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Active Citizenry Activity (West Bank and Gaza):  . .This activity aims to increase Palestinians' civic participation and support their efforts to advocate for positive changes, foster social and political advancement, and improve overall living conditions and prosperity. The activity has three main objectives: enhancing governance and institutional capacity of CSOs; increasing participatory community development and civic participation; and promoting transparency, accountability, and advocacy efforts through strengthening dialogue between civil society and relevant stakeholders...Using FY22 funds, the activity will develop tailored plans to build the capacity of partner CSOs and CBOs. It will continue to award grants to support partner CSOs and CBOs to meet their institutional development plans and implement activities that contribute to the five thematic areas:  human rights and rule of law initiatives, social inclusion, advancing accountability and transparency, water and wastewater management, and promotion of solid waste management practices. Interventions will also strengthen citizens' engagements and participatory community development including outreach and advocacy activities to increase dialogue toward promoting accountability and transparency. Moreover, this activity will identify gender differences and gaps through performing analysis at the national level and identify training and interventions within the activity to target these gaps.  The activity will improve the foundations for good governance where a vibrant civil society and rule of law are essential elements for sustainable development. ..This activity will contribute to the Democracy, Human Rights and Governance (DRG) earmark and will partially contribute to the Women's Leadership directive.......
Enterprise Development for Global Competitiveness Project (West Bank and Gaza):  The Compete Project aims to strengthen the Palestinian private sector, foster sustainable economic growth, prosperity, and regional stability.  In FY 2014, USAID will use $14.9 million of FY 2014 ESF funds to assist Palestinian firms to compete in global markets through innovation, skills-trainings, and linking enterprises to valuable supply chains.  USAID will also assist in the development of Palestinian service providers and business support organizations in order to create a market-friendly sustainable business environment. The project will focus on four high-priority sectors including agribusiness, tourism, stone & marble, and information communications technology (ICT).Within both the agribusiness and the stone & marble sectors, USAID will enable Palestinian producers to reach new markets previously thought inaccessible to West Bank firms, increasing private sector investment and facilitating new Palestinian exports. The project will assist Palestinian firms to produce high-value products and services at internationally recognized standards for quality and production.  USAID will also support Palestinian enterprises to integrate new modern technologies and techniques to reduce production costs; increase access to inputs such as quality water, land, labor and, boost environmental sustainability. Within the ICT sector, USAID will facilitate private sector partnerships between US multinationals and Palestinian firms to boost exports, improve skills, and develop new market channels. The project will also support Palestinian tech firms and entrepreneurs through training and develop service providers to support a greater pipeline of highly skilled labor and accelerate promising technology start-ups.Within tourism, USAID will assist the sector to strategically position Bethlehem, Jericho, and Nablus as first-rate tourist destinations with their respective religious, historic, and cultural significance. The project will also work with stakeholde
Leadership and Teacher Development Program (LTD) (West Bank and Gaza):  The Leadership and Teacher Development Project (LTD) focuses on: 1) Improving the capacity of schools to change classroom practices; 3) Enhancing policies within the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE) to support in-service teacher development; 2) Establishing a national cadre of teacher educators and trainers; and, 4) Improving pre-service teacher education in Gaza. FY 2015 funds will be used to connect 68 schools to the Internet; train about 500 teachers and 68 principals; organize four regional conferences for participating teachers; and organize two study tours to countries in the region. Over the life of the project, the LTD aims to train 2,500 teachers, 300 principals, and about 200 staff members at the district level; improve the performance of training institutes; and improve the quality of pre-service teacher preparation programs at Al Azhar University in Gaza. These efforts emphasize the implementation of student-centered approaches to teaching and learning, collaborative educational leadership, and policy making. This program contributes to the Basic Education earmark and received full exception from implementing the Agency's Education Strategy.
Palestinian Faculty Development Program (PFDP Launched in 2005, the Palestinian Faculty Development Program (PFDP) is an initiative that aims to increase capacity within the Palestinian higher education sector and address long-term issues of reform in teaching and learning practices at colleges and universities in the West Bank and Gaza. Funded by USAID and the Open Society Institute, the program will encourage the professional development of promising young academics who are teaching in the social sciences and humanities; revitalize and reform teaching in these areas; and promote an institutional culture of teaching and learning to ensure that the PFDPs impact will continue beyond its ten-year lifespan.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO AMERICAN SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS ABROAD (ASHA) construction/renovation and commodities project of $900,000.00 under foreign assistance to american schools and hospitals abroad (asha)
INP II - Deir Sha'ar water project Infrastructure Needs Program (INP) II builds upon the work achieved under the first INP and develops strategic sources of new water supply, rehabilitates and constructs water distribution systems, and designs and constructs wastewater treatment plants. INP II also rehabilitates main and regional roads to form contiguous road networks that support economic growth opportunities.
