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“Local foreign aid partners should be able to get up to 180 extra days to obtain a federal entity ID and register in SAM, as long as they finish at least 30 days before the award period ends.”
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“Foreign aid agencies should use detailed tests about where a person or organization is based, who controls its leadership and plans, and whether its ownership, board, governance, or beneficial ownership is tied to the country or region receiving aid.”
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“USAID should help local aid partners recover allowed overhead costs, including by letting them use a basic rate of at least 15 percent, explaining cost-rate options in local languages, and tracking temporary rate agreements that last more than four years.”
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“Foreign aid agencies should start putting locally led development practices into formal policies and strengthen the contract and grant workforce needed to manage more awards with local partners.”
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“Foreign aid agencies should send more development and humanitarian aid directly to qualifying local partners, let affected communities help shape and judge projects, support local projects that already work, use flexible funding tools, and work with selected foreign governments only with safeguards.”
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“USAID should be able to use local languages when talking with local partners, sharing funding notices, reviewing applications, explaining overhead cost options, and studying how local languages could be used across the aid award process.”
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“Foreign aid agencies should be able to limit some contract competitions to local entities when that could lower costs, build local skills, or improve delivery, with each award capped at $25 million and total use capped at 10 percent of the agency's annual funding.”
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“Some foreign partners should be able to use accepted national or international accounting rules instead of U.S. accounting rules for certain U.S. foreign aid grants or contracts.”
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“Each year, USAID should send Congress and post online data showing how much aid funding reaches local entities, how local people and organizations are leading USAID-funded work, how related USAID policies are progressing, and how local-partner authorities are being used.”
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“USAID should make it easier for local organizations in aid-recipient countries to learn about, apply for, and manage aid funding, including through more flexible awards, outreach to informal groups, staff incentives for local leadership, and updates to agency policies.”
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“USAID should be able to simplify reporting and monitoring for local aid partners and give local organizations up to 180 extra days to get required federal identification and SAM registration for an award.”
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