Worldwide—Advancing Capacity for the Environment (ACE)

The Advancing Capacity for the Environment (ACE) Activity supports the U.S. Agency International Development (USAID)’s work in climate change, environment, energy, and infrastructure. ACE enhances USAID’s effectiveness in these areas through activities to support communications, training, knowledge management, and facilitation/organizational development—leading to positive and sustainable development outcomes globally. Our role is be facilitative, helping USAID’s Center for Environment, Energy, and Infrastructure (EEI) fulfill its mandate as a Center of Excellence—by providing surge capacity and supporting policy guidance, technical assistance, and thought leadership in the face of climate change and other global challenges.

Sample Activities

• Support the planning, roll-out, and implementation of USAID’s 2022 Climate Strategy.
• Manage and update USAID’s Climatelinks.org, Land-Links.org, Urban-Links.org, and BiodiversityLinks.org websites.
• Design curriculum and multifaceted learning materials for different levels of learners in key EEI topics.
• Co-create an EEI Knowledge Management Strategic Plan.