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How it works
The PDI Process assists its project clients to address the objectives of the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), US Millennium Challenge Account (MCA), the World Bank Comprehensive Development Framework (CDF), the USAID New Partnerships Initiative (NPI), and the Paris Declaration.
The Project Development International (PDI) Process provides benefits to its clients not customarily associated with more traditional development approaches…
- professional service strategies of the very highest standards; individually and appropriately developed for the local cultural, social, and natural environments,
- research and implementation of diverse and alternative, technical and commercial approaches,
- an integrated, sole-source, design-build system of planning, procurement, and implementation,
- projects developed with regard to their potential for economic viability and sustainability,
- flexible funding packages comprised of various financial instruments based on favorable and manageable terms,
- assurance of compliance and accountability with all international open-bid funding criteria,
- proactive host country stakeholder involvement and decision-making.
Conventional service approach: Foreign technical experts determine solution strategies based on foreign experience, largely devoid of local expert input. Sustainability focus is on the project benefit alone.
PDI Process service approach: Appropriate development solutions strategies based on collaboration among foreign and local experts in collegial partnership. Sustainability focus is on the project benefit in the context of the enhancement of ultimate stakeholder quality of life indicators.
The PDI Process facilitates coordination among a diversity of stakeholders…
- government agencies as stewards of public resources
- academia as the intellectual resource for research and capacity development
- civil society constituencies as the voice and conscience of the community at large
…in support of multilateral development initiatives that contribute to local empowerment and ensure the enhancement and sustainability of environmental, economic, cultural, and social vitality.
For Clients:
- Quicker access to a wide array of international development funds.
- Local control of project priorities, decisions, and implementation strategies.
- Project solutions based on sustainable benefits, such as expanding infrastructure resources, training in new technologies, and enhanced commercialization and trade opportunities.
For Funding Agencies:
- Greater quantity of funding applications and enhanced quality of the projects represented by those applications.
- Qualification of the client and its project scope with funding agency criteria and submission of projects that fully comply with the guidelines of the funding agencies.
- Delivery of qualifying projects from clients with great need but without sufficient local resources for their development.
For Technology Providers:
- An expanded international market for appropriate technology products and services.
- Opportunities for showcasing new products and technologies through project level implementation.
- Opportunities for developing new appropriate products and technologies and joint-venture partnerships in response to real needs, supported by project implementation contracts.
PDI projects focus on a broad spectrum of development priorities addressed in an integrated framework. Individual projects often address several priorities simultaneously, including but not limited to the following industry sectors:
- Agriculture Development: agriculture resource diversification, agriculture technology enhancement, commercial food processing technology and facilities construction, agriculture marketing, and agricultural capital investments.
- Business Development: high priority augmentation and expansion of the local commercial sectors
- Defense Conversion/ Demilitarization: transformation of abandoned facilities, removal of hazardous ordinance, and clean up of contaminated areas.
- Education and Training: formal and non-formal learning programs that empower the general population by developing their capacity relative to their welfare and development.
- Energy Development: rehabilitation and modernization of existing energy production facilities and installation of new sources of heating fuel, motor fuels, and electric power.
- Environmental Remediation: conservation development and remediation of soils, water, and air; and protection of flora and fauna.
- Export and Import Infrastructure: import and export of retail and consumer goods
- Infrastructure Development: provision of potable water, wastewater treatment, solid waste disposal, power, and roads.
- Rapid Response Humanitarian Needs: orchestration of effective response to unforeseen natural and human disasters in a timely manner.
- Real Estate Development and Construction: implementation of residential, industrial and commercial developments.
- Social Service Delivery Systems: development of site-based and mobile medical care facilities and infrastructure to address social needs.
- Telecommunications: enhancement and expansion of telecommunications capacity and facilities.
- Tourism Development: infrastructure and facilities to develop and promote international visitor destinations, and related local business support development.
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Recovery and Reinvestment
“The PDI Process—creating new economic opportunities through the rapid placement of appropriate technology, products and services, and the opening of new markets.”
The PDI Process is ideally suited to both the purpose and the requirements of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 as outlined in the Initial Implementing Guidance for the Act as issued by the OMB, as it complies with all existing OMB FARS and all requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act.
The PDI Process incorporates the four pillars of project efficacy: efficiency, transparency, accountability, and sustainability—utilizing existing government programs.
The PDI Process is the only project development system designed from the perspective of integrating the guidelines, criteria, and priorities of all USG domestic and international economic assistance programs in a comprehensive self-regulating mechanism.
Mission
To enable host-country clients to oversee and direct their own project initiatives and to bring them to successful completion in the least time possible, with the greatest long-term viability and sustainability, and with the greatest benefit to local stakeholders.
To assist host-country clients to achieve their own objectives, while simultaneously addressing the objectives articulated by their country with regard the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and the World Bank Comprehensive Development Framework (CDF).
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