Organisation

The Danish Egyptian Dialogue Institute (DEDI) is an independent institution established in Cairo in 2004 as a project under the "Danish-Arabic Partnership Program" with funding from the Danish Development Agency (DANIDA).


The strategic aim of the Institute is to enhance political life in Egypt and Denmark, and in Europe and the Arab World at large, and to improve mutual understanding and dialogue

between communities living in these areas. The Institute is funded by grants from the Danish development agency, DANIDA. The first DANIDA grant was spent in the period from late 2004 to early 2008.


In spring 2008, the Institute opened its Second Phase. In the same year, the Board decided to organize its efforts to enhance dialogue and reform in four thematic programs focusing on political participation,

new media, human rights and critical thinking.


In 2010, the projects were assembled in three thematic program areas that cover the three main areas of reform and dialogue, governance, gender, and knowledge.


In 2011, the Institute entered its Third Phase with a new Corporate Strategy. To read DEDI's new Corporate Strategy, please click here.

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