Principal Implementing Partners for the Development Programs

The list presents the principal organizations, companies and non-governmental organizations that collaborated with USG agencies during the implementation of the development programs and could be identified from agency records.

We apologize for any omissions from the list.

Not all of the hundreds of Romanian and American NGOs who were important participants in all aspects of the programs could not be listed because of space limitations.

I. Partnerships for Growth

Opening Romania for Business
1 ACDI/VOCA
2 Advanced Engineering Associates Inc. (AEAI)
3 Advocacy Academy, Timisoara
4 Agland
5 Aid to Artisans
6 Alliance for the Economic Development of Romania
7 American Chamber of Commerce, Bucharest
8 Association of Women Entrepreneurs in Romania
9 Association for the Development of the Women Entrepreneurship
10 Association of Business Women in Romania
11 Association of Women Managers in Romania
12 Bioterra, Romania
13 Booz Allen Hamilton
14 Bucharest Stock Exchange
15 Center for Business Excellence
16 Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
17 Citizens Democracy Corps
18 CHF International
19 Commission for Private Pension Supervision
20 Emerging Markets Group
21 Food Industry Federation
22 Foreign Investors Council, Bucharest
23 Foreign Service Volunteers Corps
24 George Mason University
25 Hunton and Williams
26 Internews
27 IRIS Center, University of Maryland
28 Iowa State University
29 Land O’Lakes
30 MASHAV - Israel
31 Millers and Bakers Association, Bucharest
32 Ministries of Agriculture and Rural Development, Economy and Finance, ITC, Justice, Labor
33 National Regulatory Authority for Communications and Information Technology
34 National Association of Importers and Exporters (ANEIR)
35 National Authority for Natural Gas (ANRGN)
36 National Authority of Tourism
37 National Bank of Romania
38 National Regulatory Authority for Energy (ANRE)
39 National Sanitary, Veterinary and Food Safety Authority
40 National Securities Commission (CNVM)
41 National Small and Medium Enterprise Agency
42 Nexant
43 PA Consulting
44 Price Waterhouse Coopers
45 RASDAQ
46 Romanian-American Enterprise Fund (RAEF)
47 Romanian Meat Association
48 Shorebank Advisory Services
49 Securities Exchange Commission
50 Romanian American Enterprise Fund (RAEF)
51 Union of Chicken Breeders
52 World Bank

Raising Capital to Finance Free Enterprise
1 Authority for State Assets Recovery (AVAS)
2 Bucharest Stock Exchange
3 CARANA
4 CHF International
5 Domenia Credit
6 Emerging Markets Group
7 European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
8 IESC
9 International Finance Corporation (IFC)
10 Ministry of Economy and Finance
11 National Agency for Housing
12 National Bank of Romania
13 Romanian-American Enterprise Fund (RAEF)

Making Loans to Small Businesses
1 CAPA-World Vision
2 CHF International
3 Express Finance
4 National Bank of Romania
5 National Council for SMEs
6 OMRO-Opportunity International
7 Romanian-American Enterprise Fund (RAEF)
8 Romanian National Organization of Credit Unions (UNCAR
9 Shorebank Advisory Services
10 Small Enterprise Assistance Fund (SEAF)
11 World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU)

Stimulating Agribusiness and Rural Development
1 ACDI-VOCA
2 Aid to Artisans
3 Association for Ecotourism in Romania
4 ASTRA Museum, Sibiu
5 Chemonics International Inc.
6 County Councils of Brasov, Maramures, Sibiu, and Suceava
7 Delaware Technical Community College
8 Development Alternatives Inc.
9 Handicraft Association
10 Iowa State University
11 Land O’Lakes
12 MASHAV, Israel
13 National Association for Rural, Ecological and Cultural Tourism (ANTREC)
14 National Center for Conservation and Promotion of Traditional Culture
15 National Geographic Society
16 National Sanitary, Veterinary AND Food Safety Authority
17 Ohio Designer Craftsmen
18 PA Consulting
19 Peasant Museum, Bucharest
20 Pro Patrimonio Foundation
21 Romanian Cultural Foundation
22 Texas A&M University
23 University of Kentucky
24 University of Delaware
25 University of Wisconsin
26 Village Museum, Bucharest

Protecting the Environment
1 Booz Allen Hamilton
2 Camp, Dresser &McKee
3 Center for Hazardous Waste Management, Pittsburg
4 Chemonics International
5 Cluj Environmental Health Center
6 Cluj Technical University
7 Environmental Guard
8 E.T.P. Romania Foundation
9 Institute for International Education
10 Institute for Sustainable Communities, Vermont
11 International Resources Group (IRG)
12 Metcalf & Eddy
13 Ministry of Environment and Water Management
14 National Union of the Romanian Industrialists
15 National Association of Private Environmental Businesses
16 National Environmental Protection Agency
17 National Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology
18 Regional Environmental Centers
19 Romanian Association of Waters
20 Romanian Waters National Administration
21 The Communities Group International (TCGI)
22 University of Minnesota
23 World Environmental Center
24 World Wildlife Fund

