Michael Eddy Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Lead USAID's development and humanitarian assistance Mission, and the cooperation partnership between the American and Nicaraguan people.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

As Deputy Assistant Administrator, manage the South America Affairs (SA) and the Regional Sustainable Development (RSD) Office. SA coordinates foreign assistance in support of the U.S. recognized Interim Government of Venezuela (IGV). In this capacity, I direct the Venezuela Operating Unit (OU), managing the $120 million (m) Development Objective Agreement (DOAG) supporting civil society, independent media, and governance of the IGV. I managed the opening of USAID/Ecuador, the Agency’s newest Mission in 2020, coordinating $101.5 m in assistance, including engagement with the Government of Ecuador (GOE). SA coordinates USAID assistance to Bolivia and other non-presence OUs. RSD managed $64.5 m in FY19 funds and is responsible for LAC Bureau coherence in achieving Agency policy priorities, including the region’s response to and recovery from COVID-19 and countering malign influence. As Executive Director of Private Sector Engagement Hub in 2019 I led the roll out of USAID’s signature Private Sector Engagement (PSE) Policy, including overseeing world-wide training for USAID staff and development of new global programs and procurement mechanisms, to allow USAID Missions to co-create and more effectively engage with the private sector in achieving their transformation development goals.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

I've recently joined USAID at headquarters to spearhead the Agency's focus on private sector engagement, building a new culture of partnership and co-creation of sustainable development solutions for our programs throughout the world. I look forward to working with you.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Led USAID/ Brazil’s transition to be the Agency’s first Strategic Partnerships Platform, utilizing limited assistance funds to leverage partnerships and innovation to advance shared development objectives and outcomes. Conceptualized and spearheaded the design team for the Amazon Biodiversity Fund (ABF) for Brazil, the world's first impact investment exclusively for biodiversity sustainability and impact, and the 2020 Environmental Finance Fund of the Year. Congratulations to all involved with this pioneering, first of its kind Fund. Conceptualized and consolidated two private sector led Partnership Platforms that allow USAID to engage early and identify shared objectives with the private sector, thereby embodying the Administrator’s vision for enterprise-led development. One of these, the Amazon Partnership Platform has catalyzed numerous public-private partnerships for sustainable investment in the Amazon with partners like Google, Coca Cola, AB Imbev, Natura among others, leveraging tens of millions of dollars and countless value in ideas and intellectual property. Lead U.S. - Brazil dynamic $80 million Amazon Biodiversity Conservation Program, which supports Brazil’s vast protected areas system, and directly supports indigenous peoples to management their vast, autonomous territories. Oversee USAID’s signature tri-lateral cooperation program with Brazil, addressing of food security and extreme poverty in third countries.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Led USAID during an historic democratic transition for Sri Lanka and a critical period for US-Sri Lanka relations. Coordinated U.S. inter-agency inputs and worked decisively with the Mission technical team to develop a four-year, $77 million “Transition Support Plan for the Sri Lankan Reform Agenda”; including conceptualizing priority analyses by international experts to identify critical technical needs; while in the process consolidating the USG as leaders in the international assistance community during the transition. The timeliness and quality of the Plan ensured that it could be introduced at the first Inter-agency Policy Committee (IPC) co-chaired by Assistant Secretary of State at the NSC. The Plan subsequently became a key technical component of the framework for U.S. re-engagement with Sri Lanka. I served as Acting Deputy Chief of Mission and helped coordinate the visit of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, the first such visit to Sri Lanka in 40 years, and supported his announcement of the U.S. -Sri Lanka re-engagement strategy,

Asia Regional:• Provide strategic vision, leadership and technical guidance to diverse, multi-sector project portfolio including governance, rule of law, humanitarian assistance, sustainable livelihoods and cultural preservation programs in Thailand, Burma, Laos, and China. Conceptualize and lead USAID’s assistance to regional vulnerable populations issues, including a first of its kind region-wide partnership for LGBT Human Rights: “Being LGBT in Asia;” a regional counter-human trafficking partnership with the MTV EXIT Foundation achieving an 18-to-one resource leverage for USAID; and an expansive humanitarian assistance program for Burmese refugees in Thailand and displaced persons in Southeast Burma reaching more than a million direct beneficiaries.Burma:• Supervised diverse teams in Burma and Thailand overseeing USAID’s humanitarian and democracy and governance assistance portfolios; facilitated the identification of partnerships and synergies among USAID’s and other donors’ “inside” Burma and cross-border programming;• Leveraged emerging high-level diplomatic ties to establish working relationships with senior representatives of the Burmese parliament, electoral commission, Presidential advisory group, civil society leaders and political parties, setting the framework for new assistance programming in these areas.Thailand:• Oversee Thailand Team in their management of participatory governance and conflict mitigation programs, leading Mission engagement with Royal Thai Government and other key stakeholders.China:• Oversee USAID assistance to China, including coordinating environmental conservation, sustainable livelihoods and cultural preservation support to the Tibetan people and access to justice for vulnerable populations. Responsibilities include the briefing and engagement of U.S. Embassy China, Chinese private sector philanthropy, government and non-governmental actors.

