President Obama's speech at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs' annual symposium, where he announced the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition.

At the Camp David Summit, G8 leaders recognized the important progress that has been achieved in a number of countries undergoing transition and committed to maintaining their support for these transitions in four key priority areas: stabilization, job creation, participation/governance, and integration.

The Leaders of the Group of Eight, met at Camp David on May 18 and 19, 2012 to address major global economic and political challenges.

ActionAid today called the just released 2012 G8 Accountability a big step forward for accountability and transparency, but cautioned that the large unfinished agenda outlined in the report stood in stark contrast to the inadequate new initiatives taken by the G8 at this year’s summit.

Over the course of this weekend’s G8 Summit, President Obama and the other G8 leaders took real strides to improve food security and nutrition for children around the world; the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition set an important target of bringing 50 million people out of poverty in the next 10 years.

ActionAid USA offered to the following reaction to the food security section of the communique of the 2012 G8 summit. 

Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, delivered a speech on food scurity at an annual symposium hosted by the Chicago Council on May 18, 2012.

Members of the U.S.-based NGO alliance InterAction released the following quotes on President Obama’s New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition.

Leaders from the Group of Eight nations meeting at Camp David on May 18-19 must commit to concrete, time-bound goals on reducing poverty, malnutrition and hunger, and deliver on previous food security pledges, said leading NGO alliance InterAction.

InterAction President Samuel A. Worthington issued the following statement today in response to the funding bill approved by the House Appropriations State, Foreign Operations Subcommittee on Wednesday.

To commemorate World Malaria Day (April 25), this month’s web features celebrate the work of Episcopal Relief & Development’s NetsforLife^® program partnership in Africa, and the efforts of the organization’s friends in the US to raise awareness and support for the fight against malaria.

InterAction is pleased the Senate Appropriations Committee, by an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 17-2, approved spending allocations today that would maintain spending for international diplomacy and development at current FY2012 levels. 

Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced that Chicago will host 1,000 Days to Change the Future: Making Malnutrition History on Monday, May 21 at the Chicago History Museum.

Read how one woman improved life for herself and her husband through literacy classes in Zambia, and how an historic Episcopal parish in Virginia has raised over $2 million for mission and outreach.

InterAction's Weekly Public Policy Update, covering Feb. 21-24, 2012. The update includes a list of upcoming hearings for next week in both the House and Senate, a summary of a hearing from last week on the situation for NGOs in Egypt, and a list of recommended articles that have come out this week.

InterAction welcomes Ertharin Cousin as the new executive director of the United Nations World Food Programme.

Episcopal Relief & Development's 2012 Lenten Meditations are available in English and in Spanish, both in print and electronically.  Orders for print booklets should be placed with the Episcopal Media Center by February 10 for delivery by Ash Wednesday, February 22.  Online booklets and

The crackdown in Egypt this week on civil society organizations, including several U.S. groups, is deeply troubling and must stop immediately, said InterAction, the largest alliance of U.S.-based international NGOs.

Read about water wells, vegetable gardens and multilateral cooperation in the Philippines, and about a congregation in Tennessee calling members to act for social justice through their first U2charist.

Episcopal churches are at the forefront of Hurricane Irene/Tropical Storm Lee response efforts in a number of communities.
 

The NetsforLife^® Inspiration Fund and Episcopal Relief & Development are pleased to announce new Spanish-language resources to help broaden involvement in this church-wide campaign.

This year’s Gifts for Life catalog is filled with ways to delight those on your holiday gift list and help communities worldwide to flourish.

Diocesan Disaster Coordinators, who receive training and support through Episcopal Relief & Development’s US Disaster Program, are playing a key role in disaster preparedness and response, particularly in the wake of Hurricane Irene.

Read how leadership training in Sierra Leone is improving gender equality, and how one young woman's entrepreneurial spirit is raising awareness and funds for NetsforLife^®.

Desperate to win hearts and minds in Pakistan, the U.S. has begun pushing aid organizations working in the country's most dangerous region along the Afghan border to advertise that they receive American assistance.

On Capitol Hill next week, the House Foreign Affairs Committee is holding a markup hearing of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2012 on Wednesday, July 20 at 10:00am in room 2172 of the Rayburn House Office Building. Check for other upcoming hearings in the Update below.

Episcopal Relief & Development is supporting disaster-impacted dioceses as they transition from emergency relief to long-term recovery. 

InterAction's analysis of the FY2011 federal budget for the last half of the year, to be signed by President Obama today. The analysis covers several humanitarian and development related accounts that InterAction tracks for members.

Note: Last updated April 20, 2011.

