Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid
Winter Meeting - March 11, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 9, 2009
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid (ACVFA) was established by Presidential directive after World War II to serve as a link between the U.S. Government and private voluntary organizations active in humanitarian assistance and development work overseas.
Topics to be discussed will include:
- ACVFA's Chairman will report on the ACVFA paper, An Effective U.S. Foreign Assistance Program: Reflections from the Advisory Committee on Foreign Aid.
- Acting USAID Administrator Alonzo Fulgham will provide the keynote address, providing insights on the transition and a variety of other ongoing policy initiatives at the Agency, including food security, civilian/military issues and aid effectiveness.
- Deputy Secretary Jacob Lew will provide an update on foreign assistance, followed by a panel of experts discussing the state of foreign assistance. Steven Radelet, Carol Adelman and George Ingram will comprise the panel.
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- Alonzo Fulgham, Acting Administrator, USAID
- Jacob Lew, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of State
- Dr. John Sullivan, ACVFA Chairman
- Carol Adelman, Director, Center for Global Prosperity, Hudson Institute
- Steven Radelet, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development
- George Ingram, Executive Director, Education Policy and Data Center,
Academy for Educational Development
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| WHERE: | Jack Morton Auditorium
George Washington University
805 21st Street, NW
Washington, DC 20052
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| WHEN: | 9:00 am to 12:00 pm, Wednesday, March 11, 2009
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For more information please go to www.usaid.gov/about_usaid/acvfa.
The American people, through the U.S. Agency for International Development, have provided economic and humanitarian assistance worldwide for nearly 50 years.
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