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We recognize individuals like Gulaiym Baltbaevna Kalykulova, who works as a volunteer in Kulundu, improving nutrition related knowledge and behavior of rural communities. USAID/Kyrgyz Republic’s Advancing Nutrition project has trained 4800 volunteers like Gulaiym to reach 211,650+ people in Batken, Issykul, and Jalal-Abad since 2020. Here’s her story.

Today I'm excited to announce that Estonia will be supporting this effort, partnering with USAID and Ukraine's Ministry of Digital Transformation. With Estonia's expertise in making new technologies adaptable to a range of different systems – so called interoperability – we will work together to model Diia and the underlying digital public infrastructure in more countries. 

Estonia has long been the model for how technology can be harnessed for civic progress. One of the ideas upon which the Open Government Partnership was founded more than a decade ago. No country, it's safe to say, has all the answers, but Estonia really offers powerful inspiration, showing not only how technology can improve the performance of government, but also how it can dramatically expand the involvement of citizens in governance. That is what has been so radical about what Estonia has shown.

Hello and welcome to a special edition of our program, which is a special program and in the studio, I'm joined by my guest, the Deputy Administrator for Policy and Programming responsible for USAID, Ambassador Isobel Coleman, and my good name is Agnes Tuniga.

USAID is increasing its focus on agri-SMEs in sub-Saharan Africa – including through blended finance and de-risking investments. Our work with Aceli Africa is another such model. Much like the Deal Room, Aceli is aligning capital supply with market demand to mobilize $700 million dollars in lending to Agri-SMEs, creating a more sustainable and competitive marketplace. 

Sustainable Management of Forest Concessions is a project that proposes a new model for the conservation and integral use of ecosystem services.