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August 25, 2023
Established in 2013, the Tarek Nabhan International Achievement Award recognizes staff members in our overseas offices who regularly go above and beyond their normal job responsibilities to achieve excellence. The award is named after Tarek Nabhan in recognition of his 31 years of service to IESC. One winner and two runners-up are selected each year.
For 2022, we honored Dr. Silvia La Osa, IESC Sanitary and…
read moreAugust 10, 2023
IESC is excited to announce the launch of a new three-year USAID-funded program in the Eastern and Southern Caribbean (ESC) that will improve food security and strengthen farmer livelihoods. The $5.3 million Caribbean Agricultural Productivity Improvement Activity (CAPA) will help farmers and stakeholders in the fruit and vegetable industry by promoting the use of market-driven agricultural practices and technologies, which…
read moreWashington, DC—August 2, 2023—Improving Economies for Stronger Communities (IESC) announces the election of Mr. Morgan McGrath as Board Director.
Mr. McGrath was elected to join IESC’s Board as a Director effective August 2023. Morgan McGrath is Head of International Banking at J.P. Morgan Commercial Banking, where he is responsible for the global relationship management of Commercial Banking clients headquartered in the U.S. and…
read moreFebruary 9, 2023
IESC is excited to announce the launch of a new youth-focused USAID program in North Macedonia. The five-year, $7 million Youth Actively Create Opportunities (YACO) Activity will increase youth’s positive contributions to society and collective leadership through the implementation of three main areas of intervention. YACO Component I creates partnerships in support of economic opportunities attractive to youth; Component 2…
read moreJanuary 5, 2023
We are thrilled to announce that our name is now Improving Economies for Stronger Communities (IESC).
We selected this name—which embraces our history while reflecting who we are and what we do in the present day—following a thoughtful process that included multiple internal and external stakeholder surveys. The IESC Board recently unanimously approved the new name.
In addition to retaining the IESC acronym with the…
read moreSeptember 21, 2022
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded IESC new funding in the Northern Triangle—El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras—to address the root causes of migration through a holistic approach to horticulture and trade. The five-year, $30.8 million Horticulture Uplifting and Energizing Resiliency through Trade (La Huerta) Project will facilitate local, regional, and international trade and build resilience to address…
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