USAID Administrator Shah to Host Forum with UK's Mitchell

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Please join USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah and Andrew Mitchell, Secretary of State for International Development at the United Kingdom's Department for International Development (DFID) on September 23, 2011. The two leaders will lead a lively discussion of how their agencies are approaching reform.

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Date: Friday, September 23, 2011

Time: Noon-1pm

Location: USAID Ronald Reagan Building Amphitheater, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington DC

Shah and Mitchell will discuss the recently released USAID Policy Framework 2011-2015, which details USAID's core development priorities and lays out the agenda for responding to the most critical development challenges of the future.

Mitchell will share the Coalition Government's reform agenda for DFID and describe how these efforts are being carried out across the organization. DFID has championed new standards for aid effectiveness and transparency, and reinvigorated efforts to meet the 2015 Millennium Development Goals.

Public Information: 202-712-4810

SOURCE U.S. Agency for International Development