AMDEC-North Meeting 2009 took place in Aleppo-Syria on March 5-8 2009The AMDEC (African and Middle East Development Council's) purpose is to co-ordinate the activities of its members to reach JCI purposes and to promote the specific interests of the area for the benefit of its members. The members of AMDEC-North are: Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, UAE, Morocco and Tunisia.AMDEC objectives are to coordinate the activities of these countries to achieve specific targets (growth and development) while exchanging information, skills and experience between them. AMDEC holds a yearly Meeting for the AMDEC NORTH national JCI organizations in one of the member countries. The AMDEC Meeting spans 3 days whereby JCI professional trainings are offered and workshops are conducted to tackle the challenges facing the region. Less