Promoting economic and educational opportunities for the Palestinian people
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UPP Leaders with Sec. of
State Condoleezza Rice
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U.S. Sec. of State Condoleezza Rice met with U.S.-Palestinian Partnership (UPP) chairman Walter Isaacson and co-chairs Jean Case and Ziad Asali on April 29 for a joint press availability. Dept. of State Press Release. Read the complete text of the remarks by Secretary Rice and Walter Isaacson. Photos. Video.
PIC-Palestine-2008, a business conference to be held May 21-23 in Bethlehem. The conference will focus on attracting private sector investment in the Palestinian economy to create job growth and stimulate the Palestinian economy.
US-Palestinian Partnership: The Role of the Private Sector in Support of Peace. The Honorable Salaam Fayyad, Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority, joined Institute President and CEO Walter Isaacson for a dialogue about the recently launched US-Palestinian Public-Private Partnership and the status of efforts to secure peace. The Partnership is chaired by Isaacson together with Jean Case, CEO of the Case Foundation; Lester Crown, Aspen Board Member; Sandy Weill, Chairman Emeritus of Citigroup; and Ziad Asali, President of the American Task Force on Palestine. More information about Prime Minister Fayyad's visit.
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On December 3, 2007, President Bush, Secretary Rice and Administrator Fore announced a new Public-Private Partnership focused on creating economic opportunity for the Palestinian people and helping to prepare Palestinian youth for the responsibilities of citizenship and good governance.
The U.S. private sector – both non-profits and the business community – is uniquely situated to contribute to these goals. By demonstrating to the Palestinian people that they are willing to work with responsible Palestinian leaders and institutions, the private sector will increase support for a Palestinian leadership committed to peace and willing to negotiate the political compromises required to reach this important goal.
This effort is a critical component in facilitating progress toward a two-state solution, wherein Israel and Palestine live side by side, in peace, security and prosperity.
This partnership builds on the work of the Middle East Investment Initiative (MEII). A public-private partnership between the Aspen Institute, Overseas Private Investment Corporation, and the Palestinian Investment Fund, MEII is a $228 million loan guarantee program currently operating in the West Bank to improve the livelihoods of the Palestinian people.
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