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Maringa-Lopori-Wamba Landscape Program (USAID Central Africa Regional):  FY 2017 resources will directly support biodiversity conservation in the 10.6 million hectare Maringa-Lopori-Wamba landscape. The program will mitigate threats to biodiversity by strengthening local conservation capacity, enforcing wildlife laws, combating wildlife poaching and trafficking, and expanding economic incentives for conservation. The program will also support the creation of a new nature reserve in the landscape..USAID will use Sustainable Landscapes funds to maintain and enhance the carbon stocks and sequestration potential through sustainable forest management and reforestation, and to support the implementation of the national Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation strategy and action plan. Biodiversity funds will also indirectly support the sustainable landscapes objective by slowing deforestation and forest degradation and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The benefitting country is the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Ituri-Epulu-Aru Forest Landscape Program Landscape 11: Ituri - Epulu - Aru Forest Landscape
Dja-Minkebe-Odzala Tri-national Forest Landscape Program Landscape 4: Dja-Minkebe-Odzala Tri-national Forest Landscape
Trade and Investment Enabling Environment Supports the following illustrative program-funded costs: salaries of US, FSN, and TCN and other staff such as PSCs, RSSAs, PASAs, CASUs working for the US Government managing, administering, and supporting programs and their program-funded benefits such as housing, travel, transportation, education allowances etc; institutional contractors that provide such staff, rent, IT services, the program-funded share of utilities, staff training costs and the cost of developing and administering training programs, equipment and supplies, ICASS, vehicle fuel and maintenance, maintenance contracts, janitorial services, operational unit web page development and maintenance, outreach such as publications and the cost of their preparation (including staff costs), and technical assistance to ensure USG compliance with regulations.
Congo Basin Forest Monitoring Using Satellites PASA NASA Reduction of forest degradation and loss of biodiversity
Final Evaluation of the USAID/Africa Bureau Textbook and Learning Materials Program (TLMP) IBTCI was contracted to conduct the final evaluation of the USAID/Africa Bureau Textbook and Learning Materials Program (TLMP) final evaluation for activities in Ghana, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Malawi and Ethiopia. The evaluation entails five tasks: 1) Data Collection; 2) Data Review; 3) Coordination and Management; 4) Site Visits; and 5) Data Analysis. IBTCI used a mixed-methods approach to evaluate the current TLMP cooperative agreements, rather than TLMP overall. To incorporate the five tasks, IBTCI implemented the following research design worked with USAID missions to determine optimum times for country visit, scheduled interviews with MSIs, obtained and reviewed project documents, assigned members of the team to each country, identified target populations from whom to gather data, developed specific interview schedules and other data collecting instruments, refined the instruments based on experience and the parameters of each project, developed and edited preliminary country reports, and wrote a final overall report.
Congo Basin Forest Monitoring Using Satellites (USAID Central Africa Regional):  Direct Biodiversity funds will build the capacity of public and private institutions to access and use monitoring, mapping, and analytical tools for forest habitat protection and enable coordination between policies and measures affecting both biodiversity and climate change mitigation. USAID will use focused Sustainable Landscapes funds to provide analyses, maps, satellite imagery, and training to support national Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation strategies; develop models for estimating deforestation rates and patterns of deforestation and forest degradation; and monitor forest cover and land use changes for objective baseline and subsequent fluctuations in carbon stocks estimates across the region. This work will protect the globally important biodiversity of the Congo Basin and advance US foreign policy objectives by providing a sustainable timber industry and increasing regional economic development.
Textbooks and Learning Materials Program 1 - AAMU The Textbooks and Learning Materials Program (TLMP), a component of the Africa Education Initiative was launched in 2002 to work with African governments and Ministries of Education to create substantial solution to the many pressing educational challenges in six sub-Saharan countries, including lack of adequate educational materials and insufficient training for teachers. Since the launch of the program in 2002, TLMP has provided over 5 Million workbooks, teachers guides, related resources and teaching materials within 14 districts in Ghana for use in Kindergarten to Primary 3 classrooms.
Ambassadors Girls Scholarship Program (AGSP) - Gender Equity in Education 2 The objective of the program is to support the goal of the retention of girls in school who would otherwise have no means of staying in school. This will be done through the awarding of scholarships and complementary mentoring programs which will inspire and encourage the girls in their educational pursuits.