Early Grade Reading Assessment Grade Two Baseline, West Bank Early Grade Reading Assessment Grade Two Baseline, West Bank
Improved Performance in the Health System Improved Performance In The Health System
Palestinian Health Capacity Project (PHCP) (West Bank and Gaza):  .The Palestinian Health Capacity Project (PHCP) focuses on strengthening the Palestinian Authority's (PA) health institutions to improve access to quality care and manage costly health referrals.. .FY 2016 funds will support Ministry of Health (MoH) efforts to reduce referral costs and train health workers on protocols, pricing, and referral tracking; expand the electronic health information system at the MoH and private hospitals to improve referral tracking; strengthen the health workforce by collaborating with the PA's Medical Council and teaching hospitals on curricula, clinical mentoring and licensing of health workers; and work with NGOs at primary care levels to promote healthy behaviors. . .
Financial Crimes and Money Laundering Assist in drafting comprehensive legislation and implementing regulations; and training bank regulators and examiners, financial investigators, prosecutors, and judges. Establishing a Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) that receives, analyzes and disseminates suspicious transaction reports with domestic law enforcement and foreign analogs is a necessary activity that enables the jurisdiction to share vital financial information with other countries.
Al Badhan - Al Nassariya Segment A Task Order under LCP Technical Group IQC Al Badhan - Al Nassariya Segment A Task Order under LCP Technical Group IQC
APS Conflict Mitigation and Reconciliation Programs and Activities The activities under the program will mitigate identified causes of the conflict and impediments to reconciliation by educating and bringing the the pragmatic Palestinian voice to three important constituencise: Israeli deision makers; certain groups withing the Israeli public who traditionally oppose the peace process adn object to any Israeli concessions and the Israeli public at large.
Pre-Service Teacher Education (West Bank and Gaza):  The USAID/WBG Pre-service Teacher Education activity improves the quality and relevancy of pre-service teacher education programs at the tertiary level.  .Over the life of the activity, two to three pre-service teacher education diploma programs will be upgraded and the capacity of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MOEHE) to review and accredit pre-service teacher education programs at Palestinian higher education institutions will be improved..With FY 2017 funds, the activity will target three universities and the MOEHE to implement revisions to the pre-service teachers' standards and upgrade the universities' pre-service teacher diploma programs. In addition, the activity will continue to support the MOEHE to revise the pre-service teacher education policies and regulations and build the capacity of the MOEHE to review and accredit pre-service teacher education programs.
FY 2015 ASHA Award - Friends United Meeting FY 2015 ASHA Award - Friends United Meeting
Civic Education, Citizen Participation and Public Accountability Promote sustainable improvements in health outcomes by reducing key health systems constraints to achieve the goals and objectives of multiple health elements and the health area overall. Activities coded here aim to promote financial protection, efficiency, and affordability of health services in general; ensure the quality or availability of an essential package of prevention, promotion, treatment and care services; enhance equitable access to priority services by under-served, marginalized and other high priority groups; and ensure responsiveness to people's expectations. Such activities strengthen the core health systems functions/building blocks (leadership and governance; finance; human resources for health; medicines, vaccines and technology; and service delivery). Note 1: Operating Units should report activities that address specific element goals under other elements, reserving the use of this cross-cutting health systems strengthening element for overarching activities that are supported with multiple health element funding. Note 2: Operating units should report activities that strengthen the information function of the health system under the Host Country Strategic Information Systems element.
"Forsah" Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) Activity (West Bank and Gaza):  .USAID launched the Forsah TVET Activity in October 2022 and will work with approximately 12 TVET institutions across the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem, to improve their performance, make their facilities accessible and green, and develop relationships between the TVET institutions and the private sector. The participating TVET institutions will sustainably respond to and predict workforce demand and will adapt their programs to meet the labor market needs. Moreover, the activity will green skills to enable youth to consider the effects of climate change and introduce mitigation and adaptation measures in the industrial/service sector in which they will be working. The activity will also work with the TVET institutions and youth to launch awareness campaigns, and award scholarships to marginalized youth to encourage them to enroll in approximately 16 new/modernized training programs taught by highly qualified instructors. USAID will also work on facilitating girl's enrollment in TVET programs and promoting female leaders at the TVET institutions..Using FY22 funds, the activity will work with the targeted TVET institutions on improving management capacity, updating/developing new market-driven training programs, and renovating/expanding the facilities of the TVET institutions to accommodate new training programs and make them accessible for people with disabilities. Funds will also support efforts to forge linkages between the TVET institutions and relevant private sector firms, providing apprenticeship opportunities for the TVET students and facilitating the enrollment of girls in TVET training programs. .This activity will contribute to Higher Education earmark..
