The Nita M. Lowey Middle East Partnership for Peace Act (MEPPA)
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- RFI-294-25-001-MEPPA
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- Place of performance
- West Bank N/A West Bank
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
USAID has published a Special Notice regarding the Nita M. Lowey Middle East Partnership for Peace Act (MEPPA), a program enacted by Congress in 2020 to build the foundation for peaceful co-existence between Israelis and Palestinians. The notice outlines USAID's plans to implement initiatives under MEPPA to strengthen the Israeli and Palestinian peacebuilding community, engage new local partners, and deliver on MEPPA peacebuilding objectives.
The purpose of this Special Notice is to gather feedback from potential implementing partners and the peacebuilding community on the design of a planned MEPPA activity. The activity aims to reinforce the peacebuilding ecosystem by enhancing the capacity of Israeli and Palestinian civil society organizations and their ability to deliver on peacebuilding goals. Key objectives include strengthening the peacebuilding community, improving organization performance, expanding the MEPPA community to include more local partners, and supporting collective action among partners and other peacebuilding entities. Responses to the accompanying Request for Information are due by December 11, 2024 and will inform future MEPPA programming, but will not provide any advantage in subsequent competitions.
Notice text
Congress enacted the Nita M. Lowey Middle East Partnership for Peace Act (MEPPA) in 2020 to build the foundation for peaceful co-existence between Israelis and Palestinians and to enable a sustainable two-state solution. Working toward that vision, USAID/West Bank and Gaza is implementing a number of initiatives intended to strengthen the Israeli and Palestinian peacebuilding community and engage new local partners to deliver on MEPPA peacebuilding objectives, including awards under several Annual Program Statements, the Building Regional Economic Bridges activity, and a small new initiative that will provide capacity-building to local organizations. The Mission is looking to identify ways to further strengthen the peacebuilding enabling environment and community in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza, particularly by providing new local partners with small grants and technical assistance and by facilitating collective action among peacebuilders, including MEPPA partners and beyond. Priorities for capacity-building include organizational administration and management, peacebuilding best practices, and conflict sensitivity.
USAID is in the design stage for an activity that aims to reinforce the peacebuilding ecosystem by enhancing Israeli and Palestinian civil society organizations’ (CSOs) capacity and their ability to deliver on peacebuilding objectives. Through a comprehensive set of interventions, the activity will address key challenges faced by CSOs. It will enhance collaboration, support networks and coalition-building, provide training, and empower emerging organizations to contribute effectively to peacebuilding objectives.
The activity will contribute towards MEPPA’s overall goal to build the foundation for peaceful co-existence between Israelis and Palestinians and enable a sustainable two-state solution. Working toward that vision, the activity seeks to strengthen people-to-people grassroots linkages to address common challenges and enhance peacebuilding momentum to affect institutional and policy change.
Summary Activity Description
Objective 1: Palestinian and Israeli peacebuilding community strengthened.
Objective 2: Performance of peacebuilding organizations improved.
Objective 3: MEPPA peacebuilding community expanded to include more new, local partners.
Objective 4: Collective action among MEPPA partners, between MEPPA partners and other entities, and among other institutions or entities interested in peacebuilding supported and improved.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| RFI-294-25-001 NOTICE (MEPPA) SAM.pdf |
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