Regional programs / Connecting the Mekong through Education and Training (COMET)
Key awd:486-C-14-00001
25 facts shown; 1 unconfirmed link; 1 support mechanism (not programs) 1 data error; 24 documents cite this program.
The one-paragraph answer: years, implementer, funder and purpose, each from document metadata.
Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC) is the lead implementing partner of the program.1 Over the remaining years, the program was to help a regional network of 13 post-secondary education institutions equip 120,000 youth with the workplace skills demanded by local businesses.2
Source: generated from documents. Each number opens the page it was written from.
Operated in: Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Burma.
Districts, regions and facilities the program's own documents name, with what the document says it did there. Source: sentences in the program's documents
not in the map yet: no district, region or facility is named for this program yet; only Malawi and Guatemala have place data so far
No district, region or facility is named in this program's documents yet. Place dots exist for Malawi and Guatemala only so far. Towns and natural features are not drawn.
Countries where this program operated, set by the countries its documents name most often. Countries only tagged on documents are listed apart. Source: document tags, scope rule
Scope: regional. How the scope was set is not described yet. High confidence.
How sure we are: 0.9.
When the program ran, from its start year to the latest document year. A hatched bar means the start is our estimate. Source: award and document years
Axis: award years, end from years in documents. The start year comes from award fiscal year; the end is the latest document year, so the program may have run longer.
Who started the program, and which administration it began under. Timing only; it does not say who started it. Source: initiative records, start year
Organizations that ran this program, from award records and document authors. Prime and sub roles are not split yet. Source: award and document records
Named as an institutional author on documents; whether prime, sub or consortium member is not recorded. Basis: read from a record field
| Name | Role | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC) | implementer | 2014 to 2019 | Stated in a document | 23 sources |
| Mahidol University. Institute for Population and Social Research (IPSR) | implementer | 2015 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
Contracts and vehicles that served this program (evaluation, M&E, research). Never counted as programs. Source: document metadata
A support mechanism is never counted as a program.
Identifiers of the awards and the organizations that funded it. Amounts are under Money. Source: award records
Basis: read from a record field
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 486-C-14-00001 (contract, FY2014) | 2014 to 2019 | Stated in a document | 24 sources |
| 72048618F00003 (task order, FY2018) | 2019 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
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Labels on the program's documents, not a description of what the program did. Source: DEC document tags
Sector profile (computed): Higher education, universities and scholarships 51%; Basic education (early childhood, primary, secondary, literacy, teachers) 16%; Private sector competitiveness 7%
DEC topic and subject tags. They describe the documents, not what the program was. Each tag opens its evidence in the drawer.
Programs worth reading next, by topic, implementer, country and years. Similar by facets (topic, implementer, country, years) and, when available, description. It says the programs look alike, not how they are related in time. Source: catalog facets
Looking for similar programs.
Studies that assessed this program, and the lessons taken from them. Source: linked evaluation documents
| Title | Year | Document | Why listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evaluation report : final performance evaluation of the USAID-LMI COMET activity | 2019 | PA-00W-86P | evaluation-stage document (eval final, weak classifier) |
Not recorded yet: money rows. A missing record is not a finding. USAspending records start in FY2007; earlier obligations are missing, not zero.
Every document that cites this program, grouped by a stage label from a weak classifier. Source: document library
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| data error: fact without evidence Asia learning and M&E support | |||
None recorded for this program. A counterpart appears only when a document names the government body and its role.
| Evidence |
|---|
| USAID. Regional Development Mission - Asia (RDMA) | 2014 to 2019 | Stated in a document read from a record field | 23 sources |