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Global Development Alliance
USAID's Global Development Alliance (GDA) mobilizes the ideas, efforts and resources of governments, businesses and civil society by forging public-private alliances to stimulate economic growth, develop businesses and workforces, address health and environmental issues, and expand access to education and technology.
The USAID Mission in Iraq sees the GDA model as a way to leverage the U.S. Government's development assistance funds provided to Iraq. Public-private sector alliances allow multinational companies, foundations, and other interested organizations to operate in this country in partnership with USAID. Together, we can contribute to improving the economy of the country as well as the quality of life for the citizens of Iraq.
USAID/Iraq is in the process of finalizing several official GDA activities with at least 1:1 matching funds from USAID and future private sector partners. There are a number of examples of organizations already operating in Iraq actively supporting development projects, including:
- Project Hope has partnered with USAID/Iraq to build a children's hospital in Basrah.
- Actor Gary Sinise of Forrest Gump fame, Author Candice Hillenbrand who wrote Seabiscuit, FedEx and many generous Americans have teamed up to send school supplies through Operation Iraqi Children.
- The Iraqi Virtual Science Library (IVSL) is a free resource for scientists and educators in Iraq. A partnership with publishers, computer firms, universities, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, and the U.S. Government has made this project possible.
- Two American tractor manufacturers have agreed to work with the USAID-funded Agriculture Reconstruction and Development for Iraq project to rehabilitate several thousand tractors across the country.
- Multinational companies in the Information and Communications technology sector are becoming more focused on the Iraqi market now that economic sanctions have ended with several companies actively supporting training and other capacity building projects in Iraq.
Email us to see how we can work together to form a development partnership between USAID/Iraq and your organization.
Upcoming Events:
USTDA is sponsoring an orientation visit from April 10-19 to expose Iraqi decision makers to the range of possibilities available in the E-Learning sector, including content, business models, applications and telecommunications infrastructure. A business briefing will be held in Washington, DC on April 18, 2006. For more information, contact Debbie Palmer (dpalmer@decisionanalysis.net).
Contributions to Iraq through USAID's Global Development Alliance go directly to the beneficiaries, and you can see the results. In response to hundreds of generous individuals and companies offering donations and contributions to Iraq's re-construction effort, USAID/Iraq has established a Global Development Alliance desk which assists businesses, foundations as well as individuals to augment USAID's Iraq reconstruction programs. For more information about USAID's GDA program, click here |
News:
- Iraq's high-tech corridor has trove of treasures; USA Today, February 9, 2006
- U.S. Tech Companies Finding Work in Iraq; Investor's Business Daily, January 23, 2006
- With Promise of Airport, Investment in Najaf Takes Off; Washington Post, January 7, 2006
- Cautiously, Iraqis Open for Business; Christian Science Monitor, January 4, 2006
- Iraqi Economy Looks Positive in 2006; Aljazeera.net, December 28, 2005
- Fortune Favors the Brave; FDI Magazine, April 12, 2005
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