Casals & Associates to Assist in Anti-Corruption Efforts in Timor Leste
February 16, 2011 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Asia and the Near East, News Releases, Timor-Leste
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (February 14, 2011) – Casals & Associates, a DynCorp International Company, today announced that it has been awarded a contract to support anti-corruption efforts in Timor Leste. Learn More Read More →
Casals & Associates Local Coordinator Meets U.S. Secretary of State Clinton in Armenia
July 9, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Central and Eastern Europe, News Releases
(At far left) Sergey Sargsyan talks with Secretary Clinton Casals & Associates Program Coordinator on the USAID/MAAC Program in Armenia, Sergey Sargsyan, was among 15 invited guests to take part in discussions with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during her recent visit to Yerevan, the nation’s... Learn More
Advancing Democracy in the Dominican Republic
March 22, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Strategic Communications
Casals & Associates is developing media campaign messages in the Dominican Republic illustrating that reform is possible when citizens share in the responsibility of making democracy work. The campaign messages are part of the $1.8 million Transparency and Citizen Participation Program Casals &... Learn More
Advancing Transparency and Good Governance in El Salvador
March 18, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Democracy and Governance, El Salvador, Featured Project, Latin America and the Caribbean, Rule of Law and Justice
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission to El Salvador awarded Casals & Associates the Transparency and Governance (TAG) Project in May 2009. The TAG project is a one and a half year contract for $2.8 million with the possibility of yearly cost extensions for up to five years. The... Learn More
Armenia – Mobilizing Action Against Corruption
March 18, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Central and Eastern Europe, Civil Society Strengthening, Democracy and Governance
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission to Armenia awarded Casals & Associates the Mobilizing Action Against Corruption (MAAC) contract in July 2007 Whose 3 year program has been extended to July of 2012. The purpose of the MAAC project, a component of the U.S. development... Learn More
Building Anticorruption Institutions in Madagascar
March 18, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Africa, Civil Society Strengthening, Democracy and Governance, Madagascar, Rule of Law and Justice
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission to Madagascar awarded Casals & Associates a two-year contract in November 2006 to implement the USAID Anti-Corruption Initiative (ACI) in Madagascar. The goal of the project was to reduce corruption in Madagascar by: Strengthening the... Learn More
Building More Effective and Efficient Government in Mexico
March 18, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Civil Society Strengthening, Democracy and Governance, Featured Project, Latin America and the Caribbean, Local Governance, Mexico
Casals & Associates is a subcontractor to Abt Associates, Inc. on the five-year U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Mexico Competitiveness Program. The program, designed to increase private sector competitiveness, is comprised of three components: (1) more sustainable environmental... Learn More
Central America and Mexico Anticorruption, Transparency and Accountability Program
March 18, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Civil Society Strengthening, Democracy and Governance, El Salvador, Guatemala, Latin America and the Caribbean, Local Governance, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) contracted Casals & Associates in February 2005 to lead the $28 million, five-year Central America and Mexico (CAM) Anti-Corruption, Transparency, and Accountability Program. The region-wide initiative, headquartered in Guatemala, had additional... Learn More
Curbing Corruption and Encouraging Fiscal Responsibility in Malawi
March 18, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Africa, Civil Society Strengthening, Democracy and Governance
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) contracted Casals & Associates in 2006 to lead a $7.7 million Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Threshold Country Program in Malawi. The overall goal of the two-year program was to strengthen government integrity to support Malawian efforts... Learn More
Conducting an International Videoconference on Corruption
March 18, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Strategic Communications
Casals & Associates helped organize a videoconference on January 25, 2006, that gathered attorneys general from all six Central American countries together for the first time to exchange effective actions against transnational corruption. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission... Learn More
Confronting Ethnic and Religious Conflict in Nigeria
