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Pioneers Raedat Activity The Pioneers-Raedat Activity is intended to leverage womens potential to create ripple effects that shift gender-based power relations within the Palestinian community. This Activity will improve institutional frameworks and processes in select sectors to ensure they align with legal requirements and international best practice (both existing and new that might be advanced through implementation) for the inclusion of women. It will also support communities to develop the necessary tools to promote womens inclusion in activities outside the home; build the capacity and confidence of individual women by engaging institutions of higher education and civil society; develop male allies, political structures, and the private sector; and strengthen public awareness and advocacy around womens issues, including gender-based violence (GBV). The Activity acknowledges the pervasiveness of gender-based violence and will field interventions that challenge the status quo in a manner fully complimentary of existing U.S. funded interventions on the topic, including awareness raising, gender-based violence in the workplace, behavior change, and economic empowerment for women survivors.
Dura water and Jericho Collection system Task Order under LCP Technical Group IQC The Local Construction Program (LCP) implements small- and medium-scale infrastructure activities in the West Bank to improve infrastructure across multiple sectors, resulting in safer roads, better schools and health clinics, and improved access to water and sanitation services for Palestinians in the West Bank.
Civic Engagement Program II (CEP II) The Civic Engagement Program II (CEP II) project seeks to engage and promote moderate voices in the West Bank and Gaza (WB/G) to further the prospect for peaceful political solutions and economic development. In addition, the program will provide capacity building support to a range of institutions in the WB/G. This contract is considered a follow-on that continues programming to bolster prospects for peace in the region undertaken from June 2005 until September 2008 under USAIDs Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) and CEP I respectively. CEP II is an established in-kind grant mechanism that maintains a rapid and flexible response capacity to emerging needs; continues well-established working relationships with key Palestinian Authority (PA) figures; advances working linkages with key moderate leaders, including political leadership at the national and local levels as well as civic leaders; and preserves strong analytical capabilities related to the political environment and windows of opportunity for programming a wide spectrum of functional and geographic areas.
Positive Youth Engagement (PYE) (West Bank and Gaza):  .This activity develops life skills and work readiness training opportunities to promote job placement and community engagement for youth in the West Bank and Gaza. It also provides a venue for youth to access a variety of programming, which will ultimately provide an alternative means of empowerment for at-risk youth. Developing socio-economic competencies and exercising good citizenship will contribute to building the Palestinian human capital necessary for sustainable development. .Using FY22 funds, USAID's interventions will target vulnerable and marginalized youth with core programming that supports, protects, prepares, and engages adolescents in safe spaces (like Youth Development and Resource Centers, previously supported by USAID, and youth clubs). This includes psychosocial support, life and work readiness skills and referral to technical training and job opportunities. Efforts will include pathway programs in areas of media and ICT training, career guidance, psychosocial support, internships, civic educational programs, and sports. .Additionally, youth in grades 7 - 12 will benefit from supplemental learning opportunities to complement their school education in a non-formal setting. This support will improve their academic performance. Priorities of the non-formal education program will include English language, math, science and technology, life and work readiness and career guidance. .PYE will also target university students who will be provided with career guidance services along with life skills, internship, job fairs and entrepreneurship support through the career centers developed under earlier USAID youth projects. .This activity will contribute to the Higher and Basic Education earmarks. .
Improving Eye Care Services for Palestinians (West Bank and Gaza):  Saint John is the main provider of eye care services in the West Bank and Gaza and has been providing its services for more than 129 years. St. John's project under this grant aims at improving eye health care in isolated areas of the West Bank by supporting a mobile outreach clinic that visits vulnerable localities to provide people with eye care services and performing corrective eye surgeries at their East Jerusalem Hospital to prevent blindness from cataracts. The project will also increase the capacity of the hospital group through the installation of an electronic Health Information System (HIS). The mobile outreach van is fully equipped with medical specialized equipment for screening patients suffering from a variety of eye diseases. The mobile clinic will examine and screen patients for eye diseases, provide primary eye care services and medications, and refer patients with complicated eye problems to one of Saint John's hospitals or clinics. Patients who suffer from cataracts will be referred to undergo corrective surgery.  This project anticipates providing eye services to 27,000 to 30,000 marginalized Palestinians, performing 1,500 corrective surgeries, and installing a HIS for all four St. John's facilities during the total life of the award. These results will strengthen the delivery of health care services to the most vulnerable populations in the West Bank.With new incremental funding, this project will continue to provide eye care services through the mobile outreach clinic vulnerable localities in the West Bank, perform corrective eye surgery, and complete the final phase in HIS implementation.
