ETG - USAID Egyptian Pioneers

Part of Season 3, we discuss the new USAID Egyptian Pioneers project with their Chief of Party, Amal Mowafy. The Egyptian Pioneers project is a new program that will provide scholarships and training to Egyptian students with an emphasis on sectors that can advance Egypt’s climate goals. This program will include:

• scholarships to at least 700 young Egyptians (50 percent women) from underserved communities to obtain undergraduate degrees in Egypt, 
• scholarships to at least 60 mid-career Government of Egypt (GOE) professionals to obtain master’s degrees in the United States or Egypt,
• scholarships to at least 50 mid-career GOE professionals to pursue post-doctoral studies in the United States, and
• U.S.- and Egypt-based technical training for at least 250 mid-career Egyptian government professionals and at least 200 mid-career professionals from non-public entities.