Grant to Observatoire Satellital des Forts d'Afrique Centrale (OSFAC) Grant to Observatoire Satellital des Forts d'Afrique Centrale (OSFAC)
Textbooks and Learning Materials Program 4 - ECSU The Textbooks and Learning Materials Program (TLMP), a component of the Africa Education Initiative was launched in 2002 to work with African governments and Ministries of Education to create substantial solution to the many pressing educational challenges in six sub-Saharan countries, including lack of adequate educational materials and insufficient training for teachers. Since the launch of the program in 2002, TLMP has provided over 5 Million workbooks, teachers guides, related resources and teaching materials within 14 districts in Ghana for use in Kindergarten to Primary 3 classrooms.
African Biodiversity Collaborative Group (ABCG) (USAID Africa Regional (AFR)):  The African Biodiversity Collaborative Group II (ABCG II) is planned as a coalition of the major US-based international conservation non-governmental organizations with field-based activities in Africa including African Wildlife Foundation, Conservation International, the Jane Goodall Institute, The Nature Conservancy, Wildlife Conservation Society, World Resources Institute and World Wildlife Fund. The ABCG II will provide program planning, implementation, evaluation and knowledge management and outreach support to USAID biodiversity conservation programs in Africa.  ABCG's mission is to tackle complex and changing conservation challenges by catalyzing and strengthening collaboration, and bringing the best resources from across a continuum of conservation organizations to effectively and efficiently work towards a vision of an African continent where natural resources and biodiversity are securely conserved in balance with sustained human livelihoods.
Monitoring and Evaluation IQC Task Order - Ensure Evaluation and Monitoring Activities examine USAID-Funded Ebola Recovery Interventions The purpose of this task order is to ensure these evaluations and monitoring activities will examine USAID-funded Ebola recovery interventions in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone from March 2014 until December 2019. This task order will involve capturing, aggregating, and reporting on all recovery activities performance and impact toward achieving established Pillar II macro-level objectives as stated in the Africa Ebola Unit (AEU) Strategic Framework and the monitoring and evaluation (ME) Results Framework (See Annex I- Results Framework).  The Task Order will include providing expert analysis of Pillar II country-level sustainability of achievements and informs adjustments to long-term country activities at the Development Objectives level as outlined in the Country Development Cooperative Strategy (CDCS) and the Integrated Country Strategy (ICS.)
Sangha Tri-National Landscape Program (TNS) (USAID Central Africa Regional):  FY 2017 resources will directly support biodiversity conservation and combating wildlife trafficking in the 3.6 million hectare Sangha Tri-National landscape. This program will mitigate the main threats to biodiversity (deforestation, forest degradation, wildlife poaching, and trade of wildlife products) by strengthening local conservation capacity, enforcing wildlife laws, combating wildlife poaching and trafficking, and expanding economic incentives for conservation. It is expected to slow habitat destruction, reduce wildlife poaching and trafficking, and stabilize targeted species populations.
Public Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF) The Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF) finances activities related to water, sanitation and hygiene in Africa through policy and transactions work. PPIAF is a multi-donor technical assistance facility, aimed at helping developing country governments improve the quality of their infrastructure through private sector involvement. PPIAF's mission is to help eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable development in developing countries by facilitating private sector involvement in infrastructure. The objectives of the PPIAF are to support the provision of drinking water and sanitation services as well as the adoption of hygiene practices through activities in urban areas, informal settlements and slums, and rural villages. Expected results are increased water and sanitation access and efficiency in African urban areas through the reform of sector structures, effective sector partnerships, and capacity building.
Power Africa:  Unlocking Southern Africa Solar (USAS) - Mega Solar (USAID Africa Regional):  The Unlocking Southern Africa Solar (USAS) is a demand-driven program to facilitate the implementation of a large-scale solar competitive procurement program, under the Mega Solar initiative, in Namibia and Botswana. FY 2021 funds will:.Build awareness and consensus among development partners, regional institutions, and other stakeholders in Southern Africa for large-scale solar procurement programs focused on Solar PV and CSP technologies.Assess the technical and financial feasibility of large-scale solar programs in Southern Africa. Specifically, USAS will conduct technical, financial, and economic analyses to demonstrate the feasibility of large-scale solar procurements in Namibia and Botswana and the necessary steps for its launch. USAS relies on partnerships with governments and relevant regional stakeholders, such as SAPP, SADC, DFIs and Power Africa partners; and works with local development banks and power utilities to find innovative funding solutions for solar generation projects.Strengthen the institutional, technical and legal capacity in Namibia and Botswana to support their understanding of, buy-in for, planning, and implementation of a large-scale solar procurement program. Stakeholders such as the Ministry of Finance will need to understand the implications of various decision points in procurement design. Support coordination among existing Mega Solar partners and identify new partners, including local partners such as AUDA-NEPAD, to support Mega Solar priorities. USAS also increases the competitiveness of host-country entities in both Namibia and Botswana within the solar and renewable energy sectors through (i) facilitated access to donor finance, (ii) provision of necessary technical expertise, and (iii) coordination of the necessary platforms to achieve local and regional results..
