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Local and Regional Procurement: Update on USAID Initiatives

Explore the latest USAID initiatives on Local and Regional Procurement (LRP) to address global food security challenges and emergency needs. Learn about funding, criteria, reporting requirements, and impacts. Visit the link for more information.

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Local and Regional Procurement: Update on USAID Initiatives

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  1. Local and Regional Procurement:Update on USAID Initiatives April 8, 2009 Brian Bacon USAID Office of Food for Peace

  2. Local and Regional Procurement (LRP) • What is LRP? • LRP is not new (WFP 2007: $612 m) • Former Administration request for authority to use 25% of Title II budget • Farm Bill Pilot (USDA) (FY09-12): $60 m • President’s May 1 Global Food Security Response request to address the impact and underlying causes of global food price increases • Administration request: $125 m for LRP (USAID) • Supplemental (FY08/FY09 Bridge): Up to $75 m IDA + $50 m DA = $125 m

  3. LRP Funding - USAID Supplemental: $20 m to WFP for Purchase for Progress (P4P)

  4. Meeting Emergency Needs with LRP • USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA), in consultation with USAID Office of Food for Peace (FFP) • Up to $75 m IDA and $20 m DA = Up to $95 m • Guidelines for Unsolicited Proposals and Reporting, Sub-sector: Local and Regional Procurement of Food http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/humanitarian_assistance/disaster_assistance/resources/ • Approx. $63 m committed • 10 awards (3 PVO, 7 WFP)

  5. LRP – Criteria and Reporting Requirements Minimum criteria: • Demonstrate an urgent need for food assistance • Save lives, reduce suffering and/or serve more people than by using international procurement of Title II food aid • Precipitating, contributing and/or exacerbating factors associated with the emergency are directly related to the global food price crisis Reporting requirements: • General procurement information • Timeline • Impact on procurement market • Beneficiaries

  6. LRP – USAID/OFDA Grants

  7. Making LRP Work for the African Farmer • USAID Africa Bureau, Office of Sustainable Development; USAID Missions • Up to $30 m DA • Support a targeted response to meet urgent food security needs and strengthen staple food markets to support local and regional procurement • East Africa focus: Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda • Regional organizations; CAADP

  8. Making LRP Work – Outcomes and Status • Expected Outcomes: • Efficient linkages to markets • New financial management tools • Measured impact on food staple trade • Current Status: • Operational Plans in place in Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Rwanda • Multi-donor support for ACTESA • WFP P4P proposal ($20 million) approved

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