|                                                                                                                                                             |  | AGENCY SPOTLIGHT                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |  | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|**BISNISHome PageSearchBISNISEmbassyReportsCountryReportsIndustryReportsPublicationsSourcesof FinanceLeadsand EventsExchangeRatesState ExportsOtherSources** |  | May 1999American International Health Alliance (AIHA) and U.S. Agency for International
Development (USAID) -- AIHA and USAID have announced a grants competition in
support of establishing new partnerships between U.S. health-related institutions and their
counterparts in Armenia, as part of the NIS Health Partnerships Program. AIHA is soliciting
applications from qualified U.S. health-related institutions willing to devote substantial in-kind
resources, mainly in the form of human resources committed on a volunteer basis, to a 3-4 year
partnership, in accordance with the strategic direction of USAID. AIHA will award up to four
partnerships in Armenia (in Armavir, Lori, and Gegarkunik regions, and Yerevan). The closing
date is June 2, 1999. For further information, see the full text of the solicitation at
www.aiha.com/english/partners/newpartn/index.htm.United States-Tajikistan Chamber of Commerce-- On March 26, 1999, the new United
States-Tajikistan Chamber of  Commerce opened its doors. The chamber is a professional, not-
for-profit organization engaged exclusively in promoting business, commerce, academic pursuits,
cooperation, and goodwill among its members and the peoples of the United States and
Tajikistan in general.Contact information: 
United States-Tajikistan Chamber of Commerce
Sadriddin Akramov, Executive Director
1250 24th Street, NW, Suite 350
Washington D.C., 20037-1124
Tel: (202) 776-7779; Fax: (202) 776-7765
Email: [email protected]This report is provided courtesy of the Business Information Service for the Newly
Independent States (BISNIS)