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 successful awareness campaigns surrounding mental health and promoting cultural differences in Arab society. In March 2019, while in her junior year, Salaam launched “Bil Hawa Sawa” (We are all in ...
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By The U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) | 19 August, 2020 | Topics: Alumni, Culture, Education, Featured Event, Health Issues, Near East & North Africa, Success Stories, U.S. & MEPI | Tags: alumni, Campaign, LAU, Mental Health, MEPI, Middle East, North Africa, Stereotypes, Success Stories, Tunisia, women
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 to alleviate these challenges and improve the sector. To help solve these challenges, MEPI’s Leadership Development Fellowship (LDF) program Alumna Ahed Jamaoui created Media Impact +, a project for training local ...
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By The U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) | 13 August, 2020 | Topics: Alumni, Featured Event, Near East & North Africa, News, Success Stories, U.S. & MEPI | Tags: alumni, civil society, journalism, LDF, media, MEPI, North Africa, Success Stories, Tunisia, TV
During his participation in the MEPI Student Leaders program at Portland State University in 2016, Safwen Karoui became inspired by the principles and ideas behind conflict resolution. He wanted to take the professional skills that he gained from the program and apply them to work with local associations and civil society organizations in his home ...
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By The U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) | 9 July, 2018 | Topics: Alumni, Featured Event, News, Success Stories, U.S. & MEPI | Tags: alumni, MENA, MEPI, Success Stories, Tunisia
Following four years of coordinated donor technical assistance, the government of Tunisia recently announced the implementation of a new legal framework for investment. The implementation of several key changes will improve efficiency and productivity through the development of investments in innovative and high value-added sectors that will improve the competitiveness of the national economy and ...
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By The U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) | 9 July, 2018 | Topics: Economic Issues, Featured Event, News, Success Stories, U.S. & MEPI | Tags: CLDP, MENA, MEPI, Tunisia
At just 24 years old, Haythem Srihi is a member of the Hack4Democracy (H4D) finale’s winning team and a newly elected municipal councilor from the city of Jammel in Tunisia. Haythem’s success in both the H4D competition and in the May 6 municipal elections serves as a prime example of what Tunisian youth can achieve ...
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By The U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) | 19 June, 2018 | Topics: Featured Event, News, Success Stories, U.S. & MEPI | Tags: H4D, MENA, MEPI, Success Stories, Tunisia
On April 4-6, in Hammamet Tunisia, the 2018
Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI)
Student Leaders Capstone Seminar brought together more than 100 students from across the Middle East and North Africa who have completed an intensive six-week leadership training program in the United States. The hands-on sessions are designed to build the knowledge and skills of the young participants in three ...
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By kadah | 16 April, 2018 | Topics: News, U.S. & MEPI | Tags: alumni, MEPI, Tunisia
In the framework of its Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) funded project, the Tunisian Institute for Democracy and Development (TIDD) conducted its first voter outreach campaign in Mahdia on March 22. The event gathered volunteers from the governorates of Beja, Kef, Seliana, Jendouba, Bizerte and Mahdia in Tunisia. The activity took place in the medina ...
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By The U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) | 28 March, 2018 | Topics: Events, Near East & North Africa, News, U.S. & MEPI | Tags: MEPI, Tunisia, Youth
Thank you to the WeYouth team for their great work in launching the voter education campaign on March 21 in Sfax, Tunisia. Through its Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) funded project, We Youth organized a field outreach activity in the Medina of Sfax to raise citizens’ awareness of the importance of participation in the upcoming ...
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By The U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) | 28 March, 2018 | Topics: Events, Near East & North Africa, News, U.S. & MEPI | Tags: MENA, MEPI, Tunisia, Youth
Unleash Tunisia was a one-year advocacy project promoting entrepreneurship, business skills and a “startup mentality” all around Tunisia. MEPI partnered with a nascent organization “Young Leaders Entrepreneurs” to realize the following outcomes : During 5 tours, trained 150 participants with diverse backgrounds and gender. Created 40+ partnerships with local NGOs, universities, accelerators and coworking spaces. ...
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By The U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) | 8 November, 2017 | Topics: Featured Event, Near East & North Africa, News, Success Stories, U.S. & MEPI | Tags: MEPI, Success Stories, Tunisia, Youth
Good morning everyone, I am delighted to be here to participate in this very special occasion. I want to take a moment to thank Minister Ben Gharbia Minister for Relations with Constitutional Bodies, Civil Society and Human Rights, our local partners from around the country, our guests from Morocco, and all of you for taking ...
