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Afghanistan: Moving Forward

March 6, 2012 at 4:17 pm

On Wednesday, February 15, 2012, the Embassy of Slovenia hosted a panel discussion, “Afghanistan: Moving Forward.”  An intriguing topic, the discussion focused on the importance of sustained international non-military engagement in Afghanistan. Implementing partner of several USAID-funded programs in Afghanistan, International Relief & Development (IRD), co-hosted the event held in Washington, D.C.

Panelists included Afghan Ambassador to the U.S., H.E. Eklil Ahmad Hakimi, Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues, Melanne Verveer, and Larry Sampler, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Office of Afghanistan and Pakistan Affairs at USAID. The event, moderated by the President of the Middle East Institute, Ambassador Wendy Chamberlin, was attended by more than 100 guests representing the Obama Administration, U.S. congress, diplomatic corps, non-governmental organizations, and think tanks. Read more →

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Julie Moore, Administrative Coordinator for DI Development, on Democracy and Governance in Paraguay

February 21, 2012 at 3:37 pm

DI Development, a business of DynCorp International, works as an implementing partner with USAID on the Paraguay Threshold II Program. In the approximately four years that DI Development has been working on this program, tremendous progress has been made.

The field of democracy and governance is a dynamic and intangible concept which can be challenging for development professionals to measure in terms of successful results.  At its core, democracy and governance work attempts to alter behaviors.  More specifically, in our democracy and governance program, the goal is to change how individuals react while public sphere circumstances remain static in hopes of creating a more transparent public sector. Read more →

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