Regional Campaign Schools Programs Mobilize Thousands Across the Middle East and North Africa
With the support of the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI), the National Democratic Institute (NDI) Campaign Schools program tailored its global practices to the post-Arab…
Blending Academia and Grassroots Advocacy Efforts: How a MEPI Alumna is Helping Empower Thousands of...
As young as eighteen years old, Danya Arayssi (SLP 2018, Lebanon) recognized many of her community’s challenges. Through accounts she heard about women being silenced…
The Debut of the “My TL Story” Contest
MEPI Tomorrow’s Leaders program has recently launched, for the first time, the “My TL story” contest across the top three leading universities in the Middle…
MEPI Alumnus Uses Psychology to Help Diabetes Patients
Nasser al-Tooblani graduated from MEPI’s Tomorrow’s Leaders program at LAU in the spring of 2020 with a BA in Psychology and received High Distinction. Suffering…
MEPI Alumna Leading the COVID-19 Response in Libya
Ghufran Ashor, a MEPI’s Tomorrow’s Leaders LAU alumna from Libya, graduated in Spring 2019 and began her search for the right post-graduation job. She sought…
MEPI Alumna Creates Campaigns Promoting Mental Health and Cultural Differences in Arab society
Salaam Halila, Tunisian MEPI TL Alumna from LAU, excelled as a communication major during the program and used the skills she acquired to create two…
MEPI Alumna Works To Counter Fake News and Promote Transparent Media in Tunisia
Censorship and the spread of fake news remain two of the main challenges that media and journalism face in Tunisia. Tunisian journalists are continuously working…
MEPI Alumnus Creates a Safe Space for Hundreds of Youth in His Hometown in Casablanca, Morocco.
After participating in MEPI’s Student Leaders Program Mohammed Taoufik, felt compelled to find a solution to the high crime and drug rates that he saw…
MEPI grantee Lebanese Center for Active Citizenship empowers local women
MEPI Local grantee Lebanese Center for Active Citizenship (LCAC) successfully empowered and trained 100 refugee and Lebanese women to produce and sell high quality fishing nets. The…
MEPI and Embassy Jerusalem Work to Increase Opportunities for Arabs Within Israel’s Tech Industry
MEPI’s support of Civil Society boosts the integration of Israel’s minorities in the Hi-Tech sector and helps increase Israel’s overall GDP MEPI’s support to civil…
MEPI Jordanian Grantee Successfully Provides Youth With Skills to Start Their Businesses
MEPI Jordanian Local grantee “AYA for Consultancy and Development” successfully continues to provide opportunities for youth to engage in skills empowerment, business training, and micro-grants…
MEPI Project Helps Employ About 100 Participants
Cenacle de La Lumière (CDLL) completed their two-year MEPI funded project “Back into Community (BiC)” focusing on improving the lives and economic prospects of 125…
MEPI-funded Project Equips Hundreds of Vulnerable Lebanese Youth with Employment skills
Lebanese Youth SEEK (Strengthening Employability and Enhancing Knowledge) Jobs is a unique project in which the private sector played a strong role in the development…
LDF Fellows Meet With Lebanese President to Discuss Critical Regional Issues
It’s not every day that young people have the opportunity to talk with global leaders about critical issues. But on October 2, a group of…
MEPI-funded Project Places Hundreds of Youth in Jobs in Morocco
This video summarizes the program MEPI-funded “Demand-Driven Skills Training for Youth Employment in Morocco” implemented by EFE-Maroc in the Fes-Meknes region. Under the project, EFE-Maroc…
Recruitment for 2019 MEPI Student Leaders Program Is Now Open
The U.S. Department of State’s Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) program seeks nominations for potential participants in the MEPI Student Leaders Program scheduled to take…
MEPI Leaders for Democracy Fellowship Program Kicks Off at Duke University
Duke University has welcomed 21 participants of the Leaders for Democracy Fellowship (LDF), a leadership development program organized through the U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative of…
MEPI-Funded Initiative Engages Half a Million Tunisian Voters During Municipal Elections
Ahead of Tunisia’s municipal elections on May 6th, MEPI partnered with the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) to build a mobile radio station dedicated…
MEPI Announces a Funding Opportunity to Advance U.S. Economic Interests in the MENA Region While Bolstering...
The Department of State’s Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI), a program within the Bureau of Near East Affairs Office of Assistance Coordination (NEA/AC), announces…
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