For more information about each event and to RSVP, click on the links below.
Mark Your Calendars — Week of November 19
By: Staff Person
November 16, 2012
November 16, 2012
USAID’s New Youth Policy Is Timely and Urgent: Here’s Why
By: Staff Person
November 5, 2012
November 5, 2012
In a piece in The Huffington Post, Bill Reese, MFAN Principal and CEO of the International Youth Foundation, applauds USAID’s new youth policy, Policy on Youth in Development. Reese highlights the policy’s efforts to elevate youth as partners and not just beneficiaries in their communities’ development process. Reese writes: “I frequently advocate that ensuring young … Continue reading USAID’s New Youth Policy Is Timely and Urgent: Here’s Why
MFAN Network Event
By: Staff Person
October 31, 2012
October 31, 2012
We need to assess nutrition resources available to U.S. Government agencies, to implementing partners, and to country governments and civil society. Do they have sufficient technical capacity in nutrition to “scale up” programs? How well-equipped is the U.S. government to support country-led efforts and help sustain their momentum and progress? How can we further build our capacity?
Mark Your Calendars — Week of October 29
By: Staff Person
October 26, 2012
October 26, 2012
For more information about each event and to RSVP, click on the links below.
Driving sustainable global health programs with local partners
By: Staff Person
October 25, 2012
October 25, 2012
At PATH, we integrate the country ownership approach in three ways. First, we ensure that key local and national stakeholders are involved in the planning, implementation, and execution of health programs. Second, we help donors to coordinate their aid around current national strategies. And finally, we help ensure that local and national policymakers have the information they need to make the best decisions for their country’s future.
MCC’s First Five
By: Staff Person
October 24, 2012
October 24, 2012
It’s a good moment at both the policy and the political level, and the kind of commitment to transparency that should make friends on the Hill and in the development community.
MFAN Statement: New Evaluations Advance Transparency and Provide Valuable Guidance for Future Programs
By: Staff Person
October 23, 2012
October 23, 2012
With the release of the first round of impact evaluations, MFAN is pleased that the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) continues to push forward and insist that we prove the effectiveness of U.S. development programs, be transparent about the successes and challenges, and, importantly, learn from our experiences.
Mark Your Calendars – Week of October 22
By: Staff Person
October 18, 2012
October 18, 2012
For more information about each event and to RSVP, click on the links below.
Mark Your Calendars – Week of October 8
By: Staff Person
October 5, 2012
October 5, 2012
For more information about each event and to RSVP, click on the links below.
Aid Transparency: Will Obama and Romney Walk the Walk?
By: Staff Person
October 2, 2012
October 2, 2012
Notably, Ingram also cites Bulletin No. 12-01 issued by the Office of Management and Budget, which directs 22 U.S. government agencies to publish foreign assistance data in a common format consistent with the standards of the Foreign Assistance Dashboard and the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI).