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Enhancing Agricultural Support: A Service Approach to Program Management

Join Ross Kreamer, Assistant Deputy Administrator of the Office of Capacity Building and Development, as he outlines a service-oriented approach to program management in the Foreign Agricultural Service. This presentation covers ongoing improvements including priority country selection, agreement negotiation processes, and advancements in food aid operations. Learn about monitoring and evaluation enhancements, food aid quality improvements, and updates to regulations. Our collaborative efforts aim to better serve our partners and ensure effective support in agricultural development.

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Enhancing Agricultural Support: A Service Approach to Program Management

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  1. Program Management: A Service Approach • Presented by Ross Kreamer, Assistant Deputy Administrator, Office of Capacity Building and Development, Foreign Agricultural Service

  2. Program Management • Encompasses all of our work with our partners • Our focus is on service: providing better services to support our programs

  3. Improvements Currently Being Implemented • Priority country selection • Agreement negotiation process • Food aid operations • Monitoring and evaluation • Food aid quality improvements • Updating regulations

  4. Priority Country Selection • Presented our priority country list • It’s a shortened, more focused list that reflects FAS priorities • Multi-year agreements to provide greater certainty

  5. Agreement Negotiation Process • Standardized sections of agreements • Increased flexibility in implementation • Financial transparency

  6. Food Aid Operations • Strengthening financial management and reporting • Streamlined purchasing practices • Heightened advocacy/representative efforts • Product and packaging oversight

  7. Food Aid Operations, cont’d • IT improvements • Existing improvements • Commodity Operations System (COS) – one step procurement, FARES, EBES, FBES • PowerTrack – web-based freight and OFD invoice payments • Future improvements • FAIS – food aid program management • WBSCM – commodity and freight procurement

  8. Monitoring and Evaluation • FAS has increased resources on reviewing program implementation and outcomes • OCBD is increasing • Field visits of food aid programs • Evaluation in order to identify positive approaches under food aid programs • The timely closing of food aid agreements

  9. Food Aid Quality Improvements • USDA • Review and update current commodity specifications • Establish lab protocols in support of commodity specifications • USAID • Evaluate current commodities against meeting beneficiary needs • Recommend new products

  10. Updating Regulations • To incorporate Farm Bill changes and other desired changes, FAS is re-drafting food aid regulations • Our goals include: • Clearer guidance on program implementation • Our partners will have an opportunity to comment

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