Assistance to the Iraqi Financial Management Information System (IFMIS) has resumed based on clear indications of the MoFs engagement to fulfill its commitments to this project, and progress is being made. Second, CSP activities also provide limited job skills and small in-kind grants that provide tools and opportunities for at-risk Iraqis to create more sustainable employment and to productively re-engage in society. Marshals Service. The implementer has deployed a provincial support team to work with Governorate Electoral Offices and PRTs, and a world-class election law support team to work with stakeholders in drafting the upcoming provincial election law. Hardening projects are under way in connection with electrical transmission lines, electrical substations, petro-chemical refineries, water treatment plants, power generation plants, and offshore oil platforms. These funds support efforts by the Council of Representatives to address a number of important governance issues through the legislative and constitutional process, as well as capacity strengthening for the Independent Higher Electoral Commission of Iraq. Continued the Election Observation Series begun last quarter, designed to reinforce civic understanding of international good practices for electoral observation and provided comparative electoral frameworks. Basic training in the generation, use, and interpretation of standardized financial soundness indicators has been completed. Contact: OTTED or Enterprise Florida. Trained an inter-ministerial working group that will oversee the GOI employee census. Description. Needs are addressed through a range of activities, including increasing the role of the private sector in the economy, assisting in the development of effective, accessible, and independent legal systems, supporting transparent and accountable governance, countering terrorism and extremist ideology, and empowering citizens. The Office of Recovery Programs is providing self-resources to assist recipients of awards from its programs with questions about reporting, technical issues, eligible uses of funds, or other items. Development Assistance & Economic Support Fund, Director, Policy, Budget and Appropriations, We use cookies to facilitate your navigation on this website. Convened PRT staff to discuss best approaches to designing proposals. This program now supports three regional training centers located in Erbil, Mosul, and Basra and a satellite office in Hilla. MostU.S. foreign assistance falls under the International Affairs Budget. The American Rescue Plan provides $350 billion in emergency funding for eligible state, local, territorial, and Tribal governments to respond to the COVID-19 emergency and bring back jobs. In addition, an average of 500 Iraqis per week participated in CSP's apprenticeship program. Facilitated a five-day leadership and government communication workshop in Erbil with staff from the North and South Oil Companies. Served as technical leader on the development of a new project tracking and accounting software application to be used in provinces across Iraq. While artists and the arts are often overlooked in community development strategies, they can be a vital economic catalyst, particularly in Native American communities, a report from the First Peoples Fund and ArtSpace finds. Grantees are indigenous Iraqi CSOs. ESF funds support better governance and greater civil society participation in some of the worlds most fragile countries. Services. This project was built using IRRF funds. The Empire State Economic Development Fund is flexible, providing a range of assistance to ensure that the state is meeting the diversity of business needs. Completion rates range from contracts being bid out for construction at water treatment plants to nearly-complete projects at electrical substations. CSP also works to place vocational education graduates in long-term jobs with the assistance of employment agents and through a subsidized apprenticeship program. 0000001407 00000 n CAP continues to manage the Marla Ruzicka War Victims Fund ($14.96 million of CAP funds) to assist innocent victims of coalition action, helping the program quickly earn community acceptance and building trust in areas recently emerging from conflict. xb```b``ie`_( Provided essential emergency relief commodities for IDPs and affected community members. Projects in this category are implemented under an Interagency Agreement between U.S. Department of State and USACE, whose Gulf Region Division is responsible for executing and disbursing funds. Completed a two-month assessment of the date sector and launched work with local date producers to revitalize their productivity. USAID is working with the GOIs National Center for Consultancy and Management Development to expand and revitalize its training capacities. 