Maat for Peace, Development and Human Rights has won the National Egyptian Network presidency of the Anna Lindh Foundation on Saturday June 22nd, 2013. The elections were conducted under the direct supervision of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Anna Lindh Secretariat in Egypt.

Maat obtained 54 votes out of 63 of the ALF members who attended the meeting and participated in the voting process, when the rest of the competing candidates on the Head of Network shared 9 votes.

It's worth mentioning that the ALF Members in Egypt are 101 organizations from different governorates, and the Public Assembly to elect the Head of Network and Board of Trustees participants reached 63%.

The Anna Lindh Foundation was established in 2005, and is based at Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Its membership consists of 3000 members of 43 countries, every country has a national network, elected Head of Network and Board of Trustees, the Foundation promotes mutual understanding and intercultural dialogue between the Euromed region, facilitates and supports civil society activities in the Euromed Region.

Maat Foundation is an active ALF Member since 2009 and had participated actively in most of the network activities inside and outside Egypt.

Maat Foundation had a solid and ambitious election program that had obtained the members trust, it focused on providing platforms to raise the members capacities, open new horizons for cooperation between members, and presenting the network activities and improving its mental image at the public.

The elections are considered the first of its kind, it also resulted in the winning of a new Board of Trustees including; the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs, El-Gora Community Development Association, the Human Rights Association for Community Development in Assuit, the Egyptian Association for the Assistance of Juveniles and Human Rights, and Egyptian Association for Friends of Bibliotheca Alexandrina.