[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 86 (Thursday, May 2, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35773-35774]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-09503]


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AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT


Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Agency for International Development.

ACTION: Request for public comment and notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) 
announces a public meeting, and requests public comment for the fourth 
meeting of the Partnership for Peace Fund (PPF) Advisory Board to 
receive updates on progress and changes to USAID programming under 
MEPPA following the terrorist attacks of October 7, 2023, and discuss 
recommendations for the strategic direction of MEPPA in this new 
context.

DATES: Written comments and information are requested on or before May 
16, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. EST.
    The public meeting will take place on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, from 
9:00 a.m.-11:15 a.m. EST via the Zoom platform (https://usaid.zoomgov.com/j/1606503264?pwd=ZVpXSWpnYnBoTHFIVFEwYTR5QTVTUT09).
    The meeting does not require pre-registration.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments regarding the work of the PPF 
Advisory Board by email to [email protected]. Include ``Public Comment, 
PPF Advisory Board Meeting, May 21'' in the subject line. All public 
comments and questions will be included in the official record of the 
meeting and posted publicly on the USAID website.
    Please email [email protected] to request reasonable accommodations 
for the public meeting. Include ``Request for Reasonable Accommodation, 
PPF Advisory Board Meeting, May 21'' in the subject line.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan McDonald, 202-712-4965, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In December 2020, Congress passed the Nita 
M. Lowey Middle East Partnership for Peace Act, or MEPPA, with 
bipartisan support. The Act directs USAID and the U.S. International 
Development Finance Corporation (DFC), in coordination with the 
Department of State, to program $250 million over five years to build 
the foundation for peaceful coexistence between Israelis and 
Palestinians through a new PPF, managed by USAID, and a Joint 
Investment Initiative, managed by the DFC.
    MEPPA serves as a recognition that economic, social, and political 
connections between Israelis and Palestinians are the best way to 
foster mutual understanding and provide the strongest basis for a 
sustainable, two-state solution. USAID's Middle East Bureau has been 
working with Congress, interagency colleagues, and partners in Israel, 
the West Bank, and Gaza to implement the Act. MEPPA also calls for the 
establishment of a board to advise USAID on the strategic direction of 
the PPF.
    Composed of up to 15 members, the PPF Advisory Board includes 
development experts, private sector leaders and faith-based leaders who 
are appointed by members of Congress and the USAID Administrator. As 
stated in its charter, the Board's role is purely advisory and 
possesses no enforcement authority or power to bind USAID. Duties of 
the Board and individual members are restricted to providing 
information and making recommendations to USAID on matters and issues 
relating to the types of projects USAID should seek to support in order 
to further the purposes of the People-to-People Partnership for Peace 
Fund and partnerships with foreign governments and international 
organizations to leverage the impact of the People-to-People 
Partnership for Peace Fund.
    The following are the current members of the Advisory Board:

Chair: The Honorable George R. Salem
The Honorable Elliott Abrams
Farah Bdour
Rabbi Angela Buchdahl
Rabbi Michael M. Cohen
Sander Gerber
Ambassador Mark Green (ret.)
Hiba Husseini
Heather Johnston
Harley Lippman
The Honorable Nita M. Lowey
Dina Powell McCormick
Nickolay Mladenov
Jen Stewart
The Honorable Robert Wexler

    PPF Advisory Board meetings are held twice a year and are public. 
More information about how USAID is implementing MEPPA to increase 
people-to-people partnerships between Israelis and Palestinians is 
available at: https://www.usaid.gov/west-bank-and-gaza/meppa.
    The purpose of this meeting is for the Advisory Board to gain a 
better understanding of the progress so far to program funds under the 
PPF to bring Israelis and Palestinians together to increase 
understanding and advance the goal of a two-state solution.
    During this meeting, the Board will (1) receive updates on progress 
and changes to USAID programming under MEPPA following the terrorist 
attacks of October 7, 2023, and (2) discuss recommendations for the 
strategic direction of MEPPA in this new context.

Request for Public Comment

    To inform the direction and advice of the Board, USAID invites 
written comments from the public on areas for focus and strategies for 
people-to-people peacebuilding under the PPF.
    Written comments and information are requested on or before 
Thursday, May 16, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. EDT. Include ``Public Comment, PPF 
Advisory Board Meeting, May 21'' in the subject line. Please submit 
comments and information as a Word or PDF attachment to your email. You 
are encouraged to submit written comments even if you plan to attend 
the public meeting. All public comments and questions will be included 
in the official record of the meeting and posted publicly on the USAID 
website.

Public Meeting

    A public meeting will take place Tuesday, May 21, 2024, from 9:00 
a.m.-11:15 a.m. This meeting is free and open to the public. Persons 
wishing to attend the meeting should use the following link: (https://usaid.zoomgov.com/j/1606503264?pwd=ZVpXSWpnYnBoTHFIVFEwYTR5QTVTUT09).
    Requests for reasonable accommodations should be directed to

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Daniel McDonald at [email protected]. Please include ``Request for 
Reasonable Accommodation, PPF Advisory Board Meeting, May 21'' in the 
subject line.

Daniel McDonald,
USAID Designated Federal Officer for the PPF Advisory Board, Bureau for 
the Middle East, U.S. Agency for International Development.
[FR Doc. 2024-09503 Filed 5-1-24; 8:45 am]
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