Monday, February 9, 2009 | 9:00 am - 1:30 pm
University of Washington HUB
A workshop for the policy staff of advocacy NGOs, aid delivery NGOs, faith-based organizations, foreign policy interest groups, academic centers, student clubs, businesses with social entrepreneurial programs, microlenders, trade promoters, and sister city groups or their organizational representative charged with connecting constituencies with influencers.
GOALS:
To build bridges between local constituent groups engaged in international development and public officials who have a unique opportunity in this Congress to improve U.S. foreign aid policy.
• A set of values regarding the governance and implementation of aid to be shared with policymakers
• Specific strategies and an action plan for providing feedback in the rewrite of the U.S. Foreign Assistance Act
• Specific strategies and an action plan for involving other policymakers in this group's work.
FEATURING:
Washington Congressman Adam Smith, Member, House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Jenni Rothenberg, Field Director, US Global Leadership Campaign
CO-SPONSORS:
Global Washington, Puget Sound Millennium Goals Project, and the Center for Global Studies at Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the UW.