Nejib Friji , Director of IPI Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Office
Nejib Friji joined IPI in 2015 as Director of its Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Regional Office in Manama, Bahrain. In a career with the United Nations spanning 25 years, Mr. Friji began at… Read more articles → Email: friji@ipinst.org
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) office is a regional office of the International Peace Institute. The office was established in Manama, the Kingdom of Bahrain, to promote policy research on global peace and security within the Middle East and North Africa region.
The MENA office will:
• Focus on issues of the region that contribute to the international community‘s efforts to strengthen the collective capability regarding conflict prevention, multilateral diplomacy, mediation, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding;
Events
Water experts from the MENA region called on the regional parties and international community to strengthen “water diplomacy” as a preventive action and a path to achieve sustainable development and durable peace.Inaugurating IPI MENA’s Water Preventive Diplomacy Conference on April 11, 2018, H.E Dr. Abdul Hussain bin Ali Mirza, Bahrain’s Minister of Electricity and Water […]
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Marking 17 years since Bahrain’s creation of the National Action Charter (NAC), IPI MENA and the Bahrain Parliament held a joint conference on Feburary 8, 2018 entitled, “Future Prospects, Sustainable Development and Peace.” The conference comprised of three panels that delved into political, religious, and economic aspects of sustainable development and democracy.Opening the conference, H.E. […]
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The International Peace Institute, Middle East & North Africa (IPI-MENA) hosted a preliminary meeting of experts set to join in finding solutions to structural challenges regarding pensions and savings on both the regional and global levels.During the meeting, held February 1, 2018 at the IPI-MENA office in Manama, experts in pensions, finance and investment from […]
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Peace and regional stability are at stake in the pensions crisis, Nejib Friji, Director IPI-MENA, warned an expert audience at the second annual TAKAUD Pensions Conference in Manama. The pressure on pension payouts is increasing with the regional and global elderly population expanding due to longer life expectancy, extended contribution in the labor market, and […]
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To prevent civil strife and reinforce social unity, Muslim countries need to engage in a culture of mediation at the domestic level, Nejib Friji, Director, IPI Middle East & North Africa, told an audience at the first Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States Conference on Mediation in Istanbul, November 23rd.The conference, organized by the […]
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Ahmed Bin Mohamed Aljarwan, President of the Global Council for Tolerance & Peace (GCTP), expressed strong support for IPI and pledged cooperation on the “Culture of Tolerance and Peace” through joint programs, initiatives and events at a November 12th meeting in Manama.Nejib Friji, Director of IPI-MENA, and Mr. Aljarwan stressed the need for a partnership […]
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With the participation of Miroslav Lajčák, President of the UN General Assembly, Bahrain hosted the World Entrepreneurs Investment Forum (WEIF) from October 31 to November 1, 2017. Nejib Friji, Director of IPI-MENA, chaired the First Plenary Session held under the theme of “Entrepreneurship for Development & Innovation Towards Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals” with an […]
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Miroslav Lajčák, President of the UN General Assembly, called upon leaders in the MENA region to join the body’s mission of “delivering for the people.”Mr. Lajčák spoke on November 2, 2017, to an audience of representatives of government, civil society, media, academia, culture, diplomacy, youth, and the private sector at IPI-MENA in Manama.Referring to issues […]
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Emphasizing the link between humanitarian efforts and preserving world heritage, Irina Bokova, Director General of UNESCO, congratulated IPI on its “Women in Art for Peace” exhibition, which she visited, May 18, 2017.Addressing the press, Ms. Bokova said, “I am delighted to be here and to see women painters being encouraged about art for peace.”The exhibition, […]
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“Art is love and love is peace—art is the international language to convey a message,” Syrian painter Rehab Bitar told an IPI-MENA audience at the May 15th opening of an exhibition of artwork conveying messages of peace. Ms. Bitar, the Head of Peace and Culture Bridges Organization in the United States, was one of seventeen […]
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