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Thailand
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493-002
USAID PROGRAM: Thailand
PROGRAM TITLE: Promote Regional Stability (Pillars: Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade; Global Health; Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance)
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE AND NUMBER: Selected Foreign Policy Concerns Addressed in Thailand, 493-002
STATUS: New
PLANNED FY 2002 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $750,000 DA; $1,000,000 CSH
PROPOSED FY 2003 OBLIGTION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $3,250,000 DA
INITIAL OBLIGATION: FY 2002 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: ContinuingSummary: The overall goal of regional program assistance in Thailand is to support stability in the Mekong Delta in the following ways:
- prevent and treat HIV/AIDS and related infectious diseases;
- promote behavior change and improve communication and education abilities;
- improve environmental management in Thai municipalities and industries;
- demonstrate to decision-makers involved in Thailand’s industrialization and urbanization that improved environmental performance is consistent with economic growth;
- promote public policy and environmental regulation; urban environmental management; industrial environmental management; and the export of U.S. environmental technology and practices to Asia; and
- engage the private sector—the primary engine of economic growth—to make the activities of Asian businesses cleaner and more efficient.
Inputs, Outputs, and Activities: FY 2002 Program: The U.S.-Asia Environmental Partnership (USAEP) is a regional program that links Asians not only with the United States but with other Asian countries, finding that an effective way to promote development in less developed countries is to partner them with more prosperous developing countries in Asia. For example, USAEP arranged for Thailand to share its experience with Vietnam, leading Vietnam to accelerate by several years the phase out of leaded gasoline. In Mainland Southeast Asia, USAEP and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency work together to help improve environmental regulatory frameworks in Thailand and Vietnam. For example, USAEP is working with Thailand regulatory authorities to help implement a series of environmental reforms recommended by a Thai Senate advisory committee. On the policy and regulatory side, USAEP is helping Thailand reform its environmental laws and policies by bringing together Supreme Court justices from several Asian countries to share their experiences on how the judiciary can improve environmental protection. As a result, the ability of Thailand’s judiciary to make environmental rulings has been greatly enhanced.
In FY 2002, USAID funding will help address the spread of HIV/AIDS in Thailand. Funds will be used to improve HIV and behavioral surveillance and expand prevention activities to at-risk populations by strengthening training, education, policy, and advocacy.
Planned FY 2003 Program: USAEP will continue to help create networks and associations in Thailand that will work over the long-term to help Thai industries operate more cleanly, and USAEP will continue to help firms adopt programs for voluntary, transparent reporting of their pollution releases. USAEP will help cities implement new or improved environmental practices and policies in FY 2003. The regional program expects to leverage from outside sources an amount equal to at least half of our USAID budget, and to help American firms export $25 million in goods and services to Asia.
An assessment of the HIV/AIDS situation in Thailand will be conducted during FY 2002 and opportunities for USAID investment will be explored. This information will be used to develop an HIV program framework for Thailand that will guide FY 2003 funding. Multicountry and cross-border activities and support for international and multilateral organizations will be transferred to the Bureau for Global Health after FY 2002.
USAID will add a democracy and governance component to complement ongoing Thai activities.
SUBMISSION OF THIS PROGRAM DATA SHEET CONSTITUTES FORMAL NOTIFICATION OF USAID’S INTENT TO OBLIGATE FY 2002 FUNDS FOR THE ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED ABOVE. Performance and Results: Information, education, and communications materials and condoms have been delivered to mobile populations that travel cross border. Training sessions were conducted with the Thai Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS to strengthen their capacities in group management, human rights, treatment of infections, behavior change and communications skills. These efforts have resulted in significant progress in understanding the extent of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the region and beginning to expand services to reach more people at risk.
In FY 2001, USAEP’s partnership with Chulahongkorn University in Thailand provided the foundation to establish the Greening of Industry Network in Asia. The Network allows information on clean production and supply chain environmental management to be shared with public and private decision-makers throughout Asia. Facing deteriorating air quality, the City of Chiang Mai turned to USAEP for help in understanding the scope of its pollution problems and to search for possible solutions. Central to the effort was improving the ability of local environmental officials to monitor and enforce regulations. The Maryland Department of Environment (MDE) built a long-lasting partnership with officials in Thailand as a result of a US-AEP grant through the Council of State Governments. MDE staff members worked with the Thai Pollution Control Department and Chiang Mai officials to develop a strategic plan and an Emissions Inventory, held workshops on the sources of emissions, and developed public awareness campaigns on the need for improved air quality in the city. On the federal level, Maryland Secretary of the Environment Jane Nishida worked with the Thai central government and the World Bank on a plan to reorganize the agencies responsible for enforcing environmental protection. The cooperative effort of US-AEP, Maryland and the City of Chiang Mai has created a model for other projects aimed at improving air quality in other Thai cities.
Principal Contractors, Grantees, or Agencies: Family Health International, U.S. Departments of Commerce and Agriculture, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Institute for International Education, The Asia Foundation, the Kenan Institute, Louis Berger Group, Alliance to Save Energy, International HIV/AIDS Alliance, the Futures Group International, and the World Health Organization.
US Financing in Thousands of Dollars
493-002 Selected Foreign Policy Concerns Addressed in Thailand CSH DA Through September 30, 2000 Obligations 0 0 Expenditures 0 0 Unliquidated 0 0 Fiscal Year 2001 Obligations 0 0 Expenditures 0 0 Through September 30, 2001 Obligations 0 0 Expenditures 0 0 Unliquidated 0 0 Prior Year Unobligated Funds Obligations 0 0 Planned Fiscal Year 2002 NOA Obligations 1,000 750 Total Planned Fiscal Year 2002 Obligations 1,000 750 Proposed Fiscal Year 2003 NOA Obligations 0 3,250 Future Obligations 0 0 Est. Total Cost 1,000 4,000
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Last Updated on: May 29, 2002 |
