page: http://www.bahrainstock.com/ Category: 4. Finance Notes:

Tel.: 973-17-26-1260 Fax: 973-17-

BWA - Bahrain Women Association (Bahrain) Mailing address: "Be Free" Center, P.O. Box 18562 Manama Bahrain Other address: "Be Free" Center,
Villa 950- Road 3119- New Zinj 331 Manama Bahrain Tel.: 973-17-24-2415 Fax: 973-17-23-4348 E-mail: contact@befreecenter.org Web page: http://www.bahrainws.org/
Category: 6. CSO Notes: Other Web page: http://www.befreecenter.org/ , Be Free Center

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Faisal Highway Manama Bahrain Tel.: 973-17-22-9555 Fax: 973-17-22-4985 E-mail: bcci@bahrainchamber.org.bh
Category: 3. Private sector Notes:

 Bahrain

BWS - Bahrain Women Society (Bahrain) Mailing address: P.O. Box 11425 Manama Bahrain Other address:
82-6117 E-mail: bahws@batelco.com.bh bws@bahrainws.org Web page: http://www.bahrainws.org/ Category: 6. CSO Notes:

CDHRB - Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in Bahrain

Central Statistics Organisation (Bahrain)

GCIBFI - General Council for Islamic Banks and Financial Institutions (Bahrain)

Government of Bahrain

ICC - International Chamber of Commerce (Bahrain)

Tel.: 973-17-75-2756 Fax:

Tel.: 973-17-82-6777 Fax: 973-17-

Mailing address: P.O.Box 1111 Manama Bahrain Other address:

E-mail: analekry@bcsr.gov.bh cdhrb@hotmail.com Web page: http://www.bcsr.gov.bh/ Category: 2. Government Notes:

Mailing address: P.O. Box 5835 Manama Bahrain Other address:

Web page: http://www.bahrain.gov.bh/ Category: 2. Government Notes:

52-8989 E-mail: cio@bahrain.gov.bh

Tel.: 973-17-52-5553 Fax: 973-17-

Mailing address: P.O.Box 1290 Manama Bahrain

Tel.: 973-17-22-9981 Fax: 973-17-22-9971 E-mail: info@islamicfinanceonline.com gcibfi@islamicfinanceonline.com Web page:
http://www.islamicfinanceonline.com/ Category: 4. Finance Notes:

Other address:

Mailing address:

Bahrain Other address:

Tel.:

Fax:

E-mail:

Web page: http://www.bahrain.gov.bh/ Category: 2.

973-17-21-2937 E-mail: a.rahim@bahrainchamber.org.bh

Mailing address: P.O. Box 248 Bahrain Other address:

Web page: http://www.iccwbo.org/ Category: 3. Private sector Notes:

IIFM - International Islamic Financial Market (Bahrain) Mailing address: Bahrain Other address:
53-7810 E-mail: iifmceo@batelco.com.bh iifm@oicexchange.com Web page: http://www.iifm.net/ Category: 4. Finance Notes:

Ministry of Commerce (Bahrain)

Ministry of Education (Bahrain)

Ministry of Finance and National Economy (Bahrain)

17-53-0455 E-mail:

info@batelco.com.bh

Mailing address: PO Box : 5479 Diplomatic Area, Manama Bahrain Other address:
Web page: http://www.commerce.gov.bh/ Category: 2. Government Notes:

Mailing address: P.O. Box 43 Manama Bahrain Other address:

Web page: http://www.education.gov.bh/ Category: 2. Government Notes:

Ministry of Health (Bahrain) Mailing address: Bahrain Other address:

http://www.health.gov.bh/ Category: 5. Training and Research Notes:

Tel.: 973-17-53-1531 Fax: 973-

Tel.: 973-17-68-0105 Fax: 973-17-68-7866 E-mail:

Tel.:

Fax:

E-mail: webmaster@health.gov.bh

Ministry of Industry (Bahrain)

Ministry of Trade and Agriculture (Bahrain)

SBIB - Saudi-Bahraini Institute for the Blind (Bahrain)

Scouts of Bahrain

TI - Transparency International Bahrain / BTS - Bahrain Transparency Society (Bahrain)

17-53-0455 E-mail:

Tel.: 973-17-53-7850 Fax: 973-17-

Mailing address: P.O.Box 333 Manama Bahrain Other address:

Web page: http://www.mofne.gov.bh/ Category: 2. Government Notes:

Fax: 973-17-53-2853 E-mail:

mail: industry@industry.gov.bh

Tel.: 973-17-22-7306 Fax:

Mailing address: P.O. Box 1435 Manama Bahrain Other address:

Web page: http://www.industry.gov.bh/ Category: 2. Government Notes:

Tel.: 973-17-53-0800

Web page:

Tel.: 973-17-29-1511 Fax: 973-17-29-0157 E-

Mailing address: P.O. Box 5479 Manama Bahrain Other address:

Tel.: 973-17-53-1531 Fax: 973-

Web page: Category: 2. Government Notes:

0818 Fax: 973-17-78-0786 E-mail: sbiblind@hotmail.com

Mailing address:

Manama Bahrain Other address:

Mailing address: PO Box 33484 Issa Town Bahrain Other address:

Web page: http://www.blindinstitute.org/ Category: 6. CSO Notes:

Bahrain Other address:

Tel.: 973-17-81-1677 Fax:

Tel.:

Fax:

E-mail: bahts@batelco.com.bh

E-mail:

Tel.: 973-17-78-

Web page: http://www.scoutbh.com/ Category: 6. CSO Notes:

Mailing address: PO Box 26059, Adlya

Web page: http://www.transparency.org/ Category: 6. CSO Notes:

TradeArabia (Bahrain) Mailing address: c/o Al Hilal Publishing & Marketing Group, PO Box 224 Manama Bahrain Other address:
Fax: 973-17-29-3400 E-mail: info@tradearabia.net Web page: http://www.tradearabia.com/ Category: 8. Information Notes:

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UNDP (Bahrain) - United Nations Development Programme [M] Mailing address: P.O. Box 26814 Manama Bahrain Other address: 69 UN
House,Road 1901 Hoora 319 Bahrain Tel.: 973-17-31-1600 Fax: 973-17-31-1500 E-mail: registry.bh@undp.org fo.bhr@undp.org Web page: http://www.undp.org.bh/
Category: 1. International Notes:

UNEP (Bahrain) - United Nations Environment Programme, ROWA - Regional Office For West Asia

University of Bahrain, Social Science Department

10880 Manama Bahrain Other address:

International Notes:

E-mail:

Mailing address: P.O. Box

Web page: http://www.unep.org.bh/ Category: 1.

Mailing address: P.O Box 32038 Sukhair Campus Bahrain Other address:
Web page: http://www.uob.edu.bh/ Category: 5. Training and Research Notes:

Tel.: 973-17-44-

Asia and the Middle East

9301 973-17-44-0044 Fax:

Tel.: 973-17-81-2777 Fax: 973-17-82-5110 E-mail: uneprowa@unep.org.bh

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