March 18, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Conflict Management and Recovery, Strategic Communications
Casals & Associates conducted a multilingual anticorruption public outreach campaign in Nigeria as part of a USAID-funded anticorruption project we managed in the country between 2000 and 2004. The campaign featured a 13-episode television series (with related public service announcements) and accompanying... Learn More
Curbing Gang Violence in El Salvador
March 18, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Conflict Management and Recovery, Latin America and the Caribbean, Strategic Communications
Casals & Associates helped organize the First Regional Conference about Juvenile Violence in Central America, which took place in May 2007 in the city of San Salvador, El Salvador. The conference was sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Secretary General of the... Learn More
Enhancing Good Governance and Democracy in Mexico
March 18, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Civil Society Strengthening, Democracy and Governance, Latin America and the Caribbean, Mexico
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission to Mexico awarded Casals & Associates the $22.5 million Greater Transparency and Accountability of Governments in Mexico Project in 2003. The five-year award folded together several smaller USAID/Mexico democracy and governance contracts,... Learn More
Enhancing Rule of Law and Good Governance in the Dominican Republic
March 18, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Civil Society Strengthening, Democracy and Governance, Dominican Republic, Latin America and the Caribbean, Rule of Law and Justice
Casals & Associates, Inc. was selected by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to manage a $1.8 million Transparency and Citizen Participation Program in the Dominican Republic. The program had three objectives: Advocating civil society’s call for accountable, transparent and... Learn More
Leading Mainstreaming Anticorruption Workshops
March 17, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, Democracy and Governance, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Latin America and the Caribbean, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Senegal, Uganda, Ukraine
Casals & Associates, Inc. leads workshops on Mainstreaming Anticorruption at USAID Missions throughout the world. Beginning in Central America with El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Guatemala, the firm has gone on to bring the mainstreaming message to the Dominican Republic, the Ukraine and missions in... Learn More
Leading Threshold Country Program in Paraguay
March 17, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Democracy and Governance, Latin America and the Caribbean, Rule of Law and Justice
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) contracted Casals & Associates, Inc. in 2006 to lead a $21.8 million Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Threshold Country Program in Paraguay. The MCC approved the two-year Threshold Country Program (TCP) that the Government of Paraguay (GOP)... Learn More
Managing the Americas Accountability/Anticorruption Project
March 17, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Civil Society Strengthening, Democracy and Governance, Latin America and the Caribbean, Local Governance
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) contracted Casals & Associates from 1993 through September 2006 to run the Americas’ Accountability/Anti-Corruption (AAA) Project — originally known as the Regional Financial Management Improvement Project (RFMIP). The AAA Project was at the... Learn More
Measuring Corruption in Cambodia
March 17, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Asia and the Near East, Cambodia, Civil Society Strengthening, Democracy and Governance
Casals & Associates completed a U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) assignment to assess corruption in Cambodia. The firm examined the following: The degree to which corruption exists in Cambodia The types of corruption most harmful to democratic governance The capacity of government,... Learn More
Mongolia – Corruption Assessment
March 17, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Asia and the Near East, Civil Society Strengthening, Democracy and Governance
Casals & Associates completed a U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) assignment to assess corruption in Mongolia. The assessment involved the following: Analyzing the dynamics of corruption existing at all levels of government in Mongolia Evaluating the capacity of government and civil... Learn More
Promoting Democracy and the Rule of Law in Albania
March 17, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Albania, Central and Eastern Europe, Civil Society Strengthening, Democracy and Governance, Rule of Law and Justice
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) contracted Casals & Associates to manage a three-year, $6 million program to strengthen democracy and the rule of law in Albania. From 2004 until 2007, Casals & Associates provided technical assistance and training to a variety of public and... Learn More
