The John D. Gerhart Center at American University in Cairo is currently accepting abstract submissions for its Fifth Annual Conference on Philanthropy and Civic Engagement, which will be held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 11-12 November 2015.

Takaful is an annual regional meeting of scholars, young researchers, policy-makers, activists and practitioners in the field of philanthropy and civic engagement, both from within and outside the Arab region. The conference is structured to encourage interaction between scholarly analysis and lived experience, with the hope of contributing to sound policy and practice in philanthropy and civic engagement. Takaful 2015 will be hosted this year by the Gerhart Center in cooperation with the CSR division of Al Ahly Holding group.

Interested researchers/practitioners are invited to submit an abstract for their paper click here.

For more information on thematic areas covered this year and abstract submission process kindly click here.