AID grant no. PDC-0212-G-SS-3129-00 to Town Affiliation Association of the US/Sister Cities International, Inc. to assist American cities to plan and implement technical assistance programs with their Third World sister cities

cities plan and implement TA programs with sister cities in the Third World. Town Affiliation Association (TAA)/Sister Cities International will implement the project. Over a 3-year period, TAA will assist U.S. cities in adapting and transferring U.S. "know-how" to private and public institutions in Third World sister cities. TAA will focus on: (1) mobilizing the human and financial resources of U.S. cities for project purposes; (2) helping U.S. cities identify needs in Third World sister cities that can be addressed by technical collaboration; (3) helping U.S. and Third World cities design projects suitable for short-term intervention by U.S. volunteer technicians; and (4) providing a mechanism for implementing such projects. The grant includes a list of possible project activities in the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Peru, and Zambia.