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Current
Projects Egypt Education Reform Project
(ERP) Energy Sector Technical Advisory
& Assistance Services (Energy II) FIELD-Support: Financial
Integration, Economic Leveraging, Broad-Based Dissemination Focus on Results: Enhancing
Capacity across Sectors in Transition Countries (FORECAST) Local Economic Development Initiative Moldova Agribusiness Development
Program Orientation Visits, Conferences,
Workshops, Training and Outreach Activities People, Energy & Development (PED) Services for
Training, Educational Exchanges, & Professional Programs (One STEP) Strategic
Technical Assistance for Results through Training (START) Support for Economic Growth and
Institutional Reform (SEGIR) Youth & Community Action
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Community Action Investment Program
(CAIP) This activity, which was part of USAID's Central Asian
Republics portfolio, was aimed at helping to prevent conflict and promote
broad-based citizen dialogue and participation in communities of southern
Kazakhstan and south western Kyrgyzstan (Ferghana Valley Region) where the
majority of citizens are poor and the reconditions for violent conflict are
present. AED was a subcontractor to ACDI/VOCA and a partner with the Urban Institute. The program sought to integrate community members, rural
and urban, for broad developmental and political benefits through
collaborative participation in community activities. CAIP’s aim was to generate benefits for a
broad spectrum of community members (especially the youth) in the form of
jobs and the achievement of minimum requirements for a decent standard of
life, including safe drinking water, sanitation, health, education, and other
social services. Joint decision-making
by all segments of the community is more likely to produce decisions that
will be supported widely by the community.
In the process of joint activity, training and strengthening of local
networks and enhancement of community systems and processes, civic
organizations can be transformed and made more efficient, effective, and
sustainable. AED worked with our partners to help CAIP serve as a
catalyst to actively engage individuals, communities, and institutions in participatory
processes that will contribute to their enhanced capacity for effective
decision-making in improved lives and livelihoods. AED provided technical assistance in the areas of public education
and youth development. Two Public Education Specialists helped build
awareness of CAIP activities and develop information networks, with the broad
goal of developing a sustainable community participation and information
campaign. An additional two AED Youth and Workforce Development Specialists
focused on the development of human resources capacity at the local level,
enhancing the sustainability of local NGOs, and engaging and helping to
develop the confidence and employability of the regions' youth. For more
information, visit the USAID website for CAIP http://www.usaid.gov/locations/europe_eurasia/car/briefers/caip.html
or visit the CAIP project website at http://www.acdivoca-caip.kz.
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