Promoting Good Governance in Ukraine
March 17, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Central and Eastern Europe, Civil Society Strengthening, Democracy and Governance, Ukraine
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission in Ukraine initiated a series of activities in March 2006—responsive to the USAID Anti-corruption Strategy—to build on the considerable foundation it had laid to mainstream its anticorruption activities and its host-country programming.... Learn More
Reducing Corruption in Colombia
March 17, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Civil Society Strengthening, Colombia, Democracy and Governance, Latin America and the Caribbean, Local Governance
Casals & Associates successfully completed a three-year, $8 million anticorruption project in Colombia in December 2006. The project increased transparency, efficiency, and public management within Colombia´s government institutions at the national, departmental, and municipal levels as well as... Learn More
Reducing Corruption in Honduras after Hurricane Mitch
March 17, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Conflict Management and Recovery, Democracy and Governance, Honduras, Latin America and the Caribbean
As part of the massive amount of foreign assistance that flowed into Honduras following the devastation caused by Hurricane Mitch, and to help curb corruption, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission to Honduras contracted Casals & Associates to provide technical support to... Learn More
Rolling Back Corruption in Guatemala
March 17, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Civil Society Strengthening, Democracy and Governance, Guatemala, Latin America and the Caribbean, Rule of Law and Justice
Casals & Associates managed an anticorruption project in Guatemala from 2003 to 2005 funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The project’s key components were working with members of Guatemalan civil society to advance their efforts to build consensus on a national... Learn More
Supporting Recovery and Democratic Transition in Nicaragua
March 17, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Conflict Management and Recovery, Democracy and Governance, Latin America and the Caribbean, Nicaragua
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded one of the first bilateral anticorruption contracts to Casals & Associates in 1995 to advise the government of Nicaragua as it faced an economy in ruins after years of war. The project’s goal was to improve the government’s ability... Learn More
Supporting the Rule of Law and Combating Corruption in Bolivia
March 17, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Bolivia, Democracy and Governance, Latin America and the Caribbean, Local Governance, Rule of Law and Justice
Casals & Associates managed a two-year anti-corruption and rule of law program in Bolivia funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Under the $2.2 million program, the firm provided technical assistance and training to Bolivia’s judiciary and prosecutorial institutions... Learn More
Mexico – Regional Forum on Good Governance
March 16, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Strategic Communications
Through our contract with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to assist Mexico in strengthening democracy and governance programs, Casals & Associates worked with Mexico’s Secretary of Public Administration (Secretaría de la Función Pública) and the Spanish Agency for International... Learn More
Mobilizing Citizen Support for Transparency in Colombia
March 16, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Strategic Communications
Casals & Associates, in collaboration with the Government of Colombia (GOC), several key nongovernmental organizations, and others partners, developed a national public awareness campaign for Colombia to improve citizens’ knowledge about their right to demand government transparency. The campaign... Learn More
Organizing the Anticorruption Summit 2000
March 16, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Strategic Communications
The Anti-Corruption Summit 2000, organized by Casals & Associates and held from September 21-23, 2000, at the Crystal City Hilton in Arlington, Virginia, attracted more than 300 representatives from 55 countries to discuss anti-corruption activities worldwide. Sponsored by USAID and the International... Learn More
Strengthening USAID’s Nutrition Communications Programs
March 15, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Africa, Asia and the Near East, Health, Latin America and the Caribbean, Strategic Communications
Casals & Associates conducted a technical review of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Bureau for Research and Development Office of Nutrition’s global nutrition communications programs. This analysis involved an extensive literature review and detailed interviews with USAID... Learn More
Worldwide – Conducting Population, Health and Nutrition Surveys Worldwide
