Flak over $4 miliyoni USAID projekiti yokopa alendo

Ndalama zothandizira ku US zidzagwiritsidwa ntchito pa ntchito yomwe imati ikupititsa patsogolo mpikisano wokopa alendo ku Asean, koma otsutsa akuwopa kuti pamapeto pake ikhoza kupereka meta-search portal Wego.com, mothandizidwa ndi ndalama ndi Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, mpikisano wampikisano pamsika wapaintaneti. .

Webusayiti ya www.southeastasia.org ikupangidwa ngati gawo lofunikira kwambiri la Asean Competitiveness Enhancement Project, pomwe US$4 miliyoni ikuyenera kutumizidwa mu 2008-2013 kudzera ku US Agency for International Development. Ntchitoyi ikuyendetsedwa ndi a Nathan Associates Inc.

Malinga ndi chilengezo chaposachedwa ku Asean Tourism Forum, Wego.com yasankhidwa kuti ipereke chithandizo chaukadaulo patsambali, gawo lalikulu la kampeni yatsopano yokopa alendo yomwe idapangidwa kuti ikope alendo kumayiko a Asean. Wego.com idzalipira theka la ndalama zopangira webusayiti.

Komabe, otsutsa adafotokoza nkhawa zawo patsamba la TTR Weekly kuti akuwopa kuti ndalama za okhometsa misonkho zaku US zipatsa mpikisano wamalonda mwayi wamsika. Wego.Com's CE, a Martin Symes adalongosola lingalirolo ngati "zachabechabe".

Pafupifupi US $ 500,000 idzagwiritsidwa ntchito potsatsa pa intaneti kuti apange kuchuluka kwa anthu patsamba. Mbali imeneyi ya akauntiyi ikuperekedwa kwa Qais, kampani yowunikira mawebusayiti ku Singapore, motsogozedwa ndi Keith Timmi, yemwe akunena patsamba lake kuti "anali woyambitsa ndalama ku Wego.com".

Australia's News Digital Media, gawo la digito la News Limited Australia, ili ndi gawo lazachuma ku Wego Pty Ltd yaku Singapore. NDM, nayonso, imayikidwa pansi pa "zinthu zina" patsamba la kholo lawo lochokera ku US, News Corporation.

M'mawu awoawo, akuluakulu a Wego anena m'zotsatsa zaposachedwa zomwe akufuna opanga mapulogalamu: "Timathandizidwa ndi News Digital Media, yomwe ndi gawo lapaintaneti la ku Australia la Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation."

Kampeni yomwe idamangidwa mozungulira southeastasia.org tsopano akuti "imathandizira" osati "kuvomerezedwa" ndi Asean NTOs ndipo tsambalo lokha lafotokozedwa m'manyuzipepala am'mbuyomu ngati "tsamba lovomerezeka la Asean Tourism Association". Makampeni akulu azamalonda adalengezedwa ku ATF kuti apange zinthu zomanga maulendo osachepera 500,000 pamwezi.

Unduna wa zokopa alendo ku Asean ndi ma NTOs azipereka zomwe zikuyenda, mwachiwonekere zaulere, kudziko lililonse lawo. Zomwe zili mugawo lochita bizinesi zichokera kwa mamembala a Aseanta.

Pakhala mkangano waukulu pakati pa Asean NTO pakugwiritsa ntchito dzina loti "Southeast Asia" motsutsana ndi "Asean". Koma maboma onse ndi mabungwe azinsinsi atengapo phindu lalikulu - kuchuluka kwa malonda komwe kuyenera kukopa alendo ambiri kumayiko aku Asean, kupanga bizinesi yamabizinesi oyendera ma SME, ndi ndalama za Aseanta. Koma pamene zidziwitso zambiri zikuperekedwa za momwe polojekitiyi idasungidwira ndikukwezedwa, mafunso ambiri amatuluka.

