Central America Regional: USAID Program Profile
| Budget |
FY 2005
Actual
|
FY 2006
Current
|
FY 2007
Requested
|
| Total Program Funds |
$17,637,000 |
$11,915,000 |
$11,700,000 |
The United States Agency for International Development’s
(USAID) seeks to promote economic growth and prosperity by
helping the Governments of Central America and Mexico to (1)
build an open economy, free trade and stronger, more competitive
businesses, (2) protect, improve and conserve the environment,
including natural resources, (3) strengthen local health system
capacities to deal with AIDS HIV through proven behavioral
change interventions with high-prevalence groups, and (4)
build local and regional capacity for early warning and food
and non-food emergency responses.
Economic Freedom: The ratification of CAFTA-DR in
2005, a major milestone for Central America, improves their
economic growth prospects in the coming years; USAID’s
Regional Trade Program will provide critical support toward
this end. Three USAID programs are facilitating the reforms
necessary to fully benefit from CAFTA-DR: (1) trade and labor
market policies and regional integration in partnership with
the Central American Secretariat for Economic Integration
(SIECA); (2) meeting the commitments stated in CAFTA-DR related
to customs administration, trade facilitation, and rules of
origin; and (3) other trade capacity building.
Investing in People: USAID’s regional program
to contain HIV/AIDS and other Infectious diseases supports
the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, the
Agency’s goal of protecting human health, and the UN
Millennium Development Goal to “Halt and begin to reverse
the spread of HIV/AIDS.” Working closely with a variety
of partners including the United Nations Joint Program on
AIDS (UNAIDS); the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis
and Malaria (GF), and other bilateral agencies and regional
groups, the program includes participation of affected groups
in decision-making and strategic planning and strengthens
local capacity of non-governmental organizations, and ministries
of health in more effective interventions.
Timely Humanitarian Assistance and Crisis Response:
USAID assistance will support preparedness and mitigation
initiatives which directly contribute to reduced loss of life
and natural resources from economic and natural disasters.
Regional support for timely, effective humanitarian assistance
and crisis response will specifically focus on disaster/crisis
prevention and preparedness by supporting the Mesoamerican
Food Security Early Warning System (MFEWS).
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