An International conference on media freedom in the Arab world 2 The Unwritten History. The conference was organized by AAI with the support of the Canadian Human Security Programme. The successful event resulted in the formation of the Kalima House (house of the Word) to support independent writers and journalists in the Arab World.

The conference hosted experts, journalists and politicians to discuss the law on access to information. The Arab Archives Institute was asked by the Higher Media Council a week after the conference to draft suggestions on gaps in the law. AAI recommendations were submitted to the Prime Ministry. Organised by AAI and Jordan Transparency Forum with the support of the US foreign section.

Organised an international conference on Media Freedoms in the Arab World in December 2003, with support from the Canadian Human Security Programme The conference gathered prominent journalists and experts from Jordan and the Arab world and recommended the formation of an Arab group to defend and support journalists.

Organised an international conference on Transparency in March-April 2002 in cooperation with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and Heinrich Boell. The conference was organised by AAI with the support of Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and Heinrich Boell foundations. The conference hosted representative of Arab Chapters of Transparency International. It was held under the patronage of HM King Abdullah II and opened by HE Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb. The prime minister expressed the government’s support for the Institute’s activities to fight wasta and pledged to introduce a legislation in that regard ( a Legislation is currently under discussion at the Lower House of Parliament for endorsement). The conference, which also presented a study on monitoring elections in Jordan, tackled transparency in the judiciary, in the media sector and in the executive.

AAI organised the first conference on Transparency in Jordan (May-2000) in cooperation with Transprency International. AAI and Transparency representatives had an audience with King Abdullah during the conference. During this first conference for AAI, an opinion poll on wasta which later resulted in a study was released. The poll’s results stirred debate in the Jordanian society and six years later, was able to prompt the government to draft a legislation to incriminate wasta users.