SECID's current IQCs | Projects/Locations - Worldwide

See also:
- General Business, Trade and Investment II (GBTI II) IQC
- Prosperity, Livelihoods and Conserving Ecosystems (PLACE) IQC
- Assistance to Basic Education (ABE) IQC
- Macroeconomic Policy IQC
- People, Energy, and Development (PED) IQC
- Integrated Water and Coastal Resources Management IQC


Environmental Policy and Institutional Strengthening II (EPIQ) IQC
Start date: 10/03 - Completion date: 09/09
IQC Prime Contractor: PA Consulting

In October 2003, PA Consulting Group (PA) was awarded one of the three
Environmental Policy and Institutional Strengthening (EPIQ II) Indefinite Quantity
Contracts. SECID has entered into an agreement with PA to provide up to $9 million
of services under this IQC. EPIQ II is a vehicle for USAID Missions to
access environmental policy, institutional strengthening and related services
to support the development and implementation of environmental policies and
programs in both urban and rural settings. Technical areas of work under the
EPIQ II IQC will focus on but not be limited to:

• Environmental policy support -- priority setting and strategic planning,
  policy analysis support, policy dialogue (consensus building and design),
  policy implementation support, policy evaluation support, and dissemination
  of policy knowledge and research;
• Multilateral environmental agreements - natural resource management
  related issues, human settlements, and other emerging issues;
• Global climate change;
• Public-private partnerships;
• Institutional development-human resource development, sustained
  financing/grant making capacity, and institutional strengthening;
• Linking environment and economic growth; and
• Policy program management and support.