MEPI

MEPI Business Internship Program for Women

Middle East Partnership Initiative U.S. Business Internship Program for Young Middle Eastern Women

The U.S. Department of State and AMIDEAST are pleased to announce a new Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) program: The U.S. Business Internship Program for Young Middle Eastern Women. This program will provide participants who have demonstrated an interest in professional growth in the business sector of the Qatari economy with unique opportunities to learn management and business skills while working in the dynamic and productive U.S. business environment.

The Internship Program will begin in August 2007 with a four-week academic program, including coursework in management, finance, business strategy and information technology, and will be followed by a three or six-month management internship or three-month entry-level internships with American corporations. The program will cover international and domestic travel, health insurance, housing and a living stipend in the U.S.

Eligibility requirements:

• Must be a female between 22 and 30 years of age.
• Must have an undergraduate degree in business, management, or law from a recognized academic institution, OR an undergraduate degree in any field with at least three years’ business experience.
• Have no previous participation in U.S. Government funded educational programs.
• Must have a strong academic background and proficiency in written and spoken English with an Institutional TOEFL (ITP) score. (The ITP will be offered in Doha on May 9, 2004)
• Must demonstrate maturity, flexibility and suitability to operate successfully in an American corporate environment.
• Must demonstrate a sufficient level of information technology knowledge and word processing ability to operate in a U.S. business.
• Must demonstrate leadership potential and a commitment to business.
• Must be able to begin the program on August 1, 2007.

The application is available online at http://www.amideast.org/forms/mepi_bip/MEPIMain.aspx. 

Deadline for application is May 10, 2007. For more information, contact the U.S. Embassy in Doha or AMIDEAST Washington:

Doha
U.S. Embassy Doha
Economic and Commercial Section
Doha, State of Qatar
Tel: 488-4101, ext. 6531 OR ext. 6578
E-mail: bfif97@qatar.net.qa (Include words “MEPI BIP” in subject line)

Washington, D.C.
Mr. Edward Prados, Director, ORMs.
Farah Almassraf, Program Assistant
AMIDEAST1730 M Street, NW, 11th Floor
Washington, DC 20036, USA
Regional Tel.: +967 71212729 or +967 73806404
E-mail: eprados@amideast.org OR falmassraf@amideast.org

This MEPI program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State through the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and the Middle East Partnership Initiative, with support from the U.S. Department of Commerce, and implemented by America-Mideast Educational and Training Services, Inc. (AMIDEAST). AMIDEAST is a non-governmental organization whose mission is to strengthen cooperation and understanding among Americans and the people of the Middle East and North Africa through education, information, training and technical assistance programs.