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Elections Integrity Activity (EIA) USAID/serbia seeks to support a local organization or a coalition of local organizations to conduct election observation of national and local elections and promote meaningful electoral reform. The activity will explore innovative ways to achieve meaningful electoral reform.
WaterLinks Alliance GDA project WaterLinks Alliance - a GDA project that promotes regional partnerships and capacity building to improve water services throughout Asia. AECOM will implement the Be Secure project in partnership with WaterLinks, a Philippine non-profit that develops peer-to-peer partnerships between water services providers. The WaterLinks Alliance aimed to further strengthen the capability and sustainability of WaterLinks to implement twinning partnerships and regional capacity building initiatives in Asia and the Pacific by achieving two development objectives: 1. Improve access to urban water supply and sanitation services of at least 220,000 people as a result of enhanced operational efficiencies of water services providers in support of the Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act; and, .2. Increase the adaptive capacity and resilience of water services providers to address potential climate change impacts in support of the USAID Global Climate Change Strategy.
USAID Clean Power Asia (USAID Regional Development Mission-Asia (RDM/A)):  .FY 2018 funds will be used to continue implementation of the USAID Clean Power Asia, the Secretary's announcement on Asia EDGE (Enhancing Development and Growth through Energy) Initiative.Consistent with the Indo-Pacific Strategy's aim to facilitate market-driven growth, USAID Clean Power Asia supports ASEAN developing countries, particularly in the Lower Mekong, to direct current and future investment in power development toward environmentally-friendly renewable energy. USAID Clean Power Asia facilitates power sector planning for high renewable energy scenarios and assists businesses, governments, and others in the region to mobilize investment in renewable energy power development. The activity will also provide technical assistance to the governments in fostering a more supportive enabling environment for renewable energy projects, including the development of "smart" financial incentives.With FY 2018 funds, the activity will focus on building a foundation for regional power trading in Southeast Asia; developing a policy and regulatory framework to promote distributed energy; increasing best-value competitive procurements to scale up energy investment; and creating a region-wide corporate renewable energy buyers network. USAID Clean Power Asia will leverage finance from the public and private sectors with minimal cost to the U.S. taxpayer by lowering barriers to investment in the clean energy market.  . Objectives for Far East Asia, regional: The initiative specifically focuses on bringing greater quantities of renewable energy into the region’s electricity grids.
Urban Climate Change Resilience Trust Fund (UCCRTF) Asian Development Bank (ADB), USAID Contribution to the Asian Development Bank Urban Climate Change Resilience Trust Fund (UCCRTF)
Climate Resilient Mekong (USAID Regional Development Mission-Asia (RDM/A)):  USAID RDMA's Climate Resilient Mekong (CRM) activity will continue to build the capacity of Lower Mekong countries to analyze alternative scenarios for the siting, design, and operations of both existing and proposed hydropower dams. Through the provision of planning and engineering expertise, as well as state-of-the-art climate hydro-geomorphic modeling and scenario planning tools, CRM will work to reduce or mitigate the negative impacts of hydropower dam development by progressively building the institutional capacity of key governmental actors to ascertain and implement sustainable hydropower options. Additionally, the activity will undertake and provide training for cost-benefit analyses of design and siting alternatives for key proposed hydropower activities within the region. Countries benefiting from CRM's assistance include Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. Objectives for Far East Asia, regional: The program’s objective is to improve the capability of the Lower Mekong countries to coordinate decision-making on dam siting, design and operation in a manner that mitigates their adverse impacts. Ultimately, the program seeks to encourage Lower Mekong countries to implement best practices to reduce the combined effects of sediment disruption and climate change.
Mekong Infectious Disease  Behavior Change and Communication (MID-BCC) Project This associate cooperative agreement project, titled Communications in Change for Infectious Diseases in Greater Mekong Sub region, is also known as the Mekong Infectious Disease  Behavior Change and Communication (MID-BCC) Project in short. The technical focus of this Project was to reduce outbreaks of avian and pandemic influenza (API), malaria, and other public health threats (specifically dengue) in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) countries.
Inter-Agency Agreement: EPA and RDMA Environmental Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific Region Provide USAID RDMA anad it's client participating countries participating in US Foreign Aid Program with access to the specialized expertise in environment and natural resources management
Performance Evaluations of REO Programs - ARREST, LEAF and U.S. CTI Performance Evaluations of REO Programs - ARREST, LEAF and U.S. CTI
ASEAN Single Window (ASW) ASEAN Single Window (ASW) supports the development of a coordinated e-customs system for rapid clearance of goods and transparency in cross-border transactions. At the national level, the project supports the development of national single windows that consolidate and coordinate processing of documents required to import and export goods. It also supports the development of a regional single window for coordinating the flow of data among national single windows.
