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The U.S. Mission to Jerusalem, through the Public Diplomacy Office of the U.S. Palestinian Affairs Unit (PAU-PD), offered a discretionary funding opportunity (NOFO PAUPDFY20007) to support a project focused on expanding Palestinian womens full participation in economic development and community leadership. The award was structured as a cooperative agreement, meaning the U.S. government expected to be actively involved in shaping or supporting the projects implementation rather than simply issuing a grant with minimal ongoing engagement. The program sits under the employment, labor, and training funding category (CFDA 19.021) and was designed to align both with womens economic empowerment goals and the broader PAU-PD public diplomacy mission.
At its core, the opportunity aimed to elevate the status of Palestinian women in Jerusalem, the West Bank, and Gaza by increasing their economic activity and strengthening their role as entrepreneurs and community leaders. The stated outcomes were not limited to individual business success; the program was also framed as contributing to longer-term stability and prosperity by supporting a more transparent and resilient Palestinian society and economy. A major theme throughout the opportunity is engagement with American people, institutions, ideas, and ideals, with the intention of improving American-Palestinian relations and building pathways for practical, mutually beneficial partnerships.
The program was positioned as an extension and expansion of PAU-PDs Women and Economic Empowerment Program, which had already been supporting womens entrepreneurship and microenterprise development. In particular, it built on PAU-PDs annual Womens Micro-Enterprise Bazaar, described as an eight-year effort that helped women-run Palestinian businesses grow. The NOFO signaled an interest in moving beyond showcasing existing microenterprises and toward nurturing new, innovative business ideas, encouraging entrepreneurship more broadly, and helping women entrepreneurs access mentorship and expertise that can help them scale or professionalize their ventures.
A key expectation for proposals was to connect Palestinian women entrepreneurs with experts in the United States. This could include mentorship relationships, technical assistance, training, peer-to-peer exchanges, or other structured engagement that exposes participants to U.S. business practices, networks, and market insights. The opportunity also emphasized developing the potential for mutually beneficial exchange between American businesses and Palestinian women entrepreneurs, suggesting that competitive proposals would likely include credible relationship-building components that go beyond one-time trainings and instead create ongoing collaboration, market linkages, or long-term professional networks.
Eligibility was limited to not-for-profit nongovernmental organizations in the United States with IRS 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education). The funding ceiling was $175,000, and the opportunity was created on July 2, 2020, with an original application closing date of August 17, 2020. Overall, the grant opportunity sought practical, implementable projects that expand womens entrepreneurship and microenterprise capacity, promote innovative business development, and strengthen cross-border professional ties between Palestinian women in Jerusalem, the West Bank, and Gaza and relevant counterparts in the United States.Apply for PAUPDFY20007
- The U.S. Mission to Jerusalem in the employment, labor and training sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Promoting Palestinian Women’s Full Participation in Economic Development and Community Leadership" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.021.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2020-07-02.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2020-08-17. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $175,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.
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