About the Foundation

The Muhanna Foundation, created in 1994, is a non-profit organization established in Switzerland with a sister organization in Beirut, Lebanon. It is dedicated to the promotion of continuing education for professionals involved in municipalities, social security, pensions, insurance industry, and supervision in actuarially under-developed countries, in general and in the Arab World & East Africa in particular.

The Foundation organizes conferences, seminars and trainings in a variety of fields including insurance, investment and governance on a regular basis in the region of its operation. Additionally, the Foundation runs three separate Diploma Programs, one in Municipal Administration and Finance, the second in Social Insurance and the third in Actuarial Techniques.

In its commitment to education, the Muhanna Foundation provides Awards and Scholarships in the fields of Actuarial Science and Mathematics to students who are completing actuarial education in several countries, namely, Bahrain, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania and Yemen.

The Foundation operates as an official examination center for actuarial students sitting for professional exams of the Society of Actuaries (United States Actuarial System) and the exams of the Institute of Actuaries (United Kingdom Actuarial System).

The Foundation has a long track record of providing services to UN Habitat, the World Bank, private sector institution, academic institutions and other UN organizations. We combine innovation and creativity with a world class team capable of delivering on large technical collaboration projects.

Finally, the Foundation publishes robust academic studies on a variety of social and economic topics that serve as starting points for broader policy discussions.

International Conferences:

The Foundation participates regularly in international events. Most relevant to this project is that our Chairman has been invited as a panelist& keynote speaker in the following conferences:

• UN Habitat World Urban Forum WUF 7 Medellin in 2014 – http://wuf7.unhabitat.org
• Smarty City World Congress – Barcelona in 2014 – http://www.smartcityexpo.com/web/smartcityexpo/program/-/gaagenda/actividad/1/18/274
• Smart Village is a healthy village – La Hague in 2015 – http://www.pcsi2015.org/programme/keynote-speakers/

Our Mission & Core Values

We are dedicated to the development, funding and execution of municipal, social insurance and actuarial education. Additionally, we contribute to the civil, academic and business communities by providing independent research and continuing education programs for professionals.

Our History

The Muhanna Foundation was created in 1994, in order to provide actuarial education in the Middle East and East Africa. Furthermore, the Foundation expanded it’s training programs to municipal and social Insurance Education.

The Foundation  has a long track record of providing services to UN Habitat, the World Bank, private sector institutions, academic institutions and other non-governmental organizations and agencies.

We combine innovation and creativity with a world class team capable of delivering on large technical collaboration projects. Finally, the Foundation publishes robust academic studies on a variety of social and economic topics that serve as starting points for broader policy discussions.