Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid; Notice of Meeting, 23834 [05-8942]
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AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
Board for International Food and
Agricultural Development; One
Hundred and Forty-Fourth Meeting;
Notice of Meeting
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, notice is hereby given of
the one hundred and forty-fourth
meeting of the Board for International
Food and Agricultural Development
(BIFAD). The meeting will be held from
8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on May 19th, 2005
at the National Association of State
Universities and Land Grant Colleges
(NASULGC), 1307 New York Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC (13th & H St.)
The BIFAD will address an agenda
focusing on Agriculture Development in
Afghanistan, including poppy control
initiatives, a progress report on
horticultural assessments recently held
in Africa, Latin America and the Middle
East, discussion of the merits of
establishing a CRSP Board, issues of
visa issuance for international trainees,
long term training, and other items of
general interest.
The meeting is free and open to the
public. Those wishing to attend the
meeting or obtain additional
information about BIFAD should
contact John Swanson, the Designated
Federal Officer for BIFAD. Write him in
care of the U.S. Agency for International
Development, Ronald Reagan Building,
Office of Agriculture and Food Security,
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Room
2.11–06, Washington DC, 20523–2110 or
telephone him at (202) 712–5602 or fax
(202) 216–3010.
John Swanson,
USAID Designated Federal Officer for BIFAD,
Office of Agriculture and Food Security,
Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture &
Trade.
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AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
Advisory Committee on Voluntary
Foreign Aid; Notice of Meeting
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, notice is hereby given of
a meeting of the Advisory Committee on
Voluntary Foreign Aid (ACVFA).
Date: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 (9
a.m. to 4:30 p.m.).
Location: The National Press Club,
529 14th Street, NW., Washington, DC
20045.
The meeting will open with a keynote
address by USAID Administrator
Andrew Natsios. He will discuss
democratic governance and civil
society.
Following the Administrator’s
presentation, James Smith, Acting
Assistant Administrator for USAID’s
Bureau for Economic Growth,
Agriculture and Trade will present the
agency’s new education strategy
followed by a panel discussion with
Stephen Moseley, President of the
Academy for Educational Development
and John Grayzel, Director of the Office
of Education in USAID’s Bureau for
Economic Growth, Agriculture and
Trade.
Following lunch, participants will be
invited to attend concurrent panel
sessions on either USAID’s Arab and
Muslim outreach strategy or tsunami
relief and reconstruction. Panelists
include Samah Alrayyes with USAID’s
Bureau for Legislative and Public
Affairs, Nancy Aossey, President and
CEO of International Medical Corps,
Ken Isaacs, Director of USAID’s Office
of Foreign Disaster Assistance, Iqbal
Noor Ali, CEO of the Aga Khan
Foundation USA, Michael Nyenhuis,
President of MAP International, Ann
Phillips with USAID’s Bureau for Policy
and Program Coordination and Mark
Ward, Deputy Assistant Administrator
for the Bureau for Asia and the Near
East. Following the panel sessions,
participants will reconvene for
recommendations and a final wrap-up.
Participants will have an opportunity to
ask questions of the speakers and
participate in the discussion.
The meeting is free and open to the
public. Persons wishing to attend the
meeting can register online at https://
www.usaid.gov/about_usaid/acvfa or email their name to Barbara Underwood
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at barbara@websterconsulting.com or
Jocelyn Rowe at jrowe@usaid.gov.
Dated: April 29, 2005.
Jocelyn M. Rowe,
Executive Director, Advisory Committee on
Voluntary Foreign Aid (ACVFA), U.S. Agency
for International Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary
Notice of Appointment to the Advisory
Committee on Biotechnology and 21st
Century Agriculture
AGENCY:
Agricultural Research Service.
Notice of appointment to the
Advisory Committee on Biotechnology
and 21st Century Agriculture.
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Office of the Secretary of
Agriculture announces members
appointed to fill 9 vacancies on the
Advisory Committee on Biotechnology
and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21), in
accordance with the Federal Advisory
Committee Act. Those appointed are as
follows: Richard Crowder, President and
Chief Executive Officer, American Seed
Trade Association, in Alexandria,
Virginia; Duane Grant, Farmer, in
Rupert, Idaho; Robert Herdt, Adjunct
International Professor of Applied
Economics and Management, Cornell
University, in Ithaca, New York;
Josephine Hunt, Program Manager,
Global Science and Regulatory Affairs,
Kraft Foods, in Glenview, Illinois;
Gregory Jaffe, Director, Biotechnology
Project, Center for Science in the Public
Interest, in Washington, DC; Patricia
Layton, Professor, Department of
Forestry and Natural Resources,
Clemson University, in Clemson, South
Carolina (AC21 Chair); Bradley Shurdut,
Global Leader, Government Relations,
Regulatory Affairs, and Science Policy,
Dow AgroSciences LLC, in Washington,
DC; Alison Van Eenennaam,
Cooperative Extension Specialist,
Department of Animal Science,
University of California in Davis,
California; and Lisa Zannoni, Director,
Global Regulatory Affairs and
Government Relations, BASF
Corporation, in Research Triangle Park,
North Carolina.
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AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid; Notice of Meeting
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby
given of a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid
(ACVFA).
Date: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 (9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.).
Location: The National Press Club, 529 14th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20045.
The meeting will open with a keynote address by USAID Administrator
Andrew Natsios. He will discuss democratic governance and civil
society.
Following the Administrator's presentation, James Smith, Acting
Assistant Administrator for USAID's Bureau for Economic Growth,
Agriculture and Trade will present the agency's new education strategy
followed by a panel discussion with Stephen Moseley, President of the
Academy for Educational Development and John Grayzel, Director of the
Office of Education in USAID's Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture
and Trade.
Following lunch, participants will be invited to attend concurrent
panel sessions on either USAID's Arab and Muslim outreach strategy or
tsunami relief and reconstruction. Panelists include Samah Alrayyes
with USAID's Bureau for Legislative and Public Affairs, Nancy Aossey,
President and CEO of International Medical Corps, Ken Isaacs, Director
of USAID's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance, Iqbal Noor Ali, CEO
of the Aga Khan Foundation USA, Michael Nyenhuis, President of MAP
International, Ann Phillips with USAID's Bureau for Policy and Program
Coordination and Mark Ward, Deputy Assistant Administrator for the
Bureau for Asia and the Near East. Following the panel sessions,
participants will reconvene for recommendations and a final wrap-up.
Participants will have an opportunity to ask questions of the speakers
and participate in the discussion.
The meeting is free and open to the public. Persons wishing to
attend the meeting can register online at https://www.usaid.gov/about_
usaid/acvfa or e-mail their name to Barbara Underwood at
barbara@websterconsulting.com or Jocelyn Rowe at jrowe@usaid.gov.
Dated: April 29, 2005.
Jocelyn M. Rowe,
Executive Director, Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid
(ACVFA), U.S. Agency for International Development.
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