The Arab Council for Childhood and Development (ACCD) is an Arab non-governmental development organization that has a legal entity and operating in the field of childhood. ACCD was founded in 1987 upon the initiative of HRH Prince Talal Bin Abdul Aziz, ACCD's President, and a resolution issued by the Arab League's Conference on "Childhood and Development" that was held in Tunisia in 1986. The headquarters of ACCD is Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt, and its relationship with the host country is governed by a special agreement that defines its identity and legal status.

VISION

ACCD is seeking to be a leading organization in the field of child rights in the Arab world, and a reference for institutions, individuals and families to raising up of an Arab child able to participate in the development of his society and deal with the rapid global changes.  

MISSION

ACCD works towards developing an Arab environment that promotes child rights in development, protection, participation and integration, within the context of the family and the society, through cooperation and effective partnership with governmental, non-governmental, regional and international organizations, in order to enable children to participate and interact positively in life, accept others, and love their homeland.

STRATEGIC GOALS

ACCD seeks to encouraging and adopting ideas, studies, projects, legislations and policies that aim at activating child rights, and integrating them into the development plans and projects, through:

1. Providing data and information and developing specialized knowledge related to Arab child rights, in addition to exchanging them with concerned research centers and institutions.

2. Mobilizing and promoting the Arab public opinion to support child rights in cooperation and coordination with the media and other development institutions.

3. Developing effective partnerships and networks with civil society organizations and governmental institutions to attract more activists and institutional bodies, and adopting legislations and policies that advocate child rights.  

4. Providing technical support and capacity building for the staff working in the field of childhood in governmental and non-governmental institutions, media, families, as well as decision, policy and legislations makers.