The National Council for Family Affairs aims to improve the quality of life of Jordanian families and acts as a support agency to all entities working in family affairs, in its capacity as the umbrella organization. We coordinate the efforts of all the relevant governmental, non-governmental and private institutions working in the field.

As a national policy think tank, NCFA also works to facilitate the development, review and appropriate reform of policies, legislation, strategies and guidelines to ensure the appropriate socio-economic, legislative and cultural policy environment supportive of the family. Moreover, the Council acts as an advocacy body, advocating for and raising awareness of family-related issues and policies.

Our work, therefore, largely centers upon research and studies, advocacy and awareness-raising campaigns. We also facilitate the development of national plans of action as well as strategies pertaining to family affairs.

Our legal set-up allows us to serve as a convening collaborator to all parties concerned, particularly as our organizational structure includes a Board of Trustees, currently 2l members, presided by Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah, representing the different sectors of society- ministries, governmental and non-governmental institutions as well as agencies that are concerned with family affairs and have interest and experience in this field.

Our 2004 members include: the ministries of education, planning, social development, Islamic affairs and health; the Public Security Directorate; the Parliament; local universities; the Department of Statistics; the Jordanian Hashemite Fund for Human Development; the Jordanian National Commission for Women and the Jordan River Foundation.

In carrying out its activities, the Council adopts a multi-disciplinary participatory approach. Such an approach avoids duplication of national efforts and ensures transparency amongst our partners and stakeholders.

This is why, for every project, we formulate, rely on and coordinate with advisory committees and consultative groups, made up of multi-disciplinary national experts, practitioners and decision-makers, who provide us with technical information and enable us to come up with recommendations, at the national policy and decision-making levels.