AND BUSINESS PLANS WITH AN ESTIMATED POTENTIAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT OF
FROM $8-12 MILLION DOLLARS.

IN THE AFRICA REGION, WE PILOTED NEW PROJECTS IN SEVERAL COUNTRIES,

INCLUDING:

MARINE FISHERIES IN SIERRA LEONE, VILLAGE WOMEN'S COOPERATIVES IN
TANZANIA, WOODSTOVES/ENERGY CONSERVATION IN UPPER VOLTA, AND
AGROFORESTRY IN KENYA. WE ALSO EXPANDED ONGOING PROJECTS IN SEVERAL
COUNTRIES, INCLUDING: ZAIRE (ESPECIALLY IN HEALTH, WATER SYSTEMS
DEVELOPMENT, APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY, AND EDUCATION); KENYA (WATER
DEVELOPMENT, FISHERIES, RURAL WOMEN'S EXTENSION, AND EDUCATION);
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC (RURAL PRIMARY SCHOOL HEALTH AND EDUCATION);
AND GABON (WELL DIGGING/HAND PUMPS, AG EXTENSION, AND NON-FORMAL
EDUCATION.)

OUR PLANS FOR NEW PROJECTS FOR THE COMING YEAR INCLUDE:

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ENERGY PROJECTS IN WESTERN SAMOA, WHERE VOLUNTEERS WILL HELP CONSTRUCT
WINDMILLS FOR GENERATING ELECTRICITY AND PUMPING WATER;

FISHERIES PROJECTS IN PEACE CORPS/FIJI, WHERE VOLUNTEERS WILL HELP
LOCAL FARMERS GENERATE INCOME AND EMPLOYMENT IN RURAL COMMUNITIES;
CONSTRUCTION OF NEW IRRIGATION SYSTEMS IN YEMEN TO ADVANCE FOOD
SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF RURAL COMMUNITIES.

INCREASED EMPHASIS ON FOOD PRODUCTION FOR CONSUMPTION AND FOR INCOME
GENERATION IN PEACE CORPS/THAILAND. THE AGRICULTURE AND RURAL
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WILL BE INTEGRATED TO AN UNPRECEDENTED EXTENT,
BOTH WITH EACH OTHER AND WITH THE OPERATIONS OF THAI AND U.S.
AGENCIES.

INCREASED CONCENTRATION BY OUR VOLUNTEERS IN PEACE CORPS/PAPUA NEW
GUINEA'S AGRICULTURE PROGRAM ON IMPROVING THE MANAGEMENT AND
MARKETING SKILLS OF RURAL FARMERS. THIS WILL ALLOW MORE INDIVIDUALS
AND COMMUNITIES TO ENTER THE CASH ECONOMY.

SELF-HELP EFFORTS ON ALL 7 OF TUVALU'S OUTER ISLANDS, INCLUDING
PROJECTS IN AGRICULTURE, VEGETABLE PRODUCTION, AND WATER SANITATION.
BUILDING LOCAL INITIATIVE WILL BE A MAJOR FOCUS.

A NEW FISHERIES PROJECT IN TUNISIA, INCLUDING A COMPONENT IN MARKETING
MANAGEMENT TO HELP DEVELOP THE MARKET FOR FISH THERE;

AGRICULTURE, HEALTH, AND EDUCATION PROJECTS IN BURUNDI, WHICH WE ARE
ENTERING THIS YEAR; BEEKEEPING AND RICE PRODUCTION PROJECTS IN THE
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; FORESTRY PROJECTS IN CAMEROON;
REHABILITATION PROJECTS FOR THE HANDICAPPED IN MALAWI.

FISHERIES, SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, SOIL CONSERVATION, AND WATER
PROJECTS IN LESOTHO; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL IN LIBERIA;
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN MALI; APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY COOPERATIVES IN
SENEGAL.

HOUSING PROJECTS IN COSTA RICA, WHERE PEACE CORPS WILL WORK WITH THE
COSTA RICAN NATIONAL HOUSING AGENCY TO HELP BUILD 300 HOUSES IN SIX
DIFFERENT RURAL SITES.

