Deadline: 7 March 2014
United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Bureau for the Middle East (ME), is accepting applications from qualified U.S. and non-U.S., non-profit non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for the Middle East North Africa Investment Initiative – MENA II.
The main purpose of the program is to set up regional investment managers that will provide matching investment capital, investment insurance and other needed technical assistance support to a broad spectrum of Qualified Early Stage Businesses (QESB) in the Middle East to improve their competitiveness and revenue growth, thereby advancing development of the private sector.
The program implementation period is 20 years while the cooperative agreement will be made for
Eligibility Criteria –
- Applicant must be non-profit, non-governmental organization
- Proposed program must take place in seven countries of MENA -Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Morocco, Tunisia, and Yemen; and the West Bank.
- Applications must demonstrate a deep understanding of the entrepreneurial investment ecosystem in the seven countries and the West Bank,, with an emphasis on the key financing challenges for qualified early stage businesses (QESBs) and qualified early stage investors (QESIs) in a particular location.
For more information, please visit grants.gov and search for funding opportunity number RFA-OAA-14-000025.
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