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DI Development, a Business of DynCorp International, Sponsors 2011 SID Annual Gala Dinner

December 15, 2011 at 1:01 pm

DI Development, a business of DynCorp International, was a sponsor at this year’s Society for International Development (SID) Annual Gala Dinner honoring Andrew S. Natsios, former Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

Natsios served as Administrator from 2001 until 2006. During this period, he managed the agency’s reconstruction programs in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Sudan which totaled more than $14 billion over four years. He previously served at USAID as Director of the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance from 1989 to 1991 and Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for Food and Humanitarian Assistance (now called the Bureau of Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance) from 1991 to 1993. After being appointed Special Coordinator for International Disaster Assistance and Special Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan in 2006, he was the U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan from October 2006 to December 2007 where he dealt with the crisis in Darfur and the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement between North and South Sudan. A veteran of the Gulf War, Natsios served 23 years in the U.S. Army Reserves as a civil affairs officer before retiring in 1995 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Read more →

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DynCorp International-Implemented USAID Program in El Salvador Honored at Government Ethics Week

October 11, 2011 at 2:22 pm

During the inauguration of El Salvador’s USAID-sponsored Government Ethics Tribunal (GET) “Ethics Week” conference in San Salvador on Oct. 3, the Democracy Strengthening Program was honored with the “Ethic’s Friend” award. The Democracy Strengthening Program (DSP) is a USAID initiative implemented by DI Development, a business of DynCorp International.

DSP was awarded for its work in creating and strengthening the GET over the last five years. Since 2006, the DSP (formerly known as the USAID Transparency and Anticorruption Program or TAG) provided not only financial and technical support to the GET, but also delivered equipment, vehicles and hired consultants. Read more →

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DI Development, a Business of DynCorp International, and Private Sector Alliances

October 6, 2011 at 2:36 pm

On Friday, September 23, DI Development team members attended a U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)-sponsored, implementer training program on private sector alliances.

In addition to defining alliances, the lead presenter, Linda Nemic, Executive VP, Dexis Consulting Group, detailed the elements of good alliances, why they are important and how they add value.

According to USAID, more than 1,065 alliances were developed between 2001-2009 with more than 3,025 distinct partners. While the target for a successful Global Development Alliance (GDA) program is 1:1 resource leveraging, USAID reports indicate that the average GDA leverage over the last 10 years was 1:3.75. In other words, for every GDA dollar USAID spent on a program, USAID’s implementing partners attracted $3.75 in matching funding, in-kind contributions, or corporate investment. Despite this high rate, much more can be done to engage private sector companies and private sector investment in international development. Additionally, the scale of these programs and the overall funding is small. Most partnerships are formed as individual components of much larger USAID-funded projects. Read more →

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Timor Journalists Kick Off Watchdog Roundtable

September 6, 2011 at 11:05 am

Members of seven Timor-Leste media outlets expanded their role as corruption prevention watchdogs on July 12, 2011 during the MCC/USAID Foti Timor-Leste Program’s first investigative journalism workshop. The Watchdog Roundtable was held at the Foti Timor-Leste Program Office in Villa Verde and was organized to allow Timorese media professionals a forum to explore investigative journalism techniques and reporting styles with corruption-related news stories.

Journalists at the Roundtable discussed:

  • The media environment in Timor-Leste
  • The current quality and challenges in investigative reporting
  • Identifying newsworthy events/stories
  • Ethics, challenges and credibility in investigative reporting
  •  Journalists’ role in corruption prevention and detection Read more →

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