Flak ngaphezulu kwe- $ 4 yezigidi yeprojekthi yezokhenketho ye-USAID

Iimali zoncedo zase-US ziya kuchithwa kwiprojekthi ethi iphucula ukhuphiswano lwezokhenketho lwase-Asean, kodwa abagxeki bayoyika ukuba ekugqibeleni inokunika i-meta-search portal Wego.com, exhaswa ngemali nguRupert Murdoch's News Corp, umda okhuphisanayo kwimarike yokuhamba nge-intanethi. .

Indawo ethi www.southeastasia.org iyaphuhliswa njengenxalenye ebalulekileyo yeProjekthi yokuPhucula uKhuphiswano lwase-Asean, phantsi kwayo i-US$4 yezigidi iza kuqhutywa ngo-2008-2013 nge-Arhente yase-US yoPhuhliso lwaMazwe ngaMazwe. Le projekthi ilawulwa yifem yabacebisi yase-US uNathan Associates Inc kunye no-RJ Gurley njengomlawuli weprojekthi.

Ngokwesaziso kwiForam yezoKhenketho yase-Asean yakutshanje, i-Wego.com ikhethiwe ukuba inike inkxaso yezobuchwepheshe kwiwebhusayithi, eyona nto iphambili yephulo elitsha lokhenketho elenzelwe ukutsala iindwendwe kumazwe ase-Asean. I-Wego.com iya kuhlawula isiqingatha seendleko zophuhliso lwewebhusayithi.

Nangona kunjalo, abagxeki bavakalise inkxalabo yabo kwiwebhusayithi ye-TTR yeeVeki besithi boyika imali yabarhafi base-US baya kunika umntu okhuphisana naye inzuzo yentengiso. I-CE ye-Wego.Com, uMartin Symes ichaze le mbono "njengento engekhoyo."

Malunga ne-US $ 500,000 iya kuchithwa kwintengiso ye-intanethi ukwakha i-traffic kwiwebhusayithi. Elo cala le-akhawunti likhutshelwa ngaphandle kwi-Qais, inkampani yokucebisa i-web yaseSingapore, ekhokelwa nguKeith Timmi, othi kwiwebhusayithi yakhe "wayengumtyali-mali osungula kwi-Wego.com".

I-Australia's News Digital Media, icandelo ledijithali le-News Limited yase-Australia, inesabelo sezemali kwi-Wego Pty Ltd yase-Singapore. I-NDM, yona, ihlelwa phantsi “kwezinye ii-asethi” kwiwebhusayithi yomzali wayo ose-US, i-News Corporation.

Ngamazwi abo, abaphathi be-Wego bathi kwiintengiso zakutsha nje ezifuna abaphuhlisi besoftware: "Sixhaswa yiNews Digital Media, icandelo laseOstreliya elikwi-Intanethi leRupert Murdoch's News Corporation."

Iphulo elakhiwe malunga ne-southereastasia.org ngoku kuthiwa "ixhaswe" kunokuba "ivunywe" yi-Asean NTOs kwaye i-website ngokwayo ichazwe kwiingxelo zangaphambili "njengewebhusayithi esemthethweni ye-Asean Tourism Association". Amaphulo amakhulu okuthengisa abhengezwe kwi-ATF ukuvelisa umxholo wokwakha ukutyelela ubuncinane kwi-500,000 ngenyanga.

Abaphathiswa bokhenketho base-Asean kunye nee-NTOs ziya kubonelela ngomxholo wokuhamba, ngokucacileyo simahla, kwilizwe ngalinye. Isiqulatho secandelo lokwenza-ishishini liya kuvela kumalungu e-Aseanta.

Kubekho iingxoxo ezishushu phakathi kwe-Asean NTOs malunga nokusetyenziswa kwegama elithi "Southeast Asia" ngokuchasene ne "Asean". Kodwa bobabini oorhulumente kunye necandelo labucala bathathe izibonelelo zomfanekiso omkhulu - ukwanda kobukho bentengiso obufanele ukutsalela abakhenkethi abaninzi kumazwe ase-Asean, benze ishishini kumashishini okhenketho e-SME, kunye nengeniso ye-Aseanta. Kodwa njengoko ulwazi oluthe kratya lusenziwa lufumaneke malunga nendlela iprojekthi eyapakishwa ngayo kwaye yakhuthazwa, kuvela imibuzo emininzi.