Promoting energy Reform
1 Advanced Engineering Associates Inc. (AEAI)
2 Alliance to Save Energy (ASE)
3 Bechtel
4 Commercial Operator (OPCOM)
5 Emerging Markets Group
6 Electrotek
7 Hagler Bailly
8 Harza Inc.
9 Hunton and Williams
10 International Resources Group (IRG)
11 Ministry of Economy and Finance
12 National Authority for Natural Gas (ANRGN)
13 National Regulatory Authority for Energy (ANRE)
14 Nexant
15 Resource Management Associates
16 Transelectrica SA
17 US Energy Association (USEA)

II. Implementing Partners for Better Governance

Building Civil Society
1 Association for Community Relations (ARC)
2 Civil Society Development Foundation (FDSC)
3 European Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ECNL)
4 International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES)
5 International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC)
6 Management Systems International (MSI)
7 National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI)
8 Non-Governmental Organizations Support Center (CENTRAS)
9 Partners for Democracy and Development (PDD)
10 Pro Democracy Association (APD)
11 Romanian Orthodox Church
12 Support Centers of America
13 World Learning for International Development

Encouraging Independent Mass Media
1 Center for Independent Journalism (CJI)
2 Freedom House
3 International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX)
4 Media Monitoring Agency
5 Romanian Center for Investigative Journalism

Opening up Politics
1 American Center for International Labor Solidarity (ACILS)
2 International Republican Institute (IRI)
3 National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI)
4 Pro Democracy Association (APD)
5 Resource Center for Public Participation (CeRe)

Reinventing Local Government
1 Academy for Educational Development (AED)
2 ARD Inc.
3 Chemonics International Inc.
4 City Halls of Bacau, Baia Mare, Brasov, Cluj-Napoca, Galati, Iasi, Oradea, Pitesti, Ploiesti and Targu-Neamt
5 Commune Councils troughout Romania
6 County Councils of Ialomita and Sibiu
7 Development Alternatives Inc. (DAI)
8 Federation of Local Authorities of Romania (FALR)
9 International City/County Manager Association (ICMA)
10 National Association of IT Specialists from Public Administration (ANIAP)
11 Ministries of Economy and Finance, Interior and Administrative Reform
12 Planning and Development Collaborative International (PADCO)
13 Research Triangle Institute (RTI)
14 Urban Institute

Supporting the Rule of Law
1 American Bar Association/Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative (ABA/CEELI)
2 Craiova Mediation Center
3 Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform
4 Ministry of Justice
5 National Agency Against Trafficking (ANAT)
6 National Institute for Magistrates
7 National School of Court Clerks
8 Sector 3 First Instance Court, Bucharest
9 Southeast Europe Cooperation Initiative Regional Center for Combating Transborder Crime
10 Superior Council of Magistrates
11 United Nations Development Program (UNDP)

III. Partnerships for Children’s Welfare and Women’s Health

Closing the Orphanages – Returning Children to their communities
1 Bethany Christian Services
2 For Our Children
3 Holt International Children’s Services
4 National Authority for the Protection of Child’s Rights (NAPCR)
5 National Federation of Social Workers
6 United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
7 University of Bucharest – Faculty of Sociology and Social Assistance
8 World Learning
9 World Vision International
10 Hundreds of Romanian NGOs

Improving Health Care Services for Women 1 American International Health Alliance
2 Association for Roma Women Empowerment
3 Eastern European Institute for Reproductive Health
4 Futures Group /Population Policy
5 JSI Research and Training Institute
6 Profit – Deloitte-Touche
7 Management Sciences for Health
8 Ministry of Public Health
9 Project Concern International
10 Mother and Child Care Institute
11 National Agency for Roma
12 Population Service International/Romania
13 Romani Criss
14 Romanian Cancer Society
15 Romanian Society for Breast Imaging
16 Renasterea Foundation
17 Society for Education on Contraception and Sexuality (SECS)
18 Youth for Youth Foundation
19 County Public Health Departments
20 United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
21 United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
22 World Health Organization (WHO)

Changing Attitudes Towards Those Less Fortunate
23 Close to You Foundation
24 International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC)
25 JSI Research and Training Institute
26 Ministries of Education, Research and Youth, and Public Health
27 Motivation Romania Foundation
28 National Agency for Family Protection
29 National Coalition of NGOs fighting violence against women
30 National Federation of People Living with HIV/AIDS (UNOPA)
31 New Horizons Foundation
32 Romanian Association Against AIDS
33 Romanian Orthodox Church
34 Special Olympics Romania Foundation
35 UNAIDS – Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS

IV. Partnerships for Disaster Preparedness

Dealing with Devastating Floods
1 Chemonics International Inc.
2 CHF International
3 County Public Health Departments
4 Habitat for Humanity Romania
5 Institute of Public Health, Bucharest
6 International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC)
7 JSI Research and Training Institute
8 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
9 Ministry of Public Health
10 Monsanto
11 Pioneer Hi-bred International
12 Romanian Orthodox Church
13 Romanian Red Cross
14 World Vision Romania

Getting Ready for Avian Influenza
1 County Public Health Departments
2 Delaware Technical & Community College
3 Institute of Public Health, Bucharest
4 JSI Research ands Training Institute
5 Ministries of Public Health and Education, Research and Youth
6 National Inspectorate of Emergency Situations
7 National Institute of Administration
8 National Sanitary, Veterinary and Food Safety Authority (ANSVSA)
9 PADCO
10 Romanian Communes Association (ACoR)
11 Romanian Red Cross
12 United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
13 University of Texas A & M

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