Ngakhale kuti amati amachirikizidwa ndi kafukufuku, pali zizindikiro zosonyeza kuti kugwiritsira ntchito dzina lakuti SoutheastAsia kunasankhidwa kale kafukufuku wina aliyense asanachitidwe. Pepala lazamalonda lopangidwa ndi ACE Project likuti "yakwana nthawi yoti zisinthe," koma kafukufuku wam'mbuyomu adafunsidwa ndi Secretariat ya Asean kuti awone zotsatira za kampeni ya Visit Asean adati linali funso lothandizira kampeniyo mokwanira. zothandizira m'malo mosintha zonse.

Malingana ndi zomwe zilipo panopa, dzina lachidziwitso la www.southeastasia.org linapangidwa kuyambira May 2001 ndipo linasinthidwa komaliza pa 7 December 2009. Zasintha manja kangapo kuyambira kulembetsa koyamba. Bungwe lomwe lalembetsa pano ndi Nathan Associates Inc ndipo RJ Gurley amadziwika kuti ndi omwe adalembetsa pogwiritsa ntchito adilesi yaofesi ya Nathan Associates's Bangkok.

Omwe adalembetsa posachedwa adadziwika kuti Mason Florence ndipo bungwe lolembetsa, TMG, limagwira ntchito kunja kwa Bangkok. Mbiriyi ikunena kuti kusintha komaliza kunali mu Okutobala 2009. A Florence ndi director wamkulu wa Mekong Tourism Coordinating Office ku Bangkok.

Poyankha mafunso, a Florence adati adagula mayina onse awiri, southeastasia.travel ndi southeastasia.org, kuti agwiritse ntchito bizinesi.
"Ndinafikiridwa ndi ACE ndipo nditamvetsera zomwe anakonza, ndinavomera kugulitsa southeastasia.org pamtengo umene ndinalipira, womwe unali US $ 550 pa dzina lachidziwitso ndi US $ 25 pa chindapusa."

A Florence adati izi ndi nkhani yaumwini ndipo adakhala ndi mayina onse awiri kwanthawi yayitali zokambirana zisanachitike ndi akuluakulu a polojekiti ya ACE.
"Ndinamva kuti pali zambiri ku southeastasia.travel domain name kuti ndigwire nawo ntchito ndipo sindimamva chimodzimodzi za southeastasia.org."

Ntchito yonseyi ikunenedwanso ngati "ndondomeko" ya Aseanta, yomwe ikutchulidwa kuti ndi "mnzake" pantchitoyi. Komabe, Aseanta akukhalabe ndi mbiri yotsika. Pamsonkhano wa Asean Tourism ku Brunei, ambiri mwa akuluakulu awo adanyamuka kupita ku eyapoti kuti akagwire ndege zobwerera kunyumba ngakhale ntchitoyo inali kuwululidwa. Pamsonkhano wa atolankhani wotsatira, palibe membala wa Aseanta m'modzi yemwe anali pagulu kuti ayankhe mafunso.

Mwamwayi, kampeniyi akuti ikungoyang'ana ku UK, Australia, India, North America ndi Hong Kong, koma a Gurley adauza msonkhano wa atolankhani wa ATF kuti zokambirana zikukonzekera kukhazikitsa tsamba lachi China. Izi zidzakulitsa maziko mpaka omvera ambiri kuposa Hong Kong yokha.

A Gurley adafunanso kuwonetsa projekiti ya ACE ngati bizinesi yabwino yomwe US ​​ikuyembekeza kuti ipezapo kanthu. Izi zikutsutsana ndi ndondomeko ya USAID yomwe imati "imapereka chithandizo chachuma, chitukuko ndi chithandizo padziko lonse lapansi pothandizira zolinga zakunja za United States." Pakadali pano, kulimbikitsa bizinesi yaku US ndi chuma ndi gawo lalikulu la mfundo zakunja zaku US.

