Bureau For Conflict Prevention & Stabilization
Office of Transition Initiatives
The Office of Transition Initiatives advances U.S. foreign policy interests in political transitions and contested spaces by seizing emerging windows of opportunity to promote stability, peace, and democracy. The Transition Initiatives account enables rapid assistance for local initiatives and agile programming that supports political transitions and addresses conflict.
OTI's funding and procurement mechanisms allow it to launch programs quickly, adapt to changing environments, and work with non-traditional partners. These mechanisms enable OTI to be fast and flexible in dynamic transition environments, facilitating a strong partnership with implementing partners (IPs) through co-creation and intensive management of country programs.
OTI contributes to localization by ensuring that USAID, its partners, and communities shift agenda-setting and decision-making power to local actors including national and local governments, civil society, and grassroots organizations. The foundation of every OTI program is local. From OTI's inception, we have been inspired by a fundamental belief that even where institutions, infrastructure, and social fabric are broken, there always exists a capacity for change.
For more information about our programs, see Where We Work. To learn more about the office in general, view our Office of Transition Initiatives "Fast Facts" on the CPS Bureau website.
Contacts
USAID/Office of Transition Initiatives Contacts
For more information on the Office of Transition Initiatives, email cps.oticomms@usaid.gov.
For media inquiries, please contact the Bureau of Legislative and Public Affairs at press@usaid.gov.
