USAID Assists Timor-Leste Government with Millennium Challenge Proposal
After achieving threshold country status for the Millennium Challenge Account last year, Timor-Leste’s senior government officials are now working closely with USAID to finalize their proposal to submit to the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). A recent two-week assistance visit by two senior USAID economists was followed by a visit from two senior representatives of MCC: Rodney Bent, vice president for policy and international relations, and Bradley C. Parks, development policy officer, and other MCC staff members. (February 7, 2006)

Nationwide Training Program Targets New Local Representatives
A new nationwide training program, developed with USAID support, is bringing important civic leadership and management skills to thousands of newly elected volunteer village council members across Timor-Leste. The National Institute for Public Administration (INAP) developed its training program with help from USAID partner National Democratic Institute (NDI) and USAID’s Small Grants Program. INAP will work with NDI and a network of community-based organizations over the next five months to train more than 2,000 village chiefs and the women and youth representatives of the country’s 442 village councils. (February 7, 2006)

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