devinitorg/iati-policy-markers huggingface dataset:
USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. Objectives for Afghanistan: By 2020, the program will improve the living conditions of close to three million Afghan men, women, and children in 330,000 households through public investments in service delivery and basic infrastructure, local economic development, job creation and land tenure security.The project aims to Conduct a city-wide property survey, registration and numbering of houses;Technical assistance to Nahia offices to strengthen municipal finance and revenue collection systems; Support strategic urban planning for local economic development and inclusive service delivery; Implement service and infrastructure projects in line with Nahia strategic plans to stimulate local economic development; Establish representative Gozar (neighborhood) assemblies to foster improved municipal-citizen relations in land management and service delivery, in order to build a sense of civic responsibility and government legitimacy; Strengthen policies and institutional capacities for land management strategic urban planning, and inclusive municipal governance...
USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. Objectives for Afghanistan: ESA’s objectives are to build the capacity of the Afghan electoral institutions to implement elections in line with the national electoral legal framework and Afghanistan's international commitments; to partially finance the elections as per the request of the Government of Afghanistan; and to support the EMBs in strengthening integrity of the electoral process by enhancing accountability of responsible actors and supporting the implementation of electoral fraud mitigation mechanism.
USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. Objectives for Afghanistan: Construction of a state-of-the-art hospital to serve the needs of the local communities in Paktia, Logar, Khost, and Nangarhar provinces was completed by the end of February 2016. Construction of a 20-bed hospital in Khair Kote District of Paktika Province. The project was completed by the end of February 2016. Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Training Program: The 100-bed Gardez and 20-bed Khair Kote hospitals built under the CHEF program are equipped with complicated mechanical and electrical systems that require extensive O&M. To support the sustainability of these facilities, USAID provided the Ministry of Public Health O&M staff with four-five months of training.
USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. Objectives for Afghanistan: Strengthening the legislative process within both houses of parliament through training and mentoring on legislation drafting and analysis Providing issue-based, hands-on training to enable parliamentary staff to conduct budget analysis and legislative research Improving the capacity of the parliament to conduct oversight of the Executive Branch through Commission Support Units (CSU) for all Upper House legislative commissions; CSUs are designed to assist in planning, research and analysis, and for preparing bill summaries, proposed amendments and a final commission report. Enhancing outreach efforts of the parliament to constituents and the public through public forums and transparent commission meetings. Increasing institutional development of the parliament with a major focus on building strong legislative commissions to actively review legislation and conduct policy oversight
USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. Objectives for Afghanistan: The SIKA-West program is designed to promote stability in key areas of western Afghanistan. Training district staff on sources of instability and governance-related remedies. Providing district entities and communities with USAID-produced manuals to understand what organizations and provincial authorities work in their communities, the services they provide, and how the public can access these services. Training government officials and community members at the local, district, and provincial levels in project management. Through a grants mechanism, district entities are able to deliver better basic services to their communities to build confidence in the Afghan government.
USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. Objectives for Afghanistan: CGCS invests in labor-intensive urban clean-up, repair, beautification, and basic solid-waste management activities.. The project aims to complete the following: Urban upgrading and environmental improvement of high-profile public spaces in five major cities such as Kabul, Mazar, Herat, Kandahar, and Jalalabad; Labor-intensive neighborhood renewal in four secondary cities such as Bamyan, Farah, Mehterlam (Laghman), and Charikar.
USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. Objectives for Afghanistan: Training district staff on sources of instability and governance-related remedies. Providing district entities and communities with USAID-produced manuals to understand what organizations and provincial departments work in their communities, the services they provide, and how the public can access these services. Through a grants mechanism, District entities are delivering improved basic services to their communities, building confidence in the Afghan government. In addition, government officials and community members at the local, district, and provincial levels receive technical training in project management.
USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. Objectives for Afghanistan: Automate the procurement, human resources, inventory, and financial management systems and ensure that civil servants have computer skills and internet access to manage these systems sustainably. Prioritize and deepen capacity building of Provincial Directorates essential to MAIL's capacity to carry out extension, research and irrigation services Assist MAIL to transition its long-term capacity-building program to the World Bank-funded Capacity Building for Results (CBR) Program. Strengthen the capacity to prioritize, plan, budget, and secure approval and resources to support extension services rendered by provincial PAILs and district agriculture offices and to comply with program and financial reporting requirements of MAIL. Prioritize and strengthen support functions in MAIL's directorates of Finance and Accounting, Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E), Procurement and Contracts, and Administration and Human Resources, and develop and execute a plan for sustaining these capacity building gains
USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. Objectives for Afghanistan: OBJECTIVES: Provide access to quality basic education in rural and remote areas where MoE schools do not exist. Build the capacity of MoE staff at national, provincial, and district levels in planning and implementing CBE. Mobilize and build the capacity of target communities to participate actively in the education of their children.
USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. Objectives for Afghanistan: Energy engineering: Provide planning, design and quality assurance services in electric power transmission and generation projects throughout Afghanistan. Transportation engineering: Facilitate third-party quality assurance oversight for road and airport construction, master planning and engineering support for provincial reconstruction teams. Vertical structures: Provide technical support and design services for education, health and judicial facilities. Technical services: Conduct technical reviews of existing dam and hydro-electric power facilities and perform assessments of potential dams for flood control, irrigation and power generation. Capacity building: Train local staff in project management, computer-aided design, building standards and technical specifications, communication, technical writing and leadership. Empowerment of female engineering students: Facilitate work experience for female engineering students through an internship program.
USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. Objectives for Afghanistan: USAID’s Rasana program supports the independent Afghan media sector to provide reliable and balanced information to citizens across the country. The program achieves this goal through four areas: (1) support and training for women journalists; (2) investigative journalism initiatives; (3) advocacy and training for the protection of journalists; and (4) expanding the outreach of media through small grants for content production in underserved areas. The project aims to do the following: Nationwide training and mentoring of female journalists; Support women-run and women-owned radio stations in provinces across Afghanistan to produce high quality public service content, particularly on issues important to women; Support media outlets and mentoring journalists to produce in-depth and investigative reporting; Develop localized safety guidelines and providing practical training to journalists on physical and digital security; Monitor and advocating for the implementation of government commitments to protect journalists at the provincial and national level; Provide openly competed small grants to local radio and TV outlets in underserved areas of Afghanistan to produce informational content not otherwise available through national media.
USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. Objectives for Afghanistan: USAID’s Afghan Children Read has two main objectives. 1) To build the capacity of the Ministry of Education (MoE) to develop, implement, and scale up a nationwide early grade reading curriculum and instruction program in public and community-based schools. 2) To pilot evidence-based early grade reading curriculum and instruction program to improve reading outcomes for children in grades one through three in public and community-based schools.
USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. Objectives for Afghanistan: Activities for girls in school: Build teachers’ knowledge on nutrition, importance of micronutrients, and hygiene and sanitation. Develop a system for weekly supplementation within urban and rural schools for adolescent girls. Ensure continuous supply of iron and folic acid supplements and deworming tablets to schools. Advocate for integration of nutrition, hygiene and sanitation messages into school education programs. Activities for girls not in school. Reach out to girls attending the non-formal education system (Accelerated Learning Centers) at the community level for delivery of weekly supplementation. Sensitize communities on the importance of nutrition for adolescents, with a particular focus on adolescent girls. Train non-governmental organizations and community health workers to provide supplements and parasite treatment for adolescent girls at the community level.
USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. Objectives for Afghanistan: USAID’s PROMOTE: Women in Government project builds the capacity of women aged 18-30 through internship programs, to ensure they have the necessary skills, experience, and knowledge to successfully become a next generation of Afghan political, business, and civil society leaders alongside their male counterparts.
USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. Objectives for Afghanistan: Improve Medicines Importation Policies, Legislation, and Regulation: Help the Ministry of Public Health develop and implement required laws, regulations, and policies for the regulation of imported medicine and drugs. Supply Chain Management and Commodity Security: Strengthen the supply of consistent and quality drugs and medicines in Afghanistan. Strengthen Pharmaceutical Human Resources: Collaborate with the Ministry of Public Health to recruit and train skilled pharmacists. Enhance Pharmaceutical Services: Increase the use of good pharmaceutical practices in the General Directorate of Pharmaceutical Affairs, non-governmental organizations and health facilities, and help develop official policies that ensure rational medicine use. Pharmaceutical Management Information System (PMIS): In collaboration with other relevant U.S. and Afghan partners, support the implementation of a comprehensive PMIS for improved pharmaceutical data management.
USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. Objectives for Afghanistan: The project is finalizing the management transition from ACE to ADF, including personnel, and assets. Project officers are providing technical advice and training to ADF management. ACE is engaging new members of the Cabinet so ADF financing will continue to reach Afghan agriculture sector businessmen.
USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. Objectives for Afghanistan: Improving the growth of women-owned businesses and businesses with a 10 percent or greater female workforce. Providing training and targeted technical assistance to address business needs; making referrals to business service providers; and helping women business owners and managers to foster the growth of skilled women employees. Partnering with local educational, vocational, and technical training providers to offer workplace skills development, career counseling, internships, apprenticeships, and job placement to educated women between the ages of 18 and 30 so they can gain work experience and secure new or better positions. Encouraging private companies to improve the workplace environment for women and to expand female staffing. Collaborating with other donors and programs to increase women’s access to finance and to improve the overall enabling environment.
USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. Objectives for Afghanistan: Stability in Key Areas – South (SIKA-S) promoted stabilization and good governance in some of Afghanistan’s most historically unstable and weakly-governed provinces. Provincial and district entities were trained to identify drivers of instability and appropriate counter measures available to local government. Project officials helped Provincial and District entities improve communications to better understand district populations' needs and make delivery of basic government services more effective. Through a grants mechanism, government officials at the local, district, and provincial levels received training in contracting and contract management.
USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. Objectives for Afghanistan: Stability in Key Areas - North (SIKA-N) promotes stabilization and good governance in some of Afghanistan’s historically unstable and weakly governed provinces. Training provincial and district entities to identify drivers of instability and appropriate counter measures available to local government. Project officials help provincial and district entities to improve communications to better understand district populations' needs and make delivery of services more effective. Through a grants mechanism, government officials at the local, district, and provincial levels receive technical training in contracting and contract management.
USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. Objectives for Afghanistan: Distribute immediate assistance packages, consisting of food items and household materials, to eligible civilian beneficiaries Provide physical rehabilitation services to eligible civilian beneficiaries as appropriate. Provide economic re-integration assistance to restore lost livelihoods, such as jobs and business skills. Provide psychosocial counseling services. Build the capacity of government institutions to support victim assistance initiatives in the long term
USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. Objectives for Afghanistan: The objectives are: Capacity to institutionalize nutrition programs enhanced, Adoption of optimal nutrition and hygiene behaviors at community and household levels increased, and Availability of nutrition, hygiene, and sanitation services and products increased.
USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. Objectives for Afghanistan: USAID’s Ministry of Women's Affairs Restructuring and Empowerment (MORE) project strengthens the capacity of the Ministry of Women's Affairs MoWA) in advocating for public policies that support and empower women in Afghanistan. The MoWA Restructuring and Empowerment project is a follow on to USAID’s MoWA Initiative to Strengthen Policy and Advocacy (MISPA) project that ended in 2011. The project supports two key components of MoWA’s National Priority Program: Component 1, which focuses on institutional reform and capacity building, and Component 5, which deals with public awareness and education, outreach and media relations. At the central level, the project supports implementation of a comprehensive capacity development plan for the newly-established MoWA Provincial Relations Department, which is responsible for coordinating with and supporting the Departments of Women’s Affairs (DoWA), and, depending on security, for strategic capacity building in all or most of the 34 provincial level DoWAs.
USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. Objectives for Afghanistan: Provincial Planning: ISLA will strengthen the capacity of provincial actors and administrative offices to plan and coordinate strategically by identifying required inputs, developing a budget, and allocating resources properly. Sub-National Institution Building: The project will help institutionalize local government systems and processes. Inclusive Advocacy: The project seeks to improve provincial actors’ ability to represent citizens’ interests in planning and service delivery and advocate for local needs in national budgeting and planning. Public Engagement: ISLA will improve provincial authorities’ ability to inform citizens of government decisions and actions and provide general information, while at the same time, soliciting feedback and creating a dialogue to understand citizens’ priorities and needs.
USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. Objectives for Afghanistan: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Health Sector Resiliency (HSR) Project supports the Afghan government to foster a strengthened, reformed, and increasingly self-reliant Afghan health system. The project’s technical objectives are to improve health sector governance and accountability, increase government financing for priority health services, and strengthen human resource systems and operations at the Ministry of Public Health.
USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. Objectives for Afghanistan: The CBA aims at improving the MoE’s internal systems, procedures, personnel capacity, and transparency at central and provincial levels in Balkh, Kandahar, Bamyan, Paktika and Badghis provinces by specifically focusing on the following six component areas:1) Education management information systems 2)Teacher recruitment systems 3) Payroll systems 4) Internal audit systems 5) Resource planning, allocation and execution 6) Civil society oversight