Libya

Revised January 2007

Economic Pillar

Entrepreneurship

Middle East Entrepreneur Training in the United States ( MEET U.S. )
Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, UAE, Yemen, the Palestinian Territories

University of California San Diego, Beyster Institute 
FY05 $3,970,000

This program implements the Middle East Entrepreneur Training in the U.S. (MEET U.S.) program and includes the following activities: 1) delivery of ICT and business services seminars, 2) provision of business development training and mentoring to entrepreneurs at Centers of Entrepreneurial Excellence in Bahrain and Morocco, 3) a businesswomen's summit for more than 200 women from the region, 4) establishment of a network of businesswomen's hubs and speaker bureaus in eight countries, and 5) delivery of resource mobilization training to civil society and non-governmental organization managers from the region.

LaBIP (Legal and Business Internship Program)
Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, UAE, Yemen, the Palestinian Territories

AMIDEAST
FY05 $2,160,000

The program brings approximately 40 Middle Eastern women from the business and legal professions to the United States to participate in a month-long graduate-level law or business program followed by a five-month internship at leading U.S. legal or business institutions.

Education Pillar

Partnership School Project in the Middle East
Oman, Algeria, Libya

Creative Associates
FY05 $130,779

The project implements educational reforms based on in-country school assessments. In Oman, for example, reforms are related to enriching the curriculum with life skills, increasing the capacity of secondary managers and administrators, instituting competency-based student assessments, and improving the quality of teachers' attitudes through training, including an emphasis on child-centered teaching methodology.

Student Leaders Study of the United States Institutes
Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Palestinian Territories, Iraq

Georgetown University, University of Delaware, Benedictine University, Montana State University, and Dickinson College
FY05 $2,500,000

The program supports Student Leaders Study of the United States Institutes, intensive six-week training sessions hosted by U.S. universities that introduce highly motivated students from the Middle East to American culture and values and that provide instruction in leadership, problem-solving, entrepreneurial skills, and civic rights and responsibilities.

U.S.-Middle East University Partnerships
Libya

Higher Education for Development
FY05 $430,000

The program supports institutional linkages between U.S. and regional colleges/universities to strengthen university programs in such disciplines as: business and economics; information and communication technology; teacher education; government and legal studies; and gender studies.