Contract Award: $110M USAID contract for South Sudan “Viable Support to Transition and Stability” program
AECOM Technology Corp. has won a $110 million contract to provide the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) with conflict mitigation support services for their work in South Sudan. The South Sudan Viable Support to Transition and Stability program builds on a previous initiative that AECOM launched in 2009 in aid of political and peace processes before and after South Sudan’s independence from the Republic of Sudan in 2011, AECOM.
"AECOM’s previous conflict-mitigation experience on various USAID-funded programs in the area since 2007 positions us well to make the VISTAS program a success,” said AECOM Chairman and Chief Executive Officer John M. Dionisio. “We are excited by the opportunity to help create further stability for the people of South Sudan.”
VISTAS is designed to strengthen citizens’ confidence and capacity to address the causes and consequences of political conflict, violence and instability. AECOM will provide USAID with creative and flexible citizen-driven solutions that build government capacity to prevent, respond to and mitigate conflict; facilitate citizen participation in political and peace processes; and engage youth and other vulnerable groups in productive social and economic activities. Using small, in-kind grants, VISTAS will support the efforts of local, regional and international stakeholders working to achieve these objectives.
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