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Budget Justification
FY 2001
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ACTIVITY DATA SHEET
PROGRAM: Central Programs
TITLE AND NUMBER: Private sector business linkages support U.S. technology transfer in support of development objectives, 933-006
STATUS: Continuing
PLANNED FY 2000 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $4,330,000 DA
PROPOSED FY 2001 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $5,000,000 DA
INITIAL OBLIGATION: FY 1996; ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: FY 2003Summary: Starting in 1996, USAID's central programs built a network that links businesses that can contribute to economic development in the sectors targeted by the Agency. Known as the Global Technology Network (GTN), as of the end of FY 1998, there were representatives in 17 countries to actively seek out companies that could significantly improve their business by partnering with a U.S. company or a company in certain other participating countries. The representatives prepare "leads" that are forwarded via the Internet to industry specialists who match the lead against a database of close to 2,000 American companies that have joined the Network. When good matches are identified, electronic notices are sent to the companies transmitting the leads. GTN personnel follow up on leads, when appropriate, to facilitate communication until a deal is struck or until it is abandoned. GTN also works in collaboration with 26 state trade development offices and with numerous federal agencies, including the Department of Commerce, the Export-Import Bank, Department of Agriculture, Small Business Administration, Environmental Protection Agency and Overseas Private Insurance Corporation.
Key Results: The results expected for FY 2001 include establishing two-way trade linkage agreements with 10 additional USAID countries as well as establishing two or three new regional programs, and working through host country ministries of trade and business associations. Trade lead identification and business facilitation will lead to more than $100 million in completed transactions between U.S. and indigenous private sectors.
Performance and Prospects: In FY 1998, GTN facilitated more than 36 business deals with a value of at least $78 million in 16 countries. These private sector deals included inter alia: limestone finishing and biological products in Brazil; x-ray equipment in Burkina Faso; de-ionization equipment, waste-to-energy conversion equipment, reverse electrolysis systems, and landfill systems in Mexico; computer mapping systems in Costa Rica; environmental training in Uruguay; food packaging in Cameroon; herb production and processing in Russia; farm supplies in Indonesia; pollution abatement consultancy, re-mediation of petroleum sludge, refractory coating, and diffuser membranes in India; sludge dehydrator system in Korea; air pollution equipment and lab services in Hong Kong; and a tire shredder in Singapore. To build a more robust GTN, the focus has been on refining GTN electronic data systems for follow up and tracking. GTN is also establishing additional state trade memoranda of understanding, expanding working relationships with the U.S. Department of Commerce; and providing training on the use of GTN for personnel in the U.S. Export Assistance Centers.
Plans for further building GTN in FY 2001 include fine-tuning procedures and incentives within the system; improving customer relations and obtaining increased business in all sectors. GTN anticipates building new regional networks to promote trade within the Balkan countries and within a sub-region of South East Asia; generating revenue on a pilot basis in Latin America and in Tunisia, and procuring technical services through the current end of the life of the activity.
Possible Adjustments to Plans: None anticipated.
Other Donor Programs: There is no direct collaboration between GTN and other donor programs.
Principal Contractors, Grantees or Agencies: International Executive Service Corps, DevTech Systems, Inc., The Kenan Foundation, and EnterpriseWorks Worldwide.
Selected Performance Measures:
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(2001)Completed transactions (number) 26 36 20 25 30 Completed transactions ($ millions) 11 78 75 80 85
U.S. Financing Table for 933-006 (Microsoft Excel Document - 27 kb)
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