In past years, the State Department and foreign operations appropriation bill has passed with strong bipartisan support, often by an overwhelming margin. Members of both parties have understood how important diplomacy and development are—not only to U.S.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton unveiled the final report of the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR). The report provides a blueprint for elevating American "civilian power" to better advance national interests and to be a better partner to the U.S. military.

Blog by Katie Gresham on the Development Assistance Task Force of the U.S. Summit for Global Citizen Diplomacy, November 16-19, 2010.

InterAction President and CEO Samuel A. Worthington, in representative of the alliance of U.S. NGOs applauds the President Obama’s new global development policy.InterAction looks forward to co-work with the Administration to turn the policy framework into results.

Congresswoman Barbara Lee introduces a CR in support of the MDGs.

The June 2010 issue of Monday Developments Magazine

Letter from InterAction's President and CEO Samuel A. Worthington to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah regarding the USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance's announcement that it would reduce funding across all regions to make room for its massive response in Haiti

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's remarks at the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit on Thursday, December 17, 2009. 

Response to discussion in the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the Foreign Assistance Act (FAA) rewrite process with ten proposed reforms and other responses/suggestions from the InterAction community.

See also: HFAC Discussion Paper #1

Testimony of Dr. Rajiv Shah, Administrator Designate, U.S. Agency for International Development, before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee

See also: "Historic Challenges and Opportunities Face USAID Nominee" (November 10, 2009)

A progress report about relations between NGO (civil society) and the military since publication of InterAction’s 2008 Foreign Assistance Briefing Book.

Proposed and appropriated funding levels for poverty-focused international development and humanitarian assistance accounts, as well as various other international accounts of interest to the InterAction community.

Letter from Sens. John Kerry and Richard Lugar to President Obama urging a nomination for a USAID Administrator

In April 2009, more than 90 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) co-signed a letter calling on President Obama to nominate a qualified USAID Administrator.

Meeting request from InterAction President & CEO Samuel Worthington to Obama transition team members Aaron Williams and Gayle Smith  to discuss the Obama administration’s plans for engaging with the NGO community in connection with USAID’s proposed Partner Vetting System.

This policy brief is part of a larger series in InterAction’s 2009 Foreign Assistance Briefing Book.

Letter from InsideNGO (APVOFM) submitting comment for the public record on the July 23, 2007 federal register notice that detailed the proposed USAID partner Vetting System that would require U.S. NGOs and their subgrantees to turn over the private information of their officers and employees to the U.S. government.

Letter from International Rescue Committee submitting comment for the public record on the July 23, 2007 federal register notice that detailed the proposed USAID Partner Vetting System that would require U.S. NGOs and their subgrantees to turn over the private information of their officers and employees to the U.S. government.

Letter from World Vision submitting comment for the public record on the July 23, 2007 federal register notice that detailed the proposed USAID Partner Vetting System that would require U.S. NGOs and their subgrantees to turn over the private information of their officers and employees to the U.S. government.

Letter from International Rescue Committee submitting comment for the public record on the July 20, 2007 federal register notice that detailed the proposed USAID Partner Vetting System that would require U.S. NGOs and their subgrantees to turn over the private information of their officers and employees to the U.S. government.

Letter from World Vision submitting comment for the public record on July 20, 2007 federal register notice that detailed the proposed USAID Partner Vetting System that would require U.S. NGOs and their subgrantees to turn over the private information of their officers and employees to the U.S. government.

Letter from American Jewish World Service submitting comment for the public record on the July 17, 2007 federal register notice that detailed the proposed USAID Partner Vetting System that would require U.S. NGOs and their subgrantees to turn over the private information of their officers and employees to the U.S. government.

Letter from International Rescue Committee submitting comment for the public record on the July 17, 2007 federal register notice that detailed the proposed USAID Partner Vetting System that would require U.S. NGOs and their subgrantees to turn over the private information of their officers and employees to the U.S. government.

Letter from Global Health Council submitting comment for the public record on the July 17, 2007 federal register notice detailed the proposed USAID Partner Vetting System that would require U.S. NGOs and their subgrantees to turn over the private information of their officers and employees to the U.S. government.

Letter from Mercy Corps submitting comment for the public record on July 17, 2007 federal register notice that detailed the propose USAID Partner Vetting System that would require U.S. NGOs and their subgrantees to turn over the private informationof their officers and employees to the U.S. government,

Letter from Association of Private Voluntary Organization Financial Managers submitting comment for the public record on the July 17, 2007 federal register notice that detailed the propsed USAID Partner Vetting System that would require U.S. NGOs and their subgrantees to turn over the private information of their officers and employees to the U.S. government.