Awareness of population impact

PROJECT CONCENTRATES ON DISTRIBUTING POP AWARENESS MATERIALS TO SPECIFIC COUNTRIES AND ON ACTUAL PRESENTATIONS TO LDCS AND US MISSION OFFICIALS TO STIMULATE THE ADOPTION OF NATIONAL POP POLICIES. PROJ ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: 1. A SERIES OF COUNTRY ISSUES PAPERS FOR AID/W AND FIELD USE WHICH WILL EXAMINE THE POPULATION ASPECTS OF MAJOR DEVEL ISSUES FOR EACH OF 40 COUNTRIES. 2. AWARENESS-PROMOTING SEMINARS AND DEMONSTRATIONS FOR LDC POLICY MAKERS AND STATE/AID OFFICIALS BOTH HERE IN WASHINGTON AND IN THE FIELD. 3. CONSULTATION AND COORDINATION WITH AID OFFICES, US FIELD PERSONNEL AND LDC OFFICIALS THROUGHOUT THE LIFE OF THE PROJ TO ENCOURAGE THE USE OF COMPUTER SIMULATION TECHNIQUES. IMPLEMENTED BY FULLY QUALIFIED TECHNICIANS, PROJ WILL FEATURE A RAPID FEEDBACK COMPUTER SYSTEM WHICH PERMITS THE PROJECTION OF DEVEL TRENDS THROUGH THE MANIPULATION OF DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC VARIABLES FOR ANY ONE COUNTRY, GEOGRAPHICAL REGN OR THE WORLD AS A WHOLE. PROJ WILL BE IMPLEMENTED BY THE CONTRACTOR AND MONITORED BY THE POLCY DEVEL DIVISION OF AID/PHA OFFICE OF POP. PARTICIPANTS FOR WASHINGTON-BASED PROJ ACTIVITIES WILL BE SELECTED FROM PERSONS WHO ARE IN THE DC AREA FOR ORIENTATION, TRNG, CONSULTATION OR ASSIGNMENT AS NO TRAVEL FOR PARTICS IS FUNDED. THE 40 FOCUS COUNTRIES WILL BE SELECTED THROUGH COORDINATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES AND OFFICE OF POP INFORMATION PROGRAMS; AND 35 WILL BE CHOSEN FOR IN-COUNTRY PRESENTATIONS. PRESENTATIONS WILL ALSO BE MADE TO OTHER US AGENCIES WITH INTERESTS IN LDC PROGRAMS SUCH AS USIA, ACTION, DOL, CONTRACTORS AND PVOS ASSOCIATED WITH AID PROJECTS. PROGRAMS FOR FOREIGN PARTICIPANTS AND US PERSONNEL WILL INCLUDE THE AID DEVELOPMENT STUDIES PROGRAM, AID"S IDI AND NEW-HIRE ORIENTATIONS, FSI ORIENTATIONS, IN-SERVICE SEMINARS AND VISITORS TO THE WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL CENTER AND THE PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON, INC. Unauthorized amendment of 5/05/80 extends the project by 2 years and increases the maximum number of countries (by 5) and of RAPID presentations, although some analyses may cover an area rather than an entire country, e.g., in the case of Brazil or India. Amendment also increases the number of visits by contract staff to host countries in delivering project services; provides for the installation of microcomputers in up to 20 selected host countries having received presentations (microcomputers will also be located in Washington, D.C., and at contractor headquarters); and provides training for personnel in up to 10 host countries in programming the software so that up-to-date presentations may continue. (PD-AAT-644)