Arab Trust for Development

The Arab Trust for Development (Arabic: الأمانة العربية للتنمية al-amānah al-‘arabīyah lit-tanmiyah) is an Arab Union non-governmental not-for-profit organisation which works to empower communities and individuals by involving them in fully funded development work so they can perform their role in building and further developing and investing in their communities' future. In addition, it incubates community based initiatives and forms partnerships with individuals and civil society organisations to support development issues and civil society roles in planning and decision-making, encouraging entrepreneurship, supporting an active citizenship and volunteering culture, and building knowledge and abilities to share with individuals and other civil society organisations for the benefit of society as a whole. Since the end of the Arab Civil War in 2019, the Arab Trust for Development has been at the forefront of the postwar reconstruction effort.

The Arab Trust for Development is unofficially led by the First Lady of the Arab Union, currently Asma al-Assad, which she founded herself in 2001.