VEGA's Monitoring and Evaluation system tracks the impact of volunteer experts deployed on each VEGA project.

Over the past five years, volunteer assignments focused on building trade capacity, assisting host organizations on international trade dynamics to develop effective export skills for the U.S. market, marketing and advertising for the tourism industry, access to venture capital, strategic planning and agribusiness development. The volunteer assignments were as follows: financial services (30%), private sector development (40%), agribusiness (20%), and opportunities for rural and urban poor (10%).

What have the volunteers accomplished?

Over the five year program, FY04-FY09, volunteers executed 575 assignments in 24 countries. The value of volunteer contributions for the period was US$3,874,793. The volunteers provided direct training to 3,111 people, 43% of whom are women. Technical assistance services provided for various organizations include: 155 for profit enterprises, 78 business service providers, 5 banks, 5 farmers' cooperatives, 54 not-for-profit organizations, 30 educational and research institutions and 100 government agencies. After the completion of their assignments, the volunteers continued with their careers in development working at agencies such as USAID, Department of State, Department of Defense and major international organizations and not-for-profits.