TRAINING

ANOTHER OF THE GOALS OF THE FORWARD PLAN IS TO DEVELOP AN EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT TRAINING STRATEGY FOR PEACE CORPS STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS.

THIS PAST

YEAR PEACE CORPS EXPANDED ITS AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS INTO THE AREAS OF POST

HARVEST STORAGE, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING.

THIS EXPANSION INTO POST-HARVEST

ASPECTS OF AGRICULTURE IS INTENDED TO ALLOW FARMERS TO MAKE BETTER USE OF
MARKETS TO PROVIDE INCENTIVES FOR INCREASED, SELF-SUSTAINING PRODUCTIVE CAPACITY.
FOR THIS PURPOSE, SEVERAL NEW TYPES OF TRAINING WERE UTILIZED. FOR GRAIN
STORAGE VOLUNTEERS (SUCH AS OUR NEW PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS IN TANZANIA), OUR
OFFICE OF PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT WORKED WITH KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY AND SIGNED A
CONTRACT WITH USAID TO DEVELOP TECHNICAL PRE-SERVICE TRAINING FOR THOSE

VOLUNTEERS. THE OFFICE OF PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT HAS ALSO WORKED ON DEVELOPING
IN-SERVICE TRAINING IN THE AREAS OF AGRICULTURE MARKETING/INCOME GENERATION,
CROP STORAGE AND DRYING, AND IRRIGATION.

THROUGH THE INFORMATION COLLECTION AND EXCHANGE UNIT (I.C.E.) OF THE OFFICE OF PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF WERE PROVIDED WITH RELEVANT

TECHNICAL INFORMATION TO CARRY OUT VOLUNTEER OBJECTIVES.

TO ASSIST OVERSEAS POSTS IN DESIGNING PROJECTS AND TRAINING VOLUNTEERS IN SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, A SECTOR ON COMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT WAS FORMED IN THE OFFICE OF PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT. THIS SECTOR WILL PROVIDE INCREASED

PROGRAMMING AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES BY INCREASING ITS INTERACTION WITH
PRIVATE VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE SMALL

ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT CENTER AND THE GREATER WASHINGTON IBERO-AMERICAN CHAMBER

OF COMMERCE.

WE SET UP AN EXPERIMENTAL SUB-REGIONAL TRAINING CENTER IN JAMAICA TO TRAIN

VOLUNTEERS FOR JAMAICA AND THE FASTERN CARIBBEAN. THE CENTER BEGAN OPERATIONS

IN APRIL OF 1982, AND OVER 90 VOLUNTEERS WERE TRAINED DURING THE LAST TWO QUARTERS OF FISCAL 82. IN FACT, ALL TECHNICAL SKILL TRAINING FOR INTER-AMERICA (WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FISHERY TRAINING) WAS MOVED INTO THE REGION. THIS IS

30 TO 40 PERCENT LESS COSTLY THAN STATE-SIDE SKILL TRAINING.

WE HAVE DEVELOPED, AND HAVE IN PLACE, A TRAINING PROGRAM REGARDING THE PHILOSOPHY, STRATEGY, TACTICS, AND MENACE OF COMMUNISM AS MANDATED BY SECTION 8(c) OF THE PEACE CORPS ACT. WE WILL SOON IMPLEMENT A REVISED PROGRAM IN THIS AREA, WHICH, WE EXPECT, WILL IMPROVE THIS TRAINING.

THE OFFICE OF TRAINING MANAGEMENT COORDINATION (OTMC) IS COORDINATING AN INDEPTH ANALYSIS OF STAGING PROGRAMS IN ORDER TO RECOMMEND THE MOST EFFECTIVE

AND COST-EFFICIENT STAGING MODELS. IT IS ALSO DEVELOPING AN INTEGRATED
TRAINING SYSTEM WHICH WILL ENABLE US TO EVALUATE VOLUNTEER TRAINING.