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By The U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) | 24 October, 2017 | Topics: Featured Event, Job Opportunities, News, U.S. & MEPI | Tags: economic growth, Grants, MEPI, news, Tunisia, US Embassy
RAP 2 is a grants and technical assistance mechanism to strengthen civil society organizations and support civil society actors working towards social and political engagement in the Middle East and North Africa. RAP 2 is funded by the U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) and is being implemented by the International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX). ...
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By kadah | 18 October, 2017 | Topics: News, U.S. & MEPI | Tags: MENA, MEPI, Morocco, Tunisia, West Bank
FSVC and the Tunisian Association of Public Auditors (ATCP) recently launched an electronic platform to monitor public infrastructure projects in Tunisia. The platform, known as “Cabrane” (a slang Tunisian word used to define a foreman), can be viewed at www.cabrane.com. The first of its kind at the national level, this platform maps out meaningful data ...
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By The U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) | 30 August, 2017 | Topics: Featured Event, News, Success Stories, U.S. & MEPI | Tags: MENA, MEPI, Success Stories, Tunisia
On August 30, a group of Tunisian State Department exchange program alumni were joined by Ambassador Rubinstein and embassy staff in a meeting with Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi and his Youth and Diplomacy Advisors at the Presidential Palace. During this meeting, alumni shared the results of their experiences in the United States on a ...
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By The U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) | 30 August, 2017 | Topics: Alumni, Events, Featured Event, Near East & North Africa, News, U.S. & MEPI | Tags: alumni, ambassador, news, Student Leaders, Success Stories, Tunisia
Les Grandes Ecoles de Communication (GEC) held the closing ceremony of the “Improve Tourism Etiquette” #MEPI funded project on June 29. The project aims to improve customer service, communication soft skills, and tourism work etiquette in 100 degree-holding candidates seeking employment from 5 different cities (Tunis, Hammamet, Sousse, Jerba, and Tozeur). The project also included ...
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By The U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) | 11 July, 2017 | Topics: Economic Issues, Events, Featured Event, Job Opportunities, Near East & North Africa, News, Success Stories, U.S. & MEPI | Tags: MEPI, Success Stories, Tunisia
In April 2017, for the third edition of Aventures d’Entrepreneurs, Reseau Entreprendre Tunisie (RET) conducted a survey of over 160 Tunisian women entrepreneurs to highlight the real challenges and pitfalls faced by women entrepreneurs across the country. A position paper summarizing key results and presenting relevant recommendations was developed. On May 17th, RET organized a panel at Cogite ...
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By The U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) | 28 June, 2017 | Topics: Economic Issues, Events, Near East & North Africa, News, U.S. & MEPI | Tags: advocacy, Entrepreneurship, MEPI, RET, Tunisia, Youth
As part of its capacity building effort for Tunisia’s regional Chambers of Commerce, the MEPI-funded Chambers of Commerce and Business Associations Customized Assistance Program (CBACAP), in partnership with the Chamber of Commerce of Limoges- France, organized an immersion training for Tunisian Chambers’ managers within the Chamber of Limoges premises. Sixteen export assistance and support services managers from eight Tunisian Chambers of ...
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By The U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) | 28 June, 2017 | Topics: Economic Issues, Events, Near East & North Africa, News, U.S. & MEPI | Tags: Commerce, MEPI, Tunisia
I am Rafiaa Boujbel, IT consultant with Tim Consulting and a Ph.D. candidate in Telecommunication Networks at Munich University of Applied Sciences. I would like to share my Education for Employment (EFE) experience with you. This experience started with an online application that I became aware of through the EFE website. After the selection process, I became a finalist ...
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By The U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) | 28 April, 2017 | Topics: Alumni, Featured Event, Near East & North Africa, News, Success Stories, U.S. & MEPI | Tags: alumni, MEPI, Success Stories, Tunisia
The advent of the Tunisian revolution has brought about renewed interest among citizens about how they can play a greater role in holding their government accountable. They often lack the knowledge, however, about the tools and resources at their disposal to do so. The Tunisian Association of Public Auditors (Association Tunisienne des Contrôleurs Publics, or ...
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By The U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) | 7 April, 2017 | Topics: Featured Event, Near East & North Africa, News, U.S. & MEPI | Tags: MEPI, Success Stories, Tunisia
After the Arab Spring, Tunisians have expressed a desire for increased government accountability and budget transparency. In response, the government has implemented a number of reforms, including providing municipalities with greater control over their local budgets. To help municipalities with this new responsibility, the Federation of Tunisian Municipalities (Fédération Tunisienne des Villes Tunisiennes, FNVT) requested FSVC’s assistance in training municipalities on ...
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By The U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) | 21 March, 2017 | Topics: Featured Event, Success Stories | Tags: MEPI, Success Stories, Tunisia
