In 2010, Qatar successfully hosted the Meridian conference for the first time in Middle East- Africa region. As part of its commitment to the Meridian initiative, Qatar endeavored to develop a CIIP Centre of Excellence with the intent of providing CIIP related information to personnel and practitioners in the domain. The CIIP CoE contains copies of CIIP related legislations from across the world, Strategies published by various countries and global institutions, Best practices and guidelines. The documents are available in English and also in the original regional languages.