Nangona kuthiwa ixhaswa luphando, kukho imiqondiso yokuba ukusetyenziswa kwegama elithi SoutheastAsia kwagqitywa kwakudala ngaphambi kokuba kwenziwe naluphi na uphando olubambekayo. Iphepha leqhinga lokuthengisa eligunyaziswe yiProjekthi ye-ACE libanga ukuba "lixesha lotshintsho," kodwa uphononongo lwangaphambili olucelwe ngunobhala wase-Asean ukuvavanya impembelelo yephulo lokundwendwela i-Asean lathi ibingumbuzo wokuxhasa eli phulo ngokwaneleyo. izibonelelo kunokuba uyitshintshe ngokupheleleyo.

Ngokweenkcukacha zobhaliso lwangoku, igama lesizinda elithi www.southeastasia.org lenziwe kude kube ngoMeyi 2001 kwaye ekugqibeleni lihlaziywe nge-7 kaDisemba 2009. Itshintshe izandla ngamaxesha amaninzi ukususela ekuqaleni kokubhaliswa kwayo. Umbutho obhalisiweyo ngoku yi-Nathan Associates Inc kunye no-RJ Gurley ichongwa njengombhalisi usebenzisa idilesi ye-ofisi yase-Nathan Associates' yaseBangkok.

Obhalisileyo kwangoko uchongwe njengoMason Florence kwaye umbutho obhalisiweyo, i-TMG, usebenza ngaphandle kweBangkok. Le rekhodi ichaza uhlaziyo lokugqibela ngo-Okthobha ka-2009. Umnu Florence ngumlawuli olawulayo we-Ofisi yoLungelelaniso lwezoKhenketho e-Mekong e-Bangkok.

Ephendula imibuzo, uMnu Florence uthe uthenge omabini amagama esizinda, i-southereastasia.travel kunye ne-southereastasia.org, ukusetyenziswa kweshishini lomntu.
"Ndaye ndasondela kwi-ACE kwaye emva kokuphulaphula oko bakucwangcisayo, ndavuma ukuthengisa i-southereastasia.org ngexabiso endilihlawuleyo, elaliyi-US $ 550 yegama lesizinda kunye ne-US $ 25 yemali yokudlulisa."

Umnumzana Florence uthe ngumcimbi wobuqu kwaye ebenawo omabini amagama esizinda kangangexesha elithile phambi kokuba kubanjwe iingxoxo nabaphathi kwiprojekthi ye-ACE.
"Ndaziva ngathi kukho igama lesizinda se-southereastasia.travel ukuba ndisebenze kunye kwaye andizange ndizive ngendlela efanayo malunga ne-southereastasia.org."

Yonke le projekthi nayo ngoku ichazwa “njengenyathelo” le-Aseanta, elichazwa “njengeqabane” kweli phulo. Nangona kunjalo, i-Aseanta igcina iprofayili ephantsi. KwiNkomfa yezoKhenketho yase-Asean eBrunei, uninzi lwamalungu ebhodi aphezulu ahamba esiya kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya ukuze abambe iinqwelomoya ezigodukayo nanjengoko iprojekthi yayityhilwa. Kwinkomfa yoonondaba eyalandelayo, akukho nelinye ilungu le-Aseanta elalikwiphaneli ukuze liphendule imibuzo.

Ngokusemthethweni, eli phulo kuthiwa lijoliswe kuphela e-UK, e-Australia, e-Indiya, eMntla Melika naseHong Kong, kodwa uMnumzana Gurley uxelele inkomfa yeendaba ze-ATF ukuba iingxoxo zisendleleni yokuseka iwebhusayithi yolwimi lwesiTshayina. Oko kuyakwandisa isiseko kubaphulaphuli abaninzi kakhulu kuneHong Kong kuphela.

Umnumzana Gurley uphinde wazama ukuveza iprojekthi ye-ACE njengelinge elenza kakuhle apho i-US ilindele ukuba ingafumani nto. Oko kuyaphikisana nethegi ye-USAID ethi "ibonelela ngoncedo lwezoqoqosho, uphuhliso kunye noluntu kwihlabathi jikelele ukuxhasa iinjongo zomgaqo-nkqubo wamazwe angaphandle e-United States." Ngoku, ukukhuthaza amashishini ase-US kunye nomdla wezoqoqosho yinxalenye enkulu yomgaqo-nkqubo we-US wangaphandle.

