The Middle East and North Africa Programme offers the opportunity to support leading independent research on political, economic and security issues affecting the region.

We fundraise for 100% of our costs, including for staff time, events and research projects. This support is achievable through assorted forms of sponsorship; corporate or project specific donations, or pledges to our event and publications series.

All financial sponsorship, no matter the size, is tremendously appreciated and allows the Chatham House Middle East and North Africa Programme to retain its position as a world-class research body, providing a forum for, as well as producing, cutting-edge research and policy analysis on a region which is continuously evolving and remains of vital strategic importance to the West.

Events and Publications Series

Responsive to regional changes, our events and publication series provides a forum for the debate of new ideas, the sharing of expertise and the dissemination of research findings. Though expert level multi disciplinary roundtable seminars, public events and programme papers this series brings new and regional voices to the debate, promotes wider audience participation and engagement, supports timely discussion and analysis, widens the framework of political debate and complements our ongoing research work.

We are currently seeking funding for this strand of programme work. Further details

Corporate Sponsorship

The programme welcomes engagement with the commercial sector and offers an attractive corporate support package to all supporters, including private briefings with Chatham House experts anywhere in world and unprecedented access to MENA Programme research. 

Standard core support of the MENA Programme is £15,000 per year.

Project Sponsorship

Project support allows the Middle East and North Africa Programme to pursue its research objectives by supporting our efforts to focus on pertinent thematic and regional issues, engage and influence key actors, whilst retaining a thorough regional coverage.

Current projects seeking funding:

• The Future of the Gulf monarchies
• Iraqi Foreign Policy
• Libya Working Group
• North African Identities
• The Politics of Iran

Current Supporters

The Middle East and North Africa Programme would like to thank the following organizations for their support:

Anadarko
BG Group 
BP Middle East and BP Iraq 
Chevron 
European Commission 
ExxonMobil
Finmeccanica 
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, UK
GPW
International Development Research Centre, Canada 
JAPEX 
Mitsui 
Shell International 
Statoil 
UK Department for International Development

Contact

Download flyer about Corporate Support (pdf) 

For more information on financial contributions to the Middle East and North Africa Programme please contact Jessica Forsythe