Assessment of the Asia-Pacific Regional Climate Change Adaptation Assessment of the Asia-Pacific Regional Climate Change Adaptation
Mekong Adaptation and Resilience to Climate Change (Mekong ARCC) (USAID Regional Development Mission-Asia (RDM/A)):  In support of the Lower Mekong Initiative, the Mekong Adaptation and Resilience to Climate Change Adaptation (Mekong ARCC) Program will increase communities' adaptive capacity and resilience to the negative impacts of climate change. The program takes an integrated approach to achieve multiple benefits and promote innovative practices that can be scaled up and replicated.  Activities include scientific research to identify crops and ecosystems that are the most vulnerable to climate change, on-the-ground actions to test resilient strategies for varying cropping and ecosystems, ecosystems valuation studies, scaling up community/ecosystem based investment projects and regional knowledge sharing. The community-based adaptation projects will integrate multiple concerns, including water supply, sanitation, agriculture, food security, ecosystem functions, biodiversity, livelihoods, and disaster risk reduction for at-risk populations. The program will benefit Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam in the water resource, agriculture, food security, and ecosystems and biodiversity sectors.
Capacity Building to Prevent and Control Avian Influenza in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region (AI Mekong project) AI Mekong, conducted for the USAID Regional Development Mission in Bangkok, Thailand, was aimed at preventing, controlling, and responding to avian influenza (AI) in countries in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region. The three-year award, made under the Population, Health and Nutrition Technical Assistance and Support Contract (TASC2) IQC, was the largest competed USAID award for avian influenza at that time. Abt Associates and its partners  CARE International, Population Services International, and the University of Minnesota  helped local governments and communities develop skills to identify and report suspected animal and human cases, and to adopt safer poultry keeping and consumption practices. The project pilot tested bio-safety approaches to reduce the risk of infection, and developed targeted behavior change communication strategies for farmers, poultry workers and marketers, health personnel, and the general public.
Increased Effective Regional Response to HIV/AIDs & Other In Increased Effective Regional Response to HIV/AIDs & Other In
Improved Environmental Conditions through Regional Cooperati Improved Environmental Conditions Through Regional Cooperation
FTF Asia Innovative Farmers Activity (USAID Regional Development Mission-Asia (RDM/A)):  With the majority of South and Southeast Asians still living in rural areas, agriculture is the greatest driver of rural economic growth in the region. However, agriculture in Asia is beset with production, post-harvest, marketing, and trade challenges that need to be addressed to enhance socio-economic development and promote inclusive growth. In many instances, the knowledge to address these problems already exists, but has not been transferred to farmers in areas of critical need. This economic growth and food security project will create a platform for learning and innovation across South and Southeast Asia, focusing on Feed the Future countries (Bangladesh, Cambodia, and Nepal). In addition to facilitating learning and exchanges of existing technologies, creative competitions and grants to researchers, entrepreneurs, and innovators will identify new approaches to overcome persistent agricultural challenges to productive agricultural solutions to food security challenges. Objectives for Far East Asia, regional: The Feed the Future Asia Innovative Farmers project, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development Regional Development Mission for Asia, introduces technologies into new markets with potential to support millions of smallholder farmers to boost their incomes while improving their food security and avoiding the need to migrate. The project targets youth – the innovative and essential future of agriculture – and works towards inspiring over 200,000 in the region with the many business opportunities in agriculture. Supporting resilience to weather shocks is also a key element, along with targeting women farmers as a critical, yet often untapped, source of change and growth.
Maximizing Agricultural Revenue through Knowledge, Enterprise Development and Trade (MARKET) (USAID Regional Development Mission-Asia (RDM/A)):  Despite Asia's tremendous economic growth in recent decades, hunger and vulnerability to hunger persist. MARKET is working with ASEAN to accelerate the adoption of environmentally and socially responsible and economically sustainable aquaculture and fisheries practices in order to improve regional food security. Fish and fishery products are critical to household food security in Asia, comprising up to 60% of the diet. In ASEAN, aquaculture increases the income earning capacity of the poor as well as increasing domestic food supplies. Because the yields from oceans have been nearly maximized, close to half the seafood consumed today globally is farmed; however, the negative environmental and social impacts associated with the rapid growth in aquaculture production are of particular concern. MARKET will continue to demonstrate viable models for partnerships for improving aquaculture practices and fisheries management, and promoting their adoption in the region through multiple public and private sector partners.
Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System Development Project The IRG Team was awarded a two-year, $6 million task order under the water IQC to support the development of an Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System (IOTWS), in coordination with the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, other donor nations, and national governments in the region.