Sangha Tri-National Forest Landscape Program Sangha Tri-National Forest Landscape Program
Improved Governance and Sustainable Use of Forest Resources in Central Africa Improved Governance & Sustainable use of Forest Resources in Central Africa
Basic Education - Learning for Out-of-School Youth Supports the following illustrative program-funded costs: salaries of US, FSN, and TCN and other staff such as PSCs, RSSAs, PASAs, CASUs working for the US Government managing, administering, and supporting programs and their program-funded benefits such as housing, travel, transportation, education allowances etc; institutional contractors that provide such staff, rent, IT services, the program-funded share of utilities, staff training costs and the cost of developing and administering training programs, equipment and supplies, ICASS, vehicle fuel and maintenance, maintenance contracts, janitorial services, operational unit web page development and maintenance, outreach such as publications and the cost of their preparation (including staff costs), and technical assistance to ensure USG compliance with regulations.
SO2: IMPR. POLICIES/PROGRAMS/STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE POPU Improved Policies/Programs/Strategies For Sustainable Population
Lac Tele- Lac Tumba Landscape Program (USAID Central Africa Regional):  FY 2017 resources will directly support biodiversity conservation in the 12.62 million hectare Lac Tele-Lac Tumba landscape. The program will mitigate threats to biodiversity by strengthening local conservation capacity, enforcing wildlife laws, combating wildlife poaching and trafficking, and expanding economic incentives for conservation. .USAID will use focused Sustainable Landscapes funds to maintain and enhance the carbon stocks and sequestration potential through sustainable forest management and reforestation, as well as support the implementation of the national Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation strategy and action plan. Biodiversity funds will also indirectly support the sustainable landscapes objective by slowing deforestation and forest degradation and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The benefiting countries include Republic of Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Leconi-Bateke-Lefini Forest Landscape Program Landscape 6: Leconi - Bateke -Lefini Forest Landscape
USAID/AFR/ED Task Order under Monitoring and Evaluation Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity Contract (IDIQC) The research will be used to increase the measurement tools and body of knowledge needed by headquarters and Mission personnel to appropriately respond to educational needs in partner countries while effectively working in the USAID operating environment.
Elections and Political Processes Strengthen institutional capacities of public and private higher education institutions (including research institutes, teacher-training colleges and institutes, universities, community colleges, and the relevant officials, departments, and ministries responsible for higher education) to teach, train, conduct research, and provide community service; to contribute to development; and to promote professional development opportunities, institutional linkages, and exchange programs.
Leaders With Associates award for the Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders Leaders With Associates award for the Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders
African Biodiversity Collaborative Group II (ABCG) The African Biodiversity Collaborative Group II (ABCG II) is a coalition of the major U.S.-based international conservation non-governmental organizations with field activities in Africa. These include the African Wildlife Foundation, Conservation International, Jane Goodall Institute, The Nature Conservancy, Wildlife Conservation Society, World Resources Institute and World Wildlife Fund. ABCG II will provide program planning assistance, evaluation, knowledge management, and outreach support to USAID's biodiversity programs in Africa. ABCG II's mission is to tackle complex and changing conservation challenges by catalyzing and strengthening collaboration on a range of technically challenging issues. These resources will help USAID missions and ABCG II partners build stronger and more effective biodiversity programs, resulting in better outcomes in biodiversity conservation and sustainable livelihoods communities.
Maiko-Tayna-Kahuzi Biega Landscape Program (USAID Central Africa Regional):  FY 2017 resources will directly support biodiversity conservation in the 6.8 million hectare Maiko-Tayna-Kahuzi Biega landscape. The program will mitigate threats to biodiversity by improving protected area management, establishing community nature reserves, enforcing wildlife laws, combating wildlife poaching and trafficking, and expanding economic incentives for conservation. .USAID will use focused Sustainable Landscapes funds to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and enhance carbon sequestration by supporting implementation of the national Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation strategy and action plan, as well as by supporting sustainable forest management. Biodiversity funds will indirectly support sustainable landscapes objectives by slowing deforestation and forest degradation. The benefitting country is the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Salonga-Lukenie-Sankuru Forest Landscape Program Landscape 8: Salonga Lukenie Sankuru Forest Landscape
Water Supply and Sanitation - Safe Water Access Water Supply and Sanitation - Increase access to water of appropriate quantity and quality for use in households, schools, health facilities, and industrial/commercial facilities through protection of existing water sources, sustainable development of new sources (e.g., well drilling and spring capping); expansion and rehabilitation of water supply infrastructure, such as pumps and distribution systems; implementation of appropriate community-based approaches to design, construction, operation and maintenance.
Support of the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS in children in sub-Saharan Africa Support of the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS in children in sub-Saharan Africa
Ituri-Epulu-Aru Forest Landscape Program (USAID Central Africa Regional):  FY 2017 resources will directly support biodiversity conservation in the 3.12 million hectare Ituri-Epulu-Aru landscape. The program will mitigate threats to biodiversity by strengthening local conservation capacity, enforcing wildlife laws, combating wildlife poaching and trafficking, and expanding economic incentives for conservation. .USAID will use focused Sustainable Landscapes funds to maintain and enhance carbon stocks and sequestration potential through sustainable forest management, reforestation and tree crop plantations, and will support the implementation of the national Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation strategy and action plan. Biodiversity funds will also indirectly support the sustainable landscapes objective by slowing deforestation and forest degradation and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The benefitting country is the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Reduce the Rate of Forest Degradation and Loss of Biodiversi Reduce the Rate of Forest Degradation and Loss of Biodiversity through Increased Local, National, and Regional Natural Resource Management Capacity
Higher Education - Engaging Higher Education Institutions in Development Higher Education - Develop policies and laws that improve the quality, contributions and accessibility of higher education; support their effective implementation and monitoring; and ensure the participation of higher education institutions, the private sector, civil society, and other interested parties in the development and implementation of such policies and laws. This would include, but not be limited to, national policies that support more equitable access, greater competition, enhanced autonomy, improved transparency in admissions, more effective collaboration with the private sector and civil society, improved accountability, and increased transparency with regard to revenue generation, expenditures, and financial management.
Pay Go Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) Program in the Congo (USAID Central Africa Regional):  . .The goal of this activity is to reduce deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions by replacing charcoal used for cooking with liquid petroleum gas(LPG). FY 2021 funds will support the testing phase of systems used by households and businesses in urban and peri-urban areas to decrease charcoal use which currently threatens important forests. This activity will directly contribute to the sustainable landscape objectives, reduce land-based emissions, and thus contribute to the Democratic Republic of Congo's(DRC's) ability to meet its emission reduction targets outlined in the Nationally Determined Contribution under the Paris Climate Agreement. It will also decrease indoor air pollution and engage women traders and small-scale businesses for implementation.This activity will contribute to reducing the threat that the illegal charcoal trade poses to Virunga National Park. In addition, this activity will contribute to gender empowerment, especially by reducing women and girls' workloads, saving their time, and reducing their risk of exposure to physical and sexual violence during firewood collection. US. government participation to regulate the sector has considerable potential for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but also means that illegal charcoal's traders, along with armed groups, forgo millions of dollars in revenue,likely to be used for terrorism against U.S government interests..This activity will contribute to advancing the U.S. government priorities in Central Africa designed to maintain the ecological integrity of the Congo Basin, which is vital to regional stability, a US.foreign policy priority. It contributes to JSP Strategic Objective 2.2:(Promote healthy, educated and productive populations in partner countries to drive inclusive and sustainable development, open new markets and support U.S. prosperity and security objectives)by protecting natural resources critical to long term, sustainable growth,and food and water
Consortium for Digital Democracy and Civil Society in Indonesia The project of strengthening civil society amidst ongoing democratic regression in Indonesia aims to establish an advocacy program based on research using a parallel and interconnected research and action approach for social change.
Royal Academy of Engineering  Core - Frontiers of Engineering for Development Frontiers of Engineering for Development is a series of interdisciplinary symposia that facilitates national and international collaboration to tackle global development challenges. The event brings together a select group of around 60 emerging UK and global engineering and international development leaders from industry and academia to discuss pioneering technical work and cutting-edge research for international development from a diversity of engineering fields. Seed funding is available to progress some of the best ideas coming out of the event. COVID-19 The goal of the two-and-a-half day symposia is to introduce these outstanding engineers and international development workers (0-20 years post-doc, or equivalent experience in industry) to each other, and through this interaction facilitate collaboration in engineering for development, the transfer of new techniques and approaches across disciplinary boundaries and the establishment of contacts among the next generation of engineering leaders and beyond.

We intend that participants will establish networks that will have a lasting impact throughout their careers. In order to encourage this, at the end of each symposium participants will have the opportunity to apply for seed funding to help build on collaborative partnerships established at the event.