Managed USAID’s largest Democracy and Governance Program in Africa with a project life of funding budget of approximately $250 million, in the areas of: Capacity building for the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS), management of historic electoral processes, civil society and free media development, conflict mitigation, and local government development;Led a vast, diverse team of Sudanese and international professionals in preparations and implementation of the on-time and credible Referendum for Self Determination of January 9, 2011. This included overseeing the logistics, training and public information campaigns for voting in some 3,000 polling stations in 12 countries. Due to the political context, these efforts were carried out under an extremely tight timeframe and in a contentious diplomatic and political environment; Led USAID/Sudan Mission efforts to restructure the GOSS, including general public administration and human resource capacity building;Coordinate U.S. Government efforts to support the new Republic of South Sudan’s transitional Constitution and governance institutions, including the President’s Office, parliament, the Council of Ministers, and the Political Party Leadership Forum.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Managed U.S. Mission’s largest program portfolio, with a project life of funding budget of approximately $75 million, in the areas of public administration (municipal and state levels), rule of law, conflict mitigation, civil society development and electoral administration;Provided technical and political counsel to U.S. Mission, USAID/W and Department of State on U.S. Mission’s top strategic objective, “governing justly and democratically”;Provided leadership to bi-lateral discussions on the issues of democracy and public administration with senior Government of Bolivia (GOB) officials, at a particularly challenging period in the bilateral relationship.

Lead U.S. Mission strategic planning in cross-cutting sectors including: local economic development and job creation, crisis preparedness/response, public administration and anti-corruption initiatives; Developed the U.S. Mission Anti-corruption Program Strategy, whose model was adjusted and adopted by the Government of Macedonia as its National A/C Strategy;Served extended periods as Acting Mission Director, in the absence of the Mission Director, with the full confidence of the U.S. Ambassador; Lead the program to support the decentralization of government, a principal U.S. foreign policy priority and key pillar of the Ohrid Framework Agreement Peace Accord;Managed the successful implementation of more than $30 million in local infrastructure projects, though the Community Self Help and Decentralization Programs;Supervised the Parliamentary Strengthening Program, including introducing and providing technical assistance for good governance practices like public hearings, improved committee operations and e-parliament.As Mission Disaster Response Officer:  In cooperation with the Defense Attaché and Vermont National Guard, coordinate the development of Macedonia’s fledgling civilian Crisis Management Center, as a major component of Macedonia’s candidacy to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); Provided direct and indirect technical assistance to Macedonia’s Crisis Management Center, including overseeing their foundational HICD assessment and establishing their initial operations systems and crisis response protocols.

 Served as the principal technical resource or “coach” to the team managing the Mission’s municipal strengthening/ decentralization, legislative strengthening, and citizen participation projects; Supervised the team managing the modernization of the Bolivian Congress and strengthening constituent relations for single-district (directly-elected) congressional representatives; Served as an elected member to the mission’s Steering Committee to represent the concerns of mission personnel on issues pertaining to mission management, including: training, benefits, incentives, general mission policy, ethics, morale, hiring procedures, awards, and equal opportunity.

Washington, Dc, Us

Designed and implemented a technical training program for Angolan local government officials including municipal, communal, and traditional authorities;Served as visiting instructor to the Angolan National Public Administration Institute (INAP), with courses/modules in the following technical areas: Management tools for municipal officials, participatory governance models, decentralization vs. deconcentration, municipal budgeting, and alternative dispute resolution in conflict areas. Managed “Voices of Reconciliation” civic education radio program, the first and only initiative involving Government, UNITA (opposition) and independent journalists, covering elements of the Angolan peace process from the viewpoint of the public.

Trainer, Consultant World Bank, the Economic Development Institute (EDI), Washington, DC. 1996- 1997 Designed and implemented capacity building courses and training events for representatives of member nations in the areas of: sustainable urban management, public administration and the institutional strengthening of social investment funds;  Organized the global capacity building program for the development and management of social investment funds (SIFs), including first global capacity building workshop for SIFs. Consultant World Bank, Natural Resources Management, Central America Division (LA2NR), Washington, DC and Port-au-Prince, Haiti. July 1995-May 1996 Coordinated the re-establishment of the National Institute for Agrarian Reform (INARA) in post-dictatorship Haiti, including the participatory preparation of their organizational development plan; Organized the National Conference on Agrarian Reform which integrated the input of principal stakeholders from throughout Haiti in establishing INARA;Consultant The World Bank, LA2NR, Washington, DC and San Salvador, El Salvador, 1993- 1994Coordinated development of a detailed proposal for institutional reforms within the agriculture sector (El Salvador), resulting in the merging of two public agrarian reform institutions, bringing cost savings and improved public administration efficiency; Organized a national policy-planning seminar involving all relevant stakeholders for agrarian reform in post-war El Salvador, to ensure broad support for sector reforms.

Arlington, Va, Us

 Developed project proposals in the technical areas of NGO strengthening, micro-enterprise development, strategic planning (training) and project evaluation; participated in the evaluation of USAID projects in democracy, governance and institutional strengthening.

Master Of Arts, International Affairs, International Development

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), International Relations (Economics), Political Science, Spanish

Spanish History, Culture; Economics And International Relations

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