Despite the termination of U.S.-funded environmental programs, respondents across five countries noted that long-term investments in capacity strengthening had allowed some environmental experts to move into public sector positions or establish spin-off NGOs to continue previous work.
Date: 6/26
Region: Global
Country: Global
Topic: Climate & Environment
Policy Lens: Climate & Resource Pressure
Entry Type: Secondary Effect
Additional Context: This information is based on 150 semi-structured interviews conducted by One Earth Partners across five countries selected to represent the diversity of USAID's environmental work. Interview findings were triangulated with a global survey of 175 respondents and external media analysis.
According to One Earth Partners, across multiple regions, former personnel leveraged their deep technical expertise to launch their own independent consulting firms or spin-off nonprofits to continue offering specialized technical assistance. In Peru, for example, a national infrastructure authority directly hired former project staff as independent consultants so they could continue guiding public investments in disaster risk management.
Source: One Earth Partners (Full report forthcoming).