The efforts of the Arab League Education, Culture and Scientific Organization (ALECSO) in the field of renewable energy

The activities and efforts organized and sponsored by the Arab League Education, Culture and Scientific Organisation (ALECSO) in the field of renewable energy for the sake of promoting this technology in the Arab world are presented and discussed in detail. The outcome from the Arab ministers meetings and the permanent Arab committee for renewable energy (established in 1976) are included. Surveys, training, applied research sponsorship, unified specifications and standardization and publications in the field of renewable energy achieved by ALECSO are highlighted in this paper. Arab-Arab and Arab-international cooperation is also presented.