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Center for Human Capacity Development
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PROGRAM: Central Programs
TITLE AND NUMBER: Training improves work performance of host country trainees and effectiveness of host country organizations, 935-003
STATUS: Continuing
PLANNED FY 2001 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $1,123,000 DA
PROPOSED FY 2002 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $1,200,000 DA
INITIAL OBLIGATION: FY 1995; ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: FY 2004Summary: Central training programs support field mission, regional and central bureau goal achievement by developing human capacity in counterpart organizations.
Key Results: Global Bureau's Center for Human Capacity Development's (The Center) program provides the foundation for host-country individuals to increase job skills and knowledge, and thus have their home organizations improve performance and productivity. It works with host-country training institutions to become increasingly effective and sustainable providers of knowledge and skills. Finally, the programs partner with U.S. higher education and training institutions and training contractors to build stronger international programs. In FY 2000, about 6,500 people were trained in the U.S.
Performance and Prospects: The Center's training programs provide technical, financial and managerial support for USAID's training activities, including in-country, U.S. and third country training. Central training programs promote technical and financial "best practices" to increase the efficiency of USAID-financed training, and provide specific support activities such as developing and managing an Agency-wide database on trainees, training programs and costs and assisting missions in evaluating and designing training activities and mechanisms. Other services include the USAID training visa program and a central health and accident insurance system for trainees in the U. S., both in response to federal regulations on USG-sponsored training. Finally, The Center's training programs assess, assist and guide training operations of local sponsoring units through field visits.
Responding to client needs and shrinking training budgets, USAID missions and other sponsoring units are shifting away from long-term academic training in the U.S. to increased levels of short-term, primarily in-country, technical training. In-country programs are less expensive, can be structured according to local time constraints, target specific local skill needs and build local training capacity. They also will benefit from application of high-tech distance learning approaches.
In FY 2002, The Center's training programs will: 1) assist missions in redesigning training management; 2) develop pilot programs to promote distance learning technologies and methodologies to improve the delivery and versatility of in-country programs; and 3) assist local institutions (government and NGOs) in improving their ability to deliver quality training and technical assistance.
Possible Adjustment to Plans: No adjustments planned.
Other Donor Programs: Other donors financing training include the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, other bilateral donors, the Department of State's Bureau for Public Diplomacy and other USG agencies participating in the Inter-Agency Working Group on USG-sponsored international exchanges and training.
Principal Contractors, Grantees or Agencies: USAID implements and assesses training activities through hundreds of U.S. institutions of higher education, technical training centers, private and non-profit companies, and host-country institutions. Major U.S. contractors include: Aguirre International; Academy for Educational Development; Institute for International Education; Development InfoStructure; U.S. Department of Agriculture; Creative Associates, Inc.; Development Associates, Inc.; World Learning, Inc.; and Pragma Corporation.
Selected Performance Measures:
Indicator FY97 (Actual) * FY98 (Actual) FY99 (Actual) FY00 (Actual) FY01 (Plan) FY02 (Plan) Indicator 1: Percent of sampled host-country institutions' work units improving performance NA NA 91% ** NA (Collected biannually) 93% ** NA Indicator 2: Number of missions using TraiNet NA 6 (9%) 41 (59%) 53 (76%) 58 (83%) 65 (93%) Indicator 3: Percent of women among new training starts NA 40% 40% 38% 46% 48% Indicator 4: Number of missions collaborating with G/HCD in activities to strengthen local NGO capacity in training and needs assessment NA NA 5 TBD *** 17 25 Indicator Information
Indicator Level (S)or(IR) Unit of Measure Source Indicator Description Indicator 1: S Percent of sampled supervisors of returned participants attesting to improved work unit performance GTD and START contractor reports Data gathered biannually from sample surveys, which focus on work-unit changes in output/productivity attributable to training as perceived by supervisors. Indicator 2: IR Number of missions (cumulative) TraiNet contractor Measures adoption of newly mandated TraiNet data software by missions. The goal is adoption by all missions with significant training portfolio. Indicator 3: IR Percent of women TraiNet contractor Tracks ongoing effort to achieve gender equity in training. An overall level is measured, without reference to length or location of training. Indicator 4: IR Number of missions (cumulative) G/HCD contractors and staff Measures G/HCD assistance in strengthening training capacity of local NGOs in presence and non-presence countries.
* Current indicators not active in FY 97
** FY 99 actual (91%) was based on a small survey pool. The planned result for FY 01 is expected to be based on worldwide data from the new agency training database (TraiNet). The 60% target is more realistic and will be from a more representative sample.
U.S. Financing
(In thousands of dollars)
Obligations Expenditures Unliquidated Through September 30, 1999 40,633 DA 39,173 DA 1,460 DA 0 CSD 0 CSD 0 CSD 0 ESF 0 ESF 0 ESF 203 SEED 203 SEED 0 SEED 346 FSA 346 FSA 0 FSA 124,858 DFA 114,891 DFA 9,967 DFA Fiscal Year 2000 707 DA 1,394 DA 0 CSD 0 CSD 0 ESF 0 ESF 0 SEED 0 SEED 0 FSA 0 FSA 0 DFA 5,850 DFA Through September 30, 2000 41,340 DA 40,567 DA 773 DA 0 CSD 0 CSD 0 CSD 0 ESF 0 ESF 0 ESF 203 SEED 203 SEED 0 SEED 346 FSA 346 FSA 0 FSA 124,858 DFA 120,741 DFA 4,117 DFA Prior Year Unobligated Funds 140 DA 0 CSD 0 ESF 0 SEED 0 FSA 0 DFA Planned Fiscal Year 2001 NOA 1,123 DA 0 CSD 0 ESF 0 SEED 0 FSA 0 DFA Total Planned Fiscal Year 2001 1,263 DA 0 CSD 0 ESF 0 SEED 0 FSA 0 DFA Future Obligations Est. Total Cost Proposed Fiscal Year 2002 NOA 1,200 DA 2 DA 43,805 DA 0 CSD 0 CSD 0 CSD 0 ESF 0 ESF 0 ESF 0 SEED 797 SEED 1,000 SEED 0 FSA 654 FSA 1,000 FSA 0 DFA 0 DFA 124,858 DFA
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