CRTDA

What CRTDA does

CRTDA (Collective for Research & Training on Development - Action) is a Lebanon-based non-governmental organization founded in 2003, focused on social justice and gender equality across the Arab region. It operates as a research, training, and advocacy body rather than a commercial enterprise, with no disclosed revenue model, pricing structure, or commercial customers.

The organization's core product is a web-based platform that hosts a multimedia library, publications, reports, and six specialized newsletters: All for Gender Equality, Gender & Development, Majal, Nationality Campaign, Social Rights Watch, and Riyadiyyat. The platform also incorporates petition and campaign functionality (notably the Nationality Campaign on citizenship rights for women in Lebanon) and serves an audience distributed across Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Palestine, Syria, Yemen, the Gulf, and the Maghreb. CRTDA participates in coalition partnerships with peer organizations including LKDG, WEEP, and SEOW (Arab Women Work).

The business model is grant-funded non-profit operations: a 10-person organization with no disclosed commercial pricing, paid subscriptions, or consulting revenue. There is no parent company, no subsidiaries, no disclosed leadership team, and no funding rounds or capital raises in the source material. CRTDA functions as a mission-driven advocacy and knowledge-production entity rather than a scalable commercial venture.

Name

CRTDA

Legal name

Collective for Research & Training on Development - Action

Website

https://crtda.org.lb

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CRTDA is a Lebanon-based non-profit NGO founded in 2003 that runs a web platform with six specialized newsletters, a multimedia library, and petition tools to advance social justice and gender equality across the Arab region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CRTDA is a Lebanon-based non-governmental organization that publishes thematic newsletters (All for Gender Equality, Gender & Development, Majal, Nationality Campaign, Social Rights Watch, and Riyadiyyat), produces research reports, maintains a digital library of books and periodicals, distributes multimedia content, and runs online advocacy petitions. The organization delivers these resources free of charge to civil society organizations, women advocates, researchers, and development practitioners working on gender equality and social justice in Lebanon and the Arab region.

Product overview

CRTDA operates as a non-profit research and training organization offering a portfolio of newsletter publications covering gender equality, social rights, and civil society monitoring, alongside a research reports repository and digital library. The organization functions as a platform providing advocacy tools including petition capabilities, with its newsletters including All for Gender Equality, Gender & Development, Majal, Nationality Campaign, Social Rights Watch, and Riyadiyyat. The Resource Center houses published reports and a searchable library of research materials. CRTDA does not offer a technology product or software platform but rather provides informational and advocacy resources focused on social justice and gender equality in Lebanon.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• All for Gender Equality Newsletter A newsletter publication focused on gender equality topics, part of CRTDA's advocacy and awareness communication strategy for civil society organizations, women advocates, and researchers.
• Gender & Development Newsletter
• Majal Newsletter (مرصد الجمعيات الاهلية في لبنان)
• Nationality Campaign Newsletter (قطاف جنسيتي)
• Social Rights Watch Newsletter (راصد الحقوق الاجتماعية)
• Riyadiyyat Newsletter
• Research Reports Repository
• Digital Library
• Nationality Rights Petition Platform
• Multimedia Content (Videos and Photos)
• Annual Reports

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• LKDG (Lebanese Knowledge Development Gate)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner
• WEEP (Women's Empowerment and Enhancement Portal)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner
• SEOW (Arab Women Work)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• UN Women Arab States Regional Office: The UN's dedicated gender-equality entity operating across the Arab states. Overlaps with CRTDA on gender equality, nationality rights, and social rights advocacy in the same geographies, but at vastly greater scale, mandate, and funding base.
• Oxfam MENA: Major international development and humanitarian organization with active programs across Lebanon and the Arab region on gender justice, inequality, and social rights. Comparable thematic scope but with a global footprint and much larger programmatic scale.
• Human Rights Watch (MENA Division): International human rights organization producing country-level research and advocacy on Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, and broader MENA. Comparable in monitoring social rights and publishing structured reports, though operating globally rather than as a regional specialist.

Direct peers

• ABAAD Resource Center for Gender Equality: Lebanon-based NGO working on gender equality, ending violence against women, and engaging men and boys in the Arab region. Directly comparable as a Lebanon-anchored gender-equality civil society organization with similar advocacy, training, and research mandates.
• Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID): International feminist membership organization focused on women's rights, resource mobilization, and knowledge building across the Global South. Comparable in curating feminist knowledge resources and convening civil society actors, though operating globally rather than regionally.
• KAFA (Lebanese Women Democratic Gathering): Long-standing Lebanese feminist NGO focused on gender-based violence, women's rights, and legal reform. Closely comparable in mission, Lebanon base, advocacy-plus-resource-library model, and target civil-society audience.

Regional players

• Heinrich Böll Foundation MENA: German political foundation affiliated with the Greens operating in Lebanon and MENA on democracy, gender, and civil society. Comparable in supporting civil society and gender-equality research in the same region, but anchored to a European parent and grant-making model.

Emerging players

• Global Fund for Women: International grantmaking foundation supporting women's rights organizations globally, including in MENA. Comparable in funding and amplifying women's rights and gender-equality NGOs, but functions primarily as a funder/intermediary rather than as an operational research and advocacy organization.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/crtda
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/CRTDASocialMedia
• Facebookfacebook.com/CRTDA
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/crtda

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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