As with any federal agency, USAID uses the bizopps.gov website to solicit organizations and individuals for technical and project implementation expertise.

In addition to base salary rates (click here how to calculate these), USAID follows the allowances and benefits set by the Department of State Standardized Regulations (DSSR) and volumes 3 and 14 of the Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM) and volume 3 of the Foreign Affairs Handbook (FAH).

Since development workers often introduce new laws, systems, approaches, etc. in developing countries, they inevitably have to manage stakeholders affected by the program. There are several tools available to analyze the role and relationship of stakeholders as part of a social network and how actors may be positioned to influence the outcome of a project.

To introduce new industry, educational, safety and other standards, reformers can apply a variety of strategies that fall in two broad categories of reform:

Many technical assistance projects start in what we call "red zones." These are project implementation areas where the acceptance of an intervention by counterparts is low and where the complexity of the environment is high.

Building the capacity of project staff is a critical, but unfortunately often overlooked aspect of technical assistance delivery in developing countries.

In 2004, USAID produced the award-winning documentary – “INSPIRING SUCCESS: Rediscovering the Marshall Plan Productivity Program”.

Our website is based on a CMS - a Content Management System - a system that gives authorized users the flexibility to maintain the site directly on the Internet.

For any technical assistance program to be successful, it is important to have professional management systems in place.