Dinara Lyubchenko

Dinara Lyubchenko serves as a key procurement lead within the USAID Central Asian Republics Regional Office, supporting the agency’s mission to strengthen democratic governance and institutional capacity across Central Asia. She manages the acquisition of technical consulting services designed to enhance public sector accountability, civic engagement, and evidence-based monitoring and evaluation systems. Her work directly enables the implementation of localized development programs through targeted, high-impact contracts that align with USAID’s strategic priorities in governance and institutional resilience. She typically handles complex, performance-based acquisitions requiring deep subject-matter expertise in public administration, civil society development, and data-driven program design. Lyubchenko collaborates with a diverse array of international and local consulting firms specializing in governance reform, institutional assessment, and capacity-building services. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages firms with proven experience in Central Asian contexts, including regional think tanks, academic institutions, and multilateral development consultants. Her contracting approach emphasizes long-term partnerships grounded in technical credibility, cultural competency, and adaptive management practices, ensuring that deliverables are both contextually relevant and sustainably embedded within local institutions. Her procurement activity is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of acquisitions conducted under full and open competition. This reflects a deliberate strategy to prioritize technical excellence and geographic expertise over socioeconomic preferences, ensuring the highest quality of services for complex, mission-critical interventions. While small business participation is not formally incentivized through set-asides, she maintains an open and transparent procurement process that allows qualified small and medium-sized enterprises to compete on merit. Lyubchenko’s portfolio is exclusively focused on NAICS 541690—Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services—encompassing expert advisory services in governance diagnostics, anti-corruption frameworks, public financial management, and MEL system design. She procures high-level analytical and technical assistance to inform policy reform, strengthen oversight institutions, and build local ownership of development outcomes, making her a critical conduit for translating USAID’s strategic vision into actionable, on-the-ground technical support.