Tag: U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
In December 2012, the U.S. Agency for International Development released its first-ever Action Plan on Children in Adversity. The plan calls for an interagency strategy to assist vulnerable children in low- and middle-income countries…
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Nearly 40 U.S. Army Africa personnel recently attended a two-day Joint Humanitarian Operations course. The course was taught by instructors from the U.S. Agency for International Development, Office of the U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance…
... Read MoreIn August, the U.S. Agency for International Development released its strategy to establish a government-wide approach that identifies, coordinates, integrates, and leverages current efforts and resources in preventing and responding to gender-based violence around the world…
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The White House released the fact sheet for a comprehensive strategy to prevent and respond to mass atrocities. The strategy stems from an August 2011 Presidential Study Directive…
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The Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network was created as a result of the Presidential Policy Directive on Global Development, and advocates for more effective and accountable U.S. foreign assistance…
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Assistant administrator for USAID’s Bureau of Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, discussed USAID’s efforts in Africa and how USAID and AFRICOM can better work together to achieve common goals…
... Read MoreUSAID released its new Counter-Trafficking in Persons Policy in February 2012. The new policy lays the groundwork for USAID counter-trafficking in persons programs and highlights the importance of partnerships with the State Department, DoD, and other stakeholders…
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Former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy recently spoke at the Chairman’s Forum at the Stimson Center in Washington, DC. Flournoy discussed imbalances in interagency resourcing, the growth of interagency operations, the National Security structure, and public-private partnerships…
... Read MoreThe U.S. Agency for International Development announced recently that it will be changing the name of the Office of Military Affairs to the Office of Civilian Military Cooperation. This change reflects the office’s evolving role in facilitating civilian-military cooperation…
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The Government Accountability Office released a report in July of this year detailing the need for common alignment of world regions among certain U.S. federal agencies. The report, GAO-11-776R, came as a response to Section 1055 of the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011, which required an assessment of the need for common alignment of world regions in federal departments and agencies with international responsibilities…
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