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Program Data Sheet 963-001/960-001 PROGRAM: Central Programs, Office of Private and Voluntary Cooperation (PVC) PROGRAM TITLE: Capabilities of U.S. PVOs increased (Pillars: Economic Growth, Trade and Agriculture Global Health Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance) STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE AND NUMBER: Increased capability of PVC's partners to achieve sustainable service delivery/Program Management Support, 963-001/960-001 STATUS: Continuing PLANNED FY 2002 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $26,350,000 DA, $25,143,000 CSH PRIOR YEAR UNOBLIGATED AND FUNDING SOURCE: $6,850,000 DA, $619,000 CSD PROPOSED FY 2003 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $54,321,000 DA INITIAL OBLIGATION: FY 1981      ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: FY 2007 Summary: PVC provides competitively awarded grants to U.S. private voluntary organizations (PVOs) and cooperative development organizations (CDOs). These grants help build the managerial, operational and technical capabilities of the recipients and their local partners, support implementation or expansion of innovative programs at the field level, and strengthen relationships between local non-governmental organizations (NGOs), local governments and businesses and PVC grant recipients in the countries in which they work. This objective includes five components: Improved operational and technical capacity of PVC's grantees; Strengthened partnership between USAID and U.S. PVOs and CDOs; Strengthened partnership between U.S. PVOs and CDOs and local organizations; Improved mobilization of resources by PVC's partners; and Increased U.S. public awareness of private, voluntary contributions to development. Inputs, Outputs and Activities: FY 2002 Program: PVC pursues its results through a series of competitively awarded cooperative agreements with registered U.S. PVOs and CDOs. These agreements enable recipients to initiate new or innovative programs within their own organizations, increase the impact(s) of proven programs, build alliances among themselves and with non-U.S. Government sources of support, or enhance their connections with non-governmental organizations in the countries where they work. PVC's current recipients carry out activities in a variety of fields, including micro-finance, child survival, HIV/AIDS and malaria prevention, food production, environmental protection, and the development of member-owned agricultural, housing and electrical cooperatives. PVC plans to use approximately $17.7 million in FY 2002 to finance the continuing activities of its 160 current recipients and $18.5 million to initiate new competitive cooperative agreements in these fields. PVC also expects to use FY 2002 funds in the following ways and amounts: (1) initiate a new activity (Capable Partners Program) designed to provide technical assistance and training in support of field mission initiatives to strengthen local non-governmental organizations, $2.0 million; (2) continue existing and initiate new Victims of Torture Program activities, $3.0 million; (3) award new Ocean Freight Reimbursement Grants, $2.8 million; and (4) continue Development Education Grants, $750,000. PVC will also use $4.2 million for administrative and program support services. Planned FY 2003 Program: PVC will use FY 2003 funds requested for this objective to fund only the continuing cooperative agreements and activities mentioned above. PVC plans to initiate a new strategic objective in FY 2003 to fund new cooperative agreements to be notified to Congress at a later date. Performance and Results: During 2001, progress towards achieving the end results of this objective was successful. Improved organizational and technical capacity on the part of U.S. PVOs, CDOs and their local partners (non-governmental organizations, local governments and private sector organizations and businesses) improved the delivery of developmental services to targeted beneficiaries. Specifically, A comparison of national health statistics and health survey data collected by PVC recipients indicates that there were significant increases in childhood immunization coverage, maternal tetanus immunization and exclusive breastfeeding in areas covered by PVC Child Survival Grant Program activities. For example, in an average-sized Child Survival Grant Program activity (110,000 beneficiaries), approximately 200 measles deaths are averted yearly. Additionally, partnerships formed by PVOs and their local partners doubled the number of beneficiaries reached by PVC-supported recipients in Zambia and South Africa and tripled the number of beneficiaries in Malawi.   Over a five-year period, PVC support to build the capacity of U.S. PVOs, CDOs and their local partners to offer micro-finance services contributed to a 36% increase in the average number of borrowers per institution, a 15% increase in the number of women borrowers, and substantial progress toward enabling assisted institutions to achieve full financial sustainability.   Finally, there is growing evidence that PVC's emphasis on building the capacity of local governmental and non-governmental organizations through partnerships with U.S. PVOs has increased the long-term viability of community associations which are key to a more vibrant civil society. For example, PVOs, in alliance with local NGOs, community associations and ministries of health have made important contributions in countries that have a mixture of factors that could precipitate crisis and instability. Fully 80% of the Child Survival Grant Program recipients work in crisis-prone countries. Principal Contractors, Grantees or Agencies: PVC's program activities are implemented through registered U.S. PVOs and CDOs selected through a competitive process. In FY 2001, there were 54 active Matching Grants recipients, 98 Child Survival Grants Program recipients, eight Cooperative Development Program recipients, nine Development Education Program recipients, 61 Ocean Freight Program recipients and one Victims of Torture Program recipient. PVC obtains administrative support for its programs through two competitively awarded contracts. PVC's principal contractors are DATEX and Macro International. US Financing in Thousands of Dollars DCHA/PVC Capabilities of U.S. PVOs increased and Program Development and Support, 963-001 and 960-001 Total Child Survival and Disease Child Survival and Health Development Assistance Economic Support Funds Through September 30, 2000 Obligations 669,951 88,718 0 581,083 150 Expenditures 590,768 46,343 0 544,275 150 Unliquidated 79,183 42,375 0 36,808 0 Fiscal Year 2001 Obligations 52,178 28,103 0 24,075 0 Expenditures 72,769 32,814 0 39,955 0 Through September 30, 2001 Obligations 722,129 116,821 0 605,158 150 Expenditures 663,537 79,157 0 584,230 150 Unliquidated 58,592 37,664 0 20,928 0 Prior Year Unobligated Funds* Obligations 7,469 619 0 6,850 0 Planned Fiscal Year 2002 NOA Obligations 51,493 0 25,143 26,350 0 Total Planned Fiscal Year 2002 Obligations 58,962 619 25,143 33,200 0 Proposed Fiscal Year 2003 NOA Obligations 54,321 0 0 54,321 0 Future Obligations 0 0 0 0 0 Est. Total Cost 835,412 117,440 25,143 692,679 150 *of which, $147,000 in CSD and $756,000 in DA are prior year reobligations

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