The Nita M. Lowey Middle East Partnership for Peace Act (MEPPA)

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission for the West Bank and Gaza posts this Request for Information (RFI) to: 1) Obtain feedback to inform USAID’s future Nita M. Lowey Middle East Partnership for Peace Act (MEPPA) program; 2) Identify areas of capacity building that local (Palestinian and Israeli) organizations might need (such as: organizational structure; procurement systems and processes; human resources management; financial management, operations, and internal control structures; guidance on application preparation; administrative matters and compliance; activity planning, monitoring, and learning; networking and consortium-building support; conflict management; cross-cultural dialogue; convening skills; communications training; etc.) to enhance and/or further improve performance in implementing MEPPA programs and to encourage more local organizations to participate in future funding opportunities; and 3) Identify local organizations that have experience delivering capacity building activities for civil society organizations and who might be interested in supporting MEPPA peacebuilding activities.