March 13, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Africa, Asia and the Near East, Central and Eastern Europe, Health, Latin America and the Caribbean, Strategic Communications
Casals & Associates helped developing countries collect and use data to monitor and evaluate population, health and nutrition programs through our work on the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Measure Phase II/Demographic and Health Surveys (Measure DHS) program. Under a subcontract... Learn More
Worldwide – Global Civil Society Strengthening Program Cooperative Agreement
March 13, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Africa, Asia and the Near East, Central and Eastern Europe, Civil Society Strengthening, Latin America and the Caribbean
Casals & Associates is a subcontractor to Counterpart International on a five-year U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) cooperative agreement to implement the “Global Civil Society Strengthening” program. With a funding ceiling of about $200 million over the life of the program,... Learn More
Worldwide – Scholarly Research on Nutrition
March 13, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Africa, Asia and the Near East, Central and Eastern Europe, Health, Latin America and the Caribbean, Strategic Communications
Casals & Asociates conducted several communications assignments focused on international special populations for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Bureau for Research and Development Office of Nutrition. These assignments included three monographs describing the implementation... Learn More
Northern Uganda Transition Initiative Project Organizes Colorful Cultural Gala
January 22, 2010 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Africa, Success Stories, Uganda
The Casals & Associates (Casals) northern Uganda field team recently sponsored a colorful Cultural Gala in Lira Palwo sub county. The gala was sponsored through the Northern Uganda Transition Initiative (NUTI), a partnership with the Government of Uganda (GoU) funded through the U.S. Agency for International... Learn More
Casals & Associates Uganda Field Team Wins Prestigious USAID Award
December 10, 2009 — Posted by Editor
Filed under News Releases, Uganda
FALLS CHURCH, Va. – Dec. 10, 2009 — The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) awarded the Casals & Associates, Inc. (Casals) OTI Northern Uganda Transition Initiative (NUTI) field team the prestigious USAID/OTI Field Team Award for 2009, Casals... Learn More
Casals & Associates Member of Counterpart International Consortium Awarded USAID Global Civil Society Strengthening Program
June 12, 2009 — Posted by Editor
Filed under News Releases
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – June 12, 2009 — Casals & Associates, Inc. (Casals) announced today it is part of the Counterpart International consortium awarded a five-year cooperative agreement from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to implement the “Global Civil Society Strengthening”... Learn More
Casals & Associates Awarded USAID Transparency and Governance (TAG) Project in El Salvador
May 6, 2009 — Posted by Editor
Filed under El Salvador, Latin America and the Caribbean, News Release Archive: 2007-2009
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – May 6, 2009 — Casals & Associates, Inc. was recently awarded the Transparency and Governance (TAG) Project in El Salvador by the USAID Mission to El Salvador (USAID/El Salvador). The Mission issued the contract under the Encouraging Global Anticorruption and Good Governance... Learn More
Casals & Associates OTI Project in Northern Uganda Honors Internally Displaced Persons Camp Leaders
April 25, 2009 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Success Stories
After years of conflict, some 900,000 displaced Ugandans have returned to their homes in recent months. Many have been helped by a $37.2 million program Casals & Associates is managing aimed at improving the functioning of local government offices, health, and education. The program, the Northern... Learn More
Casals & Associates and USAID Receive Award from the Government Ethics Tribunal of El Salvador
November 14, 2008 — Posted by Editor
Filed under News Release Archive: 2007-2009
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador – Nov. 14, 2008 — The Government Ethics Tribunal (GET) of El Salvador presented Casals & Associates, Inc. (C&A) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) with an award for their anticorruption support at the closing event of “Ethics Week,”... Learn More
Casals & Associates Awarded USAID Competitiveness Project in Mexico with Partner, Abt Associates
September 23, 2008 — Posted by Editor
Filed under News Release Archive: 2007-2009
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Sept. 23, 2008 — Casals & Associates, Inc. (C&A) in collaboration with Abt Associates, Inc. has been awarded the Mexico Competitiveness Program by the U.S. Agency for International Development Mission to Mexico (USAID/Mexico). The Mission issued the contract under the Global... Learn More
Casals & Associates Awarded USAID Support Which Implements Fast Transition (SWIFT) III Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC)
