Robust compliance with USAID’s environmental procedures over life of the program cycle safeguards people and resources by systematically addressing environmental risk and thereby advances developing countries’ journeys to self-reliance.
USAID utilizes global safeguards mission support contracts to provide USAID worldwide with technical, educational, and knowledge management assistance to facilitate compliance with 22 CFR 216, Foreign Assistance Act (FAA) Sections 117/118/119, regulatory requirements, and executive order and policy objectives.
These single-award, Agency-wide contracts offer a consistent, quality approach to environmental and social safeguards support across the Agency. They are intended to minimize duplication of systems and efforts, facilitate the sharing of lessons learned, reduce compliance risks, provide training, facilitate capacity building, and reduce transaction costs of operating units (OUs) (i.e., Missions and Bureaus) that seek access to environmental and social safeguarding and related services.
Currently two such contracts are in implementation:
- Environmental Compliance Support (ECOS) runs Sept 2018–Sept 2024. It is closed to new funding.
- Environmental and Social Safeguarding Support (ES3) is the successor to ECOS and runs August 2023–August 2028.
Contact the ECOS and ES3 COR, Teresa Bernhard, for more information.
Download the ECOS factsheet.
Download the ES3 factsheet.