Congress ikhoza kutsutsa ntchito ya USAID

Ntchito ya USAID yothandizidwa ndi ASEAN Competitive Enhancement Project, polimbikitsa Myanmar, ikuphwanya malamulo a momwe amaloledwa kupereka ndalama ndipo iyenera kusinthidwa ngati Congress ilowererapo.

Awa ndi malingaliro a katswiri wotsogola ku Myanmar ku Washington, US Campaign for Burma Advocacy director, Jennifer Quigley, yemwe adauza TTR Weekly kuti: "Monga ndikudziwa, a Congress akudziwa za ntchitoyi, ndipo ndikukhulupirira kuti angafunike USAID kusintha pulojekitiyi. zotsatira za kuphwanya uku. "

Ntchito ya US $ 8 miliyoni ya ACE ikufuna kupanga mpikisano wamabizinesi mumakampani azokopa alendo ndi nsalu a ASEAN. Pafupifupi, US $ 4 miliyoni ya bajeti ya 2008 mpaka 2013 ACE imapita ku kampeni yotsatsa zokopa alendo yotchedwa "Southeast Asia: Imvani kutentha" komwe kumapangidwa mozungulira tsamba la ogula lomwe lidzayendetsa kusungitsa alendo kumayiko 10 a ASEAN, komwe Myanmar ndi. membala.

Mawu omveka bwino a pa SoutheastAsia.Org, pansi pa tag About Us, amati “amembala a Association of Southeast Asian Nations omwe adzapindule ndi Southeast Asia: amamva kutentha ndi awa: Brunei Darussalam; Cambodia; Indonesia; Lao PDR; Malaysia; Myanmar; ku Philippines; Singapore; Thailand ndi Vietnam. ”

Ntchitoyi idapangidwa, kuthandizidwa ndi ndalama, ndikupangidwa ndi USAID's ASEAN Competitiveness Enhancement (ACE) Project, yomwe imayang'aniridwa ndi kampani yaku US, Nathan Associates Inc. kuchokera kunthambi yake ku Bangkok komanso pansi pa mgwirizano ndi US Agency for International Development (USAID) Regional Development Mission Asia (RDMA).

Pakatikati pa kampeni yotsatsa, www.southeastasia.org imagwira ntchito ngati malo ogulitsa, ogula omwe ali ndi injini yosungitsa malo yoperekedwa ndi meta-search engine Wego.Com.

Kasamalidwe kazinthu amati dziko lililonse la 10 ASEAN lipeza malo ofanana pazogulitsa zawo. Nkhaniyi yakhala ikukambidwa mozama pakati pa mabungwe oyendera alendo a dziko la ASEAN, omwe adafuna zitsimikizo kuti sipadzakhala zotsutsana ndi Myanmar momwe zinthu zoyendera maulendo zimasonyezera.

Kampani yaku US ya Nathan Associates Inc. inasankha yemwe kale anali wogwira ntchito ku boma la US komanso wogwira ntchito ku USAID, RJ Gurley, kuti atsogolere ntchitoyi ngati manejala wake.

Kuphatikiza pa kampeni yotsatsa malonda ku Southeast Asia, a Gurley apereka ndalama za USAID kuti akonzenso tsamba la ogula la Greater Mekong Sub-region www.exploremekong.org lomwe lidzayang'ane kwambiri paulendo wopita kumayiko asanu ndi limodzi - Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar. , Thailand, Vietnam, ndi zigawo ziwiri za China (Yunnan ndi Guangxi). Ntchitoyi ikuyang'aniridwa ndi ofesi ya Mekong Tourism Co-ordinating Office, yomwe imathandizidwa mofanana ndi mayiko asanu ndi limodzi omwe ali mamembala.

Exploremekong.org ndi buku la kaboni la southeastasia.org lomwe lili ndi chida chosungitsako cha Wego.Com ndi zolinga zofananira zamalonda.

Monga Myanmar ndi gawo la ASEAN ndi GMS, polojekiti ya ACE yadziwika ndi magulu a anthu aku Myanmar ku Washington DC ndipo ikukweza nsidze kumeneko.

Atalingalira mwatsatanetsatane, Mayi Quigley anati: “Sitingakhulupirire kuti wina wavomereza ntchitoyi. Tikuchenjeza mamembala achidwi a Congress omwe angavomereze kuti gawo la Burma la pulogalamuyi silikugwirizana ndi mfundo za US Burma. "

Mwa kutanthauzira, projekiti ya ACE iyenera kuphatikiza Myanmar ngati membala wa ASEAN. Koma, Mayi Quigley anati: “Mzimu wa [zilango za dziko la Burma la United States] unali woti ndalama za ku America zisamalowe m’manja mwa boma la Burma. Momwe chuma chazokopa alendo ku Burma chimapangidwira, sizongoganiza kuti boma lingapindule ndi ndalama pakuwonjezeka kwa zokopa alendo.

