Sec. 10. Global innovation strategy
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Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator, acting through the Chief Innovation Officer, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees and make available to the public a 5-year strategy for the purposes of prioritizing and expanding the use of innovation in international development and humanitarian programs that— establishes an innovation coordination plan across USAID operating units that includes the resources, training, and staffing needs to exercise of authorities described in sections 5 and 6; discusses ongoing and planned reforms to formal and informal incentives of USAID operating units and staff to mainstream and document their use of evidence and cost-effectiveness in strategic and programming decisions, and how these reforms will encourage the adoption and scaling of proven innovations across USAID; outlines efforts to integrate innovation objectives, including by using resources of USAID operating units to scale up proven solutions, the use of competitive grants, contracts, advanced market commitments, and prize awards described in section 5 into USAID acquisition and assistance mechanisms and into country and regional strategies; outlines external efforts to improve partnership and collaboration with relevant businesses, nongovernmental organizations, science and research organizations, United States Government organizations that pursue science, technology, and research, universities engaged with innovation applicable to the core work and mandate of USAID, partner governments, and multilateral institutions; identifies USAID’s approach to managing the goals of expanded innovation with ensuring rigorous oversight of Federal funds and plans to conduct monitoring and evaluation of all activities conducted pursuant to this Act; outlines, in coordination with the Chief Executive Officer of the United States International Development Finance Corporation, a joint investment plan between USAID and the United States International Development Finance Corporation to exercise the authorities described in sections 5 and 6; and includes any other matters determined by the Administrator to be appropriate.
The Administrator shall require— each newly issued USAID Country Development Cooperation Strategy, USAID Regional Development Cooperation Strategy, or other USAID planning document, as determined by the Administrator, to include a plan of action to promote innovative development practices, as described in the strategy required by subsection (a); and each USAID Country Development Cooperation Strategy, USAID Regional Development Cooperation Strategy, or other USAID planning document, in effect as of the date of the enactment of this Act, to be updated in order to meet the requirements of the strategy required by subsection (a).