 In 2013 HRH was incorporated as a Foreign Member of "Real Academia de Ciencias Económicas y Financieras" (RACEF), Spain’s national science academy (9).HRH has also been appointed by the Director General of UNESCO as a founder member of The High Panel on Science and Technology for Development, and is a Founder Member of the Advisory Board for "Middle East and North Africa Network of Water Centers of Excellence" (MENA NWC).In December 2010, HRH was invited by the "New York Academy of Sciences" to join their Advisory Council for the Islamic World Science, Technology & Innovation Initiative.