2005 press releases

U.S. Embassy Announces MEPI-Funded Interships for Young Lebanese Businesswomen

August 1, 2005

The Embassy of the United States of America announces the start of recruitment for the Middle East Partnership Initiative U.S. Business Internship Program for Young Middle Eastern Women (MEPI BIP). A program of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and the Middle East Partnership Initiative, MEPI BIP is designed to provide 41 talented young women, ages 22-32, with unique opportunities to learn management and business skills while working in the dynamic and productive U.S. business environment. Last year, four Lebanese young businesswomen traveled to the United States to participate--with 37 others from Middle Eastern countries--in an academic and practical program lasting four months.

Competition for the program is merit-based, and selection will be made based on the participant's leadership potential, commitment to professional growth in the business sector of their economies and knowledge of English.

Applications are available at no charge online on the U.S. Embassy website http://lebanon.usembassy.gov or at www.amideast.org or at www.mepi.state.gov, or through the Amideast office in Beirut (01-989901, ext. 200). The deadline for applications is September 10, 2005. Finalists will be announced in mid-October 2005. Participants will begin the program on November 14, 2005.