Dept of State Middle East Partnership Initiative MEPI Local Grants Program
MEPILOCALGRANTS2020
Grants.gov  https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=322439

In this announcement, DOS seeks to support projects in the Middle East and North Africa region in these specific countries: Algeria, Bahrain, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia,

Working primarily on the local level, and using an evidence-based approach, at least one of the following objectives MUST be achieved:
1. Develop and promote locally designed solutions to environmental, economic, or social problems.
2. Foster inclusive economic growth that reaches marginalized communities, youth, and women.
3. Encourage citizens’ engagement in participatory governance and decision-makers’ willingness to work with citizen groups and civil society organizations.
4. Increase civil society’s representation of the needs of citizens through collective action on the local level.
5. Work towards gender parity in politics and/or economics.
6. Increase youth engagement in meaningful economic and civic activities.
7. Foster innovative approaches and solutions.