Biweekly Report for WJC

Hannah, I have attached and pasted below President Clinton’s latest biweekly report. Thanks, Zayneb Biweekly Report William J. Clinton Foundation January 14, 2013 MAJOR DOMESTIC INITIATIVES Alliance for a Healthier Generation · The Alliance for a Healthier Generation will be partnering with the First Lady’s office on a national physical activity initiative. This will be announced in late February. Clinton Health Matters Initiative · The PGA Tour has pledged to support a Clinton Health Matters Initiative community initiative in the Greater Jacksonville area. · The Clinton Health Matters Initiative is in conversations with the Riady family about supporting community initiatives in two small communities in Indonesia. Clinton Economic Opportunity Initiative · CEO is in preliminary discussions with Inc. magazine about the possibility of integrating CEO’s Entrepreneur Mentoring Program with the Inc. Business Owners Council (the Council), a membership organization made up of top Inc. 5000 entrepreneurs and family business owners. The Council, which currently has local presence in the NYC, Philadelphia, and San Francisco areas, holds monthly meetings for its membership that feature expert presenters from the pages of Inc. magazine, and facilitates peer-to-peer development to support business growth and wealth-creation amongst business owners. Current discussions between Inc. and CEO are focused around the feasibility of creating an enhanced EMP program that would provide high-growth entrepreneurs from underserved populations with a Mentor from the Council membership, as well as access to key Council privileges including workshops with guest speakers, special events, and access to exclusive networking opportunities. MAJOR INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVES Clinton Development Initiative Malawi · While in Malawi, Walker Morris escorted Jens Johannson from U&We, largest seller of Plan Vivo in Sweden, to meet with Trees of Hope project farmers, local program monitors and CDI Lead Farmers. · CDI is finalizing the steps needed to be ready to distribute initial carbon credit sale funds to smallholder farmers in Trees of Hope. CDI is working with the local bank FMB to set up accounts for each of the farmers receiving funds. FMB has offices in the rural areas CDI serves and also provides banking services at local locations of two farm supply stores, so that project farmers will have readily available access to deposit and withdraw funds. · Rains came late this year but have generally been good. The Santhe area, where CDI operates three commercial farms, had a two week spell of no rains in late December/early January which was causing concern, but they recently experienced good rains. Rwanda · The Mt. Meru Soyco factory is still progressing according to the timeframe. Two forty-foot containers with additional construction materials have reached the site. The CEO for the project is expected to be back on the site early this week. · Regarding the AGRA project, all crops are maturing on the field. By the end of the month, the CHDI team hopes to do field days, which involve mobilizing a large number of farmers to demonstrate to them where some technologies have been successful. Clinton Giustra Sustainable Growth Initiative Colombia · The Acceso Fund Investment Committee approved a $500,000 investment in the Acceso Training Center in Cartagena which will train 20,000 Cartagena residents over the next 10 years. Two Colombia based investors will also participate in financing an additional $500,000 for the Center. Training will initially be for the hospitality industry with other sectors such as ports and logistics being added in the future. This center will provide meaningful opportunities for the low income citizenry to participate in the growing hospitality market in Cartagena. The Training Center will be located in the Manga area of Cartagena and is expected to open next month. Clinton Global Initiative Office Relocation · On Monday, January 14, the CGI office relocated to 30,000 square feet in The Time-Life Building (1271 Avenue of the Americas). CGI University · January 30, 2013 is the final application deadline for CGI University, which will take place at Washington University in St. Louis from April 5-7, 2013. We currently have 2,025 applications from students. · The American Association of University Women has become a sponsor, committing a total of $300,000 over two years. Sponsorship commitments for CGI U now total $950,000. · The Resolution Project will host a social venture competition at CGI U and will provide $100,000 in commitment funding to the winners. Press Highlights · CGI member and founder of New Incentives, Svetha Janumpalli, was featured in the Forbes article “30 Under 30: Social Entrepreneurs.” Commitments · In 2012, CGI members made 167 commitments with a total estimated value of more than $2.4 billion. · Below is the breakdown of the 2012 Annual Meeting Commitments by Track. [cid:image001.png@01CDF260.9EEBFB20] · As the chart below shows, Africa was the most popular region for commitments, with 76 commitments including Africa in their scope of work. [cid:image002.png@01CDF260.9EEBFB20] January Convenings · Sustainable Agricultural Training for Rural Farmers: 1/16/2013 · Driving Internet Adoption: The Importance of Locally Relevant Content: 1/16/2013 · Talking Trash: Finding Solutions to the Growing Problem of Marine Debris: 1/24/2013 · Girls, Women, & Technology Commitment Opportunity: Women Leading Women in Information and Communication Technologies: 1/29/2013 · Transitioning to Healthier, More Sustainable Oils: 1/30/2013 Recent Developments · UN Women and the U. S. Secretary of State's Office of Global Women's Issues held a two-day international working forum on Women, ICT (Information and Communication Technologies), and Development in Washington D.C. on January 10 and 11. They credited CGI with planting the seed for this conference. Zayneb K. Shaikley Associate Counsel & Initiative Liaison | William J. 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