Fact Sheets

DURACIÓN: 5 de enero, 2022 – 4 de enero, 2027  UBICACIÓN: Junín, Ayacucho y Apurímac

Free, fair and competitive elections trusted by citizens. NDI promotes free, fair and trusted elections by training domestic election observers, supporting ‘Get-Out-The-Vote’ campaigns and facilitating candidate debates in coordination with the Central Election Commission of the Kyrgyz Republic.

In partnership with countries across Asia, USAID is working to promote responsible use of antimicrobials in animal production, monitor trends in antimicrobial resistance (AMR), and strengthen local capacity to prevent and control AMR.

Reducing plastic waste is a global issue. Clean Cities, Blue Ocean (CCBO) is USAID’s five-year, flagship global initiative to target ocean plastics at their source in cities and towns. Managed and funded through USAID headquarters in Washington, D.C. and implemented through a consortium of partners, CCBO is piloting solutions in Sri Lanka to stop the flow of plastic pollution to the waters within and surrounding the country through work in Colombo, the southern coastal city of Galle, and the northern coastal city of Jaffna. CCBO is supporting holistic strategies that address each step in the waste value chain – from production to end use – through critical site-level research, grants to local organizations, and additional technical assistance and capacity building support. 

To help Sri Lanka on its trajectory toward high-income status, USAID’s Sri Lanka@100 (SL@100) project promotes inclusive and sustainable economic growth by nurturing mid-market companies, helping them secure access to capital, markets, and business development services.

USAID’s YouLead project supports inclusive economic growth by increasing youth employability. The project does this by strengthening vocational training for students, teachers, institutions, and entrepreneurs; improving workforce capacity to meet market demand; and linking with the private sector to encourage employment opportunities for youth. The project also works with the Ministry of Skills Development and Vocational Training to develop partnerships with businesses and training providers to leverage resources to prepare youth with market-ready skills. 

USAID collaborates with Lanka Rain Water Harvesting Forum to provide safe drinking water and improve community resilience in the face of changing climate conditions. This project supports communities that experience floods and droughts regularly to recover more quickly. It is implemented in Badulla and Monaragala districts in the Uva Province, Batticaloa, and Ampara districts in the Eastern Province, and Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu districts in the Northern Province. 

The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) is America’s development bank. DFC partners with the private sector to finance solutions to the most critical challenges facing the developing world today. DFC also provides financing for small businesses and women entrepreneurs to create jobs in emerging markets.

The Partnership for Accelerating Results in Trade, National Expenditure, and Revenue (PARTNER) activity works to minimize bottlenecks to trade, bolster Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), and strengthen the capacity of small and medium enterprises, private sector associations, and chambers of commerce to promote a vibrant private sector in Sri Lanka.