Mapulojekiti a USAID amagwira ntchito moyang'aniridwa mwamphamvu, makamaka pankhani ya mabidi, kagwiritsidwe ntchito ka bajeti ndi ulamuliro wabwino, womwe umaphatikizapo kuchita zinthu mwapoyera ndi kuyankha mlandu. TTR Weekly idapereka mafunso atatu ku USAID kufunsa kuti imveketse bwino za kasamalidwe ka Project ya ACE.

Kuwonetsetsa kuti gulu la ma SME la Asean likuimiridwa bwino pa injini zosakira, Aseanta kapena ACE akuyenera kuwonjezera anzawo ochokera kuderali, makamaka Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia ndi Vietnam. Zomwe zilimo zichokeranso pamndandanda wamamembala a mamembala a Aseanta.

Wego.Com yalonjeza kugawana ndalama zotumizira zomwe zimapangidwa kuchokera patsamba la 50-50 ndi Aseanta, koma izi sizili zambiri kuposa momwe zimaperekera ogwirizana nawo. Kugawikana kwa ndalama zotumizira kumaperekedwa patsamba la Wego (Wego Affiliated Distribution Agreement Item 4) ndipo atha kugwiritsidwa ntchito ndi aliyense amene amayendetsa webusayiti. Amangolembetsa ndikutsitsa chikole ndi maulalo popanda mtengo.

Ndalama zomwe Wego amapeza zimachokera ku magawo awiri - (malipiro pakudina kamodzi) kutsatsa ndikutuluka komwe amapeza kuchokera kwa mabizinesi (makampani a ndege, mahotela, obwereketsa magalimoto ndi oyendera alendo)
Pangano la Wego's Affiliate Agreement, chikalata chotsitsa cha PDF, chimafotokoza njira yopezera ndalama zamawebusayiti omwe ali ndi injini yosakira. Imati Wego amalipira 50% ya ndalama zonse zosaka zomwe zimapangidwa kudzera patsamba lothandizira.

Umu ndi momwe zimagwirira ntchito. Woyenda, akuchezera tsamba lothandizira, amagwiritsa ntchito gulu lakusaka la Wego kuti agule pang'ono poyerekezera. Ngati adina m'modzi mwa ochita nawo malonda a Wego, omwe akuwonetsedwa pamndandanda wosakira, zimapeza ndalama zotuluka pa Wego. Wego amagawaniza ndalamazo mofanana ndi malo ogwirizana, atachotsa chindapusa chilichonse, ntchito, kapena magawo andalama, chifukwa cha anthu ena.

Wego imalandira ndalama zonse kuchokera kwa omwe amagulitsa nawo malonda potengera kudina komwe kumalembetsedwa ngati wogula akuwona mndandanda wazosaka wa Wego ndikudina kuti agwirizane ndi m'modzi mwa othandizana nawo omwe akuwonetsedwa. Ndalama zotulukazi zimatengera mapangano azamalonda omwe Wego adapeza ndi othandizana nawo, ndiye kuti mtengowo ungasiyane ndipo nthawi zina kudina kotuluka sikungakhale ndi phindu lililonse.

Kuchokera ku ofesi ku Victoria St, Singapore, wego.com idakhazikitsidwa, 8 May 2008, kuti ilowe m'malo mwa Bezurk, malo ogulitsa omwe akugwira ntchito kuyambira 2005, malinga ndi webusaiti ya Wego. A Symes, omwe adalumikizana ndi Bezurk ngati CEO mu Marichi 2006 kuchokera ku Zuji, komwe anali wamkulu wamalonda, adapitilizabe kuyang'anira mtundu watsopano wa Wego ndikukulitsa kwake kukhala malo ofananirako ogula ku Asia Pacific.