Humanitarian Assistance Building civic participation and community engagement in the West Bank and Gaza.
Effective Management of Irrigation Water Activity The Activity aims to improve climate-resilient conservation and management of freshwater resources and associated ecosystems by increasing the availability, quality, and environmental resilience of drinking water supply sources. Its main purpose is to reduce the non-beneficial water use in irrigation and reduce the use of fertilizers and other chemicals through improved agricultural practices.
LCP - Water Ras-El Tawil & Al-Uddeisa - Pipeline Connection (West Bank and Gaza):  The project will install new transmission pipelines, increase water supply distribution from the Halhul Reservoir, and improve water supply in the southern West Bank.
CSPP - Women's Courts - Women Media and Development (West Bank and Gaza):  In FY 2014, USAID will invest $600,000 in the Civil Society Partnership Project (CSPP). As a pilot project, funds will strengthen the capacity of Civil Society Organizations (CSO) to identify and provide high-quality constituent-driven community solutions, and to lead local and national advocacy and civic engagement initiatives that will strengthen their relevancy, accountability and popular trust in their work, and to achieve specific direct and tangible impacts and results in each CSO that drives each initiative. The mission will provide three direct grants to CSOs to bring about concrete, sustainable and nationally owned change at all levels of Palestinian society.  The purpose of CSPP is twofold:  (1) to graduate current CSO sub-grant recipients to becoming direct aid recipients, thereby consolidating their capacity development gains and improving aid effectiveness and sustainability and, (2) to test CSOs ability to address the locally identified needs.The project will expand and deepen civic engagement, emphasizing constructive constituent engagement in support of community needs.  Past performance of CSOs will be reviewed in the selection process, coupling grants with ongoing coaching, training and mentoring by USAID/WBG.
Conflict Management and Mitigation Conflict Management and Mitigation - Under the Same Green Roof
New Road Task Order for the construction of seven roads projects located in the West Bank INPII-New Road Task Order for the construction of seven roads projects located in the West Bank as follows: 1) Wadi Al JeerAl Sawahira Al Sharqiya Road (Segment A); 2) Wadi Al JeerAl Sawahira Al Sharqiya Road (Segment B); 3) Al Sawahira Al Sharqiya-Sheikh Saed Road (Segment C); 4) Wadi Al Nar Road (Segment V); 5) Qalandiya-Jabaa Road Safety Enhancement; 6) Al Thirwa Schools Road and Roads Retaining Structures; and 7) Milling and Overlay of Hebron Internal Roads
Education2Action Education2Action is creating a network of entrepreneurial Israeli and Palestinian youth peacemakers to address challenges in and between their communities. This activity selects high school participants through a rigorous recruitment process for specialized training in computer science, entrepreneurship, and leadership. More than 1,000 youth will take part in this two-year educational program in partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, followed by a two-year entrepreneurial and volunteer practicum.
Support to Affected Children and Families in Gaza through Improved Access to essential WASH Services (West Bank and Gaza):  The Support to Affected Children and Families in Gaza through Improved Access to Essential WASH [water, sanitation, and hygiene] Services is implemented by UNICEF and supported by USAID. The primary purpose of USAID's contribution to the project is to improve access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation to Palestinians in Gaza. Under the program, water and wastewater networks are rehabilitated and upgraded; storm water pumping stations are repaired; households' water storage and sanitation facilities and supported, and hygiene kits are procured and distributed. The project aims to bring relief to approximately 600,000 Palestinians in Gaza who were affected by the seven weeks of military hostilities in the summer of 2014
Cross-cutting Health Systems Strengthening (Other Health) 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.
INP II- Qabatiya - Al-Jalameh Road (West Bank and Gaza):  This Task Order will rehabilitate the existing road that connects Al Jalameh crossing check point to the Qabatiya - Tubas Road.~The road will function as a bypass around the eastern side of the Jenin municipality and will thereby reduce traffic congestion within the city center.~ It will carry commercial traffic to and from Al Jalameh crossing in the northern portion of the West Bank, as well as provide improved access to Arab American University. It will induce new development, increase road safety and reduce the travel time through the area.
