奥纬-美国国际开发署(USAID)援助成本与效率提升项目-20131206.pdfVIP

Date:June25,2014

To:JackLeslie,Chairman,ACVFAPanel

From:RayChambers,Chair,ACESBlueRibbonAdvisoryPanel

Subject:DoingThingsDifferentlyatUSAID:Recommendationsforimprovedeffectivenessandefficiency

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ExecutiveSummary

Overthepastyear,theACESBlueRibbonAdvisoryPanelhasworkedalongsidethededicatedleadershipandstaff

ofUSAIDastheyhaveundertakenincreasinglyambitious–andinspiring–effortstoimprovethewayUSAID

operatesandtosavethelivesofevermoremothersandchildren.

Whilemaintainingafullplateofresponsibilitiesfocusedonhelpingchildrenandmothersthrive,theUSAIDteam

hasshownanimpressivewillingnesstoengageintheAwardCostEfficiencyStudy(ACES)processandembrace

itsanimatingprinciplethatsavingagreaternumberoflivesdependsonfundamentalrevisiontopractices.Indoing

so,USAIDhasdemonstratedacommitmenttoachievingthenear-termglobalhealthtargetsoftheMillennium

DevelopmentGoals(MDGs),whichcomedueonDecember31,2015,andthelonger-termobjectiveofbringingan

endtopreventablechildandmaternaldeaths.

TheACESProjectbeganinJuly2013andquicklyadoptedatwo-prongedapproach:

ThroughtheendofNovember2013,withthegeneroussupportoftheBillMelindaGatesFoundation,the

consultingfirmOliverWymanassistedtheAdvisoryPanelandUSAIDinitsanalysisofneartermandlong-

termpotentialprocessimprovementstomaximizevalueformoneyinUSAIDprogramming.Thisresulted

inasetoftenproposedchangesandtransformationpathwaystoUSAID’scontractingprocesses.

BeginninginJanuary2014,USAIDbeganaprocesstoensurethatitscurrentMissionplansforending

preventablechildandmaternaldeathswereasefficientandeffectiveaspossible.Theambitiouscountr