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Other Trade-Related Programs - FY 2011 Program Expenses USTDA Regional Office, Johannesburg, South Africa, through U.S. Government - Department of State Other Trade-Related Programs - FY 2011 Program Expenses USTDA Regional Office, Johannesburg, South Africa, through U.S. Government - Department of State
Orientation Visit - East African Community Financial Integration RTM, through Business Council for International Understanding This $229,000 East African Community Financial Integration Reverse Trade Mission brings public sector reps from the East African Community to the U.S. to meet U.S. government entities and U.S. companies offering banking and finance solutions.
U.S.-Africa Information and Communication Technology Standards Program, through American National Standards Institute USTDA funding is supporting the U.S.-Africa Information and Communication Technology Sector Standards Program (Technical Assistance or TA). The TA is designed to share important U.S. commercial and industrial standards information and practices with government officials and industry in Sub-Saharan African countries to ensure that decision makers who develop and implement standards, testing protocols, and regulatory procedures for the ICT sector are informed of internationally accepted industry-led standards. The TA maximizes cost-sharing by U.S. industry and strongly features U.S. private sector technology, expertise, best practices, and resources to carry out standards workshops in Sub-Saharan Africa. This funding in the amount of $161,468 is being added to the U.S.-Africa Information and Communication Technology Standards Program. USTDA funding of $680,494 is supporting four additional workshops under the U.S.-Africa Information and Communication Technology Sector Standards Program (TA). The TA is designed to share important U.S. commercial and industrial standards information and practices with government officials and industry in Sub-Saharan African countries to ensure that decision makers who develop and implement standards, testing protocols, and regulatory procedures for the ICT sector are informed of internationally accepted industry-led standards. The TA maximizes cost-sharing by U.S. industry and strongly features U.S. private sector technology, expertise, best practices, and resources to carry out standards workshops in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Technical Symposium - East African Community E-Health Workshop, through Business Council for International Understanding Technical Symposium - East African Community E-Health Workshop, through Business Council for International Understanding
Technical Symposium - INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE - BRIEFING BOOK, through Computer Frontiers, Inc. USTDA is providing $150,000 for development of a Briefing Book in support of the Sub-Saharan Africa ("SSA") Information and Communications Technology ("ICT") Conference. The Conference highlights ICT sector opportunities and policy developments in a number of countries in the region. The Conference also promotes development of infrastructure, technology transfer and market-oriented reforms in the communications and IT sector. Topics include deregulation, privatization, connectivity, public-sector reforms, security, and capacity building. The event enables delegates from SSA to interact with and discuss project ideas with potential U.S. suppliers. The Conference took place in San Francisco in October 2006.
Definitional Mission - Ghana and Nigeria Power Sector, through CORE International, Inc. Definitional Mission - Ghana and Nigeria Power Sector, through CORE International, Inc.
Other - Regional Business Development Manager, PSC, through U.S. Government - Trade and Development Agency This funding is for USTDA's Manager for Business Development position for sub-Saharan Africa. This is a Personal Services Contractor (PSC) position, and the duty station is in Johannesburg, South Africa. The position and office are essential to the performance of USTDA's work in sub-Saharan Africa.
Definitional Mission - SOUTHERN AFRICA RAIL SECTOR, through TERA International Group, Inc. This Definitional Mission identifies, evaluates, and recommends activities for USTDA funding consideration in Southern Africa's rail sector.
Definitional Mission - Southern Africa Rail Sector, through TERA International Group, Inc. Definitional Mission - Southern Africa Rail Sector, through TERA International Group, Inc.
Technical Symposium - Africa Energy Forum, through Citigroup, Inc. This obligation allowed USTDA to share the cost of booth space with five U.S. government partners under the Power Africa initiative at the Africa Energy Forum in Istanbul, Turkey, held from June 18-20, 2014. The expenditure enabled USTDA to advance its Power Africa work by making itself available to discuss its programs with both U.S. industry interested in working in Africa and African delegates to the conference, which is recognized as one of the largest and most important private sector-organized conferences on energy infrastructure development.
