On January 28, 2016 the Bureau for Economic Growth, Education and Environment (E3) hosted its biannual open house.

About the Event:

The purpose of this event was to communicate and engage with E3’s relevant stakeholders, including implementing partners and others interested in working with E3.

The morning was broken up into a short plenary session, followed by more in depth breakout discussions pertaining to E3’s technical sectors. Throughout the event, a marketplace was open to meet with staff from all E3 offices and learn more about the work USAID is doing around the world. There was an optional information session called Outcomes from Paris Conference of Parties 21 and Climate Risk Screening at USAID.

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Agenda

9:00am to 9:30am - Registration

9:30am to 10:00am - Remarks by E3 Senior Staff, Q&A

• Charles North, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator
  • Remarks (PDF 90KB)
• Melissa Williams, Deputy Assistant Administrator
• Carrie Thompson, Deputy Assistant Administrator
• Christian Holmes, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Global Water Coordinator

10:15am to 10:45am - Breakout Groups

• Economic Growth
  • Michael Metzler, Development Credit
  • Agnes Dasewicz, Private Capital and Microenterprise
  • Ryder Rogers, Economic Policy
    • Remarks (PDF 98KB)
  • Virginia Brown, Trade and Regulatory Reform
  • Rolf Anderson, Local Sustainability
    • Remarks (PDF 138KB)
• Education & Gender
  • Christine Veverka, Education
  • Christie Vilsack - Senior International Education Advisor
  • Vikki Stein, Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment
• Environment and Energy & Infrastructure
  • Allen Eisendrath, Global Climate Change
  • Cynthia Gill, Forestry and Biodiversity
  • Chris Kosnik, Water
  • Heath Cosgrove, Land
  • Darren Manning, Energy and Infrastructure
    • Remarks (PDF 75KB)

10:45am to 12:15pm - E3 information tables representing all offices and networking session

11:00am to 12:00pm - Optional Information Session

• Outcomes from Paris Conference of Parties 21 and Climate Risk Screening at USAID