Amideast launched the USAID-funded Transparency and Accountability Grants (TAG) project, an initiative that would issue nearly $6.5 million in small grants to Lebanese nongovernmental organizations in the coming decade. The grants enabled them to engage in short-term, high-impact activities in a range of areas, including environmental protection, citizen and women’s rights, rule of law, citizen participation, lobbying, and capacity building. Also beginning in 2001, the Professional Training Program provided advanced training opportunities in the United States, Lebanon, and elsewhere for nearly 3,000 Lebanese professionals, helping to update their skills and knowledge and improve capacity at over 400 Lebanese public, civic, and private institutions.

Launched in 2004 with funding from USAID and the Open Society Foundations, the Palestinian Rule of Law (PROL) program enabled young Palestinian lawyers to pursue their LLMs in the United States, with the goal of creating a cadre of 50 Palestinian lawyers skilled to address rule of law issues in the West Bank and Gaza. In 2013, we supported the Middle East Rule of Law (MEROL) program, which extended this opportunity to young lawyers in other MENA countries. 

Marking the resumption of our engagement with the Palestinian education sector in support of overdue reforms, Amideast partnered with USAID and the Open Society Foundations to launch the Palestinian Faculty Development Program (PFDP). This 10-year initiative initially offered promising junior faculty of Palestinian universities the opportunity to pursue advanced degrees in their fields. It was later expanded to include advanced systems-level reforms in classroom practices and the establishment of teaching excellence centers at major Palestinian universities. The measures introduced by PFDP led to changes in academic practice that continue to benefit thousands of students each year. 

In partnership with the King Faisal Foundation, Amideast helped establish a foundation-year program at the new King Faisal University for Science and Technology in Riyadh and continued during the program's first five years to guide the development of curriculum; recruitment of faculty, other staff and students; implementation of programs; and quality assurance. Amideast also provided similar support between 2013 and 2017 for the establishment of an English language and technical bridging program at Saudi Electric Services Polytechnic in the Eastern Province to provide highly qualified Saudi technician and other employees for the Saudi Electric Company. In both cases, Amideast coordinated a gradual transition to each institution's ongoing management.

Beginning with a semester program in Morocco, Amideast Education Abroad quickly expanded to include semester and summer programs in Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia, Oman, Kuwait, and the UAE. Today, through virtual and onsite semester and summer programs, we offer American students the opportunity to study the MENA region, improve their Arabic language skills, and interact with the peoples and cultures of the region. Short-term programs and custom collaborations with U.S. colleges provide study abroad options for students in a variety of professional and technical fields. 

Amideast hosted its first cohorts of the new YES Abroad program, established by the U.S. Department of State to enable American high school students to study and live in predominantly Muslim countries similar to the opportunities afforded youth from the MENA region and elsewhere through the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) program since 2003. Amideast first hosted YES Abroad students in Morocco and Oman in 2009, later expanding to Jordan as well. By 2012, Amideast was also supporting U.S. high school students for summer and academic year intensive Arabic study and cultural immersion in Morocco, Oman and Jordan through the National Strategic Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y).