Technical Symposium - Infrastructure Financing Event Series Technical Symposium, through The Webster Group This funding is supporting the Infrastructure Financing Workshop Series consisting of three workshops. The Event Series will promote cooperation between the public and private sectors in the United States and sub-Saharan Africa to enhance the enabling environment and catalyze investments for priority infrastructure projects in sub-Saharan Africa. This will further the likelihood of successful infrastructure projects across sub-Saharan Africa which are implemented utilizing U.S. goods and services.
Reverse Trade Mission - West African Customs Cooperation and Trade Facilitation Reverse Trade Mission, through Futron Corporation West African Customs Cooperation and Trade Facilitation Reverse Trade Mission
Orientation Visit - East and Southern African Airspace Integration, through Millennium Science & Engineering, Inc. This Reverse Trade Mission supports U.S. private sector participation in the implementation of airspace integration projects in East and Southern Africa.
Other Trade-Related Programs - FY 2013 Program Expenses USTDA Regional Office, Johannesburg, South Africa, through U.S. Government - Department of State Other Trade-Related Programs - FY 2013 Program Expenses USTDA Regional Office, Johannesburg, South Africa, through U.S. Government - Department of State
Feasibility Study - Mawingu Networks Expansion, through Dalberg Global Development Advisors This grant partially funds a feasibility study (FS) for Mawingu Networks Limited to support expansion of its network throughout rural and underserved areas in Kenya and into Uganda and Rwanda to increase internet access and rural connectivity throughout East Africa.
Déconstruire les stéréotypes par la culture pour une société inclusive, décoloniale et durable Des acteur·rice·s de changement, conscientisé·e·s de façon critique à travers une approche culturelle et de déconstruction des stéréotypes, source de racisme et de discriminations, se mobilisent auprès de leurs publics et promeuvent une société inclusive, décoloniale et durable, ouverte à l'expression de la diversité culturelle L’outcome se définit au départ des missions de CEC sur les enjeux décoloniaux, et dans la continuité du programme précédent luttant contre le racisme et les discriminations. 
L’approche choisie par CEC, pouvant être adaptée à différents publics, consiste à joindre l’action culturelle, pour mieux connaître l’Histoire et la culture des personnes originaires du continent africain, et la déconstruction des stéréotypes, pour mieux comprendre les causes du racisme et des discriminations.
Dans ce programme, CEC centre ses actions pour toucher les jeunes, exerçant moins leurs droits à la citoyenneté mondiale, particulièrement ceux côtoyant les Maisons de Jeunes et les clubs sportifs. Dans ce sens, le programme prévoit le renforcement des connaissances des responsables de ces lieux, acteur·rice·s de changement qui promeuvent l’inclusion dans leurs activités. Au-delà d’une sensibilisation, le programme vise l’intégration par ces publics-relais des enjeux décoloniaux dans leurs propres champs d’action pour conscientiser leurs publics et devenir véritable acteur·rice d’ECMS.
De plus, CEC développe le renforcement de capacités à l’attention de deux publics de professionnels, amenés à adapter leurs pratiques pour y intégrer durablement une approche décoloniale : les enseignant·e·s en Histoire et les professionnel·le·s de la coopération suivant la trajectoire « diversité et décolonisation » du CSC Belgique.
CEC prévoit des activités-clés pour partager son approche culturelle et de déconstruction des stéréotypes de façon décloisonnée pour ses différents public-cibles :
• Diffusion d’informations, d’analyses et d’une veille sur les enjeux décoloniaux des différents secteurs à travers l’Observatoire des Stéréotypes (numérique)
• Organisation de rencontre entre les groupes-cibles et un réseau de référent·e·s réunis par CEC (partenaires en Afrique, associations diasporiques, représentant·e·s de musées, universitaires, artistes, etc.) Nous définissons tous nos publics-relais comme des acteur·rice·s de changements au départ, c’est-à-dire des acteur·rcie·s qui dans leurs pratiques professionnelles respectives visent un changement sociétal :
•	les responsables de Maison des Jeunes (coordinateur·rice·s et animateur·rice·s de centres) ;
•	les responsables sportif·ve·s (référent·e·s éthiques et entraîneur·e·s) ;
•	les (furtur·e·s) enseignant·e·s en histoire ;
•	les (futur·e·s) professionnel·le·s de la coopération.
