Offices and Departments

Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI)

Abu Dhabi Regional Office
Tel. 971-2-414-2540
Tel. 971-2-414-2551

The Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) (http://mepi.state.gov) is a presidential initiative to support reform programs that promote political, economic, and educational reform in the Middle East and North Africa -- especially for women and youth.

MEPI is the United States' principal mechanism for supporting reform efforts in the region, and builds on the G-8 countries' Broader Middle East and North Africa Initiative (BMENA).

Ideas for effective reform are solicited from within the region, and partnerships with locally based institutions and individuals are central to all endeavors.

Since its creation in late 2002, the U.S. government has devoted more than $218 mil. to MEPI.

The Abu Dhabi Middle East Partnership Initiative Regional Office opened in August 2004. The office is one of two regional offices, the other located in Tunis, created to solicit input from the region, and to facilitate better coordination of ideas and programs designed to further MEPI goals.

MIDDLE EAST ENTREPRENEUR TRAINING PROGRAM SEEKS EXCEPTIONAL BUSINESS AND CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS

Through a grand from the US Department of State's Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI), the Middle East Entrepreneur Training (MEET) program and the Beyster Institute at the University of California, San Diego’s Rady School of Management is now accepting applications from talented entrepreneurs and leaders from growth-oriented businesses and civil society organizations in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region for participation in the Middle East Entrepreneur Training (MEET) program.

Since 2002, over 250 of the MENA region’s high-potential business and civil society leaders have completed the intensive MEET training program and continue to develop skills and collaborate with other graduates via the MEET Alumni Network.  Through extended funding from MEPI, the Beyster Institute will offer three additional MEET programs in the MENA region in 2008: A program for CEOs and executives January 20 through 30; a program for leaders of civil society organizations March 16 through 26; and a program for entrepreneurs and managers from the business services sector May 11 through 21.  Twenty outstanding candidates will be chosen to participate in each program.  

Additional information, applications and documentation available at MEPI regional Web site.