Sec. 3. Sense of Congress
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It is the sense of Congress that— locally led development and humanitarian response is linked to more efficient and sustainable development and humanitarian outcomes, and is vital to building long-term self-reliance; over multiple Administrations, USAID has sought to achieve greater development outcomes through stronger local partnerships, including through Country Ownership , The Journey to Self-Reliance , and Locally Led Development ; USAID should increase direct funding to local entities, including by increasing the amount of development and humanitarian assistance to such entities;
USAID should ensure its programming enables local communities to exercise leadership over priorities, project design, implementation, and measuring and evaluating results of such programs; working with local partners often requires more time and resources than traditional partners, including extended availability of funds and additional staff resources; and increased flexibility is critical to enable USAID to respond to local priorities and leverage local capacities, including with respect to staffing, availability of funds, program design, and acquisition and assistance processes, among other areas.