Histoire et Culture : fondements de sociétés inclusives, interconnectées et durables 5 year program designed and implemented by an accredited Belgian non-gouvernemental actor, funded by the Belgian Development Cooperation.
Histoire et culture pour une citoyenneté active et une société respectueuse des droits humains Des acteur·rice·s de changement dont des associations féministes, culturelles et de jeunes, conscientisé·e·s de façon critique qu’une meilleure maîtrise de leur propre Histoire et de leur patrimoine permet de mieux construire l’avenir, se mobilisent auprès de leurs publics et promeuvent une citoyenneté active et une société respectueuse des droits humains. Cet outcome s’inscrit dans la continuité du programme précédent dont l’intervention portait sur la promotion de la citoyenneté auprès des élèves du secondaire par l’enseignement de l’Histoire générale de l’Afrique et du Congo en particulier au travers d’un outil numérique. L’actuel programme a pour but d’élargir l’impact bénéfique de l’Histoire et du patrimoine, au service d’une citoyenneté critique et d’une société respectueuse des droits humains, à un public plus large : la jeunesse congolaise.

CEC collabore avec plusieurs partenaires afin de concevoir ce programme : des acteur·rice·s du secteur de l’enseignement, de la société civile, dont des associations féministes, de défense des droits humains, ainsi que des acteur·rice·s culturel·le·s, dont les artistes.  Chacun·e de ces partenaires agira auprès de son public afin d’augmenter l’efficacité des actions, et ainsi, provoquer un effet multiplicateur pour l’impact.

Le programme vise à renforcer les partenaires de CEC et à développer avec eux des outils et des approches au service de la démocratie et des droits humains. Le numérique reste au cœur de la stratégie de ce programme, comme c’était le cas dans le programme précédent, s’appuyant sur les perspectives de développement du secteur des TIC en RDC. Le programme prévoit de chercher des solutions techniques qui limitent au maximum les effets négatifs d’une plateforme numérique sur l’écologie.

Le programme contribue aussi à renforcer les droits des femmes en adoptant une approche intersectionnelle dans chacune de ses actions. La culture et les artistes sont des alliées pour contribuer à créer et diffuser des œuvres autour des thématiques au cœur de ce programme et ainsi élargir leur portée. Enfin, un groupe de référent.e.s nationaux.ales et internationaux.ales a été constitué en vue d’accompagner la réflexion et les stratégies autour d’une approche décoloniale dans tous les champs d’intervention du programme. CEC a identifié comme groupes-cibles: 
- le secteur de l'Enseignement
- les acteur·rice·s de la société civile dont des associations féministes et de la défense des droits humains
- les acteur·rice·s culturel·le·s dont les artistes
Agricultural Development: Gash Barka Livestock and Agricultural Development Project Agricultural Development: Gash Barka Livestock and Agricultural Development Project
Agricultural Development: Post-Crisis Rural Recovery and Development Programme The programme aims to promote conservation-based agriculture and natural resource management to raise agricultural productivity while safeguarding the environment. The programme will improve the income, food security and nutrition of 207,460 households. A technology development and dissemination system will ensure technical support for over 200,000 hectares of dryland farming, 450 hectares of irrigation, 40,370 hectares of rangeland improvement, and the rehabilitation of 40,000 hectares of degraded watersheds. Livestock production will be enhanced through communal range improvement. Intensive livestock production support will cover 4,000 dairy cows, 78,000 dairy goats, and about 8,000 sheep. About 1,100 bee-raising packages will be distributed.
