Funding Opportunities

Participants of this training program are responsible for securing funding for their participation. Participants are typically funded by their government (e.g., Ministry of Finance) or through bilateral or multilateral development agencies. Examples of multilateral development agencies are the United Nations Development Program, the U.S. Agency for International Development, the World Bank, the African Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Inter-American Development Bank.

The most practical approach to locate funding opportunities is by contacting the Mission or Country Office of these development agencies located in your country. The Country Office or Mission should be able to tell you if ongoing projects are able to provide funding for the training course, or they will refer you to the officer who handles such requests for their organization. For your convenience, links are provided below to the directories of country officers for a variety of development agencies. This list will be periodically updated.

The World Bank

You may contact your country's local World Bank office for information whether existing World Bank projects in your country are able to provide funding for the training course. The World Bank web site provides contact information for their country offices.

United Nations Development Program (UNDP)

Select your nation's Country Office from the U.N. Development Program web site for contact information for your country's UNDP mission officer(s). Our training program is typically considered to fall within the UNDP's program area for "Governance" or "Regional Governance."

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

The U.S. State Department provides a list of Key Officers of Foreign Service Posts. Please contact the USAID officer (indicated by the code AID) at your nearest U.S. Embassy. If your nearest post does not have a USAID officer, you may contact the Economic Officer (indicated by the code ECO) to direct you to the non-resident USAID officer responsible for your country.

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Select your nation's Resident Mission from the Asian Development Bank web site for contact information for your country's (resident) mission office.

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Link to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and select your country for contact information for your EBRD country office.

Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

This link provide contact information for IDB country offices. The Country Office may direct you to a Project Manager responsible for activities in the area of fiscal decentralization or governance.

African Development Bank

At this time, only limited contact information is available for the African Development Bank. (Select "Contact" at the top of the page).