The opening of the bus terminal in Sheberghan City, made possible through the Regional Afghan Municipalities Program for Urban Populations (RAMP UP) funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), represents an emerging trend of increasingly innovative uses of public-private partnerships by Afghan municipalities. Completed in record time, this new public facility was inaugurated on November 13, 2013, at a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by numerous provincial and municipal dignitaries, including the Honorable Bai Murad Qounly, Governor of Jawzjan Province.