Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2008 2009

Details for Mechanism ID: 1551
Country/Region: Nigeria
Year: 2009
Main Partner: U.S. Department of State
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: Other USG Agency
Funding Agency: enumerations.State/African Affairs
Total Funding: $670,000

Funding for Management and Operations (HVMS): $670,000

ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION: This funding covers the 3 staff positions - 1 current, and 2 new requests. The

current staff is in the Public Affairs Section (PAS) and is a dedicated Foreign Service National (FSN) staff.

This person develops, administers, coordinates, and provides technical and programmatic oversight for the

Nigerian Strategic Communication Plan for PEPFAR. She also serves as the primary U.S. Mission point of

contact for all public affairs activities, including press inquiries, involving USG PEPFAR implementing

agencies, their implementing partners, the Government of Nigeria, OGAC, contractors, PEPFAR

beneficiaries and the Nigerian public. She has primary responsibility for planning and coordinating public

outreach and press events to promote USG engagement through PEPFAR with Nigeria and to tell the

PEPFAR story. The M&S budget for this position in COP09 is $60,000 USD which is inclusive of M&S

specific staff and associated costs, travel, and program coordination activities across an array of

implementing partners in Nigeria.

The 2 positions requested are for a full-time, FSN Human Resource Specialist and a full-time Eligible Family

Member (EFM) Program Assistant to the PEPFAR Coordinator. The M&S costs for these positions are

$55,000 USD and $70,000 USD respectively. The request for a Human Resources Specialist responds to

needs identified throughout COP05-COP08, and postponed due to other management priorities. While

PEPFAR activities and programming have expanded sharply, infrastructure to support this growth have not.

This position will support the classification and recruitment of FSN positions for the Centers for Disease

Control (CDC) and the Department of Defense (DOD). The $55,000 supports one FSN salary, overhead

charges, travel costs, training funds and other minor support costs. The second position requested is for a

full time Eligible Family Member (EFM) Program Assistant to the PEPFAR Coordinator. Given the size of

the PEPFAR Nigeria program and the responsibilities placed on the Coordinator the team has agreed that

administrative, planning, and organizational support is necessary in order for a Coordinator to be successful

representing the PEPFAR team. The incumbent will be funded by PEPFAR through the Department of

State and will be located at the U.S. Embassy. The $56,000 supports one full-time EFM salary, training,

travel and other minor support costs and $14,000 will go towards ICASS costs.

Reprogramming: during the April 2009 reprogramming, $485,000 was programmed into this activity to

support the development of Nigeria's PEPFAR Partnership Framework.

New/Continuing Activity: Continuing Activity

Continuing Activity: 13172

Continued Associated Activity Information

Activity Activity ID USG Agency Prime Partner Mechanism Mechanism ID Mechanism Planned Funds

System ID System ID

13172 11146.08 Department of US Department of 6403 1551.08 State Track 2.0 $80,000

State / African State PAS

Affairs

11146 11146.07 Department of US Department of 4192 1551.07 Public Affairs $60,000

State / African State Section

Affairs