April 2019— In Guinea, broad social and cultural constraints have always relegated women to second place in the community. As a result, they have regularly been denied recognition at all levels, including in the political realm.
Solicitation No.: SOL-72067519R00003
Issuance Date: April 9, 2019
Closing Date/ Time for Receipt of Offers: May 3, 2019 Midnight Local Guinea Time
Position Title: USAID Development Program Specialist (Budget)
The agricultural sector remains the niche for creating employment and improving the living standards of the Guinean people. Transforming small-scale agriculture from subsistence to innovative, commercially oriented and modern agriculture will achieve the aim of offering multiple livelihoods and creating employment opportunities for many youth in search of their first employment in Guinea.
Mr. Jeff Bryan, a career Foreign Service Officer, was sworn in as the USAID Mission Director for Guinea and Sierra Leone on July 27, 2018. Prior to his assignment to Conakry, Mr. Bryan was the USAID Representative in Côte d'Ivoire from 2014 through 2018. Mr. Bryan also served in Moldova (2010-2014), the Democratic Republic of Congo (2005-2009), and Afghanistan (2004-2005). Prior to joining the Foreign Service, Mr. Bryan worked for the USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) from 2000 through 2003, focusing on disaster response for the southern Africa region. Before joining USAID, he was a delegate to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Gabon.
This Alliance Annual Program Statement (APS) is designed to catalyze, facilitate and support such collaboration. This APS is an invitation to co-creation that USAID extends to the private sector and other organizations interested in working closely with the private sector and/or Non-Governmental Organizations to achieve significant and sustainable development results and impact.
Last updated: June 20, 2019
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