Acknowledging Other Host-Country Partners. As HPP strives, in part, to build capacity of civil society policy champions, strengthen capacity of universities and other training institutions to sustain in-country policy-related capacity, and improve multisectoral coordination and implementation of policies and programs, civil society, educational, and private sector groups will be key partners of the project. When working with in-country partners and grassroots organizations, recognizing contributions of partners is essential for building local capacity, increasing in-country ownership and validation of project activities or findings, and highlighting the ways in which the U.S. Government works collaboratively with others. As appropriate, HPP will include the logos of civil society, educational, and private sector groups on HPP-funded products when these organizations have contributed significant funding or in-kind support to the activity, or to promote local ownership and capacity building. Policies, strategies, plans, curricula, and guidelines that are to be positioned solely as coming from in-country organizations (such as NGOs, faith-based groups, universities, and businesses) are automatically exempted from USAID branding (see Section 4.2). In all other cases, USAID approval is required for exceptions to USAID branding requirements.
