It’s Time to Release & Implement the Plan on Locally Led Development

By: MFAN
July 7, 2022

July 7, 2022 (WASHINGTON) – This statement is delivered on behalf of the Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network (MFAN) by Co-Chairs Lester Munson, Larry Nowels and Tessie San Martin. MFAN congratulates House Appropriators for the strong message to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) contained in the report accompanying the Committee’s fiscal year 2023 funding bill, calling … Continue reading It’s Time to Release & Implement the Plan on Locally Led Development

MFAN Commends House Appropriations Committee FY23 SFOPS Bill

By: MFAN
June 30, 2022

June 30, 2022 (WASHINGTON) – This statement is delivered on behalf of the Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network (MFAN) by Co-Chairs Lester Munson, Larry Nowels and Tessie San Martin. On June 29, the House Appropriations Committee reported out a strong Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs appropriations bill, providing an $8.5 billion (15%) increase … Continue reading MFAN Commends House Appropriations Committee FY23 SFOPS Bill

MFAN Congratulates Dr. John Nkengasong on his Confirmation as the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator

By: MFAN
May 24, 2022

May 24, 2022 (WASHINGTON) – This statement is delivered on behalf of the Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network (MFAN) by Co-Chairs Lester Munson, Larry Nowels, and Tessie San Martin. The Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network (MFAN) congratulates Dr. John Nkengasong on his confirmation by the United States Senate to serve as the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator in the Biden-Harris … Continue reading MFAN Congratulates Dr. John Nkengasong on his Confirmation as the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator

MFAN Urges Congress to Retain Development Finance Corporation’s Development Mandate in Ukraine Supplemental

By: MFAN
May 7, 2022

May 6, 2022 (WASHINGTON) – This statement is delivered on behalf of the Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network (MFAN) by Co-Chairs Lester Munson, Larry Nowels, and Tessie San Martin. The Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network, an early supporter of the creation of the Development Finance Corporation (DFC), urges Congress to reject the proposal to waive the Corporation’s development mandate … Continue reading MFAN Urges Congress to Retain Development Finance Corporation’s Development Mandate in Ukraine Supplemental

MFAN Finds Advances and Setbacks in Final Fiscal Year 2022 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Legislation

By: MFAN
March 22, 2022

March 22, 2022 (WASHINGTON) – This statement is delivered on behalf of the Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network (MFAN) by Co-Chairs Lester Munson, Larry Nowels, and Tessie San Martin.   MFAN is a reform coalition focused on the effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability of U.S. foreign assistance and does not engage in advocacy efforts for either top line or … Continue reading MFAN Finds Advances and Setbacks in Final Fiscal Year 2022 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Legislation

MFAN Congratulates Alice Albright and Scott Nathan on their Confirmations by the U.S. Senate

By: MFAN
March 4, 2022

  March 2, 2022 (WASHINGTON) – This statement is delivered on behalf of the Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network (MFAN) by Co-Chairs Lester Munson, Larry Nowels, and Tessie San Martin.   The Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network (MFAN) congratulates Alice Albright, CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), and Scott Nathan, CEO of the Development Finance Corporation (DFC), on … Continue reading MFAN Congratulates Alice Albright and Scott Nathan on their Confirmations by the U.S. Senate

MFAN Applauds USAID Local Capacity Development Policy

By: MFAN
February 7, 2022

February 7, 2022 (WASHINGTON) – This statement is delivered on behalf of the Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network (MFAN) by Co-Chairs Lester Munson, Larry Nowels, and Tessie San Martin.   The Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network (MFAN) commends USAID for its draft Local Capacity Development (LCD) Policy, released for public comment on Dec. 8, 2021. The LCD Policy represents … Continue reading MFAN Applauds USAID Local Capacity Development Policy

MFAN Calls for a Clear, Agency-Wide Definition of Local Entity in USAID’s Localization Work

By: MFAN
January 31, 2022

The Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network (MFAN) celebrates Administrator Power’s vision for a more locally led future for foreign assistance, as laid out in her address at Georgetown University in November of 2021. To realize these reforms with transparency and accountability, MFAN recommends that USAID create a clear and consistent definition of “local entity,” which eliminates … Continue reading MFAN Calls for a Clear, Agency-Wide Definition of Local Entity in USAID’s Localization Work

Transforming the Northern Triangle Means Also Shifting How Donors Do Business

By: Charles J. Hall, Chief Executive Officer of ACDI/VOCA
December 3, 2021

The Northern Triangle has endured its fair share of shocks recently. From the COVID-19 pandemic to Hurricanes Eta and Iota, the region of Central America faces challenges that its governments cannot solve alone. To address the most difficult problems, governments, private sector companies, and donors, such as the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), … Continue reading Transforming the Northern Triangle Means Also Shifting How Donors Do Business