Agency's risk appetite for implementer engagement with sanctioned entities when the Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control authorizes and issues a general license. This review should be coordinated with Agency stakeholders as necessary.
We recommend that the Office of the Administrator coordinate with the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance and USAID/Afghanistan to develop and implement a joint process for reviewing, monitoring, and sharing information related to implementer memorandums of understanding with Afghanistan's de facto government.
We recommend that the Office of the Administrator coordinate with the Office of Security, Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, and regional bureaus to review and revise Automated Directives System Chapters 101, 251, and 573 to clarify roles and responsibilities for the Office of Security, Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, and mission Partner Liaison Security Offices to ensure USAID coordinates the security and safety support it provides to implementers. This review should articulate roles and responsibilities for reviewing, monitoring, and sharing information related to implementer security and safety plans and incident reports.
We recommend that the Office of the Administrator coordinate with the Bureau for Management's Office of Acquisition and Assistance, Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, and USAID/Afghanistan to review and revise USAID's approach to coordinating implementer security and safety measures in Afghanistan. This review should consider implementing consistent assistance award requirements for implementers in Afghanistan to prepare security and safety plans and report security and safety incidents.