USAID has awarded DIG a contract under the Water and Development II (WADI II) Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ). DIG is a small business set-aside prime holder of the award, which has an overall ceiling price of US$ 400 million with a seven-year performance period (2022-2029). Under the WADI II IDIQ, USAID Missions and Bureaus can …
DIG is pleased to share the news that the September 2022 issue of Marine Policy features a seminal paper on ocean plastic pollution. The paper, titled “Reducing ocean plastic pollution: Locally led initiatives catalyzing change in South and Southeast Asia,” focuses on the lessons learned during the implementation of USAID’s Municipal Waste Recycling Program (MWRP). …
USAID has awarded DIG a contract under the Active Communities – Effective States (ACES) Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ). DIG is a small business set-aside prime holder of the award, which has an overall ceiling cost of US$ 475 million with a seven-year performance period (2022-2029). The IDIQ will provide technical assistance, advisory services, training, and …
In March 2021, USAID awarded DIG a contract for the Jordan Economic Reform Activity (ERA) IDIQ. DIG is a small business set-aside holder of the award, which has an overall ceiling cost of US$ 150 million. USAID designed ERA as its main contracting vehicle to support the Government of Jordan and the country’s private sector …
Under the USAID-funded Accountable Democratic Action (ADA) through Social Cohesion Program, the Development Innovations Group, in close collaboration with its local partner, Dialogue on Shelter Trust, is increasing local and national decision-makers’ constitutional accountability regarding the rights of the urban poor to shelter and basic services in informal settlements across Zimbabwe. Despite being protected by …
Under the USAID-funded Municipal Waste Recycling Program (MWRP), DIG is managing a portfolio of 30 grantees implementing solid waste management and recycling activities to reduce marine plastic pollution in Asia. One such grantee, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), has assisted 20 major hotels in Vietnam with establishing voluntary targets to reduce their plastic …
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Under the USAID-funded Municipal Waste Recycling Program (MWRP), DIG has awarded $5.5 million in grants to 30 qualified organizations developing innovative and scalable solid waste management and recycling projects that also promote social inclusion, empower women and youth, generate jobs and economic growth, and strengthen resilience. The MWRP is designed to reduce land-based sources of …
Under the Haiti Rebati Fund, financed by the United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), DIG has fully disbursed the USD 8 million in committed loan funds to SOFIHDES ( Société Financière Haïtienne de Développement S.A.). Throughout 2020, DIG has worked with SOFIHDES to ensure that the Rebati portfolio remains in good standing and viable …
USAID has extended the Kenya Integrated Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (KIWASH) Program, under which DIG serves as a subcontractor to DAI, Inc. DIG plays an instrumental role under KIWASH, having incubated 231 WASH enterprises in nine counties throughout Kenya with targeted technical assistance and training. Through DIG’s work, WASH enterprises have accessed first-time commercial financing, …
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Swietenia Puspa Lestari, the founder and Executive Director of DIG program grantee Divers Clean Action, was featured on the prominent Forbes 30 under 30 Social Entrepreneurs of 2020 list and was also named as one of BBC’s 100 most inspiring and influential women of 2019. Divers Clean Action was awarded a grant by the USAID-funded, …