Event: USAID Business Forecast and Partner Update Webinar

See note below from USAID

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Dear Partners,

On Tuesday, March 23 at 8:30am ET, we will host our FY 2023 Second Quarter Business Forecast and Partner Update webinar. You can click here to register

Submitting Business Forecast Questions
In advance of the event, we invite organizations to send questions specifically related to opportunities on the Business Forecast. Please see below instructions for submitting questions:

  1. You can submit using the following Google Form: USAID Business Forecast Submission Form (You may submit more than one). OR
  2. Send questions in email using this Excel template to BusinessForecast@usaid.gov.

Please be sure to label each question with the project name as indicated on the Business Forecast, as well as the Country/Mission/Bureau/Operating Unit, as applicable.

Please send all questions to BusinessForecast@usaid.gov by no later than close of business on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. 

Following the webinar, we will post responses to all of the Business Forecast-related questions on USAID.gov, along with a transcript and recording of the event.

If you have not participated in one of USAID’s Business Forecast calls, you can access previous recordings and transcripts here.

We look forward to answering your questions and speaking with you in a few weeks.

USAID Industry Liaison Team

 

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