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Supported an agreement of cooperation between affiliates of Iraqi International Transport Federation (ITF) and those of the Iraqi International Chemical Energy and Mine Workers (ICEM), who together pledged to address problems in the Iraqi energy sector. Empire State Economic Development Fund Program, Construction, expansion and rehabilitation of facilities, Businesses involved in industrial, manufacturing, warehousing and distribution, Research and development, high technology, service and other non-retail commercial enterprises, Local development corporations and industrial development agencies. In addition to supporting many of the activities funded under the Development Assistance account, ESF funds meet near- and long-term political, economic, development, and security needs. Carried out a demonstration Summer Feed Grains Project to encourage farmers to produce maize locally that is currently being imported. Most of that aid went toward the Economic Support Fund for Ukraine, at $8.8 billion. Supports disaster and emergency relief efforts, including programs that save lives, alleviate suffering, and maintain human dignity. Reflecting the priority that the Biden-Harris Administration places on global leadership, as well as the Presidents belief that diplomacy and development are vital tools for advancing U.S. interests at home and abroad, the resources included in this Budget Request will advance the foreign policy agenda of the United States and deliver results for the American people. 0000009064 00000 n People we serve. This includes strengthening local health responses and provision of emergency relief items to vulnerable families. Every day, the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs (EB) creates jobs at home, boosts economic opportunities overseas, and makes America more secure. Continued support for a network of more than 100 Community Mental Health Workers (CMHWs) in ten governorates to provide basic mental health services through the Iraqi primary health care system. Review of the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Request for the U.S. Agency for International Development recent hearings. Economic Development & Finance is charged with coordinating the state's economic development resources to attract, retain and expand wealth. Repealed. In collaboration with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and several U.S. universities, launched an Engineering Enhancement Program, which offers fellowships and mentoring for Iraqi engineers to improve their technical skill sets. Future activities will include assisting the GOI in the selection and training of personnel to establish and operate a national mine action coordination center; support to IMCO in clearing extensive swaths of agricultural and other contaminated land; assisting the efforts of the Iraq Health and Social Care Organization in providing a mine risk education program in central and southern Iraq; and beginning the second phase of a Landmine Impact Survey, in the governorates of Salah ad Din and Diyala (Baquba) Governorates. Provincial Reconstruction Development Council Funds. Regime Crimes Liaison Office (RCLO) programs ($33 million in ESF funds) assist the Iraqi High Tribunal (IHT) in coordinating assistance to the IHT by U.S. agencies in Iraq, other foreign governments, law enforcement agencies, and international and non-governmental organizations. In collaboration with the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, CSP supports vocational education in skill areas identified through formal and informal market surveys. Black Education Fund And Economic Support Foundation, Inc. is a Florida Domestic Non-Profit Corporation filed on March 26, 1992. The Department of State is managing $25 million of QRF funds through small grants and procurements and cooperates closely with USAID, which is managing $100 million through grants up to $200,000. Provided 4,435 grants worth approximately $32 million to support business development, creating an estimated 9,360 jobs greater than three months in duration. Food and nutrition. The Iraq Scientist Engagement Program ($7.0 million budgeted for FY08) supports the transition of Iraqi scientists, technicians, and engineers with WMD and missile expertise to sustainable civilian employment in support of Iraqi economic development. Offered workshops and specialized technical training in analytical and environmental chemistry, computer science applications, and science education. Accomplishments included: The Quick Response Fund ($125 million in ESF funding; see previous section) was established to accelerate economic, social, and civil society development within Iraqi provinces. Cancian wrote that altogether military aid has totaled $38.2 billion. Since then,drawing on expertise fromboth USAID andState personnel, the Office has provided senior level expertise to Secretaries of State and USAID Administrators across Presidential Administrations. Maintained the accelerated pace of community projects allowed by last quarters increase in funds allocated to CAP. Conducted in collaboration with the Northwest Area Foundation, LINC, and Colorado State . Prison renovation and construction projects should add more than 9,000 bed spaces to the Iraqi federal prison system with facilities to start coming online in late 2008 and through 2009. The item Status of Department of State economic support fund interagency agreements with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Iraq, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Indiana State Library. U.S. Government Implementing Agency: Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), c. Refugee Assistance Migration and Refugee Assistance (MRA), Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance (ERMA), and