Mission Director's statement

Welcome to the home page of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Mission to Romania . As Acting Mission Director, I am pleased that you are interested in our assistance program and in the work Romanians and Americans have done together to help the citizens of this beautiful country achieve their full potential. The USAID program in Romania will come to an end in 2008, and I am proud of the achievements gained through the partnership of our two peoples and governments.

Since 1990, USAID has provided over $600 million to help Romania in its transition from communism to a market-based democracy. USAID's program in Romania has focused on three main goals: sustaining a market-driven economy, improving democratic governance, and increasing the effectiveness of social services including those for children and primary health care.

As we close the USAID program, our legacy includes strong and continuing partnerships and effective institutions in all the sectors in which we have worked. We also have a group of talented people who devoted their skills to the transformation of the country by working for USAID in planning, designing, managing and running assistance projects.

You will notice many changes in our website over the next weeks and months. As we approach the close of USAID in Romania , we will continue to upload on the website new Fact Sheets, Success Stories, photos, links and contacts for our superb staff. I invite you to visit our website to get acquainted with our accomplishments and to learn about the staff that contributed to the success of our programs.

Romania has undergone tremendous change since 1989. USAID is proud to have been a partner to, and a supporter of the successful transformation the Romanian people, private sector, civil society and government have made over the last seventeen years. We congratulate Romania on joining the European Union and thank all our partners, friends and beneficiaries for their dedication to our joint programs.

Sincerely,