ANND is an advocacy group; since its establishment, it has worked extensively on strengthening and shaping the role of civil society organizations in the Arab countries. Currently, ANND has three main programs;
" Development program"
" Democracy program"
" Globalization and Trade program"

In all the aforementioned areas, ANNDs' objectives are raising awareness and building the capacities of its members and other civil society groups. It aims at achieving that through seven main strategies:
1. Research
2. Networking
3. Campaigning
4. Media and communication
5. Lobbying
6. Capacity building of its member organizations
7. Active participation in relevant global and local meetings and events.

ANND has geared its activity towards increasing coordination within Arab civil societies, and between Arab civil society groups and international organizations and networks. ANND organized several meetings on civil society concerns and challenges, analyzing the socio economic impact on the Arab Region. Among which, ANND organized the Regional Preparatory Meeting for the World Summit on Social Development in the end of 1999, as well as the two Regional Preparatory Meetings for the World Summit for Sustainable Development, in Beirut and Rabat during 2002.

Besides, ANND worked on an international level, through organizing the Regional Workshop on Globalization and Trade in September 2001, in partnership with the UNDP and in coordination with the Third World Network and Social Watch. It also organized the World Forum on the WTO in Beirut in November 2001, prior to the 4th ministerial meeting of the WTO in Doha, and a Regional Meeting on the WTO in Cairo in July 2003, before the 5th ministerial meeting in Cancun. Furthermore, ANND organized the Asia Pacific Research Network 5th Conference in Beirut in November 2003, under the theme: "War on Terror: Militarization of Globalization and People's Rights".

Structural organization:

I. General Assembly (GA): ANND is headed by a GA and a Coordination Committee (CC). The GA receives new memberships and approves the financial and internal documents, including the annual program documents and annual budget, and it follows up on the implementation of ANND programs. It also assigns the Executive Director, who becomes a member of the CC. The GA meets at least once each two year period.

II. Coordination Committee (CC): The CC is elected every two years by the GA, on the basis of one representative from each member country. It includes 14 representatives from the member countries, whose elections considers geographic and gender representation. CC members are not elected for more than two terms. The CC finalizes the Network's program document and is responsible for its implementation. Also, it finalizes the budgets and financial reports of the organizations. The CC is responsible for setting a plan to mobilize the Network's resources and collaborate with various consultants and experts. The CC often represents the Network in various local, regional, and international events.

III. The Executive Director (ED): The ED directs the Executive Office and is responsible for hiring staff for the financial and administrative work of the Office. He consults and collaborates with consultants for the implementation of various activities when the need arises. The ED receives support from the members of the CC and the GA, who are available in the country where the Executive Office is, in implementing and following up on the Network's program document.

Mission:
The Arab NGOs Network for Development is an independent, democratic, and civic organization that aims at strengthening civil society and enhancing the values of democracy and respect of Human Rights and sustainable development in the Arab region. It works towards its aim through programs of advocacy and lobbying on regional and national policy-making in three main areas; development, trade, and democracy, while being committed to the international convention on Human Rights, freedom, respect of the individual, respect of diversity, equality of resource division, and the protection of cultural heritage in the Region and the implementing the developmental priorities of the local societies.

Vision:
The Arab NGOs Network envisions democratic, active, and effective civil societies in the Arab Region. These societies would be able to affect public policies, and would be open and interactive with other cultures and societies. These societies respects and protects the dignity and freedom of the individual and their political, social, economic, civic, and cultural rights, within a state of law and institutions, where peace, security, and stability are prosperous.

The internal vision of the Network is based on the responding to the challenges and changes on the regional and global levels, whereby it aims at establishing a special presence and effective and active positions regarding the decision-making locally, regionally, and globally. ANND works to preserve a democratic, flexible, growing, and developing body that encompasses Arab non-governmental organizations working in the fields of social and human development, democracy, human rights, and the environment. ANND is committed towards implementing the values of good governance and the development of best-practices models for capacity building and institutional structuring.