Iiprojekthi ze-USAID zisebenza phantsi kweliso elingqongqo, ngakumbi kwimiba yokubhida, inkcitho yohlahlo lwabiwo-mali kunye nolawulo olululo, olubandakanya ukwenza izinto elubala kunye nokuphendula. I-TTR Veekly ifake imibuzo emithathu kwi-USAID icela ingcaciso kwimiba yolawulo lweProjekthi ye-ACE.

Ukuqinisekisa ukuba uluntu lwase-Asean lwe-SME lumelwe kakuhle kwi-injini yokukhangela, i-Aseanta okanye i-ACE iya kufuneka yongeze amaqabane avela kummandla, ngokukodwa eMyanmar, eLaos, eCambodia naseVietnam. Umxholo uya kuvela kuluhlu lwamalungu emibutho yamalungu e-Aseanta.

I-Wego.Com ithembise ukwabelana ngengeniso yokuthunyelwa evela kwiwebhusayithi ye-50-50 kunye ne-Aseanta, kodwa oku akukho ngaphezu kokuba inika nayiphi na imibutho yayo. Ukwahlula kwingeniso yokudluliselwa kuboniswe kwiwebhusayithi ye-Wego (i-Wego Affiliated Distribution Agreement Item 4) kwaye inokuthathwa inzuzo nguye nabani na oqhuba iwebhusayithi. Bamane babhalise kwaye bakhuphe isibambiso kunye namakhonkco ngaphandle kweendleko.

Ingeniso ye-Wego ithathwa kwimithombo emibini – (ukuhlawula ngonqakrazo ngalunye) intengiso kunye nengeniso yokucofa uphume efunyenwe kumaqabane orhwebo (iinkampani zeenqwelomoya, iihotele, ukurenta iimoto kunye nabaqhubi bokhenketho)
ISivumelwano soManyano sikaWego, uxwebhu olukhutshelwayo lwePDF, luchaza indlela yengeniso yeewebhusayithi ezinxulumene nenjini yokukhangela. Ithi i-Wego ihlawula i-50% yengeniso yokukhangela efunyenwe kwisayithi edibeneyo.

Le yindlela esebenza ngayo. Umhambi, ondwendwela iwebhusayithi edibeneyo, usebenzisa iphaneli ye-injini yokukhangela ye-Wego ukwenza uthelekiso oluncinci lokuthenga. Ukuba ucofa ukuya kwelinye lamaqabane orhwebo e-Wego, eboniswe kuluhlu lokukhangela, ifumana ingeniso yokucofa i-Wego. I-Wego yahlula ingeniso ngokulinganayo kunye nendawo edibeneyo, emva kokutsala nayiphi na imirhumo, ikhomishini, okanye izabelo zengeniso, ngenxa yomntu wesithathu.

I-Wego izuza kumaqabane ayo orhwebo ingeniso yokukhangela iyonke esekwe kucofa lokuphuma olubhalisiweyo xa umthengi ejonga uluhlu lokukhangela lwe-Wego kwaye ucofe ukuya kwelinye lamahlakani abonisiweyo. Le ngeniso yokuphuma yokucofa ixhomekeke kwizivumelwano zorhwebo zomntu ngamnye u-Wego azigcine kunye namaqabane, ngoko ke izinga linokwahluka kwaye kwezinye iimeko ucofo lokuphuma lusenokungathwali nayiphi na ingeniso konke konke.

Ngokusekelwe ngaphandle kweofisi eVictoria St, eSingapore, i-wego.com yasungulwa, i-8 kaMeyi 2008, ukuze ithathe indawo ye-Bezurk, indawo yokuthenga yokuthelekisa esebenza ukususela ngo-2005, ngokwewebhusayithi ye-Wego. Umnumzana Symes, othe wajoyina i-Bezurk njenge-CEO ngo-Matshi 2006 esuka eZuji, apho wayengumlawuli olawulayo wezorhwebo, waqhubeka nokulawula i-brand ye-Wego entsha kunye nokwandiswa kwayo kwindawo yokuthenga ehamba phambili ye-Asia Pacific.