FOR NEXT YEAR, THE PEACE CORPS WILL CONTINUE TO PLACE EMPHASIS ON THE

FORWARD PLAN'S GOAL OF PROMOTION OF ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND THE DEVELOP-
MENT OF FREE MARKET MECHANISMS. TO FULFILL THESE OBJECTIVES, WE WILL ADD
SEVERAL IN-SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAMS (IN THE AREA OF IMPROVED IRRIGATION, IN
KENYA AND HONDURAS, FOR EXAMPLE). TRAINING IN POWER GENERATION SYSTEMS
(PHOTOVOLTAIC AND MICROHYDRO) AND WIND SYSTEMS WILL BE ADDED TO THE CURRENT
ARRAY OF TRAINING IN RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY (ENERGY-CONSERVING STOVES,
CHARCOAL PRODUCTION, SOLAR FOOD PRESERVATION, AND SOLAR WATER DISTILLATION).
AND OF COURSE, IN 1984, TRAINING ACTIVITIES WILL CONTINUE TO INCLUDE
LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION, TECHNICAL AND CROSSCULTURAL SKILLS, AND USE OF CORE
CURRICULUM MANUALS, A STANDARD SET OF TRAINING CURRICULA ESSENTIAL TO ALL
VOLUNTEERS REGARDLESS OF ASSIGNMENT. PEACE CORPS TRAINING DOES NOT END WITH THE

PLACEMENT OF THE VOLUNTEER. AFTER PLACEMENT, TRAINING CONTINUES WITH AN ARRAY

OF SKILL-BUILDING PROGRAMS TAILOR-MADE TO HELP THE VOLUNTEER DEAL WITH

CIRCUMSTANCES THAT COULD NOT BE ANTICIPATED DURING THE PRE-SERVICE PERIOD.

COLLABORATION WITH OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES AND PRIVATE VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS

LAST YEAR I INDICATED THAT WE WERE PLANNING TO INCREASE COLLABORATIVE

EFFORTS WITH OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES AND PRIVATE VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS. SINCE

THEN, IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR FORWARD PLAN GOALS, WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THE

FOLLOWING:

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VOLUNTEERS IN TUNISIA ASSISTED IN THE PILOT PHASE OF A RENEWABLE ENERGY
PROJECT FUNDED BY USAID AND IMPLEMENTED BY NASA. THESE VOLUNTEERS
HELPED INSTALL TWO SOLAR GREENHOUSES, WIND-POWERED PUMPS, AND A
PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER SYSTEM. WHEN THE SYSTEM IS COMPLETED, VILLAGERS
WILL BE TAUGHT GREENHOUSE VEGETABLE PRODUCTION FOR TRUCK FARMING.

VOLUNTEERS IN TUVALU WORKED CLOSELY WITH SAVE THE CHILDREN FOUNDATION
IN PROJECTS TO ASSIST THE LOCAL POPULATION ACHIEVE SELF-SUFFICIENCY
THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF COOPERATIVES AND INSTRUCTION IN IMPROVED
AGRICULTURAL TECHNIQUES.

VOLUNTEERS IN MOROCCO, WORKING WITH EQUIPMENT SUPPLIED BY UNICEF
FUNDS, BEGAN A NEW PROGRAM TO REHABILITATE WELLS THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY AND PROPAGATE THE IDEA OF PUMP AND WATER SYSTEM MAINTENANCE.

VILLAGE SELF-SUFFICIENCY WAS PROMOTED BY SOLOMON ISLANDS VOLUNTEERS
WORKING ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES SUCH AS INSTALLING
POTABLE WATER SYSTEMS AND ENHANCING AGRICULTURE AND VOCATIONAL
EDUCATION ACTIVITIES. FUNDS FOR MANY OF THESE PROJECTS WERE SUPPLIED
BY USAID.

IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC THE PEACE CORPS SIGNED AN AGREEMENT WITH
USAID AND THE HOST GOVERNMENT TO IMPLEMENT A $1 MILLION AGRICULTURE
SECTOR PROGRAM.