September 3, 2008 — Posted by Editor
Filed under News Release Archive: 2007-2009
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Sept. 3, 2008 — Casals & Associates, Inc. (C&A) has been awarded the Support Which Implements Fast Transition (SWIFT) III Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC) by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The SWIFT III IQC is a five-year, multi-award contract with... Learn More
USAID OTI Selects Casals & Associates to Support Peace and Recovery in Uganda
June 18, 2008 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Africa, News Release Archive: 2007-2009, Uganda
FALLS CHURCH, Va. – June 18, 2008 — Casals & Associates, Inc. (C&A) has been selected by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) to assist with recovery and development efforts in northern Uganda, C&A Director of Business Development... Learn More
Mainstreaming Anticorruption Project Keeps Casals & Associates on the Move
March 26, 2008 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Success Stories
The Mainstreaming Anticorruption Project for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) kept Casals associates on the move in the fall of 2007. Casals & Associates Senior Associate Yemile Mizrahi and C&A consultant Joe Balcer conducted an anticorruption work shop in Malawi in November.... Learn More
Casals & Associates Awarded USAID Encouraging Global Anticorruption and Good Governance Efforts (ENGAGE) Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC)
March 24, 2008 — Posted by Editor
Filed under News Release Archive: 2007-2009
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – March 24, 2008 — Casals & Associates, Inc. (C&A) announced today that it has been awarded the Encouraging Global Anticorruption and Good Governance Efforts (ENGAGE) Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC) by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). “We are... Learn More
Casals & Associates Welcomes New Vice President to the Firm
January 2, 2008 — Posted by Editor
Filed under News Release Archive: 2007-2009
William Jeffers to Lead the Firm’s International Development Activities ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Jan. 2, 2008 — Casals & Associates, Inc. (C&A) today announced that William A. Jeffers—a respected expert in designing, implementing and managing governance programs—has joined the firm as vice... Learn More
Casals & Associates Awarded USAID-Funded Anticorruption Program in Armenia
July 13, 2007 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Armenia, Central and Eastern Europe, News Release Archive: 2007-2009
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – July 13, 2007 — Casals & Associates, Inc. (C&A) announced today that it has been selected by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to spearhead the $9.8 million “Mobilizing Action Against Corruption (MAAC) Program” in Armenia. “We are extremely... Learn More
Casals & Associates Names Chief of Party for Government Integrity Program in Malawi
August 7, 2006 — Posted by Editor
Filed under News Release Archive: 2005-2006
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Aug. 7, 2006 — Casals & Associates, Inc. (C&A) today announced the appointment of Thusitha Dharmawardena Pilapitiya to the position of Chief of Party for the USAID/Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Government Integrity Program in Malawi. This MCC Threshold Country Program... Learn More
Casals & Associates Awarded USAID-Funded Fight Against Impunity Program in Paraguay
June 1, 2006 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Democracy and Governance, Latin America and the Caribbean, News Release Archive: 2005-2006, Paraguay
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – June 1, 2006 — Casals & Associates, Inc. (C&A) has been selected by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to lead a $21.8 million Millennium Challenge Corporation’s (MCC) Threshold Country Program in Paraguay, C&A President Beatriz Casals announced... Learn More
Casals & Associates Names Chief of Party for Millennium Challenge Threshold Country Program in Paraguay
June 1, 2006 — Posted by Editor
Filed under News Release Archive: 2005-2006
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – June 1, 2006 — Casals & Associates, Inc. (C&A) today announced the appointment of Patricio Maldonado to the position of Chief of Party for the USAID-funded Fight Against Impunity Program in Paraguay. Paraguay became eligible in 2005 to participate in the Millennium Challenge... Learn More
Casals & Associates Awarded USAID Transparency and Citizen Participation Program in the Dominican Republic
May 26, 2006 — Posted by Editor
Filed under Dominican Republic, Latin America and the Caribbean, News Release Archive: 2005-2006
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – May 26, 2006 — The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has selected Casals & Associates, Inc. (C&A) to oversee a $1.8 million Transparency and Citizen Participation Program in the Dominican Republic. The Transparency and Citizen Participation project seeks... Learn More