Joaquin Castro tweeted the following:
"FIGDA would direct @USAID to find impactful interventions and provide a pathway to scale through the Proven Solutions program it establishes and authorizes the position of USAID Chief Innovation Officer to push the agency to better use innovation across its programs. (4/7)"Read on Twitter
Here are other recent tweets from Joaquin Castro:
"The bill would authorize $45 million annually for five years to expand innovation within @USAID, including for the important Development Innovation Ventures program. (3/7)"Read on Twitter
"It would also allow @USAID and @DFCgov to each leverage their unique abilities to work together more effectively and further remove the $100,000 limit on Innovation Incentive Awards and allow for fixed sub-awards up to $1 million to help us value results and output. (5/7)"Read on Twitter"Read on Twitter
"Today, @YoungKimCA and I introduced the bipartisan Fostering Innovation in Global Development Act or FIGDA legislation that is directly informed by my @HouseForeign subcommittees work over the last two years. (1/7)"Read on Twitter
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