Announcement

Funding Opportunity: Addressing Ocean Plastics in Peru

The United States Government, represented by the United States Agency for InternationalDevelopment (USAID) in the Republic of Peru is currently designing an activity that aims ataddressing the issue of solid waste management in Peru. Engagements to date demonstrate that there is local capacity to implement the resulting activity.The Mission is… Read More

Program for Local and Urban Sustainability (PLUS): A Field Support Mechanism to Advance Integrated Urban Programming

The Bureau for Development, Democracy, and Innovation (DDI) is pleased to announce that the new Program for Local and Urban Sustainability (PLUS), a global field support mechanism, is now available for Mission buy-in. The PLUS program provides a range of programming options that will help USAID partner countries develop more… Read More

USAID/Ecuador – New Environmental and Economic Reactivation Partnerships Initiative – Notice of Funding Opportunity/Annual Program Statement

The United States Agency for International Development in Ecuador (USAID/Ecuador) seeks applications from qualified entities, non- and for-profit organizations, to participate in USAID/Ecuador’s New Environmental and Economic Reactivation Partnerships Initiative – Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)/ Annual Program Statement (APS). The Ecuador New Environmental and Economic Reactivation Partnerships Initiative seeks… Read More

Funding Opportunity: Asia Resilient Cities (ARC)

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is seeking applications for acooperative agreement from qualified entities to implement the Asia Resilient Cities (ARC)activity. The ARC activity is a five-year cooperative agreement with the anticipated start of performancearound July 15, 2022. ARC will work with three or more cities… Read More

USAID Announces New Programs to Protect Our Ocean

USAID Press Release April 14, 2022 The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced 24 initiatives to protect our ocean at the Our Ocean Conference 2022 in Palau. The ocean sustains all life on Earth, regulates our climate and weather, generates half of the planet’s oxygen, and… Read More

USAID, Coca-Cola Foundation, WWF Partner to Empower Women to Address Ocean Plastic Crisis

In celebration of Women’s Month and Earth Day, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Coca-Cola Foundation Philippines Inc. and the World Wide Fund for Nature Philippines (WWF-Philippines) to empower women in the waste sector.  Through the Women in Waste’s Economic Empowerment Activity… Read More

USAID/Vietnam Action Against Plastic Pollution Notice of Funding Opportunity

The United States Agency for International Development in Vietnam (USAID/Vietnam) is seeking applications from qualified entities to implement the “Vietnam Action Against Plastic Pollution” activity. The overall objective of this activity is to reduce ocean plastic pollution at its source in Vietnam through strategic approaches such as convening stakeholders’ power,… Read More

U.S. Provides Waste Collection Vehicles to Improve Puerto Princesa City Waste Management

On March 24, the United States government, through USAID's Clean Cities, Blue Ocean program, donated eight waste collection vehicles to increase the capacity and efficiency of “Eco Warrior” waste collectors from Barangay Bancao-Bancao, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan.  Read More

USAID and Vietnam’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Sign Memorandum of Understanding on Climate Change and Environmental Pollution

USAID’s collaboration with MONRE will focus on air quality management; integrated water resource management and water security; conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity; ocean plastic, solid waste management and recycling; and reduction of emissions responsible for climate change. Read More

USAID Sri Lanka Ocean Plastics Reduction Activity (Ocean Plastics) Contract Opportunity

The USAID Mission for Sri Lanka and Maldives released a request for proposal on February 3, 2022, for a flagship Ocean Plastics Reduction project. The project aims to reduce plastics available to the environment, by reducing plastics inputs and improving integrated solid waste management (SWM) practices,… Read More