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IN ZAIRE, VOLUNTEERS UTILIZED USAID "IMPROVED RURAL TECHNOLOGY"
FUNDING TO EXPAND THEIR APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY ACTIVITIES INTO
TOOLMAKING AND LEATHER TANNING.

IN TOGO, THE ANIMAL TRACTION, AG EDUCATION, AND WATER/SANITATION
PROJECTS ALL RECEIVED SUPPORT AND FUNDING FROM USAID.

IN COSTA RICA, IN COLLABORATION WITH USAID, THE DESIGN AND PLANNING
WAS COMPLETED FOR A LOW COST SELF-HELP HOUSING PROGRAM. THE PEACE
CORPS WILL WORK WITH THE COSTA RICAN NATIONAL HOUSING AGENCY TO HELP
BUILD 300 HOUSES IN SIX DIFFERENT RURAL SITES. AID HAS COMMITTED
$300,000 FOR BUILDING MATERIALS, AND APPROXIMATELY 14 VOLUNTEERS HAVE
BEEN RECRUITED TO WORK IN THE PROJECT STARTING THIS MARCH.

IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, WORK IS CONTINUING DURING 1983, ON A
SUCCESSFUL SWINE REPOPULATION PROJECT IN COOPERATION WITH USAID.
VOLUNTEERS ARE DISTRIBUTING PIGS TO COOPERATIVES AND TRAINING FARMERS
IN PROPERS PIG MANAGEMENT.

IN ECUADOR, PEACE CORPS IS WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE INTER-
AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK, USAID, AND THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE TO
ASSIST THE 4-F FOUNDATION IN PROVIDING RURAL YOUTH WITH ENHANCED
EARNING SKILLS.

IN JAMAICA, USAID PROVIDED $50,000 (JA) IN SMALL PROJECT FUNDS FOR
SMALL BUSINESS INCOME-GENERATING PROJECTS BY VOLUNTEERS.

IN JANUARY OF 1983 AN AGREEMENT TO COLLABORATE WITH THE GREATER
WASHINGTON IBERO-AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WAS SIGNED. PLANS CALL
FOR VOLUNTEERS TO WORK WITH CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE IN SOUTH AMERICA,
CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN IN A PROJECT DESIGNED TO PROVIDE
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO SMALL ENTREPRENUERS.

A COLLABORATIVE ARRANGEMENT HAS BEEN WORKED OUT WITH THE U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE'S NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICE (NTIS).
PLANS CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS TO ASSIST IN DISSEMINATING TECHNICAL
INFORMATION SPECIFICALLY PREPARED TO ASSIST DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.
VOLUNTEERS' INITIAL EFFORTS WILL BE CONCENTRATED IN CENTRAL AMERICA
BUT WILL LATER BE EXPANDED TO THE CARIBBEAN AND SOUTH AMERICA.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING OUR MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH

USAID AND PRIVATE VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS. WE LOOK AHEAD TO EXPANDED USE

OF PARTICIPATING AGENCY SERVICE AGREEMENTS (PASA), PARTICULARLY FOR PROVIDING

IN-SERVICE TECHNICAL TRAINING.

I AM PLEASED TO INFORM YOU THAT EARLY THIS YEAR WE JOINED WITH USAID IN A

SMALL PROJECTS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. OUR COUNTRY DIRECTORS IN EACH OF THE 41 COUNTRIES WHERE THERE IS JOINT PEACE CORPS/AID PRESENCE WILL HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT LOCAL, LOW-COST, SELF-HELP PROJECTS, IDENTIFIED AND ASSISTED BY PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS, IN THE AREAS OF AGRICULTURE, ENERGY, AND COMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT.

THIS MARCH, A JOINT PEACE CORPS/USAID DISASTER RELIEF CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD IN KENYA. SIMILAR JOINT CONFERENCES TOOK PLACE THIS PAST YEAR IN QUITO,

ECUADOR, BARBADOS, AND THE PHILIPPINES WITH USAID'S TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL
SUPPORT.

