Founded in 2005, the MIT Enterprise Forum of the Pan Arab Region is one of the 28 worldwide chapters of the MIT Enterprise Forum Global, an avid promoter of entrepreneurship and innovation worldwide. The MIT Enterprise Forum - Pan Arab has a proven record in promoting MIT-style entrepreneurship by organizing each year the MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Startup Competition (www.mitarabcompetition.com), in partnership with Abdul Latif Jameel Community Initiatives, targeting 21 countries of the Arab region and bringing in more than 4,000 applications a year. The competition has trained over 900 entrepreneurs and has helped start more than 200 knowledge-based and technology-driven companies in Yemen, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Tunisia and others. Other activities of the Forum include the recognition of top innovators in the region in partnership with MIT’s Technology Review, and the collaboration with the Kauffman Foundation to host locally Global Entrepreneurship Week.