Donor Clinic: Doing business with USAID, in partnership with Konektid International

Join British Expertise International on Thursday 27th April from 11:00 – 14:00 for an in-person donor clinic workshop on Doing Business with USAID, in partnership with Konektid International. Mike Shanley, CEO of Konektid International will share best practice on growing your organisations’ work with USAID, funding opportunities and tips for navigating the procurement process, as well as changes to USAID funding following the New Partnerships Initiative and Biden Administration.  

USAID is the world's premier international development agency. Their work, expanding over 100 countries, promotes a path to recipient self-reliance and resilience, and aims to end extreme global poverty. In the Fiscal Year 2022, USAID’s official development assistance (ODA) budget was $58.5 billion. The recent release of the President’s Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2023 reveals a 6% increase to $60.4 billion. The main sectors of spend by USAID include anti-corruption, democracy, human rights and governance, humanitarian assistance, women’s economic empowerment, equality and equity, climate change, locally-led development, and health.

Join this workshop to learn best practices for starting and growing your work with USAID, as well how to start building your organisation's USAID market strategy, and ways to get started as a subcontractor by connecting with established USAID primes. The workshop will cover how to learn about USAID funding opportunities, the USAID procurement process, and will provide you with the tools to take back to your organisation to build and grow your USAID work.

This will be targeted at international development and aid organisations based in the UK which are interested in USAID funding. There will also be a discussion on the changes under the Biden Administration, the New Partnerships Initiative, USAID's direction under Administrator Samantha Power.

Our speaker for this event is Mike Shanley, the CEO of Konektid International:

Mike Shanley has more than 15 years of experience working in the USAID market, including at Chemonics International, USAID's largest implementing partner. In 2013, he founded Konektid International (www.konektid.com) to support new partners to enter the USAID market. Konektid has worked with foreign aid organizations of all types and sizes including both established and new USAID partners, to support their  USAID partnering portfolio. Konektid's clients have ranged from the Fortune 500 and Ivy League, to local NGOs and US small businesses. In 2020, he launched AidKonekt Data (https://www.aidkonekt.com/usaid-biz-dev), a software company that makes USAID partnering easier. He regularly works directly with clients and leads seminars on USAID partnering best practices and trends. He has presented with the top foreign aid associations, including USAID, Devex, Society for International Development (DC), British Expertise International, Johns Hopkins University, Bond UK, Dochas, AidEx, and the Posner Center for International Development.

Agenda and content:

11:00 – 11:30 – arrival

11:30 – 13:00 – workshop

• Introductions
• Donor Clinic in Partnership with Connect International (Mike Shanley)
• best practice for sharing and growing your work with USAID
• building your organisation’s USAID market strategy
• USAID funding opportunities & procurement process
• changes to USAID funding under Biden Administration, New Partnerships Initiative, and direction under Administrator Samantha Power
• Q&A

13:00 – 14:00 – networking over sandwich lunch