Mekong Partnership for the Environment (MPE) Program (USAID Regional Development Mission-Asia (RDM/A)):  The Mekong Partnership for the Environment (MPE) is a four-year $13 million Cooperative Agreement that started in October 2013. The program aims to advance informed multi-stakeholder dialogues in Lower Mekong countries (Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, and Thailand) about the anticipated social and environmental costs and benefits of regional development projects. By strengthening technical capacity and regional networking of regional stakeholders in infrastructure planning and investment, the program aims to increase the social and environmental soundness of development projects in the region. MPE objectives include: increasing the capacity of civil society to influence development decisions that have significant anticipated social and environmental impacts; strengthening regional platforms for multi-stakeholder participation in development decision-making; and increasing public access to quality, timely information on environmental and social costs and benefits of development projects.
Support to MRC Fisheries and Adaptation Program USAID Contribution to the Mekong River Commission (MRC) Fisheries Program 2011-2015
USAID Oceans and Fisheries Partnership (USAID Oceans) (USAID Regional Development Mission-Asia (RDM/A)):  USAID Oceans partners with the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center and the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security to strengthen regional cooperation to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in the region. USAID Oceans will improve integrated and sustainable fisheries management, focusing on priority seascapes and species that are vital for food security and economic growth and under threat from IUU fishing. Activities are in alignment with the Indo-Pacific Strategy and its particular focus on Improving Natural Resource Security and Governance.The activity will support the development and implementation of transparent and financially sustainable electronic Catch Documentation and Traceability (eCDT) systems, a means for governments and the fishing industry to better regulate fishing, prevent overfishing, and combat IUU fishing and seafood fraud, which are key drivers of marine biodiversity loss. With eCDT data, governments will be able to strengthen and enforce laws, and improve natural resource management to reduce pressure on marine biodiversity and strengthen biodiversity conservation efforts.The eCDT systems supported by USAID Oceans will help ensure that fisheries resources are legally caught and properly labeled, meeting market requirements. To improve transparency and accountability in the seafood supply chain and help ensure successful, sustainable solutions, USAID Oceans engages a variety of fisheries stakeholders and forms new partnerships among governments, regional institutions and the private sector. The adoption of sustainable fishing practices and eCDT systems in Southeast Asia allows U.S. seafood businesses that adhere to the highest environmental standards to better compete in the global seafood market and helps combat the sale of IUU fish products in the United States.. .. .
Water, Sanitation, and Governance (ECO-Asia) Program As the implementer of ECO-Asia since 2005, AECOM carries out activities to improve water and sanitation services for the urban poor. Under the programs environmental governance component, we support the Asian Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Network (AECEN) to promote improved environmental compliance and enforcement. We are also strengthening transboundary water cooperation by supporting conflict management in the Mekong River Basin.
ASEAN VALUE project The VALUE project is providing technical assistance and other support to improve private sector economic integration across the region. The project supports the growth of supply chains in textiles and garments that transect multiple countries in ASEAN, particularly the developing economies of Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam and their linkages to the more developed ASEAN Member States.
WHO WPRO Regional Grant A PIO Grant to the World Health Organization's Western Pacific Regional Office (WHO WPRO)to provide support for Tuberculosis Control in the Western Pacific Region.
Asia Regional Biodiversity Conservation Program (ARBCP) Improve the management of natural resources and biodiversity in Southeast Asia and neighboring China
WHO SEARO Regional Grant A Public International Organization (PIO) Grant to the World Health Organization's South East Asia Regional Office (WHO SEARO) to provide support for Tuberculosis Control in the South East Asia Region."
Private Financing Advisory Network-Asia The purpose of this contract is to implement Private Financing Advisory Network-Asia (PFAN-Asia) Program to assist Asian businesses, governments, and others to mobilize and scale up investments in clean energy through increased access to financing
UNITED STATES-ASIA ENVIRONMENTAL PARTNERSHIP Cleaner Cities and Industries in Asia
Program Integrator for U.S. Support to the Coral Triangle Initiative Tetra Tech ARD was awarded Task Order to provide program integration and technical support for a unified US government response to the Coral Triangle Initiative.
APEC Technical Assistance and Training Facility (TATF) The United States Government (USG) launched the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Technical Assistance and Training Facility (TATF) in October 2008, underlining the USGs commitment to assist APEC in achieving its objectives. The APEC TATF, a 4.5-year project will help the APEC Secretariat support its member economies achieve the APEC objectives of promoting economic growth, fostering a secure environment in which prosperous societies can flourish, and improving the lives of people throughout the region.
Avian Influenza Support the implementation of the Presidents Malaria Initiative (PMI), related malaria control programs, and malaria research activities to reduce malaria-related mortality. Develop effective malaria vaccines, new malaria treatment drugs, and targeted operations research.