"Kuphatikiza apo, malamulo a US omwe amalamulira momwe dziko la US lingagwiritsire ntchito ndalama zaboma ali ndi malangizo omveka bwino amomwe USAID angagwiritsire ntchito ndalama ku Burma, ndipo ntchito iyi ya USAID ikutsutsana ndi malangizowo."

Mkulu wa bungwe la Burma Campaign UK ku London, Anna Roberts, adalongosola momwe akumvera ponena kuti: "Palibe zoletsa pa zokopa alendo, koma sitingagwirizane ndi ntchito zomwe zimalimbikitsa zokopa alendo ku Burma (komanso boma la UK)."

Gulu loyang'anira ACE limazindikira izi. Mukulankhulana kwaposachedwa kwa imelo ndi mlembi wa ASEAN pankhani yopezera ndalama zoyendera, ACE idauza anzawo a ASEAN kuti ipereka thandizo la matikiti a ndege ndi ma dims kwa gulu la polojekiti ikayendera mayiko onse omwe ali mamembala a ASEAN kupatula Myanmar "chifukwa chaukadaulo wake. thandizo.”

Maulendo opita kumaderawa amafunikira thandizo la ACE pafupifupi US$5,000 ya matikiti ndi dimes iliyonse kwa gulu lomwe likuchita zokambirana ndi ASEAN NTOs kuti apange ASEAN Tourism Strategy Plan 2011-2015.

Zambiri zikuyikidwa pa chitukuko cha SoutheastAsia.Org zomwe zidzapereka phindu lalikulu pazambiri zokopa alendo ku Myanmar, mothandizidwa ndi USAID.

Kafukufuku wa zolemba zonse zomwe zilipo zoperekedwa ndi ACE, kuphatikiza matebulo operekedwa mu Proposed Target Sectors Evaluation Memorandum, June 2008, akuwonetsa kusakhalapo kwa data ndi maumboni ku Myanmar. Ngakhale tebulo la data la zokopa alendo, lochokera ku ASEAN, lidasinthidwa kuti liwonetse zotsatira za mayiko asanu ndi anayi omwe ali mamembala a ASEAN omwe akuchoka ku Myanmar. Kungotchula kokha za Myanmar ndizomwe zidanenedwa m'malemba apambuyo a ACE.

Zotsutsanazi zakhala zikuwonekera kalekale. Iwo adaleredwa koyamba pa nthawi yomwe Memorandum of Understanding yoyambirira idasainidwa pakati pa ACE ndi ASEANTA ku ASEAN Tourism Forum ku Hanoi, Januwale 2009. Atafunsidwa kuti afotokoze, woimira USAID ku Hanoi anakana ndemanga, akuyankha mafunso ku likulu la USAID Washington DC.

Kukangana kwavuta. Pamsonkhano wa atolankhani ku ITB Berlin koyambirira kwa mwezi uno, mkonzi wa Travel Business Analyst, Murray Bailey, adafunsa za kuthekera kwakuti mabulogu omwe ali patsambali angagwiritsidwe ntchito kupanga ndemanga zotsutsana ndi Myanmar, komanso kudzudzula mayiko ena a ASEAN kapena mabungwe apadera. gawo.

A Gurley, omwe anali kuchititsa msonkhano wa atolankhani, adayankha kuti ntchitoyi inali ndi njira yoyenera yochotsera ndemangazi "popanda kuchita ngati gulu lofufuza." Komabe, adayankha mafunso enanso akufunsa momwe izi zingakhalire apolisi, ndi ndani. “Sindikufuna kuloŵa nawo,” iye anatero.

Zowona zoperekedwa ndi tsamba la ACE zimatsimikizira mfundo imodzi: Myanmar ipindula kwambiri ndi ndalama za USAID pa tsamba la webusayiti ndi kukwezedwa kogwirizana nawo.

Mwalamulo, USAID yati idayimitsa thandizo mdziko muno kutsatira kupondereza gulu lolimbikitsa demokalase mu 1988. Kuyambira 1998, ndalama zake zamayiko zakhala zikuthandizira demokalase ku Myanmar ndi magulu ochirikiza demokalase kunja kwa Myanmar ndikupereka thandizo lothandizira anthu monga chisamaliro chamankhwala choyambirira ndi maphunziro oyambira kwa othawa kwawo omwe amakhala m'misasa ya anthu othawa kwawo komanso thandizo ladzidzidzi panthawi ya Cyclone Nargis.

Lipoti lofufuzidwa pamodzi ndikulembedwa ndi mkonzi wa TTR Weekly, Don Ross, ndi mkonzi wa Travel Impact Newswire, Imtiaz Muqbil.