Israel

Revised January 2007

Political Pillar

Elections and Political Processes

Institute of Training Community Leaders and Municipal Workers in the Arab Community
Israel

Jewish Arab Center for Peace 
FY05 $350,000

The institute is a series of capacity-building courses implemented jointly by the Jewish-Arab Center for Peace and the Arab Mayors Council. Trainings help improve professional management and performance skills and create a network of Arab professionals. Another goal is to improve services provided by the participants to their communities and continue networking and improving relations with governmental institutions.

Economic Pillar

Entrepreneurship

Middle East Entrepreneur Training in the United States ( MEET U.S. )
Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, UAE, Yemen, the Palestinian Territories

University of California San Diego, Beyster Institute 
FY05 $3,970,000

This program implements the Middle East Entrepreneur Training in the U.S. (MEET U.S.) program and includes the following activities: 1) delivery of ICT and business services seminars, 2) provision of business development training and mentoring to entrepreneurs at Centers of Entrepreneurial Excellence in Bahrain and Morocco, 3) a businesswomen's summit for more than 200 women from the region, 4) establishment of a network of businesswomen's hubs and speaker bureaus in eight countries, and 5) delivery of resource mobilization training to civil society and non-governmental organization managers from the region.

LaBIP (Legal and Business Internship Program)
Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, UAE, Yemen, the Palestinian Territories

AMIDEAST
FY05 $2,160,000

The program brings approximately 40 Middle Eastern women from the business and legal professions to the United States to participate in a month-long graduate-level law or business program followed by a five-month internship at leading U.S. legal or business institutions.

Education Pillar

Student Leaders Study of the United States Institutes
Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Palestinian Territories, Iraq

Georgetown University, University of Delaware, Benedictine University, Montana State University, and Dickinson College
FY05 $2,500,000

The program supports Student Leaders Study of the United States Institutes, intensive six-week training sessions hosted by U.S. universities that introduce highly motivated students from the Middle East to American culture and values and that provide instruction in leadership, problem-solving, entrepreneurial skills, and civic rights and responsibilities.