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Program Data Sheet 020-XXX CENTRAL PROGRAM: Global Development Alliance Secretariat (GDA) PROGRAM TITLE: Public-Private Alliance Building STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE AND NUMBER: Development Alliance Fund, 020-XXX STATUS: New (Proposed) PLANNED FY 2002 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $18,000,000 DA PROPOSED FY 2003 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $29,000,000 DA INITIAL OBLIGATION: FY 2002      ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: FY 2003 Summary: The Global Development Alliance is USAID's commitment to change the way the Agency implements its foreign assistance mandate. The GDA Incentive Fund is the responsibility of the GDA Secretariat. As promising public-private alliances are developed and the level of incentive fund to be applied is determined, management of the alliance and related funding are expected to be transferred to the appropriate field or central operating unit. USAID uses its new resources and expertise to work with strategic partners in investment decisions, and stimulates new investments by bringing new actors and ideas to the overseas development arena. While the Agency will continue to deploy resources where private fnding is not available and where the governmental role is clear and pre-eminent to stimulate institutional and policy change, GDA activities provide synergy and economies of scale to organizations and individuals working on common development issues. With resources from the Alliance Building Incentive Fund, the GDA Secretariat will work with other parts of the Agency to identify potential alliances, develop relationships, and enter into agreements that will catalyze partnerships to achieve high-impact results that will most benefit the people of the developing world. Inputs, Outputs, and Activities: FY 2002 Program: In FY 2002, USAID will use funds for development programs, implemented through public-private alliances. USAID is conducting due diligence on a number of potential alliances to identify those that bring significant new resources, new ideas, new technologies or new partners to address development problems in countries where USAID works. There is no predefined minimum or maximum number of partners; each alliance will be different. GDA has received nearly 100 proposals from field missions, regional and central pillar bureaus, and external non-governmental organizations (NGOs). These include several potentially high-impact proposals that are candidates for funding in the Agency's core areas such as education, information technology, timber, agriculture, water, and clean air. For example: Water for the Poor. This proposed alliance between USAID, the Conrad Hilton Foundation, NGOs, and private voluntary organizations is aimed at enhancing public health, economic development and community well-being in targeted countries through a strategic, multi-faceted intervention combining potable water supply with sanitation services and improved hygeine practices; and Capacity Building in Reduced-Impact Timber Harvest. Combining resources of USAID, the private sector, NGOs, civil society, and governments in the area, this alliance would facilitate partnerships between the Brazilian Certified Timber Buyers Group, NGOs and the private sector to help the Amazon timber industry convert from predatory, illegal operations to reduced impact harvest practices. No decisions have been made on which alliances will yield the greatest impact, and separate notifications will be prepared for discrete activities once formulated. Planned FY 2003 Program: New alliance opportunities are continually being explored through intra- and interagency collaboration, as well as consultations with the private, non-governmental community. Performance and Results: As a newly established Agency pillar, no GDA-sponsored activities have been funded, but significant effort has been devoted to identifying opportunities and developing public-private alliances for FY 2002 obligation. Principal Contractors, Grantees, or Agencies: Potential alliance partners include: foundations, U.S., international and host country NGOs and PVOs, individual U.S. and multinational private businesses including banks and other financial institutions, host country private businesses, business and trade associations, international organizations including international financial institutions, U.S. colleges and universities, U.S. cities and states, other U.S. Government agencies, civic groups, other donor governments, host country governments, regional organizations, host country parastatals, philanthropic leaders including venture capitalists, public figures, advocacy groups, pension funds and employee welfare plans. US Financing in Thousands of Dollars 020-001 Program Development and Learning: Global Development Alliance DA Through September 30, 2000 Obligations 0 Expenditures 0 Unliquidated 0 Fiscal Year 2001 Obligations 0 Expenditures 0 Through September 30, 2001 Obligations 0 Expenditures 0 Unliquidated 0 Prior Year Unobligated Funds Obligations 0 Planned Fiscal Year 2002 NOA Obligations 18,000 Total Planned Fiscal Year 2002 Obligations 18,000 Proposed Fiscal Year 2003 NOA Obligations 29,000 Future Obligations 0 Est. Total Cost 47,000

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