The United States Government, represented by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), invites qualified companies/individuals to submit technical and cost proposal of the services specified. This is to support the operation of USAID Regional Development Mission Asia in Bangkok Thailand.
The U.S. Agency for International Development Control and Prevention of Tuberculosis (USAID CAP-TB) project is a six-year effort, which runs from October 2011 to October 2017, to reduce the incidence and mortality of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in China and Thailand. The project’s activities in Burma ended in December 2015. According to the World Health Organization, of the 9.6 million new TB cases in 2014, 58 percent were from Southeast Asia and Western Pacific regions.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Connectivity through Trade and Investment is a five-year project funded by the U.S. government to increase economic engagement and cooperation with ASEAN member states. The program supports customs integration, trade and investment facilitation, small and medium-sized enterprises, clean and efficient energy, and information and communication technologies which are priority areas under the ASEAN-U.S. Trade and Investment Framework Arrangement, Enhanced Economic Engagement Initiative, and Enhanced Partnership Plan of Action.
JAKARTA – More than 120 representatives of Asian civil society organizations (CSOs) gathered for the September 8, 2014 opening of a three-day conference in support of the role of regional CSOs. The conference is co-hosted by the U.S. Agency for International Development, Government of Indonesia, U.N. Development Programme, The Asia Foundation and Kemitraan.
Being LGBT in Asia: the Indonesia Country Report provides an overview of LGBT rights in Indonesia including the effects of laws, policies, culture and social attitudes, and religion, based on research, consultation and the National LGBT Community Dialogue that was held in Bali in June 2013.This overview is followed by an examination of the Indonesia experience of protecting the rights of LGBT people under seven different areas:employment and housing, education and young people, family affairs and social/cultural attitudes, media and ICT, law-human rights and politics, the special case of Aceh, and capacity of LGBT organizations, using the same methodology as described above. Case studies illustrating success or challenges are included in the relevant areas. The capacity of LGBT organizations was based on analysis of a participant survey as part of the Dialogue. The report contains findings and a list of recommendations and action points generated by the Dialogue.
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