News Digital Media yaku Australia ya Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation idakhala Investor, 15 Januware 2008, pomwe Sue Klose wa NDM akukhala pampando. Adasinthidwa ndi Les Wigan, 1 Januware, 2010. Inalinso ndalama zoyamba za NDM zapadziko lonse lapansi.
Wego.Com imadziwika kuti ndi imodzi mwamasamba apamwamba kwambiri ofufuza m'derali molingana ndi Zuji ndi Kayak. Chifukwa chake nkhawa zomwe ochita nawo mpikisano, omwe akuwopa kuti polojekiti ya ACE, yothandizidwa ndi okhometsa misonkho aku US, imatha kupititsa patsogolo mpikisano wamakampani omwe ali kale ndi ulalo waukadaulo kudzera pakugulitsa ndalama ku ufumu wapa TV wa Rupert Murdoch.

M’modzi mwa otsutsawo, yemwe amatsogolera gulu la zovala zapaintaneti zopikisana, ananenapo ndemanga pa www.ttrweekly.com: “Monga bizinesi ya e-commerce sitingathe kupikisana ndi ndalama zamtunduwu ndipo zimatitayitsa bizinesi. Ndi machitidwe opanda chilungamo ochokera ku USAID, ngati zoona. N’chifukwa chiyani akulowerera nkhani zamalonda? Kwa zaka zinayi zapitazi takhala tikupanga ma e-bizinesi ang'onoang'ono kumsika waku East Asia. Ndemanga zomwe zanenedwa mpaka pano ziyenera kukhala zodetsa nkhawa kwambiri boma la US ndi okhometsa misonkho aku US. Kodi USAID ichita kafukufuku wathunthu wa ndondomekoyi ndipo malamulo ndi malamulo a USAID akwaniritsidwa?"

Ndemangayi ikuwonetsa nkhawa za momwe USAID imayang'anira ntchito ya ACE, pomwe USAID yakana ndemanga iliyonse ngakhale idapereka mafunso asanu ndi awiri kwa director of communication wabungwe, kuyambira pa 15 Januware komanso mafunso awiri otsatira sabata yatha. Pamene bukuli likupita kukasindikiza, bungweli lidatumiza imelo kuti "liyankha ndi mayankho akawunikiridwa ndikuvomerezedwa."

A Mr Symes a Wego adatsimikiza kuti: "Tidafunsidwa ndi ACE kuti tipereke magwiridwe antchito aukadaulo ku SoutheastAsia.org koyambirira kwa 2009."
Kampaniyo ikuwoneka kuti idatchulidwa ndi ACE ngati mnzake waukadaulo yemwe amakonda komanso wokhala ndi tsamba lomwe laperekedwa mu Terms of Reference lomwe lidatumizidwanso kumakampani angapo koyambirira kwa 2009.

Wego adadziwika pamakambirano osakhazikika kumapeto kwa 2008, pakati pa akuluakulu a ACE ndi wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti wa Patatha, Michael Yates ndi mlangizi ndi mlangizi, Peter Semone ponena za kukhazikitsidwa kwa tsamba la Asean. Anatchulidwanso kuti ndi omwe amagulitsa ndi kufufuza injini za polojekiti yomweyi yomwe inali kukambidwa ndi Mekong Tourism Coordinating Office pafupifupi nthawi yomweyo. Webusaiti ya MTCO ikunena momveka bwino kuti "imathandizira" USAID ndi pulojekiti ya ACE. Kumayambiriro kwa chaka cha 2009, a Florence, adatenga udindo kuchokera kwa mlangizi wakale ndi mlangizi wa MTO, Peter Semone, yemwe adachita nawo kafukufuku woyambirira wa polojekiti ya ACE. Anapitilizabe kukambirana ndi ACE pa pulojekiti yomwe ikukhudza kugwiritsa ntchito Wego pa intaneti, komanso lingaliro la USAID kuti lithandizire pazachuma msonkhano wapachaka wa Mekong Tourism.

Muzosiyana, ma Asean NTO omwe ali ndi vuto lazachuma awonanso koyenera kuti alangizi a ACE Project atenge nawo gawo pokonzekera Asean Tourism Strategic Plan ya 2011-15, pafupifupi tsogolo lonse la chitukuko cha zokopa alendo ku Asean ndi Mekong tsopano lili mu m'manja mwa boma la US ndi alangizi ake.