Grant for Building Organizational Capacity of NGOs in Tanzania

USAID in Tanzania has announced a Request for Application (RFA) for a funding program under the “Building Organizational Capacity for Results.”

“The purpose of this award is to strengthen the ability of civil society organizations (CSOs) and CSO networks to produce and report on measurable results in combating HIV and AIDS. These organizations are on a continuum of embryonic, small, rural-based CSOs to more mature, larger, urban-based CSOs that in some way contribute to the functioning of the health system in Tanzania. Civil society organizations include a wide range of non-state actors, such as non-government organizations (NGOs), print and broadcast media, religious groups, labor unions, academic institutions, consulting firms and for-profit private companies. Organizational capacity is the ability of organizations to produce results effectively and efficiently. Capacity building is the process of helping organizations to do this by strengthening their ability to perform their core functions, identify and solve problems, adapt to unforeseen changes, and seize opportunities through strategic planning and accurate monitoring and evaluation of the environment. While the target CSOs for this capacity building activity primarily are NGOs working in the health sector and specifically on producing measurable results in combating HIV/AIDS, other CSOs also will be important partners and beneficiaries.”

The goals and objectives are:

Goal 1: To enable CSOs to monitor and report on the results of their HIV and AIDS activities.

Objective 1.1: To ensure that 100% of target CSOs submit accurate, timely and complete TOMSHA reports

Objective 1.2: To ensure that 100% of target CSOs submit accurate, timely and complete PEPFAR reports

Goal 2: To nurture HIV/AIDS CSOs into becoming self-sustaining organizations, meaning that they eventually will derive most of their revenue from the successful sales of their products and services to domestic public and private sector customers.

Objective 2.1: To strengthen 4-6 large CSOs currently working in the health sector or in HIV/AIDS response

Objective 2.2: To strengthen 50-75 small CSOs by providing them capacity building grants through the Rapid Funding Envelope mechanism

Goal 3: To strengthen networks among organizations working in the HIV/AID response

Objective 3.1: To promote 2-3 more durable networks between Dar es Salaam or regional CSOs and district or rural CSOs that are working in the HIV/AIDS response

Objective 3.2: To promote 2-3 more durable networks between CSOs in the health sector and CSOs in other sectors that are working in the HIV/AIDS response

Objective 3.3: To promote 2-3 more durable linkages between CSOs or CSO networks working in the HIV/AIDS response and GOT agencies.

The deadline to submit proposals is 30 March 2010. For more information, visit grants.gov and search for USAID-TANZANIA- funding opportunity number.