; (B) hosting workshop-based engagements; and (C) advertising solicitations in local trade publications, local media including newspapers and radio, local community centers, and local online forums; (5) allowing and promoting multi-year, flexible, tiered and milestone-based funding for new programs and to bring successful programs to scale; (6) strengthening USAID staff and local partners’ capacity to undertake risk management and mitigation; (7) supporting consistent and unimpeded access to full cost recovery for local partners implementing USAID-funded activities; (8) assessing current definitions of local partner , local ownership , and localization used by USAID for programming and reporting metrics, and updating the definitions, as necessary; (9) undertaking outreach campaigns and engaging with local partners, formally and informally, to raise awareness about opportunities, as well as how to apply for and manage awards in compliance with applicable Federal regulations and USAID policies, and ensuring such engagement is accessible to all entities, including unregistered and informal organizations; (10) strengthening oversight of capacity strengthening components of awards to ensure United States and international awardees are making good-faith efforts to strengthen local organizations’ capacities, including independent and external evaluations to evaluate the mentorship process and regular feedback loops; (11) expeditiously solving the shortage of contracting officers within USAID, including granting warrants to qualified staff and providing appropriate training; (12) addressing performance evaluation criteria to create greater workforce incentives for USAID personnel to champion locally led development; (13) addressing internal delays and recipient organization issues that result in the required extension of provisional Negotiated Indirect Cost Rates (NICRAs); (14) conducting NICRA seminars in local languages and providing NICRA documentation in local languages