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HISTORY The Global Development Alliance was created in 2001, after career Foreign Service Officers identified the potential of - and need for - public-private alliances in International development. In his remarks before Congress on May 10 2001, Secretary of State Colin L. Powell introduced GDA as "a fundamental reorientation in how USAID sees itself in the context of international development assistance, in how it relates to its traditional partners and in how it seeks out and develops alliances with new partners." From there, the GDA assistance model has helped in the creation of many productive and effective partnerships between government and the private sector. Since fiscal year 2002, USAID has committed $1.1 billion to 286 public-private alliances through sixty eight missions and leveraged over $3.7 billion in partner contributions. Over 1,000 USAID employees have been trained in public-private alliance building, and almost 15,000 people have attended forums on the GDA model. CURRENT ALLIANCES The Global Development Alliance has grown quickly since its creation, and is now involved in hundreds of partnerships supporting economic growth, health, education, democracy and governance, environment, and conflict resolution all around the globe. GDA works with everyone from large multinational corporations to small indigenous organizations. All of these partners share the same goal of improving the lives of people in underdeveloped countries. AWARDS In 2005 the Global Development Alliance was awarded the very first Lewis and Clark Award for Innovation in Collaborative Governance. The Weil Program on Collaborative Governance and the Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government established this award to recognize and reward efforts in collaborative governance. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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