Project On Middle East Democracy Inc

Programs: Civil society partnerships: the civil society partnerships programcollaborates with a wide variety of ngos in the region to build the capacity andincrease the impact of regional think tanks and advocacy organizations. Building offits own experiences, pomed guides and mentors its partners in producing policyanalysis and developing policy recommendations for their national policymakers,mirroring the role played by pomed in washington. In 2013, this program had 9 formalpartnerships with organizations located in egypt, libya, tunisia, and yemen.

advocacy: the advocacy program supports a consistent and credible pro-democracyforeign policy toward the middle east by organizing informational briefings andevents for members of congress and their staff; discussing u. S. Policy with lawmakers and executive branch officials; bringing key voices from the middle east to washington to engage directly with policymakers and media; and empowering the diverse coalition of actors who share our principles.

research program: the research program publishes a series of frequent policy briefs,featuring leading thinkers and writers on issues of core relevance to democraticdevelopment in the middle east, in addition to publishing a variety of otherbackground papers and budget analyses, and tracking developments in the middle eastand in washington on our blog and in email updates. Major reports in 2013 included aguide to iranian elections, a publication of recommendations for foreign policy inpresident obama's second term, and an analysis of congressional and presidentialbudget requests relating to democracy work in the middle east and north africa.