Sustainable Water Partnership Leader & the Associate Awards Process

Recognizing the interconnected, multi-sectoral, cross-cutting, and complex dimensions of water-related issues and risks, the Sustainable Water Partnership (SWP) takes a holistic view of water issues, by emphasizing the importance of engaging USAID Bureaus, Mission field staff, and local stakeholders across many sectors – including water, climate change adaptation, biodiversity, agriculture and food security, energy, health, and economic growth – to assess, plan, and implement actions that address water-related risks at varying scales.

The SWP Leader Award is a global activity that focuses on directly providing the expertise of the SWP team for mission support with strategy and program planning, scientific and technical assistance, capacity-building, and program implementation; for designing and implementing a limited number of field-based pilot activities; for developing and formalizing partnership arrangements with contributing organizations; and for developing and refining tools and methodologies, providing thought leadership and testing innovative approaches, and initiating a program of knowledge management, collaborative learning, and communication on best practices, lessons learned, tools, and other resources.

Winrock International is working with four partners with specialized technical expertise: Tetra Tech, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the Stockholm Environmental Institute (SEI), and the World Resources Institute (WRI). In addition, we have two resource partners in the CEO Water Mandate and the mWater Foundation.

KEY APPROACHES

For achieving greater water security, SWP will work toward the following results:

  • Improving stakeholder awareness and participation in water security
  • Improving capacity and tools to assess water security risks
  • Improving planning and water governance capacity
  • Improving capacity and behaviors to implement WRM measures; and
  • Increasing collaboration, learning, and adaptive response to water risks

ASSOCIATE AWARDS

The USAID Sustainable Water Partnership Leader Award is administered by the USAID Bureau for Economic
Growth, Education, and Environment (E3). Future Associate Awards are administered by the USAID Mission issuing
the Associate Award.

Associate Awards:

  • Are executed on a noncompetitive basis
  • Will be managed by the USAID Mission or Office funding the activity, and will have budget and reporting
    requirements separate from core funding requirements
  • Can extend up to five years beyond the end of the LWA (through 2026)

Associate Awards will use the following type of implementation methods to further water security:

  • Structural/engineering measures (grey infrastructure), e.g. increased surface water storage, improved
    surface irrigation methods
  • Green infrastructure measures, e.g. green water management, grass and riparian buffers
  • Social/behavioral change measures, e.g. livelihoods diversification, social marketing
  • Policy/institutional/regulatory measures, e.g. flood plain regulations, water permitting and trading
    schemes

RESOURCES AND NETWORKS TO DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT ASSOCIATE AWARDS

USAID SWP is implemented by a consortium led by Winrock International that brings decades of proven water resource management expertise across the globe, extensive geographic reach, and a large network of partners and experts specializing in various aspects of SWP. The specialized expertise of our core partners (Tetra Tech, IUCN, SEI, and WRI) is complemented by resource partners, which includes the CEO Water Mandate and the mWater Foundation.

THE GENERAL PROCESS TO DEVELOP AN ASSOCIATE AWARD

  1. Confirm with USAID SWP AOR that proposed activity fits within program’s mandate. Missions should outline planned results, including objectives and areas of work, an estimate for required funds and an approximate time period.
  2. After receiving confirmation from the AOR, send a Request for Associate Award Application to Winrock, outlining the scope of work, available budget, and any specific requirements desired in the proposal. Since the LWA has already been competed, Winrock and the SWP Team and the Mission may work together to design the activity.

THE PRINCIPAL PROGRAM CONTACTS ARE:

Abigail Jones
Water and Sanitation Advisor, USAID Office of Water
abjones@usaid.gov

Alison Macalady
Water Advisor, USAID Office of Water
amacalady@usaid.gov

Rodolfo Camacho
SWP Program Director
rodolfo.camacho@winrock.org

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