Supporting Environmental Leadership in the Asia-Pacific Region Supporting Environmental Leadership in the Lower Mekong Region
ASEAN USAID Partnership Program ASEAN seeks to promote equitable and sustainable human development in Southeast Asia through increasing good governance and regional security for its population of 600 million people. The ASEAN Charter signed in 2008 is the guiding document to build an ASEAN Community that is peaceful, stable, and prosperous.
STABILIZE POPULATION GROWTH AND PROTECT HUMAN HEALTH Effective Responses to HIV/AIDS and Other Infectious Diseases
Inform Asia: USAID's Health Research Program Implemented by RTI International, Inform Asia is a five-year program that works with ministries of health and implementation partners in the region to conduct research focused on strengthening health systems and promoting the use of evidence-based data for decision-making and policy development. Headquartered in Bangkok, the program currently focuses on malaria in Thailand and Lao Peoples Democratic Republic (PDR).
Sustainable Fish Asia Technical Support (SUFIA TS) To address the challenges of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing practices in the projects regions, SUFIA aims to enhance the capabilities of the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs Fisheries (CTI-CFF) and the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC); and identify private sector  investment in and adoption of sustainable fishing and fair labor practices in Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
Cuscatlan CL and Equity Since 1998, Banco Cuscatlan has invested heavily in technology, has considerably expanded its delivery network and has taken controlling interests in banks in Costa Rica and Guatemala. In 2001, UBCI was incorporated in Panama as a financial holding company in order to consolidate the shares of the group''s three banking and financial enterprises in the region. UBCI''s shares will soon be listed in the Costa Rican stock market through a US$7.5 million IPO. With close to US$3 billion in consolidated assets, and over US$200 billion in consolidated book equity, the group is harnessing existing synergies in information technology, regional delivery, funding and sharing of best practices in order to position itself for rapid growth within the region.    In a region where the average bank has less than US$20 million in equity and makes less than US$2 million in net income, the regional play deployed by Cuscatlan will generate considerable economies of scale and bring affordable banking solutions to Central American clients.  Empirical evidence has firmly established a causal link running from financial system depth and soundness to economic growth, and from economic growth to poverty reduction; hence the strong developmental appeal of the Cuscatlan''s regional integration. Overall, by sharing best practices, the group will leverage the more advanced banking regulation in force in El Salvador, as well as the leading environmental practices that Banco Cuscatlan de El Salvador has developed with IFC''s assistance. Also, the UBCI listing will contribute to the deepening of the financial markets in the region.      As IFC''s quasi-equity financing is expected to be counted as tier-2 capital, IFC would, by way of this investment, provide critical support to the conglomerate''s growth in the Central American region. IFC funds would enable the group to considerably improve capital ratios, reduce maturity mismatches and enhance environmental as well as financial management, everywhere in the group. Moreover, through its participation, IFC would be able to share with the group best practices and leading edge technology developed in the fields of corporate governance and compliance, contributing to the group''s reputation as a model in the region. In summary, IFC investment would be both a clear show of confidence for a deserving group and a sign of support for the region.
Scotia El Salvad SME and Housing Loan table, .k-table{ border-collapse:collapse; width:100%; table-layout:fixed; margin-bottom: 15px;} .k-table, .k-table td, table, table td {outline: 0;border: 1px solid #000; } .k-table td, table td { padding: 5px; }        The project consists of a 7 year loan up to US$50 million to Scotiabank El Salvador S.A. to fund the growth of lending to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and low and middle income home owners in El Salvador. Contribution to Economic Growth. The Project is expected to contribute to the WBG goals by supporting economic growth in El Salvador by providing long term access to finance to SMEs and mortgages through a leading bank in a market faced with poverty and a large housing deficit. Increased access to finance to SMEs is also believed to assist in creating opportunities for jobs, which is considered a critical link in poverty reduction and economic growth; two areas identified in El Salvador as challenges to be tackled. \r\rDemonstration Effect: By providing long term funding to Scotia El Salvador, which is new in the market, IFC hopes to create a competitive environment in the banking sector and encourage other banks in El Salvador to seek and provide financing with longer terms. IFC's loan hopes to increase availability of longer tenor lending instruments to provide low and middle income mortgages and financing for SMEs.
GTFP BAC El Salv The proposed project is an unfunded trade finance facility under IFCs Global Trade Finance Program (GTFP) of up to US$40 million for Banco de America Central, S.A. (BAC ES or the Bank).   The trade line will support the Banks short-term trade finance transactions by offering confirming banks partial or full guarantees to cover payment risk of BAC in El Salvador. Not applicable