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Below is the second piece in our Modern Legislation blog series from Connie Veillette, MFAN Principal and Director of the Rethinking U.S. Foreign Assistance Initiative at the Center for Global Development. The series explores just one pillar of MFAN’s updated reform agenda, From Policy to Practice. Former Republican Congressman Mark Green wrote the first piece in the series about how reform offers a unique opportunity for Congress to lead. Stay tuned for more!

“The New Middle East: Can Foreign Assistance Bolster the Arab Spring?” Keynote Speech by The Honorable Tamara Cofman Wittes Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Followed by a Panel Discussion with John Norris, Executive Director of the Sustainable Security and Peacebuilding Initiative, Center for American Progress Ehaab Abdou, Co-founder, Nahdet El Mahrousa … Continue reading EVENT: Foreign Policy and MFAN Host Event on Middle East Assistance

This week, MFAN is launching a six-part blog series about our new reform agenda, From Policy to Practice. Each month, we will be focusing on a different pillar of our agenda, such as strengthening the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) or ensuring that our assistance is driven by local priorities, with the goal of moving the conversation from policy to practice. The posts in each series will draw from the vast experience and knowledge of MFAN’s Principals to articulate just how to take reform principles and put them in to practice, offering practical actions while addressing implications of such action (or inaction).