Recorded on 07/26/22

Description: 
Buyers and sellers working on international contracts need to be thinking about localization. Localization is the push to involve local stakeholders in the country where the work is performed to promote sustainability and prioritize local perspectives which leads to better program outcomes. Join a panel of experts from USAID, Department of State, and industry to discuss the impact and challenges that localization efforts have on organizations and how it is driving meaningful results and its impact on small business goal achievement.  

We encourage the participants to come with questions to help ensure a common understanding of how we meet localization goals and objectives, together. 

Intended Audience:  
  Contracting and program professionals that operate in the international context and seek to broaden their contracting repertoire of concepts. 

Level of Difficulty: 
Intermediate 

Learning Objectives:
Define localization and explain its purpose and impact on key stakeholders.
Discuss U.S. foreign assistance strategic priorities and objectives and how competing priorities of agency leadership and contracting professionals can impact industry's response to the localization agenda. 
Build a framework for engaging local partners, including (and especially) local private sector actors in the market, including different award instruments.  

CMBOK Competency: 
3.5 Situational Assessment  
7.1 Continuous Learning 
Supplemental Materials: https://www.workwithusaid.org/blog/usaid-s-commitment-to-advancing-localization  

Presenters:
Jennifer Hanks, CFCM, CMLDP Alumni, Fellow, CEO, MMC Consulting 
Katie Paguaga, Technical Director and Portfolio Lead, Market Systems and Inclusive Growth, Palladium 
Mohib U. Ahmed, USAID/Indonesia, Supervisory Contracting Officer, CFCM
Stephen Kowal, Senior Advisor, Office of Foreign Assistance, U.S. Department of State 

Credits:
1.0 CPE/CLP credits for participation in webinar.  

Cost:
$0 member/ $0 non-member