Washington, D.C. – The Arab American Institute Foundation (AAIF) is delighted to announce the launch of the first Moroccan cohort of the U.S. – MENA Experiential Partnership - an initiative pioneered by AAIF with support from the U.S. State Department Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI).

The Partnership pairs distinguished current and former Arab American public servants and policy practitioners with officials in Morocco, for an innovative, year-long, peer learning and exchange of practices around the themes of decentralization, participatory governance, and public private partnerships. The Experiential Partnership allows public servants in the Arab world to make meaningful and lasting connections with American elected officials, to visit the United States for intensive training in good governance, to attract and develop public private partnerships, and to develop and fund small policy projects to benefit their local communities.