As alumnus of NESA UGRAD and Coca-Cola MENA exchange programs, Kayane teamed up with a group of other U.S. Department of State programs alumni to apply for the Alumni Engagement and Innovation Fund (AEIF).  Their project idea was selected and the team managed to launch Young Tunisian Coders Academy (YTCA). As a coding training program, ... Read More»

As an English Language teacher, Manel is the first Tunisian who teaches English through sign language to deaf Tunisians. Her experience as a Professional Fellows Program (PFP) alumna inspired her to create the first English teaching book that uses sign language – entitled “Let’s handspeak English”- as a follow-up project. “Being the first and only ... Read More»

MENA Leaders for Change (MLC) is an innovative regional leadership online State Department-sponsored program. The program combined online training with face-to-face workshops in order to create a cadre of skilled, connected, emerging young leaders (aged 18-35) from all across the MENA region. The intensive, fast-paced program included two online courses, ongoing online dialogues and periodic ... Read More»

Monia Jendoubi, Communication and International Cooperation Manager, El-Gazala Technopark Goldman Sachs 10,000 MENA Women Entrepreneurs, March 2015 10,000 Women is a global initiative supported by The Goldman Sachs Foundation that provides female entrepreneurs around the world with practical business education, business advising, and networking.  The program cultivates the leadership potential of women in the region, promotes ... Read More»

Nizar Ben Neji, Teaching Professor, Faculty of Sciences of Bizerte Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program, University of Massachusetts – Amherst, 2015. “I had a great opportunity to experience life in a typical American university town while attending the University of Massachusetts, Amherst (UMA). One of the finest tertiary institutions in America, UMA is now ranked among the ... Read More»

We are a team of alumni from four U.S. exchange programs: the Thomas Jefferson Scholarship Program, NESA UGRAD Program, Coca-Cola Scholarship Program, and the MEPI Student Leaders Program. While in the United States, we already knew that we would apply for the Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF) 2015. We were just looking for the right ... Read More»

2014 Technology Transfer Innovation in Higher Education Technology The highlight of my exchange experience is what I learnt about the university role in stimulating the partnership between the university and the business world to help promote an environment for professors and researchers and to transform the innovative ideas into valuable products and assist the marketing ... Read More»

“I might have taken wrong roads, made wrong decisions and choices at times but the IVLP experience was definitely the RIGHT door to knock on for a huge push towards a new future.After all the success stories and the accomplishments that I have been exposed to, I returned home with a major goal: to have ... Read More»

Zied Mehouachi Thomas Jefferson Scholarship Program – 2013-2014 Program Assistant, IREX “For me, the Thomas Jefferson scholarship program is a chance for non-experienced students to discover themselves and their abilities, to develop [their] skills and to come back and help Tunisia progress.  That’s what happened to us exactly, we all came back to Tunisia with ... Read More»

Amel Ghouila Researcher at Institut Pasteur, Techwomen 2014 My TechWomen experience was really great, and I learned much more than I expected. What I remember the most is the willingness of the mentors to help others and to create opportunities.  I feel like I belong to a big family.  If I need some help, I ... Read More»