The Foreign Service Journal, November 2011

26 F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L / N O V E M B E R 2 0 1 1 meeting certain requirements at the end of FY 2012. The agency will share responsibility for the Global Climate Change Initiative with State and Treasury and play a major role in economic development, aligning it- self with the Millennium Challenge Corporation (which operates only in countries that meet minimum stan- dards of openmarkets, rule of law, participatory democracy and suppression of corruption). USAID is also given re- sponsibility for humanitarian assistance. Secretary Clinton commits in the QDDR to building USAID as the premier development agency. The thresh- old requirement, of course, is adequate personnel re- sources. Regarding quantity, 550 of the 1,200 necessary additional personnel have been brought on board. As to quality, the intention is to include more experts in evalua- tion, planning, resource management, contracting and oth- ers on staff, significantly reducing dependence on con- tractors. In addition, the Secretary will seek Senate confir- mation of the USAIDAdministrator as the alternate U.S. governor to the Asian, African and Inter-American Development Banks. USAID has initiated five-year Country Development Coordina- tion Strategies in 25 countries and will expand these to all missions by FY 2013. And a new Office of Budget and Resource Management has been created to develop USAID’s annual budget proposal and oversee budget execution. How this will fit with overall planning is discussed below. •The role of the F Bureau. The QDDR clarifies de- velopment budget procedures by designating the F Bu- reau as the Office of U.S. Foreign Assistance Resources, reporting to the Deputy Secretary for Management and the Secretary of State. This office will integrate all foreign assistance budget proposals, including those in Embassy Mission Strategic Plans as aggregated by State’s regional bureaus, and those in USAID’s Country Development Co- C OVER S TORY Secretary Clintons commits in the QDDR to building USAID as the premier development agency. T he Foreign Affairs Council is a nonpartisan umbrella group of 11 organizations concerned about U.S. diplomatic readiness (www.facouncil.org). Its mailing address is 2101 E St. NW, Wash- ington DC 20037. FAC member organizations are: •Ambassador Thomas D. Boyatt, FAC Founder and President. •American Academy of Diplomacy: a private, nonprofit, non- partisan, elected society of men and women who have held posi- tions of major responsibility in the formulation and implementation of American diplomacy (www.academyofdiplomacy.org). • American Foreign Service Association: the professional asso- ciation and union of the career Foreign Service. Founded in 1924, AFSA has more than 16,000 members (www.afsa.org). • Associates of the American Foreign Service Worldwide: a non- profit organization that has been an independent advocate for For- eign Service spouses, employees and retirees since 1960 (www. aafsw.org). • Association of Black American Ambassadors: an organization of current and former African-American ambassadors, career and non-career, working to enhance public understanding of foreign af- fairs, to strengthen the Foreign Service through improved diversity, and to document African-American achievements in diplomacy. • Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training: a private, non- profit organization founded in 1986 to advance understanding of American diplomacy and to support training of foreign affairs per- sonnel at the Foreign Service Institute (www.adst.org). • Business Council for International Understanding: founded in 1959 to support U.S. business interests internationally by conven- ing member company executives with senior diplomatic and Cabi- net-level officials and foreign heads of state (www.bciu.org). • Council of American Ambassadors: composed of former and incumbent non-career ambassadors, the Council aims to support the role of the ambassador and the embassy country team in car- rying out U.S. foreign policy (www.americanambassadors.org). • Una Chapman Cox Foundation: dedicated to a strong, profes- sional Foreign Service, its activities seek to enhance State’s recruit- ment, professionalism, retention and constituency (www.uccox foundation.org). • Nelson B. Delavan Foundation: a family foundation that sup- ports initiatives to improve the Foreign Service of the United States and the effectiveness of American diplomacy. • DACOR: an organization of foreign affairs professionals founded in 1952. It fosters interest in foreign affairs, broadens un- derstanding of contemporary foreign affairs issues, and draws to- gether persons with a variety of backgrounds who share an abiding interest in foreign relations, national security and professional serv- ice abroad for the United States (www.dacorbacon.org). • Public Members Association of the Foreign Service, USA: a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization composed of members who have served as public members on Foreign Service promotion boards or inspection teams, or on delegations or commissions. About the Foreign Affairs Council