THIS COMING YEAR WE WILL BE EXPLORING JOINT FUNDING, ADMINISTRATION, AND PROGRAMMING WITH USAID FOR NEW PROGRAMS WHEN WE ENTER BURUNDI IN JUNE OF 1983. FURTHERMORE, THE PEACE CORPS OPERATIONS IN MOST OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC COUNTRIES

FIJI, TONGA, WESTERN SAMOA, KIRIBATI, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, SOLOMON ISLANDS PLAN TO UTILIZE TO A GREATER AND MORE EFFECTIVE DEGREE THE FUNDS AVAILABLE

THROUGH THE ACCELERATED IMPACT PROGRAM (AIP) OF USAID.

IN MOROCCO, PEACE CORPS WILL BEGIN TO SUPPLY VOLUNTEERS TO A LARGE USAID PROJECT IN RANGE MANAGEMENT WITH THE GOAL OF INCREASING CATTLE PRODUCTION

CAPACITY.

A MAJOR GOAL OF PEACE CORPS/PHILIPPINES IS TO ESTABLISH CLOSER COLLABORATION WITH THE UNITED STATES AND PHILIPPINE ORGANIZATIONS

INCLUDING

THE PHILIPPINE ROTARY CLUB, THE U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND THE PHILIPPINE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

IN PROJECTS WHICH EMPHASIZE THE CAPACITY-BUILDING

PROCESSES OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT TOWARDS SELF-RELIANCE.

MANAGEMENT

IN THE YEAR SINCE THE PEACE CORPS' RE-ESTABLISHMENT AS AN INDEPENDENT

AGENCY, WE HAVE EXERCISED CONSIDERABLY GREATER MANAGEMENT CONTROL OVER THE VARIOUS SUPPORT SERVICES PROVIDED TO OUR PROGRAM OVERSEAS. GIVEN THE HIGHLY DECENTRALIZED NATURE OF THE PEACE CORPS' OVERSEAS OPERATIONS, A MAJOR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS YEAR AND NEXT IS TO IMPROVE SUPPORT FOR COUNTRY DIRECTORS AND TO STRENGTHEN THEIR MANAGEMENT CAPABILITIES. WE HAVE ALREADY

TAKEN A NUMBER OF STEPS TO IMPLEMENT THIS POLICY:

EACH COUNTRY DIRECTOR CANDIDATE IS THOROUGHLY SCREENED FOR
ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT SKILLS DURING SEPARATE INTERVIEWS WITH KEY
MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS, INCLUDING THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR MANAGEMENT.

ADMINISTRATIVE TRAINING FOR COUNTRY DIRECTORS AND THEIR ASSOCIATE
DIRECTORS HAS BEEN GREATLY IMPROVED AND EXTENDED. THE DESIGN AND
PRESENTATION OF THIS TRAINING DIRECTLY INVOLVES PEACE CORPS LINE
MANAGEMENT AT HEADQUARTERS. IN ADDITION, THIS YEAR WE WILL BE WORKING
TO INTEGRATE MORE FULLY ADMINISTRATIVE TRAINING INTO THE OVERALL
TRAINING PROGRAM FOR OVERSEAS STAFF AND WE WILL BE DEVELOPING
FOLLOW-UP, ADMINISTRATIVE TRAINING FOR OVERSEAS STAFF.

PLANS FOR NEXT YEAR INCLUDE:

A NEW ADMINISTRATIVE INTERN PROGRAM WHICH WILL PROVIDE A CADRE OF
HIGHLY-QUALIFIED ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS TO OVERSEAS POSTS. INTERNS
WILL WORK IN A SERIES OF HEADQUARTERS AND FIELD ASSIGNMENTS ON A
ROTATIONAL BASIS BEFORE BEING ASSIGNED FOR FULL TOURS TO POSTS WHICH
HAVE INCURRED SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS.