Volunteers for Economic Growth Alliance
- Volunteers for Economic Growth Alliance
Volunteers for Economic Growth Alliance (VEGA) is an umbrella group consisting of 17 volunteer economic development organizations. VEGA is usually contracted by United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for specific project that involve one or more of the member organizations. The organization is headquartered in Washington, DC and has offices around the world in developing/transitioning economies where USAID operates.
Member organizations
These are all typically US-based, economic development NGOs.
*ACDI/VOCA
*CDC Citizens Development Corps, MBA Enterprise Corps, and Tourism Development Corps.
*CNFA
*CQI Coffee Corps
*VITA EnterpriseWorks
*FSVC Financial Services Volunteer Corps
*FAVACA Florida Association for Volunteer Action in the Caribbean and the Americas
*EMDAP IIE/Emerging Markets Development Advisor Program
*ICMA International City/County Management Association
*IESC/FSD/Geekcorps
*IRPF International Real Property Foundation
*ISLP International Senior Lawyers Project
*LOL Land O'Lakes IDD
*OICI Opportunities Industrialization Center International
*Partners of the Americas
*Winrock International
*WOCCU World Council of Credit Unions, Inc.
External links
* [http://www.vegaalliance.org/ Vega Alliance Home page]
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