News & Events

The MEPI Regional Office in Tunis highlights past success stories, present activities, and future opportunities through a variety of regularly changing features presented here.  These stories can also be found on our Medregion Update, a monthly compendium of news and information sent to our MEPI Alumni members and others interested in the promotion of democratic reform.

If have information to share or would like to see one of your own MEPI success stories featured here, please contact us at mepi.medregion@state.gov

Forum For The future Marrakesh 2-3 November 2009   The Forum for the Future (FfF) is a cooperative effort to advance the universal values of human dignity, democracy, economic opportunity, and social justice by the states of the Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) region, the industrialized nations, and other partners. These partners seek to promote and develop political, economic, and social reform in the region. - Host governments of (2009) FfF: Morocco and Italy - Civil Society coordinators: “Organisation Marocaine des droits Humains” and“No Peace Without Justice”. (For more information about FfF2009 please visit: www.maec.gov.ma

  Media Notes:

Secretary Clinton Announces Civil Society 2.0 Initiative to Build Capacity of Grassroots Organizations; Marrakech, Morocco
Secretary Clinton Announces Global Partnerships to Advance Cairo's "New Beginning"; Marrakesh, Morocco
Secretary Clinton Announces New Initiatives to Bolster Science and Technology Collaboration With Muslim Communities Around the World; Marrakech, Morocco

 Press Release

MEPI Regional Office in Tunis celebrates its fifth anniversary
The Middle East Partnership Initiative Regional Office (MEPI RO) in Tunis, serving the Mediterranean region, is celebrating its fifth anniversary on August 18, 2009. MEPI RO in Tunis marks five years of its work to promote reform in the region in partnership with community organizations and civil society in eight countries and the Palestinian Territories.
Since its inception, the MEPI RO in Tunis has witnessed a significant increase in its operations. For the fiscal year 2009, MEPI RO Tunis expects to fund up to 51 projects in the region with an estimated budget of $2.42 million dollars.