I-Australia's News Digital Media ephethwe nguRupert Murdoch's News Corporation ibe ngumtyali-mali, nge-15 kaJanuwari 2008, kunye noSue Klose weNDM ethatha isihlalo ebhodini. Endaweni yakhe kwangena Les Wigan, 1 January, 2010. Ibilutyalo-mali lokuqala lweNDM lwamazwe ngamazwe.
I-Wego.Com ithathwa njengenye yezona ndawo ziphezulu zophando lwemeta kwindawo ngokuhambelana neZuji kunye neKayak. Yiyo loo nto inkxalabo evakaliswe ngabakhuphisana nabo, aboyika iprojekthi ye-ACE, exhaswa ngemali ngabahlawuli berhafu base-US, ekugqibeleni inokuphucula ukhuphiswano lwenkampani esele isonwabela ikhonkco lobuchule ngotyalo-mali kwi-emphaya yemidiya ye-intanethi ka-Rupert Murdoch.

Omnye wabagxeki, okhokela isinxibo se-intanethi esikhuphisanayo, ugqabaze ku-www.ttrweekly.com: “Njengeshishini le-e-commerce asinako ukukhuphisana nolu hlobo lwenkxaso-mali kwaye iphulukana neshishini. Yisenzo esingafanelekanga esivela kwi-USAID, ukuba yinyani. Kutheni bephazamisa kwiinkalo zorhwebo? Kule minyaka mine idlulileyo besiphuhlisa ishishini le-imeyile kumashishini amancinci kwimakethi yaseMpuma Asia. Izimvo ezenziweyo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku kufuneka zixhalabise kakhulu urhulumente wase-US kunye nabarhafi baseMelika. Ngaba i-USAID izakwenza uphando olupheleleyo kwiinkqubo kwaye imithetho nemigaqo ye-USAID ihlangatyeziwe?”

Amagqabantshintshi agxininisa inkxalabo malunga nolawulo lwe-USAID kwiprojekthi ye-ACE, malunga nayo i-USAID ethe yala ukuphawula nangona ifake imibuzo esixhenxe kumlawuli wezonxibelelwano we-arhente, kwangoko nge-15 kaJanuwari kunye nemibuzo emibini elandelayo kwiveki ephelileyo. Njengoko olu papasho lusiya kumaphephandaba, iarhente yathumela i-imeyile isithi "iya kuphendula ngeempendulo xa sele ijongiwe kwaye yamkelwa."

Umnumzana Symes ka-Wego uqinisekisile: “Saye sacelwa yi-ACE ukuba ibonelele ngokusetyenzwa kobuchule bokukhangela i-SoutheastAsia.org ekuqaleni kuka-2009.”
Inkampani ibonakala ngathi icatshulwe yi-ACE njengeqabane letekhnoloji elikhethwayo kunye nomsingathi wewebhusayithi ecetywayo kwiMigaqo yoReferensi ethunyelwe kwiinkampani ezimbalwa ekuqaleni kuka-2009.

I-Wego ichongiwe ngexesha leengxoxo ezingacwangciswanga ngasekupheleni kwe-2008, phakathi kwabaphathi be-ACE kunye nowayesakuba ngusekela-mongameli wePata, uMichael Yates kunye nomcebisi kunye nomcebisi, uPeter Semone ngokubhekiselele ekusekweni kwewebhusayithi yengingqi ye-Asean. Kwaye kwakhankanywa njengomthengisi wokubhukisha kunye ne-injini yokukhangela kwiprojekthi efanayo eyayiphantsi kwengxoxo ne-Ofisi yoLungelelaniso lwezoKhenketho eMekong malunga nexesha elinye. Iwebhusayithi yeMTCO ichaza ngokucacileyo ukuba "ixhaswa" yi-USAID kunye neprojekthi ye-ACE. Ekuqaleni kuka-2009, uMnumzana Florence, wathatha indawo yowayesakuba ngumcebisi kunye nomcebisi we-MTO, uPeter Semone, owayedlale indima kuphando lokuqala lweprojekthi ye-ACE. Waqhubeka neengxoxo kunye ne-ACE kwiprojekthi ebandakanya ukusebenzisa i-Wego kwiinkonzo zewebhu, kunye nesiphakamiso se-USAID yokuncedisa ngemali iForam yezoKhenketho yaseMekong.

Kwimiba eyahlukileyo, i-Asean NTOs eneengxaki zemali nayo ibone kufanelekile ukufumana abacebisi beProjekthi ye-ACE ababandakanyekayo ekulungiseleleni iSicwangciso seSicwangciso soKhenketho sase-Asean se-2011-15, malunga nekamva elipheleleyo le-Asean kunye ne-Mekong yophuhliso lokhenketho kunye nezicwangciso zokuthengisa ngoku. izandla zikaRhulumente wase-US kunye nabacebisi bakhe.