FY 2010 ASHA Award - Friends United Meeting FY 2010 ASHA Award - Friends United Meeting
Service Delivery Grant: Development of Services at Caritas Baby Hospital Service Delivery Grant: Development of Services at Caritas Baby Hospital
Christian Brothers Major Superiors Bethlehem University Christian Brothers Major Superiors Bethlehem University
INP II - South West Jenin water task order The objective of this Task Order is to upgrade the existing water supply system in the southeast part of the Jenin Governorate, located in the northern region of the West Bank. The upgrades will improve the transmission of water supply to villages southwest of the Jenin municipality, improve water storability by constructing new reservoirs, and provide a reliable, safe and affordable water supply to the project area.
Non-Revenue Water Management Project (NRWMP) The purpose of this activity is to improve Palestinians access to safe, reliable, sustainable, and climate resilient water services through: 1) the development and strengthening of the institutional capacity of the Hebron, Halhul, and Dura water utilities for sustainable, reliable, and climate-resilient water delivery service; 2) the implementation of strategic infrastructure works to support the objective of the activity; 3) the design and implementation of innovative solutions to expand the use of smart water management technologies for efficient, timely, and transparent water management; and 4) the design and implementation of innovative measures and public awareness campaigns to promote effective water governance at the utility and foster social behavioral change toward more efficient and responsible water use practices and trends.
Bridges for Peace Program The Bridges for Peace project trains Arab and Jewish students of Ort schools in mediation, social, and technological entrepreneurship. These tools help them advance their aspirations and work together in teams to generate multicultural social programs and technological solutions to daily challenges.
Bone Marrow Transplantation Program (West Bank and Gaza):  The prime partner for this project is Augusta Victoria Hospital (AVH), using $435,318 in FY 2014 ESF funds, AVH plans to establish a new bone marrow transplantation and stem cell therapy program that serves West Bank and Gaza patients in East Jerusalem.  The project is expected to reduce Palestinian Ministry of Health (MoH) burden of referring patients externally to Jordan or Israel and increasing local capacity to provide specialized health services.Nongovernmental organization (NGO) hospitals like AVH are an integral part of the Palestinian health care system.  The Palestinian Authority's MoH relies heavily on NGO hospitals in the West Bank to provide essential secondary and tertiary care to Palestinians that the MoH is unable to provide.AVH, through its provision of specialty health care services, is committed to introducing services that are most commonly sought abroad, reduce overall health care costs, and increase the capacity of Palestinian providers to perform modern and innovative procedures.  AVH currently has an on-going contract with the MoH to provide care and treatment for cancer patients.  With prior year funding, the hospital is procuring the equipment needed to establish a bone marrow transplantation unit at AVH.Bone marrow transplantation services are not available within the Palestinian health system partially due to a lack of health professionals, especially nurses and allied health staff. With this funding hospital staff will be trained to perform their duties properly and in accordance with accreditation requirements and international standards.
USAID Title II Program through World Food Program. USAID Title II Program through World Food Program.
Middle East Partnership for Peace Act (MEPPA) - Next Generation Accelerator . The Next Generation Accelerator initiative creates a generation of leaders with the skills, motivation, and networks to build an entrepreneurial community committed to shaping a peaceful Israeli-Palestinian future from the ground up. Based on the premise that an interconnected human and economic infrastructure is essential to support a lasting peace, the Next Generation Accelerator uses entrepreneurship as a vehicle to attract young Israelis and Palestinians and support their development as leaders within a startup ecosystem across the West Bank, Gaza, and Israel.
Pillars of Shared Society: A Springboard to a Better Future The Pillars of Shared Society project brings together around 450 Jewish and Arab Israeli teenagers to develop, establish and manage their own startup companies and business and social ventures while increasing cooperation and mutual understanding.
Gaza Household WASH Activity usaid/west bank and gaza gaza household wash activity
Communication and Outreach Project The Contractor will work with USAIDs Development Outreach and Communications Office (hereinafter referred to as DOC) on implementing the communications strategy. The contractor is expected to help in identifying key messages and how they should be disseminated in Arabic in order to best communicate the partnership between USAID and the Palestinian people. The contractor should proactively suggest communication tools and methods that will most effectively inform the Palestinian public of USAID development projects funded by the American People. The contractor will implement a number of different communications components on behalf of and under the guidance of the DOC.
