Burma/Myanmar

Donor: USAID/Burma  • Timeframe: August 2023 – January 2025

Terminated by DOGE January 2025.

USAID Development & Inclusive Scholarship Program

A map of Myanmar with labeled dots to indicate some of the major cities of the country including Madalay, Bagan, Kengtung (Kyaingtong), Bagor (Pega), and others. Countries with which Myanmar shares a border are also visible including Bangladesh, India, China, Laos, and Thailand.

The Development & Inclusive Scholarship Program supported current and future community leaders of Myanmar to gain access to quality higher education (HE) learning opportunities by offering regional and local HE scholarships, grants under contract, and a variety of higher education opportunities via multimodalities that strengthen the HE landscape. Participants earned higher education degrees, received professional certifications, and/or gained access to contextualized HE curricula through short- and long-term training in Myanmar and throughout the following selected USAID-presence countries in the Asia region (Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Thailand).

IDP supported cross-cutting programmatic areas related to ensuring that the Development & Inclusive Scholarship program approaches and activities are accessible for persons with disabilities. This included providing technical assistance and training to program staff on topics around 508 compliance, conducting a Rapid Education and Risk Analysis (RERA), working with Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) staff to review indicators in the MEL plan, and providing targeted support to sub-grantees.

Project Highlights

  • Led RERA studies to inform development of Inclusive Development Action Plan (IDAP).
  • Provided technical assistance, training, and mentorship to project team and grant partners.
  • Supported higher education institutions to utilize Universal Design for Learning (UDL) approaches.