A2K4D at AUC's Onsi Sawiris School of Business is a regional research center on access to knowledge, intellectual property & human development in Egypt and the Arab world The Access to Knowledge for Development Center (A2K4D) at The American University in Cairo’s Onsi Sawiris School of Business is a regional center for scholarship, research and policy analysis on access to knowledge, intellectual
property and human development in Egypt, the Arab world, and Africa. A2K4D promotes rigorous research on legal and economic issues confronting access to knowledge, a valuable resource to academics and policymakers. The center strives to raise awareness of the A2K paradigm. In collaboration with international partners, A2K4D launched the Access to Knowledge Global Academy in 2008, promoting research and advocacy on the equitable production and distribution of knowledge goods and tools. A2K4D is the recipient of the Richard Bartlett Gift to support collaboration with Yale Law School's Information Society Project. The center is also a participant in the Global Network of Internet and Society Centers, championed by Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society. Additionally, A2K4D serves as the North African Hub of the Open African Innovation Research Partnership (Open AIR). We also write at Knowledge Maze our blog for ideas in the making, thought processes and initial articulations surrounding access to knowledge.