Construction Management Task Order (TO)  under Architecture and Engineering (A&E) IDIQ Construction Management Task Order (TO)  under Architecture and Engineering (A&E) IDIQ
Communities Thrive Project (CTP) (West Bank and Gaza):  The Communities Thrive activity will improve municipal fiscal sustainability, accountability, and service delivery of municipalities in the West Bank. USAID will help municipalities become financially sustainable and fiscally responsible; improve the services, infrastructure, and the policy framework necessary for enhanced local economic development.  ..FY 2017 funds will provide for technical assistance to 55 municipalities to increase their municipal revenue streams and improve their fiscal management, increase their accountability and transparency, and enhance delivery of their municipal services and management of operations, and improve the regulator and policy framework for municipal governance.  Interventions also include promoting citizen participation, a media campaign that will connect citizens with elected officials, automation of municipal services and financial systems and similar interventions.
Hand in Hand: Center for Jewish-Arab Education in Israel The Conflict Management and Mitigation (CMM) grant to Hand in Hand for the Mainstreaming Shared Society project.  The project will build upon Hand in Hands growing network of Jewish-Arab bilingual schools in Israel by establishing three new integrated schools to benefit 2,500 students. The project will support local communities to establish and/or expand a constituency of Arab and Jewish families committed to building a viable, growing, and resilient shared society in Israel.
Enhanced Palestinian Justice Program (EPJP) (West Bank and Gaza):  The goal of the Enhanced Palestinian Justice Program (EPJP) is to improve the performance of justice sector institutions and actors, and increase public knowledge of the law and the justice sector.  The program supports the Palestinian Authority's goal of improved, more effective, and competent Palestinian justice sector institutions that are accountable to the public and respond to citizens' needs by achieving short-term gains in efficiency, fairness, and responsiveness.  In so doing, the project will improve the quality of services available to Palestinians.  As a result, clients will have increased confidence in partner institutions, which in turn strengthens their legitimacy.  In FY 2014, USAID will use $4 million to strengthen public confidence and respect for justice sector institutions and the rule of law under EPJP. Targeted institutions include the High Judicial Council, Family Courts, the Ministry of Justice, and the Palestinian Judicial Institute.  EPJP will also improve legal education in the Palestinian Territories and upgrade the professional capability of civil society organizations that promote the rule of law.The EPJP will focus on enhancing accessibility and service delivery of justice sector institutions through building the capacities of targeted institutions and enhancing case management approaches as well as improving legal services provided by the various legal / judicial departments.  EPJP will also focus on improving educational, management and administrative systems of targeted law schools through provision of needed training, technical assistance, and equipment. The program will strengthen citizens' engagement in rule of law (ROL) by raising awareness. It will also include encourage Media and Public Relation Departments within justice institutions to increase communication and interactions with citizens and create permanent mechanisms for communication between justice sector institutions and related organizations.Key
Emergency Food Assistance Funding to deliver emergency food security and livelihoods support to vulnerable households.
FY 2015 ASHA Award - Bright Stars of Bethlehem FY 2015 ASHA Award - Bright Stars of Bethlehem
Model Schools Network (MSN) Program Launched in 2007, the Model Schools Network (MSN) Program is a USAID-funded initiative that aims to build institutional capacity in the Palestinian school system. The MSN Program is focused on developing a school improvement network that will serve as a model for basic education in Palestine. In its initial phase, the program supported 17 private schools in the West Bank. A second phase, begun in the fall 2009, includes an additional 40 public schools. The second phase, which is expected to end in September 2012, also provides local student scholarships and a range of in-service teacher training initiatives for 12 private schools in Gaza. The MSN Program is implemented in the West Bank and Gaza in partnership with the Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE) and a dozen other organizations and institutions based in Palestine and the United States.
MEPPA award: Tsofen- Gogetit: Growing Opportunities, Growing Employment in Tech The purpose of the activity is to promote greater understanding and cooperation among jewish, israeli-citizen arab, and west bank palestinian youth by building economic ties in the technological sector in stem studies and in the hi-tech field, in order to reduce disparities that destabilize peaceful relations between jews and arabs in israel and in palestine, while also enhancing shared cross-border community building and dialogue.
INP II - Five road projects located in the West Bank as follows: 1) Jenin-Al Jalama Road (Phase II), 2) Al Zababida-Raba-American University Road, 3) Mirka-Al Jarba Road, 4) Kufr Al Deek-Deir Ghassaneh Road, and 5)Kufr Rai - Al Ram - Aija 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.