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USAID Rules and Regulations: Grants and Cooperative Agreements
Newly updated with more interaction and practical application! Learn how to save time and effort by understanding how to navigate the USAID funding regulations to benefit your project, staff, and NGO.
Throughout this hands-on training, you’ll develop practical skills to tackle real-world challenges in USAID funded projects. By the end, you’ll be equipped to quickly navigate USAID rules and regulations to solve day-to-day operational issues. You’ll apply your knowledge of the USAID Award Cycle to anticipate and address potential roadblocks. The course will allow you to efficiently find answers to crucial questions about your award, such as determining allowable expenses (i.e., “Can we purchase laptops?”), managing travel requirements (i.e., “Does this international trip need prior approval?”), and handling asset disposal (i.e., “What’s the correct procedure for disposing of a vehicle?”).
You’ll gain strategies to maintain donor compliance, while maximizing project effectiveness and create and implement policies for successful grant or cooperative agreement management. The training will also help you build and nurture strong working relationships with USAID.
Our experienced facilitators will guide you through interactive exercises and real-case scenarios, ensuring you can immediately apply what you’ve learned to your project. Whether you’re new to USAID funding or a seasoned professional, you’ll leave this training with enhanced problem-solving skills and the confidence to navigate USAID requirements effectively.
What you will learn
Understand different types of assistance awards under USAID
Become familiar with the rules and regulations applicable for USAID assistance awards
Expertly navigate the rules and regulations
Understand the role and responsibility as a recipient of USAID funding
Feel confident to managing your award
How you will learn
Format
Live online
Effort
5hrs/per day
Duration
5 days
Certificate
Digital
Humentum’s self-directed and focused trainings put the learner first. Connect and engage with peers from around the world, while learning through a series of engaging videos, assignments and readings. An expert facilitator will guide you.
The platform is open for a set number of weeks, and you can log-in to work at your own pace whenever convenient. You’ll find our learning platform easy to navigate, with clear guides and instructions.
You can find out more about our online training platform by watching the following video:
Each week, the following module will become available. To proceed to the next module, you’ll need to earn points for completing various tasks (such as watching videos, reviewing resources, and interacting with others). The more tasks you complete, the more points you’ll earn.
We estimate this training requires 4 hours per module (5 modules in total), depending on your pace of learning, and previous experience.
Who should attend
Anyone managing or bidding on a USAID grant or cooperative agreement from finance, compliance, program, administrative, or new business development teams
Independent auditors or CPAs who perform compliance or financial audits within the development sector
USAID staff, especially Agreement Officers (AOs) and Agreement Officer’s Representatives (AORs)
This training can help you with regulations that apply across US Government funding agencies. However, if you have a USAID contract, you should attend our USAID Contract Management  training instead.
If you’re still not sure if this course is right for you, feel free to contact us and we can help!
First phase of the Award cycle; 2 CFR 200, Subpart C
Navigating the rules exercise
Organizational preparation for USAID funding
Second phase of the award cycle
Module 3: Self-Led Learning I: Introduction to USAID Ethical Standards
Why are ethics needed?
Pre-award certifications and assurances
Policies needed
Module 4: Webinar 3: Ethics, USAID Authorization and Award Structure
Description here
Module 5: Self-Led Learning II: Cost Principles
2 CFR 200 Subpart E
Module 6: Webinar 5: Cost Principles and Indirect Costs
Recap on cost principles
Timekeeping and time allocation
Cost principles exercise
Indirect costs (all methods)
Module 7: Self-Led Learning III: Audits
Different types of audits
Audit thresholds
How to prepare for a smooth audit process
Common audit findings
Module 8: Webinar 7: Subaward Management
Difference between procurement of goods, services, and subawards
Contractual relationship: USAID, Prime, Sub
Different kinds of subs
Responsibility of prime
Registration for federal award systems (UEI, SAM)
FFATA Reporting
Subagreement, amendments, and flow-down provisions
Sub-recipient monitoring: Reporting/visits
Module 9: Webinar 8: Audit and Content Soup
Recap on audit
Branding and marking
International travel
Fly America Act
Reporting requirements
Module 10: Webinar 9: Award Exercise, Close-out and Disposition
Recap on content soup
Award review exercise
Award cycle continued
Award cycle continued
Award cycle continued
Final plenary session and wrap-up
Pricing and Discounts
Type
Discount
Humentum Member
10%
Groups of five or more
15%
Upcoming Events
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The USAID Rules and Regulations course was an engaging learning opportunity and helped to reinforce my team’s knowledge of compliance regulations. The course instructor was engaging and delightful to learn from. I appreciated that we dug right into the documents and were encouraged to problem solve in small groups with other attendees.
Leah Lucas Research Associate, OCDC
Humentum Training is very professional and focused. The trainers are well versed with the content. I will definitely recommend Humentum to anyone.
Stephen Wasonga Obure MUJHU
I gained a great general understanding of the complexity of the rules & regulations of working with USAID and am grateful to have taken this seminar. I really enjoyed the seminar. It was very easy to follow along with, and the format allowing for simultaneous Q&A was extremely helpful. Lastly, the technology format used for the webinars seemed flawless, so kudos on that!
Marsha Lutz Accountant, CDC
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