

Join us for BEI’s Series of events engaging with USAID. We are delighted to be joined for a one-day event by 4 senior representatives from USAID as well as welcoming back Mike Shanley from Konektid International. Our speakers will run 2 panel discussion in the morning followed by afternoon break out sessions and 1-1 sessions which can be booked by members individually with each of the speakers. The agenda for the day is:
Agenda:
9:00 – 9.30: Arrival and networking
Session 1: 10:00 - 11:30
Topic: Overview of USAID’s Localization Agenda
Speakers: Paul Burford (Deputy Director, Local, Faith and Transformative Partnerships Hub) & Arjun Tasker (New Partnerships Portfolio Manager), USAID
Topic: Connecting with USAID Overseas & Identifying Country Opportunities
Speakers: Erik Singer (Supervisory Contract and Agreement Officer, USAID)
Break: 11:30 - 11:50
Session 2: 11:50 - 12:50:
Topic: USAID Subcontracting Best Practices
Speaker: Mike Shanley (CEO and Founder of Konektid International and AidKonekt Data)
Networking Lunch: 12:50 - 14:00
Session 3: Breakout rooms 14:00 - 15:00
Breakout rooms where participants can join small group moderated discussions with morning session speakers
Topics:
Break: 15:00 - 15:20
Session 4: 1 to 1s 15:20 - 16:30:
BEI will be able to provide 5 meeting spaces, which will allow 3 meetings of 20 minutes with each speaker – Please email max@britishexpertise.org to book your meeting.
For further information, please contact:
BEI Events Team | events@britishexpertise.org