Envision Gaza 2020 (West Bank and Gaza):  The activity will create a path for vulnerable populations in Gaza to become more resilient and self-reliant by providing basic commodities and increasing employment opportunities. USAID also builds the capacity of local organizations to respond rapidly and effectively in the event of a crisis..Using FY 2021 funds, USAID will continue to provide assistance which includes cash for work opportunities, cash for internship, cash for apprenticeship programs, and entrepreneurship training. Interventions also include start up grants, and support to existing small businesses through small capital grants. The assistance may also include food and non-food vouchers assistance, in coordination with other activities providing similar aid. The activity will provide equal opportunities to men and women with a focus on youth and recent graduates...
Master's Scholarship Program (MSP) The Masters Scholarship Program (MSP) aims to build the capacity of key Palestinian sectors by providing 20 Palestinian university graduates with access to masters-level educational opportunities in the US beginning in the 2014-2015 academic year. Selected participants will study in the following fields: hospital management, agribusiness, industrial production and operations management, public administration, public policy, educational technology and design, youth development, teaching English as a foreign language, water treatment, construction management, and transportation engineering. Upon completion of their masters programs, participants will bring back technical knowledge and skills that will contribute to the development of the Palestinian economy, as well as new perspectives and ideas that will enhance their development as leaders and increase their understanding of the United States. In addition, MSP will continue to support participants through follow-on activities in the West Bank and Gaza that will enrich their academic experience and contribute to community development such as internships, research opportunities, and community service events. As lead implementer of MSP, World Learning works in close collaboration with in-country partner AMIDEAST.
INP II - Well #17 Pump Station and Conveyance System and Al Jaba' Nuba Main Transmission Pipeline Project Infrastructure Needs Program (INP) II builds upon the work achieved under the first INP and develops strategic sources of new water supply, rehabilitates and constructs water distribution systems, and designs and constructs wastewater treatment plants. INP II also rehabilitates main and regional roads to form contiguous road networks that support economic growth opportunities.
Conflict Management and Mitigation Program Conflict Management and Mitigation Program - Champions for Peace
Palestinian Community Infrastructure Program (PCID) (West Bank and Gaza):  The PCID program aims to increase Palestinians' access to water, sanitation, and other basic infrastructure by implementing small and medium scale projects mainly in the rural and vulnerable communities.  . .FY 2016 funds will be used to respond to urgent water, sanitation and other public infrastructure needs. The program will rehabilitate water systems to reduce water loss from inadequate networks; construct storm water drainage systems in Palestinian communities affected by flooding during the winter season; rehabilitate existing schools and construct new ones; and construct other small scale community infrastructure. . .Over the life of the project, 60 communities will have improved access to potable water supply, more than 20 communities will have access to improved sanitation systems, and more than 50 infrastructure projects will be constructed to serve other sectors. . .
MEPPA-APS: DevelopMed – Medicine in the Service of Peace (Nita Lowey ME Peace Fund):  The DevelopMed - Medicine in the Service of Peace activity will create a sustainable, formalized approach to cooperation between Israeli and Palestinian stakeholders in the healthcare field. Healthcare offers a unique window of opportunity for cross-border partnership and peacebuilding between Palestinians and Israelis. To date, such cooperation has been limited and ad hoc. DevelopMed will establish an Israeli-Palestinian Medical Cooperation Consortium to engage stakeholders on ways to improve cross-border medical cooperation. The activity provides in-person training to over 300 Israeli and Palestinian  medical professionals, increasing mutual trust, confidence, and understanding between them. Through this activity, healthcare professionals will improve their ability to address challenges facing healthcare systems in their communities, while also building personal connections that will create advocates for peace.
Basic Infrastructure Support Mechanism (BISM) The purpose of the Basic Infrastructure Support Mechanism (BISM) is to obtain the services of a qualified local construction contractor to address the infrastructure needs of programs in health, democracy and governance, education, youth, water, and economic growth sectors in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza. Activities must comply with the Taylor Force Act (TFA), which prohibits USAID/West Bank and Gaza from providing assistance that directly benefits the Palestinian Authority (PA), including providing infrastructure that a PA ministry or other PA body is responsible for operating and/or maintaining and directly increasing tax revenue going to the PA
LCP - Road - Ein Yabroud Dier Jareer Road (West Bank and Gaza):  The project will upgrade 1 kilometer of the Ein-Yabroud-Deir Jareer Road, in the Ramallah governorate. The project is expected to benefit 8,450 Palestinians.
