The University of Antwerp is actively engaged in academic cooperation in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Currently, the university maintains several partnerships in the region:
A formal joint cooperation agreement, funded by Enabel, with Muwatin Institute for Democracy and Human Rights at Birzeit University (promoter: Thalia Kruger, Law & Development Research Group)
VLIRUOS Short Initiative Project “Education Against All Odds: Strengthening higher education in Palestine through evaluation” with Al-Quds Open University and the Palestinian Evaluation Association (PEA) (promotor: Nathalie Holvoet, co-promotor: Sara Dewachter, Institiute for Development Studies)
The faculty of Economics has an exchange partnership with the American University of Cairo , Egypt
At the Flemish level, an overview of all VLIRUOS projects involving Palestine is available.