International Disaster and Famine Assistance (IDFA) Funds. Launched a conflict resolution series to train civic activists from all 18 provinces. Funds are provided to partners through grants, cooperative agreements, and other mechanisms to implement programming to support trade and capacity building, strengthen independent judiciaries, protect human rights and freedom of the press, combat human trafficking and corruption, increase public accountability and access to justice, and protect civil society activists and journalists. In consultation with Multinational Force-Iraq, PRTs, embedded PRTs (ePRTs), and local community leaders, CSP selects neighborhoods and districts for short-term projects that generate significant employment in the provision of essential services and public works. Began an initial training for judicial investigators on the secure site of the Rusafa Rule of Law Complex. Identified projects, including 68 specific efforts, are implemented under an Interagency Agreement between the Department of State and USACE, under which the USACE Gulf Region Division is responsible for executing and disbursing the $60 million in FY 2006 Supplemental funds obligated for technical training. The State Department raided $500 million from the Economic Support Fund to pay for its Green Climate Fund contribution. Assisted in establishing an information technology training center at the Ministry of Agriculture. Additional funds could contribute to greater stability in countries of strategic interest to the U.S., including Jordan, Iraq, Myanmar, and Colombia. Helps U.S. businesses and entrepreneurs pursue opportunities abroad and promotes responsible business conduct. Projects conducted this quarter included electrical capacity development training given to engineers, operators, and technicians from the Iraq Ministry of Electricity. Projects include school renovation, internet connectivity through provision of computers and training, sports equipment, and refurbishment of health clinics. Support Us! The Fund is jointly administered with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in line with the 2020 State-USAID four pillar COVID-19 Recovery Strategy. Once gazetted, this law will define the authority and structure of provincial councils in provinces that are not incorporated into regions. This section reports on funds appropriated for Iraq refugee and IDP assistance under the MRA, ERMA, and IDFA accounts, which are separate from refugee assistance funds previously provided under the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund (see Appendix I). The fund is administered by the Office of Provincial Affairs (OPA) based in Baghdad. April 2008, a. Marshals Service (USMS) and INL have identified 27 courthouses in Iraq desperately needing security upgrades. Establishing a Creative Economy: Art as an Economic Engine in Native Communities. Authority (a) Policy requirements for assistance. Latest Programs and Updates Office of Recovery Programs Self-Service Resources The Office of Recovery Programs is providing self-resources to assist recipients of awards from its programs with questions about reporting, technical issues, eligible uses of funds, or other items. 0000003816 00000 n Enhanced UNHCRs preparedness and response capacity, including by reinforcing its contingency stockpiles inside Iraq. The total $32.5 . The CARES Act established the $150 billion Coronavirus Relief Fund. For the duration of the Oneida Nation's Public Health State of Emergency, the Nation is directing resources toward mitigation efforts and response to the COVID-19 pandemic. TTY 711. economicsuccess@fairfaxcounty.gov. Coordinator for the Arctic Region, Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights, Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, Office of International Religious Freedom, Office of the Special Envoy To Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Office of the Science and Technology Adviser, Bureau of the Comptroller and Global Financial Services, Bureau of Information Resource Management, Office of Management Strategy and Solutions, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, U.S. Through a Winter Feed Grains-certified seed production project, trained more than 250 farmers in field preparation, planting using seed drills, fertilization, and irrigation scheduling. Deployed six small arms and light weapons (SA/LW) teams 136 times and completed 83 tasks, destroying 2,093 items of SA/LW. Activities include two main elements: specific, immediate support to key ministries through advisors dedicated to the ministry or institution; and training of civil servants at the national and provincial levels to improve approaches to key public administration functions, such as project management, procurement, human resources, and delivering public services; and managing training programs in these areas to sustain this effort. Programs in this category ($60 million in ESF funds, of which $51.9 million obligated to USACE) focus on strengthening essential service ministries through Operation and Maintenance (O&M) training programs for primarily technician-level operators at major electricity power plants, water and wastewater plants, and select health, transportation, and communication facilities. 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