Fisheries: Fisheries Development Project The goal of the project is to contribute to household and national food security, alleviate rural poverty and increase the contribution of the fishery sector to the national economy. The central objective is to raise production and productivity of the fisheries sector while conserving fish stocks and the marine ecosystem.In addition to strengthening the Ministry of Marine Resources, the project will support the restructuring of the cooperative system and the establishment of a semi-autonomous CSU (replacing the now-defunct cooperative union) to administer fishers' loan repayment and organize training and input supply. The project will encourage cooperatives to organize under an apex union, which will give fishers a strong voice in decision-making processes. An integrated coastal area management board will also be created to reduce conflicts among resource users. A national project coordination office will be set up in the Ministry of Marine Resources to coordinate all fisheries projects, including ongoing initiatives funded by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and two NGOs. Project coordination offices for all development projects will be established in collaboration with the European Union. During project design, the Government agreed to allow fishers to market a percentage of their catch instead of selling all of it to the parastatal fish marketing company. Restructuring of the cooperatives will foster a bottom-up approach to cooperative development. Moreover, the creation of a semi-autonomous CSU is an important step towards providing an independent body supporting the fishers: it is expected that, within the life of the project, the CSU will become fully independent under the management of a fishers' cooperative union
Agricultural Development: National Agriculture Project Key programme objectivesThe programme goal is to contribute to national food security, particularly rural household food security, and poverty alleviation. The development objective is to increase smallholder agricultural production and productivity.Policy and institutional objectivesThe programme will support: (i) the establishment of a national framework for smallholder agriculture, laying the foundation for the medium to long term development of this segment of agriculture; (ii) the development of agricultural water resources through the adoption of a watershed approach and the use of watershed characterization and related hydrometry studies to interlink rainfed and irrigated rangeland systems; (iii) the sustainable productivity of agriculture, including livestock, through the adoption by smallholders and subsistence farmers of a modern approach, including improved crop water management, application of fertilizers and use of improved seeds of better crop varieties; (iv) technology generation and dissemination; (v) community-focused development that responds well to the expressed needs of participating communities; (vi) the formulation of straightforward policies, with enhanced participation by the private sector and smallholders in decision-making and financing; and (vii) the building of a streamlined institutional framework that avoids conflict and enhances transparency and accountability.
Irrigation: Eastern Lowlands Wadi Development Project Irrigation: Eastern Lowlands Wadi Development Project
Fisheries: Fisheries Resources Management Programme The goal of the Programme is to 'contribute to national and household food and nutrition security and the alleviation of rural poverty, in line with the major development priorities of the Government of Eritrea. The development objective is to increase fish production and incomes for small-scale fishers, fish processors and traders on a sustainable basis. The Programme contributes to all the Country Strategic Note (CSN) objectives, and especially to Strategic Objective I - Access to and use of climate-smart technologies and services for enhanced productivity, profitability and sustainability of smallholder agricultural and fisheries systems through increased resilience and adaptation capabilities to climate change.
Irrigation: Integrated Agriculture Development Project IADP's goal is to contribute to poverty reduction and food and nutrition security in rural households. The project's development objective is to enhance smallholder agricultural production and productivity in a sustainable and climate-resilient manner and to improve rural livelihoods.
Support to AfCFTA Negotiation and Implementation Support to the implementation of the AfCFTA negotiation and implementation-Support to AfCFTA Negotiation and Implementation
Activity under preparation Trade in services - Central Africa component (ECCAS) Contract related to: Trade in services - Central Africa component (ECCAS) - The Action intends to contribute to the liberalisation of services with an aim to increase Sub-Saharan Africa¿s (SSA) competitiveness, to boost sustainable economic growth, to attract investment, to create decent jobs, and to benefit consumers.In order to promote continental and regional economic integration, to better answer countries¿ needs, and to take into account the different levels of regional level integration, the action will have one continental component and regional components, one in each Regional Economic Community (REC) mandated in Economic Integration and Trade: ECOWAS, ECCAS, EAC, COMESA, and SADC. Strong emphasis will be put on the direct involvement of private sector and business associations.&nbsp;The Overall Objective (Impact) of this action is to increase intra- regional, continental, and bilateral trade in services, enabling higher integration into regional and global value chains and actors to benefit from all trade agreements (Multilateral, Continental, REC, and Bilateral-EPA).&nbsp;The Specific Objective (Outcome) of this action is to: Increase Services liberalisation and exports for selected Services sectors at multilateral, continental, regional or bilateral level.&nbsp;The Outputs to be delivered by this action contributing to the corresponding Specific Objective (Outcomes) are :Output 1. Trade barriers in Trade in Services (TiS) are analysed and TiS policies are properly defined;Output 2. Commitments in trade in services are defined;Output 3. Awareness of export opportunities is enhanced for the private sector; especially for women- and youth-led businesses;Output 4. Appropriate, harmonised, and transparent TiS regulations integrating social and climate-related provisions are developed and more accessible.
