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{{short description|International cultural organization}}
{{Infobox organization
| name                = Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization
| native_name         = المنظمة العربية للتربية والثقافة والعلوم
| native_name_lang    = ar
| logo                = ALECSO logo.PNG
| image               = ALECSO siege social.jpg
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| caption             = ALECSO headquarters in Tunis
| map                 = Arab League Countries Highlighted in Orange.PNG
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| mcaption            = Map of the [[Arab League]]
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| formation           = 25 July 1970
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| type                = [[Institutions of the Arab League|Arab League institution]]
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| headquarters        = [[Tunis, Tunisia]]
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| language            = Arabic
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| leader_name         = [[Saud Hilal Al-Harbi]]
| main_organ          = Conference of Arab Education Ministers
| parent_organization = [[Arab League]]
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| website             = {{url|www.alecso.org/site}}
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{{Life in the Arab League}}
The '''Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization''' (ALECSO) is a [[Tunis]]-based [[Institutions of the Arab League|institution]] of the [[Arab League]], established in accordance with article 3 of the Arab Cultural Unity Charter by an announcement made in [[Cairo]], Egypt, on 25 July 1970.<ref name="About">{{Cite web
| last =
| first =
| title = Overview of ALECSO
| work = ALECSO
| publisher = Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization
| date = 2015-04-01
| url = http://www.alecso.org/site/alecso-about/2015-04-01-12-43-08.html
| format = About us
| doi =
| access-date = 2015-08-26
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130210005/http://www.alecso.org/site/alecso-about/2015-04-01-12-43-08.html
| archive-date = 2017-11-30
| url-status = dead
}}</ref> ALECSO works to coordinate cultural and educational activities in the [[Arab world]].<ref name="About"/>
Among its various activities, subsidiary ALECSO institutions have been established across the Arab world:<ref name="About"/>
*[[Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization#Arab Centre for Arabization, Translation, Authorship and Publication|Arab Centre for Arabization, Translation, Authorship and Publication]]
*[http://www.arabization.org.ma/ Arabization Coordination Bureau]
*Institute of Arab Manuscripts
*[[Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization#Institute of Arab Research and Studies|Institute of Arab Research and Studies]]
*International Institute for the Arabic Language
==Activities==
Article 1 of ALECSO's constitution states that ALECSO seeks to achieve unity of thought in the Arab world through education, culture and science and to enhance the level of culture in the region, in order to keep up with and contribute to universal civilisation.<ref name="About"/>
===Arab Centre for Arabization, Translation, Authorship and Publication===
[[Image:ACATAP logo.PNG|200px|left|thumb|ACATAP logo]]
The ''Arab Centre for Arabization, Translation, Authorship and Publication'' (ACATAP) is a [[Damascus]]-based [[Institutions of the Arab League|institution]], established in 1990 by an agreement between [[Syria]] and ALECSO.<ref name="ACATAP About">{{Cite web
| last =
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| title = About us
| publisher = Arab Centre for Arabization, Translation, Authorship and Publication
| date = 2011-03-26
| url = http://www.acatap.org/index.php/2011-03-26-23-12-17
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| access-date = 2015-08-26}}</ref> In pursuit of the goals of the Arabic Cultural Unity Charter and the ALECSO constitution, ACATAP aims to [[Arabization|Arabize]] [[higher education]] in the Arab world, enrich Arab culture through the translation of works of foreign origin and share Arab achievements through the translation of [[Arabic]] works in the fields of science, art and literature into widely spoken foreign languages.<ref name="ACATAP">{{Cite web
| last =
| first =
| title = English page about the organization
| publisher = Arab Centre for Arabization, Translation, Authorship and Publication
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| url = http://www.acatap.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=65
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| access-date = 2015-08-26}}</ref> The current director of ACATAP is Zaid Ibraheem Al Assaf.<ref name="ACATAP Director">{{Cite web
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| title = Special Offers
| publisher = Arab Centre for Arabization, Translation, Authorship and Publication
| date = 2011-03-26
| url = http://www.acatap.org/index.php/2011-03-26-23-20-15
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| access-date = 2015-08-26}}</ref>
===Institute of Arab Research and Studies===
The ''Institute of Arab Research and Studies'' (IARS) ({{langx|ar|[http://www.iars.net معهد البحوث والدراســات العـربيــة]}}) is a [[Cairo]]-based<ref>
The IARS was based in [[Baghdad]], [[Iraq]], between 1981 and 1989, during the period of the suspension of Egypt's membership to the Arab League. {{Cite web
| title       = About
| publisher   = Institute of Arab Research and Studies
| url         = http://www.iars.net/about.htm| format = About us| language = Arabic
| access-date = 2010-08-11| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130221191157/http://www.iars.net/about.htm| archive-date = 2013-02-21| url-status = dead}}
</ref> [[research institute]] administered by ALECSO. Established as an [[Institutions of the Arab League|institution]] of the Arab League by resolution of the [[Council of the Arab League]] on 23 September 1952, the IARS started work on 1 November 1953.<ref name="IARS">
{{Cite web
| title       = About
| publisher   = Institute of Arab Research and Studies
| url         = http://www.iars.net/about.htm| format = About us| language = Arabic
| access-date = 2010-08-11| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130221191157/http://www.iars.net/about.htm| archive-date = 2013-02-21| url-status = dead}}
</ref> Following the creation of ALECSO in 1970, the IARS was brought under ALECSO's administrative control by resolution of the [[Arab League#Secretaries-General|secretary-general]] dated 10 September 1970.<ref name="IARS"/> The IARS was admitted to membership of the [[Federation of Arab Universities]] in 1994.<ref name="IARS"/>
==Organisation==
===Membership===
There are 22 member-states of ALECSO, listed below by date of membership:<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.alecso.org.tn/lng/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3&Itemid=4&lang=en| title=Purposes and aims| publisher=Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization| date=2008-05-21| access-date=2010-08-11| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903163754/http://www.alecso.org.tn/lng/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3&Itemid=4&lang=en| archive-date=2011-09-03| url-status=dead}}</ref>
*1970: {{JOR}} {{DZA}} {{SUD}} {{SYR}} {{IRQ}} {{KUW}} {{LBY}} {{EGY}} {{YEM}}
*1971: {{BHR}} {{PSE}} {{QAT}}
*1972: {{UAE}} {{KSA}}
*1973: {{OMN}}
*1974: {{TUN}}
*1975: {{MRT}}
*1976: {{MAR}} {{SOM}}
*1978: {{DJI}}
*1985: {{LBN}}
*2002: {{COM}}
==See also==
*[[Institutions of the Arab League]]
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.alecso.org/site/ Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization]
*[http://www.acatap.org/ Arab Centre for Arabization, Translation, Authorship and Publication]
*[http://www.arabization.org.ma/ Arabization Coordination Bureau]
*[http://www.iars.net/ Institute of Arab Research and Studies]
*[https://archive.today/20110719052150/http://www.kas.de/upload/dokumente/2007/ALECSO.pdf/ Presentation of ALECSO by the German Konrad Adenauer Foundation]
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