MEPI Programs
MEPI programs provide critical assistance to local reformers as they lay the necessary institutional and legal foundations for sustainable economic and human growth.
MEPI program areas include:
Democracy and Civil Society
MEPI programs seek to:
- Strengthen democratic practices, electoral systems, including political parties and parliamentarians.
- Support an expanded public space where democratic voices can be heard in the political process.
- Strengthen the role of a free and independent media in society.
- Promote the rule of law and accountable, effective government and judicial institutions.
Economic Growth and Reform
MEPI pursues programs that:
- Encourage mobilization of foreign direct and domestic investment and facilitate revenue and employment growth of micro-enterprises and SMEs.
- Advance private sector job creation.
- Enhance MEPI partner countries' global competitiveness.
Access to Quality Education
MEPI programs seek to:
- Expand access to basic and post secondary education for all people, especially girls and women.
- Improve the quality of basic and post secondary education including teacher training, curriculum content, community empowerment, and digital readiness.
- Promote the development of employable skills.
Women's Empowerment
MEPI programs seek to:
- Support the elimination of arbitrary legal systems and provide women with the skills and tools required to help build strong judicial institutions.
- Increase the level of women's participation in building democratic pluralistic societies, through both political representation and civil society strengthening.
- Assist local reformers in their struggle for women's rights, facilitating their organization and expanding their impact.
- Provide access and opportunity to women in an effort to enhance their marketable skills, gain economic independence, and increase the power of the private sector in building a democratic society.
Current Opportunities:
- MEPI Student Leaders Program
- MEPI Leaders for Democracy Fellowships Program
- Gulf States Electoral Initiatives Program




