GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTS
In this section:
Agency Primer Debuts
USAID Supports DRC Election Preparations
Chevron Partnership Formed in Indonesia
Branding Campaign Honored
Agency Supports South African Explorer
Agency Primer Debuts
WASHINGTON—USAID Primer: What We Do And How
We Do It is now available. The 36-page booklet is an introduction
to the Agency, and explains its internal doctrines, strategies,
operational procedures, structure, and program mechanisms.
It is geared to new USAID employees, employees of other
federal agencies, partner organizations, and congressional
staff.
Printed copies are currently in limited supply. The publication
is also available online.
www.dec.org/pdf_docs/PDACD100.pdf
USAID Supports DRC Election Preparations
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo—The Independent
Electoral Commission here began a three-week process of registering
voters in the capital June 20. Voter registration will be
expanded to other provinces by mid-July.
While no official timetable has been announced, elections
will likely be held sometime between March and May 2006. The
constitutional referendum is scheduled for November 2005.
USAID is providing material and technical assistance in
preparation for the elections.
Chevron Partnership Formed in Indonesia
WASHINGTON—USAID and Chevron Corporation have
announced a $10 million public-private alliance to support
immediate and long-term vocational training needs in Indonesia
after the December 2004 tsunami. The partnership, announced
May 26, calls for Chevron and USAID to commit up to $5 million
each over the next two years.
The program will increase the involvement of Acehnese in
the reconstruction process. Training will be provided in construction
skills, teaching, and community development at a vocational
facility in Riau province.
This is the second partnership between Chevron and USAID.
In 2002, the two formed an alliance to revitalize the peacetime
economy of Angola.
Branding Campaign Honored
MCLEAN, VA.—USAID’s new branding campaign
earned two top honors from the 2005 M Awards, an annual competition
from the Washington, D.C., chapter of the American Marketing
Association that recognizes regional marketers and their successful
initiatives.
JDG Communications was named 2005 Marketer of the Year for
the branding campaign it designed for USAID. The Marketer
of the Year Award goes to the entry that receives the highest
overall score. JDG also won the Global Award for the USAID
campaign. Winners were announced at a gala here May 19.
Entries were judged on business objectives and marketing
obstacles, campaign details, creative strategy and innovative
execution, effectiveness, and return on investment.
Agency Supports South African Explorer
WASHINGTON—USAID is supporting South African
explorer Kingsley Holgate’s “African Rainbow Expedition”
to prevent malaria. Holgate will travel thousands of miles
in the next year, distributing insecticide-treated mosquito
nets, antimalaria products, and information leaflets on preventing
malaria infection in rural villages in seven countries throughout
Africa.
The expedition began in South Africa June 10, and will continue
through Mozambique, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda
through July 2006.
USAID staff in Mozambique is providing support during Holgate’s
time in the country.
In recent years, USAID has more than quadrupled funding
for malaria activities and programs—from $22 million
in 1998 to roughly $90 million in 2005.
“We are very excited for USAID to have this opportunity
to join forces with the Holgate team, who share our passion
to save as many lives as possible from malaria,” said
Dr. Kent Hill, acting assistant administrator for Global Health.
“The thousands of families he will meet will not only
learn how to prevent and treat malaria, but will also be provided
bednets so children and mothers will not get sick or die from
this terrible disease.”
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