Description:
The Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) supports economic, political, and educational reform efforts in the Middle East and champions opportunity for all people of the region, especially women and youth. The Office of the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) announces a competition for grant and cooperative agreement proposals that focus on one or more of the principal areas of reform?economic, political, educational and the empowerment of women?addressed by MEPI.
As President Bush outlined in his November 6, 2003 speech at the National Endowment for Democracy, the U.S. has adopted a new policy, a forward strategy for freedom in the Middle East. MEPI is the Administration?s primary diplomatic policy and development programmatic tool to support this new forward strategy. As a result, MEPI is seeking new and innovative proposals to promote and support economic, political and education reform and empower women in the Middle East and North Africa. Proposals should include cost-sharing, partnership with local NGOs or local governments, a public diplomacy outreach plan, and an alumni network component. For full text of the President?s speech, see www.mepi.state.gov.
Proposals may be for regional programs or for programs in: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, West Bank and Gaza, and Yemen. MEPI will also seek opportunities to include Iraqis in regional programs, where legal and appropriate.
Applicants should take into consideration existing relief programs, particularly with respect to targets of extensive USG programs such as Egypt, Jordan, and West Bank/Gaza, to avoid program duplication to the maximum extent possible.
Who can apply:
Unrestricted
Eligible functional categories:
Funding Sources:
More Information:
Click on Current Opportunities; click on Standing Program Announcement
If you have problems accessing the full announcement, please contact:
Fox, Barbara
If you have problems accessing the full announcement, please contact:
Portz, Anna Mary
Address Info:
Department of State, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Office of Middle East Partnership Initiatives, 2201 C Street, NW Room 4241, Washington, DC, 20520