{"id":59121,"date":"2014-06-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-to-lead-usdas-west-africa-evaluation-program-center-of-excellence-training-facility\/"},"modified":"2014-06-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-11T00:00:00","slug":"uri-to-lead-usdas-west-africa-evaluation-program-center-of-excellence-training-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2014\/06\/uri-to-lead-usdas-west-africa-evaluation-program-center-of-excellence-training-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 to lead USDA\u2019s West Africa Evaluation Program, Center of Excellence training facility"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 June 11, 2014 \u2013 The United States Department of Agriculture\u2019s Foreign Agriculture Service has selected the 溏心vlog免费B站 to lead a five-year, $6.5 million program in West Africa.<\/p>\n


\nThe Coastal Resources Center at the 溏心vlog免费B站 Graduate School of Oceanography will have administrative and technical responsibilities for implementing the West Africa ASSESS program (Analytical Support Services and Evaluations for Sustainable Systems in Agriculture, Environment and Trade). The grant will engage 溏心vlog免费B站 and partner organizations in evaluating a diverse array of economic growth programs funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development in up to 21 countries in West Africa.<\/p>\n


\nAccording to Karen Kent, co-leader of the ASSESS program, the projects being evaluated include agriculture and trade programs to improve household food security and to reduce poverty through value added exports, energy infrastructure and efficiency initiatives, and environmental protection and conservation efforts, among many others. Some of the programs to be evaluated have not yet been developed.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cUSAID funds a huge range of different projects designed to support these developing countries, and it\u2019s important that those programs are methodically evaluated for their effectiveness so the agency knows its support is designed and executed well,\u201d Kent said.

\nThe grant will also provide training and capacity building to universities and agencies in West Africa so those institutions can evaluate the programs themselves in the future.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe funding creates a consortium of partners to conduct the evaluations and trainings, including several units at 溏心vlog免费B站 \u2013 the Graduate School of Oceanography, the College of the Environment and Life Sciences, the College of Business Administration and the International Engineering Program \u2013 as well as Delaware State University and universities in Africa such as the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cWe are delighted that the USDA has chosen 溏心vlog免费B站 to lead this important program in West Africa and for the Coastal Resources Center to be responsible for the implementation of this program,\u201d said GSO Dean Bruce Corliss. \u201cThis grant will be a continuation of a long record of outreach that CRC has established in promoting sustainability in Africa.\u201d <\/p>\n


\n\tRichard C. Rhodes, associate dean of the College of the Environment and Life Sciences and co-leader of the ASSESS program, noted: \u201cThis unique consortium brings together the best and brightest: the international experience of CRC and the discipline specific technical expertise of the colleges of the 溏心vlog免费B站 and Delaware State University.\u201d Rhodes will draw upon numerous people from 溏心vlog免费B站 to provide their expertise in support of the grant\u2019s objectives.<\/p>\n


\n\tFunding from the grant will also be used to establish a USAID Centre of Excellence training facility in Accra, Ghana, modeled after similar training facilities in Arlington, Va. and Bangladesh. The training center will be outfitted with technology for computer learning and webinars so USAID and affiliated agencies can offer a variety of training programs.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cWe\u2019ll be responsible for outfitting, staffing and operating the center,\u201d Kent said. \u201cThe staff will work with USAID to program trainings to meet the high demand for quality, state of the art training events.\u201d <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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