The CEDEJ (Centre for social, judicial and economic documentation and study) is a multidisciplinary research center whose work in all aspects of social and human sciences covers contemporary Egypt and Soudan.
It was created as part of the 1968 Franco-Egyptian cooperation agreement. In the process, CEDEJ obtained oversight over a part of the library of an old institution: the French School of Law founded in 1890. CEDEJ is part of a network of research institutes under the direction of Scientific Cooperation, University Cooperation, as well as the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Since 1985, the CEDEJ is associated with the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) which has a research lab in the Department of Human and Society Sciences of the center.
The CEDEJ is based in Cairo, and has a permanent office in Khartoum, Soudan. It creates and puts into action research programs, hosts researchers and students from the international community, organizes seminars, forums, and conference cycles. In cooperation with other regional centers, it participates in programs (research) which focus on all aspects of the Arab and Muslim world. It has considerable documentary resources, as well as editing and publishing facilities in order to disseminate its findings. Its activities are always conducted in close cooperation with Egyptian and Sudanese scientific communities and universities. Conventions on cooperation link the CEDEJ to other European, American, and international organizations.
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