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Secretary Clinton at Tripoli CS Showcase

"On behalf of the United States, I want to commend the Libyan people for the strides you have taken in laying the foundation for an inclusive and vibrant civil society over the last few months." Secetary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, December 14, 2011.
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Recognition of International Human Rights Day

Secretary Clinton's remarks in recognition of International Human Rights Day. Palais des Nations Geneva, Switzerland, December 6, 2011
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Forum for the Future 2011

Remarks of Deputy Secretary William J.Burns at Forum for the Future in Kuwait City, Kuwait, November 22, 2011.

MEPI in the News

Youth Find Their Voice on Tunisian Radio

More than 100 young volunteers received technical training through a MEPI Local Grant project and now produce Web radio programming focused on youth perspectives in Tunisia.

Conference on domestic violence

MEPI organized a roundtable discussion at the U.S. Embassy on the occasion of the global 16-day campaign to highlight the issue of domestic violence.

Social Media Capacity Building for NGOs in the Arab World

E-Mediat Train-the-Trainers intensive workshop kicked off the 18-month capacity building project for NGOs in the Arab World about using social media.

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MEPI Empowering Women Across the Region
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The winning photo in the 2009 MEPI photo contest

Photo submitted by Ibrahim Sharqieh

MEPI Impact Stories

Egyptian Women Empowered to Have a Role in Politics

Empowering Egyptian women to have a role in politics is the aim of MEPI Local Grant recipient OFOQ for Consultancies and Research in the project "Strengthening Democracy: Women’s Political Empowerment.” Through this project, OFOQ is providing training to a cadre of 120 female candidates who intend to run for public office in the upcoming parliamentary and local council elections in Egypt.
MEPI Project Builds Lebanese Women’s Marketable Skills

Through its partnership with MEPI, the Lebanon Family Planning Association (LFPA) is supporting and empowering a group of Lebanese women from five villages in Hasbaya Casa, South Lebanon. The LFPA’s goal is to improve the social and economic situation of this group of women.
Local Grant Project Strengthens Lebanese Women Leaders

In partnership with MEPI, the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA- Tripoli) is supporting Lebanese women recently elected to public office in the district of Akkar. YMCA engaged the women in a series of training sessions to introduce them to the current municipality law. The training sessions also included sessions on leadership skills and drafting proposals for small-scale projects targeting youth and environmental issues.
Youth Have A Voice

Through its partnership with MEPI, the Voices of Lebanese Women (VLM) is empowering 40 Lebanese youth (aged 12-21) of diverse denominational backgrounds. VLM has engaged the youth in a series of training courses and real life applications of the values of tolerance, compromise, teamwork, citizenship, freedom of expression, democracy, non-violence and non-discrimination.
Palestinian-Israeli Women for Change

MEPI partner the Israel-Palestine Center for Research and Information (IPCRI) is empowering women and providing them with a framework to develop and enhance their roles as peacekeepers both in their own communities and at the national level. Through the MEPI Local Grant project “Women Empowered for Peace” IPCRI brought together 100 Israeli and Palestinian women from three peripheral areas to attend a two-day Open Space Technology workshop.
Learn, Participate, Go on

On November 15th MEPI partner Siza Nabarawy Center for Law and Women's Rights in Egypt launched a three-day workshop entitled “Learn, Participate, Go on.” The workshops come as part of the project “Horizons: An Initiative for Enhancing Egyptian Women’s Political Participation”. The three-day workshop focused on promoting women’s political participation in North Sinai, specifically in El-Arish and Sheikh Zawid. The first session was moderated by Mr. Sherif Helaly, human rights activist and the Director of the Arab Foundation for Supporting Civil Society and Human Rights.
EFRR organizes a training for refugee groups

On September 27-29, the Egyptian Foundation for Refugee Rights (EFRR) hosted a three-day training workshop "Lessons Learned from Civil Society Practices". A number of twenty-seven participants representing Refugee Community Based Organizations, Refugee Initiatives and Leaders from Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, Iraq and the Palestinian Territories participated in the workshop.
Jordanian Activists Create PSAs in MEPI-Sponsored Digital Video Workshop

The MEPI-supported Social Media | Social Action program trained a group of 20 young Jordanian activists representing a wide variety of organizations from across Jordan.

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Leaders for Democracy Arabic Program

The MEPI Leaders for Democracy Fellowship (LDF) Arabic project

The MEPI Leaders for Democracy Fellowship (LDF) Arabic project provides for ten weeks of study and professional experience in Lebanon for 15-20 young civic leaders from across the Middle East and North Africa. Places targeted: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, UAE, and Yemen. For more details please click here.

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

Seeking Qualified Young Professionals from Tunisia and Libya

Legacy International, a U.S.-based non-governmental organization, is pleased to announce that its highly successful Legislative Fellows Program (LFP-MENA) will again take place in 2012-2014. This two-year program supports young professionals from the Middle East and North Africa, builds capacity in local Civil Service Organizations (CSO), and strengthens mutual understanding of the legislative and policy making processes in all countries. For more information about this program and eligibility please http://apps.legacyintl.org.
Establishing Local Alumni Network Chapters

MEPI announces a competition for proposals to establish Local Alumni Chapters in Algeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, and the United Arab Emirates. Please visit the Open Funding Opportunities page for more details.
Local Grants Funding Opportunity

Each year, MEPI provides a significant number of local grants directly to local organizations based in the Middle East and North Africa. These Grants promote reform and and civic activism at the local and national levels in the Middle East and North Africa, build the institutional capacity of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and strengthen civil society. Please visit the Local Grants page for more details.

Proposals for Supporting Democratic Transition in Tunisia (APS)

MEPI announces a competition (Annual Program Statement) for innovative proposals to support Tunisia’s democratic transition. Please visit the Open Funding Opportunities page for more details.