Building Foundations Program The project will provide construction services, including construction for: transportation, water supply, storage, wastewater collection, solid waste management, health clinics and hospitals, and electric power generation
CSPP Local Initiatives - Youth Works (West Bank and Gaza):  The Civil Society Partnership Program (CSPP) is a new mechanism designed to support Palestinian civil society organizations to become more effective in influencing and monitoring government and non-governmental policies and performance. .FY 2016 funds will support interventions to promote social and economic changes that are responsive to citizens and ensure lasting development results.  This assistance will enhance the role of women, youth, the disabled, and other marginalized groups to ensure their full inclusion and participation in the development of their communities.  CSOs supported by USAID in the past have successfully advocated for the PA to adopt new economic and social policies that offer equal opportunities and promote an adequate standard of living.  ..Over the life of the project, this mechanism will help CSOs to bring about sustainable and nationally owned change and address community needs at all levels of the Palestinian society..
CSPP Local Initiatives - Empowering Youth with Disabilities (West Bank and Gaza):  The Civil Society Partnership Program (CSPP) is a new mechanism designed to support Palestinian civil society organizations to become more effective in influencing and monitoring government and non-governmental policies and performance. .FY 2016 funds will support interventions to promote social and economic changes that are responsive to citizens and ensure lasting development results.  This assistance will enhance the role of women, youth, the disabled, and other marginalized groups to ensure their full inclusion and participation in the development of their communities.  CSOs supported by USAID in the past have successfully advocated for the PA to adopt new economic and social policies that offer equal opportunities and promote an adequate standard of living.  ..Over the life of the project, this mechanism will help CSOs to bring about sustainable and nationally owned change and address community needs at all levels of the Palestinian society..
Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) The purpose of this Agreement is to implement a program that will improve and provide technical assistance to Non-Governmental Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in the West Bank .
MEPPA-APS: Women Entrepreneurship Development Activity (WED) (Nita Lowey ME Peace Fund):  Women Entrepreneurship Development provides women entrepreneurs support to take a concept from an idea to a sustainable business model through training, seed funding, and connections with successful entrepreneur mentors. In addition, the project supports women-led small businesses through a workspace created to offer startups and new ventures access to the resources they need. A separate component of the activity will build the skills of young women and expose them to role models, strengthening the next generation of women entrepreneurs. Through this activity, USAID intends to directly support over two hundred women entrepreneurs and dozens of women-led small businesses, while fostering coexistence and reconciliation within and across communities.
Education for the Future (West Bank and Gaza):  The Education for the Future  (E4F) will be a new mechanism that focuses on: 1) Improving the capacity of schools to change classroom practices; 2) Enhancing policies within the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE) to support in-service teacher development; and, 3) Establishing a national cadre of teacher educators and trainers...FY 2016 funds will support training for teachers and education professionals; technical assistance to improve policies and best practices within the Ministry of Education and Higher Education to support school-based reform; introducing information technology in education; and school facility improvements. ..This program contributes to the Basic Education earmark..
MEPPA - Palestinian-Israeli Business Opportunities - Building Regional Economic Bridges (BREB) (Nita Lowey ME Peace Fund):  .The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics - established by the PA and based in the West Bank - reported a sharp contraction in the GDP in the Gaza Strip during the fourth quarter of 2023 of more than 80 percent, and a sharp decline in the West Bank by 33 percent. Unemployment rates reached 74 percent in Gaza and 29 percent in the West Bank. Economic activities across all sectors in the fourth quarter of 2023 plummeted compared to the same quarter of the previous year by: construction- 39 percent; agriculture- 38 percent; service industry- 33 percent; and industrial output- 28 percent. BREB aims to overcome barriers between the Palestinian and Israeli private sectors by fostering strategic partnerships and collaborative economic and applied research initiatives. This includes activities such as increasing cross-border partnerships and trade, supporting research and development collaborations between businesses and educational institutions, enhancing firm competitiveness through technological exchanges, initiating cross-cultural internships, and mobilizing funding to help businesses increase their efficiency and productivity. BREB also assists businesses to access the DFC Joint Investment for Peace Initiative under MEPPA.  .Over its 5-year lifetime, BREB will facilitate more than 75 cross-border economic and research partnership agreements, increase trade by over $350 million, provide cross-exchange internship opportunities for 1,500 students and graduates, facilitate over $100 million in investments, and develop a $50 million pipeline of bankable projects for the U.S. Development Finance Corporation's investment. .. .