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Objective |
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To provide
detailed information and sample documents on USAID
or CDC's
cooperative agreements (CA) for those new to USAID
or CDC,
or to CAs.
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Seminar Outline |
- Fundamentals of Grants vs. Cooperative Agreements
- Differences Between Grants
vs. Cooperative Agreements and Between Types of CAs:
Regular CAs, LWAs, GDAs, Sub-CAs, etc.
- When Involvement Becomes
Substantial vs. Micro-Management
- Regulatory and USAID's
Administrative Guidance on Cooperative Agreements
- USAID's/CDC's Activity Planning and the
Roles of USAID/CDC Officials
- Activity/Award Planning and
Preparation of the Program Description
- Essential Parts of an RFA vs.
an APS and How to Respond
- Authorities of USAID/CDC
Officials: Program Officer, Agreement Officer, and CTO
- Recipient Selection and Award
- Importance of Technical
Merit, Cost Effectiveness, Past Performance and
Branding
- 118 D&Fs the Agreement
Officer Performs Before Award and Post-Award
Debriefings
- Review of CAs to U.S. and
non-U.S. NGOs and Pass-Through to Subrecipients
- Program/Project Performance,
Monitoring and Reporting
- Reviewing the Award Document for
Program, Compliance and Financial Benchmarks
- The CTO's Tools: Program and
Financial Reporting (SF 269), Pipeline Analysis, etc.
- 8 Essential Provisions Requiring
Prior Agreement Officer Approval
- Cooperative Agreement Compliance
Requirements
- Approval of Key Personnel,
Cost Share, Source-Origin-Nationality, Fly America
Act, Branding and Marking, Line-Item Variations,
Handling VAT Taxes
- Financing USAID/CDC Cooperative
Agreements
- Qualifying for a Letter of
Credit, Advance Payments and Maximum Drawdowns
- Audits of CAs and Subrecipients
- OMB Circular Cost Principles and
Audit Requirements of U.S. and non-U.S. Recipients
- Cooperative Agreement Closeout
and Subsequent Events
- Suspension, Termination and
Closeout, Recourse for CA Recipient Non-Performance
- Disposing of CA-Acquired Real and
Personal Property
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Date |
Facility |
Location |
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June 28-29, 2010 |
Hilton Hotel |
Nairobi, Kenya |
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October 7-8, 2010 |
Holiday Inn Rosslyn |
Washington, DC (Arlington, VA) |
