Official Development Assistance
Our affiliate organizations inform how we–in close collaboration with our funders, partners, staff, and participants–achieve desired development outcomes and positively impact targeted communities. ACDI/VOCA is funded by official development assistance. We design and implement major agriculture, economic development, and resilience programs in developing countries.
If you’re a potential public sector donor, government, or foundation representative interested in designing and implementing projects with us, please contact us.
Please not, we cannot respond to inquiries outside the scope of our work nor to unsolicited requests for funds or grants.
Partnerships
As a development catalyst, we organize robust international and local teams to bridge diverse stakeholders and optimize the impact of our projects. We need implementation partners and engaged private sector partners for these projects.
Please note, we cannot respond to inquiries outside the scope of our work nor to unsolicited requests for funds or grants.
Let’s solve problems together
We collaborate with development organizations and corporations working in inclusive market development to create lasting solutions.
Contracting Vehicles
Discover how we facilitate funding for development activities through contracting vehicles and RFPs.
Private sector engagement
Through partnerships, lasting and adaptable solutions are created.
ACDI/VOCA’s partnerships with the private sector promote nutrition and food security, enhance income generation, support gender equality and social inclusion, and address environmental sustainability challenges in communities around the world.
We collaborate with multinational companies, large firms, small and growing businesses, as well as multi-stakeholder alliances like industry associations, public agencies, and influential community groups to develop transformational partnerships.
ACDI/VOCA’s Approach
Understand the Problem: We analyze the market to discover the causes of poor performance, paying special attention to the capacity of local firms and incentives that could encourage them to engage in the market. By understanding how and why local businesses behave the way they do, we can engage with the right partners.
Collaborate on the Solution: We engage our partners in conversations early and often, listening to their perspectives around common local problems, wants and needs. Together, we identify the opportunities and design solutions to impact the system.
Respond and Adapt: A healthy partnership allows for flexibility when circumstances change, or experience reveals a better approach. We invest the time, energy, and resources in the relationship with our partners to ensure we can evolve with changing market dynamics, enhance resilience, and produce enduring results.
Measure and Learn: We measure the impact of our work on the market using mutually developed milestones, indicators, and metrics. We use what we learn to build our own capacity and that of our partners. We make evidence-based shifts in practice to improve the system as a whole.
Learn more about our private sector engagement or contact us.
Please note, we cannot respond to inquiries outside the scope of our work nor to unsolicited requests for funds or grants.
ACDI/VOCA is a member of the Overseas Cooperative Development Council (OCDC), an alliance of U.S.-based organizations working together to mitigate income inequality for overseas cooperative members. OCDC aims to establish local institutions that align with local needs. The council’s portfolio includes USAID’s Cooperative Development Program, of which ACDI/VOCA is one of several implementers.