Support to the Implementation of the   African Continental Qualifications Framework (ACQF II) Contract related to: Support to the Implementation of the   African Continental Qualifications Framework (ACQF II)   - The action is aimed at contributing to improved mobility, and lifelong learning opportunities for African youth, as a result&nbsp;of enhanced comparability and transparency of qualifications, recognition of skills and diplomas, improved mutual trust and information-sharing between qualifications frameworks and systems. It will support the implementation of the African Continental Qualification Framework (ACQF), which is a key policy initiative of the African Union (AU), required by key continental integration strategies and initiatives in the fields of education and training, free movement of persons and free trade. The Policy and Technical Document of the ACQF, developed in 2021-2022, defines the objectives and principles of the ACQF, its conceptual-technical design, scope of the digital Qualifications Platform and the main areas of activity.The Action will focus on: 1) Capacity development: strengthen capacities at continental (AU Commission), national and regional levels, 2) Support to development and consolidation of national qualifications frameworks, and contribute to regional qualifications frameworks if adequate; 3) Support to set-up and operationalise the ACQF systems necessary for: (i) referencing national qualifications frameworks to ACQF, including a qualifications management system (e.g ACQF Qualifications Platform), (ii) broadening recognition of skills and qualifications, especially of non-formal and informal learning, (iii) build cooperation with similar frameworks in other regions, notably with the European Qualifications Framework (EQF) and (iv) in cooperation with sectoral-professional associations and the business community: development of common qualifications profiles relevant for priority sectors of African economic integration and free trade, contributing to ease portability and mobility across African countries.¿The action will be implemented in indirect management with the European Training Foundation (ETF). The African Union Commission through its Department of Education, Science, Technology, and Innovation assures the political steering of ACQF governance and provides political support to facilitate operational management of the action.
Study on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA): identifying, developing and strengthening sustainable regional value chains at continental scale The overall objective of the proposed project is to attract investment and promote trade and sustainable industrial and business development at continental level in Africa, concretely supporting the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat and the African Union and delivering on the Africa-EU partnership for sustainable growth and jobs.The purposes of this contract are as follows:-Identification of trade and investment opportunities along regional value chains with potential at continental scale in Africa, including potential for investment by EU economic operators;-Strengthening of EU-Africa dialogue on trade and economic integration, concretely to inform high-level events such as the upcoming AU-EU Summit and European- African Business Forum (EABF). - Identification of pilot/selected continental value chains that could be targeted for support in the 2021-27 aid programming exercise.
KFW - Technical Assistance for the implementation of multiple budgetary guarantees with the KFW <div class="quill-better-table-wrapper"><table class="quill-better-table"><colgroup><col width="291"></colgroup><tbody><tr data-row="1"><td data-row="1" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><p class="qlbt-cell-line" data-row="1" data-cell="1" data-rowspan="1" data-colspan="1">EU Market Creation Facility (TCX capacity)</p></td></tr><tr data-row="2"><td data-row="2" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><p class="qlbt-cell-line" data-row="2" data-cell="1" data-rowspan="1" data-colspan="1"><br></p></td></tr><tr data-row="3"><td data-row="3" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><p class="qlbt-cell-line" data-row="3" data-cell="1" data-rowspan="1" data-colspan="1">Urban Water Catalyst Fund</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p class="ql-align-justify"><br></p>