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DAI President Tine Knott will succeed James (Jim) Boomgard as Chief Executive Officer. Elizabeth (Betsey) N., Chair of the DAI Board, said in a message to staff that Knott will take over as President and CEO at the upcoming Board meeting in February 2025. Knott joined DAI in 2011, following 15 years with USAID, serving in Washington D.C., Jordan, Mozambique, Ghana, and Peru. Most recently, as President, she has worked closely with the CEO on strategic planning, while overseeing DAI’s donor businesses, private sector consulting, investment services, and global operations. Before that, she served as Executive Vice President for Strategy and Global Operations, Senior VP of DAI’s USG Business Unit, and Managing Director for Governance, Transition and Stability, among other positions. A graduate of the The Wharton School’s Advanced Management Program, she also holds a master’s degree in international development from the University of Pennsylvania. She will be just the fourth CEO in DAI’s 54-year history of driving lasting development impact.

#PostOfTheWeek This is the second article in a series by M&E expert Gareth Davies that examines market systems development within refugee contexts and how grants catalyze change and innovation. It explores the realities of providing cost-share grants to private sector actors using the Strengthening Host and Refugees Populations in Ethiopia (SHARPE) program as a case study. The project, funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, offers an interesting opportunity to explore this topic given the sheer number and variety of grants provided and the challenging operating environment. https://buff.ly/3CvxBOp #MarketSystemsDevelopment #Refugees #Ethiopia Anne Brady Paul Joicey Luqman Ahmad Nandi Hall Joe Phillips Elise Rohan

#COP29 The Sustainable Banking Alliance (SBA) Learning Report by DAI for USAID offers a how to guide for engaging with financial institutions to integrate climate finance best practices. Download the full report here: https://buff.ly/3AAyLrh #ClimateFinance #DAIClimateFutures Manuel Bueno Keith Bettinger, PhD Jette Findsen James Naughton Walter Weaver

#COP29 🚨 Only 3 days left until the launch of the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy (GCoM) 2024 Impact Report at COP29 Azerbaijan! The event on 19 November at the EU pavilion will unveil the report and its main findings. 🌍 The 2024 GCoM Impact Report showcases how 13,558 cities, representing 1.2 billion people across 147 countries, are advancing climate action despite an annual finance gap of €2.2 trillion for urban mitigation and a €177-334 billion shortfall for adaptation efforts. Featured speakers at the launch event include Andy Deacon, Co-Managing Director of GCoM, and Giulia Melica from the European Commission's EU Science, Research and Innovation. Additionally, there will be a conversation with mayors discussing the potential of cities in #CO2 emissions reduction. 🔴 Don’t miss this important event at COP29! Streaming details coming soon https://bit.ly/4fNDQeL. 📘 The report’s development was facilitated by Technical Assistance Support to the Secretariat of GCoM https://bit.ly/4eE4shc 📸 credit: COP29 Azerbaijan #ClimateAction #GCoM #Sustainability #ImpactReport

#COP29 Please make time to join our colleagues from the Centre for Disaster Protection for their event on financing for extreme weather resilience and disaster recovery at 16.30 (local time) on Saturday, 16 November, at the Resilience Hub, Green Zone. You can watch the action remotely here: https://lnkd.in/g78tjaCj. Kate Wilson HARGREAVES James Naughton Nandi Hall Luqman Ahmad Manuel Bueno Jette Findsen Dulce Pedroso #DAIClimateFutures

What a great night—Many thanks to the Society for International Development, United States (SID-US) whose staff puts an incredible amount of time every year into the #SIDUSdinner! Kathryn Erskine Bobby Jefferson Tine Knott Jean Meinhard Gilson Daniel M. Pebbles Daez Katherine Raphaelson Malavika Randive Ricel Valdes Walter Weaver Travis Massar Teresa Hart Baigal Darambazar Precious C. Brooks Yasmine El-Droubi Kent Piper Bikram Ghosh Connor MacKenzie Heather Skilling Rich Rapier Jeremy Kanthor Bruce Spake Uzma Ashraf Barton (PhD) Adriana Langa, MPM #GlobalDev #IntDev

