Timeline

  • August 2005

    MEII is established as a 501 c(3) not for profit corporation with Berl Bernhard as the first Chair

  • Apr 28, 2021

    November 2007

    The first Loan Guarantee Facility (LGF) was launched in Palestine and was managed by CHF International 

  • Apr 28, 2021

    December 2009

    MEII reaches the $50 million mark in approved loans

  • Apr 28, 2021

    May 2010

    Affordable Mortgage and Lending Company ($500 million facility to provide long term housing loans)  program is launched

  • Apr 28, 2021

    February 2011

    5,000 jobs sustained

  • Apr 28, 2021

    May 2013

    Palestinian Political Risk Insurance (a pilot project to provide insurance for damage of products at Israeli checkpoints) is launched

  • Apr 28, 2021

    August 2013

    The Tunisia office is established

  • Apr 28, 2021

    September 2013

    MEII reached the $100 million mark in approved loans

  • Apr 28, 2021

    May 2014

    the Sida Guarantee and Technical Assistance programs launched

  • Apr 28, 2021

    February 2015

    Berl steps down and Henrietta Fore becomes Chair

  • Apr 28, 2021

    June 2015

    15,000 jobs have been sustained

  • Apr 28, 2021

    May 2016

    The Board of Directors visit Palestine and launch LGF3. The first loan in Tunisia is also approved

  • Apr 28, 2021

    December 2016

    Palestinian Political Risk Insurance (PPRI) is terminated

  • Apr 28, 2021

    February 2017

    The second Sida grant for the Swedish Guarantee Facility (SGF) and Technical Assistance Program (TAP) is approved

  • Apr 28, 2021

    March 2017

    MEII reaches the $200 million mark in approved loans

  • Apr 28, 2021

    August 2017

    MEII extended its activity to Jordan

  • Apr 28, 2021

    September 2017

    MEII successfully closed the first Loan Guarantee Facility (LGF)

  • Apr 28, 2021

    December 2017

    Ann Korologos becomes Chair

  • Apr 28, 2021

    September 2018

    MEII celebrates their 10th Anniversary Fundraiser Dinner at the House of Sweden

  • Apr 28, 2021

    April 2019

    MEII is featured in the Ripon Forum on Middle East Stability

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  • Apr 28, 2021

    May 2019

    MEII approves $310 million in loans to over 2,000 SMEs

  • Apr 28, 2021

    October 2019

    6,000 jobs are sustained under LGF3

  • Apr 28, 2021

    February 2020

    MEII co-hosts an event with the Netherlands Permanent Representation to the E.U. in Brussels, Belgium to discuss job creation in MENA

  • Apr 28, 2021

    July 2020

    MEII hosts a virtual event with the RAND corporation to discuss the economic impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on the Middle East and North Africa

  • Apr 28, 2021

    July 2020

    Tamweeli launches in Tunisia

  • Apr 28, 2021

    January 2021

    Ann Korologos steps down as Board Chair and Martin Indyk and George Salem become Joint Chairs of the MEII Board

  • Apr 28, 2021

    May 2021

    MEII reaches $400 million in approved loans

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