Deadline- Aug 30, 2012
Countries/Region- U.S, Afghanistan
The Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan is seeking proposals for Radio Programming for 2012-2013 .Programs should be in both Dari and Pashto wherever possible, and proposals must specify the language(s) to be used in the broadcasts.
Specific concepts include programming on issues important to women and their families, and to the critical importance of sustained women’s involvement, across sectors and across regions, to building a stronger future for Afghanistan.
Related Topics-
- the importance of women’s involvement and participation in the 2014 Afghan elections
- the key role that women can play in decision making across all sectors of Afghan society (business, civil society, government)
- women’s experience in other Islamic countries with respect to working toward greater women’s participation and voice in that context
- General concepts encompass series focusing on development of skills for women’s effective participation in Afghan economy, civil society, government and philanthropic sectors, including advice on leadership skills, public speaking, time management, entrepreneurship, business concepts, job hunting, and business education.
Objectives-
- Promoting the value of women’s voices and contributions in all sectors of society
- Women’s critical role in elections and the electoral process as voters, and candidates,
- Women’s critical role in business development and entrepreneurship,
- Women’s critical role in building a secure and lasting peace in Afghanistan and the region,
- Discouraging violence and extremism,
- Preparing Afghan society for transition,
- The importance of education from the primary to the university level,
- Fair and equitable treatment of women within the family
- Women’s health
- Promoting Afghan unity
- Afghanistan constitution and the legal rights of women
Criteria-
- Serve as a standard against which all proposals will be evaluated
- Serve to identify the significant matters that should be addressed in all proposals. The USG will award grants to the applicants whose offers represent the best value to the USG on the basis of technical merit and cost.
- Each application will be evaluated by a peer review committee of Department of State and other experts, as deemed appropriate. The evaluation criteria have been tailored to the requirements of this RFP.
Eligibility-
- Eligibility is open to all U.S., Afghan, and international organizations or companies with direct experience in radio programming and broadcast, and a proven track record of success implementing projects in Afghanistan. Non-Afghan organizations or companies are required to partner with an Afghan organization or company.
- Applicants are not required to include funding from other donors. However, applications that include additional in-kind and/or cash contributions from non-U.S. Government sources will be more competitive, since cost-sharing demonstrates a strong commitment to the planned activities and will be considered to show greater cost effectiveness.
For more information, visit grants.gov and search by funding opportunity number. SCAKAB-12-AW-017-SCA-07312012