#COP29 We are delighted that our Sustainable Banking Alliance (SBA) Learning Report for USAID will be featured at COP29. "Our how-to guide is a foundational resource that builds on the lessons learned from the SBA initiatives in Colombia and Egypt," said author of the report, DAI climate finance expert Manuel Bueno. "It provides guidance on how to engage with financial institutions to integrate climate finance best practices." In alignment with its Climate Strategy 2022–2030, USAID is now looking to expand the SBA to other partner countries. Download the full report here: https://buff.ly/3AAyLrh #ClimateFinance #ClimateChange #EmergingMarkets #ClimateResilience #DAIClimateFutures Keith Bettinger, PhD Jette Findsen James Naughton Walter Weaver

#DAIClimateFutures The climate crisis is an existential threat to nations in the Organisation of African, Caribbean, and Pacific States (OACPS). Despite contributing the least to global emissions, these countries face some of the harshest impacts. Recent disasters—Hurricane Beryl, droughts and floods in Africa, and Pacific cyclones Judy, Kevin, and Lola—underscore the devastating toll on economies, livelihoods, and development. 📌In response, OACPS Heads of State gathered during COP29 Azerbaijan in Baku on November 12. The meeting aimed to amplify OACPS's voice globally, with leaders calling for bold emission reductions, increased access to climate finance—including the Loss and Damage Fund—and stronger resilience-building measures. 📌 The event ended with a powerful joint declaration urging greater global commitments to protect vulnerable nations. Organized by the OACPS Subcommittee on Sustainable Development and the OACPS SIDS Forum, and supported by the OACPS Secretariat, the meeting was facilitated by the EU-funded Technical Assistance to the Intra-ACP Disaster Risk Reduction Programme. (bit.ly/3SUQYGB) Secretariat of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) I #EU I African Union I #ClimateAction I #ClimateFinance I #Sustainability I #ResilienceBuilding I #DisasterRiskReduction I Dr. Pendo Maro I Jean-Rémy Daue I Juan Aja I Maria Gebellí Granell I Gustavo Porres Izquierdo I Djordje Puaca 🔴 Read the OACPS COP29 Leaders Statement for more details.🔽

Antimicrobial resistance (#AMR) represents a severe and growing global public health crisis, with potential to escalate AMR-related fatalities beyond those caused by cancer. In Pakistan, the threat is pronounced, with an estimated 59,200 AMR attributable and 221,300 associated deaths in 2019 alone. The U.K. Department of Health and Social Care-funded Fleming Fund is working with National Institutes of Health Pakistan (NIH) and the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination to revise the National Action Plan on AMR (NAP 2.0) to adopt a #OneHealth approach to address AMR's complex drivers, coordinating across health, agriculture, and environmental sectors. In early November, a national consultation was organized in Islamabad to refine NAP 2.0 and focus on enhancing AMR mitigation strategies nationwide. Technical and financial support for this consultation workshop was provided by the World Health Organization and DAI through the Fleming Fund Country Grant Pakistan. For more information: https://lnkd.in/g8eR_53i. Dr. salman Muhammad, CEO, NIH; Dr. Hala Amer, Regional Advisor on AMR at WHO; Dr. Yu Nandar A., Regional Coordinator, South East Asia, Fleming Fund Management Agent; Dr. Qadeer Ahsan, DAI Project Lead; Dr. Mallik Mukhtar Ahmed Barath, Coordinator to Prime Minister on Health. Tabitha Afzal Imdad Ingrida Skarinke Zehra Zaidi Luqman Ahmad

DAI at #COP29 in Baku DAI-led projects and technical experts are participating in the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP) in Baku, Azerbaijan. This year, we are focusing on representation from our projects, who are best placed to provide local perspectives on climate challenges and successes, as well as advocate on behalf of their partners. Take a look at what we will be up to here: https://buff.ly/3ArxJ0J #DAIClimateFutures