The published route
How the Network works
The entire admission route is visible before you begin. A complete file moves through evidence review, integrity checks, a professional conversation and a written decision.
- Day 0
- You submit
- Same day
- Completeness confirmed
- Day 5
- A senior practitioner has read you
- Week 4–6
- A written decision, either way
Before you start
قبل أن تبدأ
About 30 minutesWhat you do
Gather what you will be asked for: your evidence notes, two referees, and about thirty minutes.
What we do
We publish the whole standard in advance, so nothing in the form is a surprise.
Your application
تقديم الطلب
At your own paceWhat you do
Ten steps, in Arabic or English. Each step saves as you go, and you can leave and return by a secure link.
What we do
Nothing is reviewed until you submit. A partial application is never read.
Completeness check
التحقّق من الاكتمال
Same dayWhat you do
Nothing. If something essential is missing you are told at once, and you can complete it.
What we do
We check the file is complete and internally consistent before it takes a reviewer’s time.
Senior review
المراجعة الفنّية
Within 5 working daysWhat you do
Nothing yet. You may be asked one clarifying question.
What we do
A senior practitioner from the relevant line reads your evidence — the institutions, the mandates, the outcomes.
Integrity check
التحقّق من النزاهة
2 working daysWhat you do
Confirm the disclosures you have already made.
What we do
Conflict, integrity and professional-standing checks against international lists, plus a review of anything you declared.
Values calibration
معايرة القيم
10 minutesWhat you do
Twenty-one short portraits of people, rated for how much each is or is not like you. Ten minutes, Arabic or English, and you are shown your own result.
What we do
The work reaches supervisory files and unpublished figures, so we discuss judgement openly rather than infer it from a CV. Read as context for the conversation — never a pass mark, never a cut-off.
A conversation
مقابلة مهنية
Within 10 days of reviewWhat you do
Offer a few times that suit you, in Arabic or English — your choice.
What we do
Forty-five minutes on your practice. Not a quiz, and not a sales call.
References
التزكيات
About 10 working daysWhat you do
Two referees who can speak to work you actually did.
What we do
We approach them directly, and what they tell us stays confidential.
Decision and terms
القرار والتعاقد
5 working daysWhat you do
Read the terms, ask about anything, and sign what you agree with.
What we do
A written decision either way — and if it is no, the reason why.
Onboarding and first mandate
التهيئة والتكليف الأول
First match usually within 90 daysWhat you do
Set your profile, availability and rate.
What we do
Portal access, an introduction to the line you sit in, and internal matching from the first day.
The rubric, published
You are scored before a human reads a word — so here is the scoring
Most registers keep this private. We publish it, because an applicant who cannot see the standard cannot meet it. On submit, five weighted inputs produce a score out of 100 and route your file to a named desk the same day.
Two layers, not one
The four gates decide whether you are eligible. These hundred points decide only who reads you first, and how soon — they are a queue, not a verdict.
No score admits you and no score declines you. A person does, in writing, either way.
Watch this rubric applied to a real file — margins, deductions and all →
The four screens, by name
Only two things stop a submission: withheld consent, and an incomplete file. A disclosure never declines you on its own — it routes the file to a second reader.
A low score is not a decline
It routes your file to Partnerships and holds it against coverage need. When a specialisation falls below two active experts, the held files are revisited first.
Then, and only then: the COO recommends, the CEO approves, the COO schedules.
The standard your work meets
Nothing leaves this house unreviewed
Every expert-led deliverable is read on four dimensions before it reaches a client. You receive the notes, and nothing is rewritten behind your back.
Evidence
الأدلّة
Sources, data integrity, and a traceable line from every claim back to a record.
Analysis
التحليل
Method, logic, and whether the conclusions actually follow from the evidence.
Bilingual editorial
التحرير
Arabic and English of equal quality, with terminology consistent across both.
Presentation
الإخراج
Structure, voice and format held to one house standard, whoever wrote it.
After approval
A portal, not a mailing list
On approval you get a profile and a private portal — the single space between us. It is where mandates arrive, work is delivered, questions are answered, and your record is kept.
Your engagements
تكليفاتك
Every mandate, its terms of reference, and exactly where it stands.
Your documents
مستنداتك
Contracts, deliverables and reports in one place — not scattered across email.
Your availability
جاهزيّتك
Capacity, notice period and travel, changed whenever your practice changes.
Your record
سجلّك المهني
Delivered work and review notes kept as your history. It is the reason the next mandate finds you.
Your payments
مستحقّاتك
Invoices, approvals and payment status, with dates you can hold us to.
Your standing
مكانتك في السجل
Where you stand in the register: screening validity, how fresh your evidence is, and what you have been considered for.
Apply by evidence.
Not by introduction.
تقدَّم بالأدلّة، لا بالتوصية.
Register an account, verify your email, and the application opens. A complete application usually reaches a first review decision within five working days.
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