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 UpdatesUSAID Project Wins Pacific Asia Travel Association Award The Responsible Tourism Guide to the Mekong (http://exploremekong.org/), a USAID-supported ASEAN Competitiveness Enhancement (ACE) project, won a 2009 Gold Award for website design and presentation from the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA). PATA is one of the largest and most-respected travel-industry associations in the world. The website supports cultural and environmental protection, greater economic benefits for the Mekong’s people through tourism, and a better understanding of local cultural, social and environmental issues by visitors to the region. The site cost little more than $1,000 to design and build and was based on a 2008 book published by the Mekong Tourism Development Project. Training Could Save Chinese Firms $17 Million in Energy Costs USAID’s Sustainable Buildings Partnership (SPB) provided training in Guangzhou to some of China’s key property management and development companies representing 900 buildings and over 5 million square meters of commercial and residential space. Based on typical 10%-20% savings, SPB estimates that if participants were to reduce energy consumption by just 10%, they would save $17 million and avoid emissions equivalent to 140,673 metric tons of carbon dioxide. SBP will now assess selected properties and provide tailored energy improvement recommendations. Chinese Officials & Legal Pros Finish Environmental Law Training Delegates from China’s State Electricity Regulatory Commission, environmental law professors and law students completed USAID-supported environmental law training programs at Vermont Law School. Classes lasted between three and 12 months. Participants also received hands-on experience in environmental enforcement and energy governance through internships with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. USAID Creates Market for Electric Vehicles in the Philippines Noting the increasing demand for motorcycles in the Philippines, USAID helped EKO Vehicles of India enter the market to sell its high-performance electric motorcycles. EKO Vehicles signed a distributorship agreement with Cleansave Corp., which is expanding the market for eco-friendly two-wheelers. The partnership was forged by the USAID ECO-Asia Clean Development and Climate Program as part of its work to support the Private Financing Advisory Network (PFAN) in Asia. USAID's Regional Development Mission for Asia
The Mission’s regional approach to development projects provides a cost-effective way to manage services and programs. It strengthens regional institutions and helps to engage regional and international partners. RDMA was established in Bangkok in 2003 to manage bilateral USAID programs in Asian countries without USAID Missions, including Burma, China, Laos, and Thailand. It now oversees bilateral and regional programs that benefit all of East Asia and much of South Asia. |
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USAID’s Regional Development Mission for Asia (RDMA) oversees a broad portfolio of programs addressing numerous regional and transnational issues, such as responsible use of natural resources, improved access to clean water, reducing the incidence of HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, prevention of human and wildlife trafficking, facilitating trade, and resolving political and economic conflict.
