Organization

1)      NI-Damascus is a Dutch Foundation which is administrated by Leiden University and financed by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, the University of Amsterdam and Leiden University. The board of NI-Damascus consists of the members of the University Executive Board, and the director of the ICS Expertise Centre, of Leiden University. NI-Damascus is located in Damascus and operates in Syria under the supervision of the Syrian Ministry of Culture, on the basis of a contract between the Ministry of Higher Education and Leiden University.

 
Staff
 
Permanent staff
 
Mrs. Astrid Rijbroek, M.A.:                director
Ms. Kathelijne Smits, Msc:               deputy director
Mr. Martijn Leeftink                           education advisor
Ms. Yara Ajeeb:                               assistant
Kamiran Sadoun:                              assistant
Ahmad Abu Shkeir                            general assistant
Hamzeh Shehab                               Housekeeper                               

 

 
Others
 
On a project-basis, NI-Damascus uses the services of others, for example for the lessons in Dutch and Arabic.