[Federal Register: October 10, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 195)]
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AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

 
Notice of Meeting

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby 
given of a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid 
(ACVFA).
    Date: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 (9 a.m. to 3 p.m.).
    Location: J.W. Marriott Hotel Ballroom, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20004.
    Please note that this is the anticipated agenda and is subject to 
change.
    Transformational Diplomacy and U.S. Foreign Assistance: USAID's 
Acting Deputy Administrator James Kunder and Dirk Dijkerman, Chief 
Operating Officer for the Office of the Director of U.S. Foreign 
Assistance in the U.S. Department of State have been invited to present 
updates on the foreign assistance reforms.
    Humanitarian Relief and Reconstruction After Natural Disasters: 
Mark Ward, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator for USAID's Bureau for 
Asia and the Near East, and William Garvelink, Senior Deputy Assistant 
Administrator for USAID's Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and 
Humanitarian Assistance, have been invited to give a presentation on 
lessons learned from humanitarian relief and reconstruction projects. 
Particular attention will be paid to the current efforts underway in 
Northern Pakistan as a result of the October 8, 2005 earthquake and in 
Indonesia and Sri Lanka as a result of the December 26, 2004 tsunami. 
Following the presentation, a panel of USAID, PVO and private sector 
experts will discuss the role of private-public partnerships and how 
these collaborations may be applied to other regions, particularly 
after natural disasters.
    President's Malaria Initiative: Rear Admiral Tim Ziemer, the 
President's Malaria Initiative coordinator, has been invited to provide 
an overview of the initiative including the progress made to date in 
the target countries and the multi-faceted approach to the prevention 
and treatment of malaria.
    The meeting is free and open to the public. Persons wishing to 
attend the meeting can register online at http://www.usaid.gov/about_usaid/acvfa
 or contact Kristin Holland at kristin@websterconsulting.com or 202-237-0090 extension 10 or Jocelyn Rowe at jrowe@usaid.gov or 202-
202-
712-4002.

    Dated: October 2, 2006.
Jocelyn M. Rowe,
Executive Director, Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid 
(ACVFA), U.S. Agency for International Development.
 [FR Doc. E6-16629 Filed 10-6-06; 8:45 am]

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