Announcement

Women’s Global Development and Prosperity (W-GDP) Fund Announces $122 Million in Progress and Partnerships

Launched in February 2019, the White House-led Women’s Global Development and Prosperity (W-GDP) Initiative is the first-ever whole-of-government effort to advance global women’s economic empowerment. W-GDP seeks to reach 50 million women in the developing world by 2025 through focusing on three pillars: women prospering in the workforce,… Read More

USAID’s Clean Cities, Blue Ocean Program Calls for Grant Applications

Clean Cities, Blue Ocean (CCBO) is USAID’s flagship program addressing ocean plastic pollution. The five-year program (2019-2024) works across Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean–currently in the Dominican Republic, Maldives, Peru, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam–to identify, test, and scale locally-driven solutions to promote the 3Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle),… Read More

USAID Partner Circulate Capital Announces Inaugural Investments in India and Indonesia

Circulate Capital, the Singapore-based investment management company focused on advancing the circular economy, today announced that the Circulate Capital Ocean Fund (CCOF), the world’s first investment fund dedicated to the ocean plastic crisis in South and Southeast Asia, has made its inaugural investments in two plastic recycling companies located in… Read More

USAID’s Clean Cities, Blue Ocean Program Issues Call for Grant Applications in the Philippines

CCBO-APS Philippines Updated Questions and Answers In August 2019, the Clean Cities, Blue Ocean (CCBO) Program… Read More

USAID Announces New Broad Agency Announcement to Address Air Pollution

USAID is issuing a new Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) to support innovative approaches and solutions to prevent and mitigate pollution around the world. This is the first time USAID has issued a BAA on pollution. The BAA process is unique in that it promotes design to solution, not design to… Read More

Join USAID at the World Urban Forum!

Leaders from around the world will convene in Abu Dhabi February 8-13, 2020 for the tenth annual World Urban Forum (WUF10). WUF10 is a high-level and inclusive platform that addresses the challenges and opportunities that come with rapid urbanization and its impact on communities, cities, economies, the environment, and… Read More