Business Excellence for Sustainability and Transparency (BEST) Phase II Activity
- Posted
- November 22, 2024
- Closed
- February 12, 2025
- Award ceiling
- $10,000,000
- Award floor
- $10,000,000
- Program funding
- $10,000,000
- Expected awards
- 1
- Cost sharing
- No
- Instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Assistance listing
- 98.001
- Archives
- March 14, 2025
Program funding history
Awards made under Assistance Listing 98.001 across FY2025–FY2027, from public federal spending records.
- FY2025 obligated
- $2.3B
- FY2026 obligated
- $316.6M
- FY2027 (to date) obligated
- $0
- Awards in window
- 1,344
Top recipients: Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees, Family Health International, Jhpiego Corp, Catholic Relief Services - United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Jsi Research & Training Institute Inc
Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed October 2026 · Program page: awards, recipients and the opportunities under this listing →
Synopsis
The USAID Business Excellence for Sustainability and Transparency (BEST) Phase II Activity will further advance key elements of the original activity and incorporate new elements to improve long-term sustainability of the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector. BEST Phase II will work more closely with Mongolian government entities and civil society organizations (CSOs), providing training and capacity building so they can more effectively advise SMEs. In addition, BEST Phase II will include a component to work with SMEs directly to improve their energy efficiency and environmental sustainability to improve their overall competitiveness. Similar to BEST, the goal of BEST Phase II is to build the capacity of SMEs so they can more powerfully serve as an engine for Mongolia’s economic growth and diversification. Best Phase II will
- Improve capacity of Mongolian institutions;
- Improve corporate governance of SMEs; and
- Improve energy efficiency and environmental sustainability of SMEs.
Who can apply
- Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
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