Deadline- 10 June 2013
All interested organizations are invited to submit applications for new Mekong Partnership for the Environment Project (MPE) under United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The goal of this project is to enhance the capacities of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and regional institutions including their planning, management and service delivery operations and systems are adequate to directly implement USAID-funded activities. USAID intends to provide approximately $13,000,000 total for this planned 4 year activity under this RFA
Thematic areas-
- Education
- Health
- Environment and water
- Connectivity.
Objectives-
- Increase the capacity of civil society to influence development decisions that have significant anticipated social and environmental impacts
- Strengthen regional platforms for multi-stakeholder participation in development decision-making
- Increase public access to quality, timely information on environmental and social costs and benefits of development projects.
Eligibility & Criteria-
- USAID policy encourages competition in the award of grants and cooperative agreements. U.S. institutions of higher education and U.S. non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and/or a consortia are eligible to submit applications. For the purposes of this solicitation, NGOs include any incorporated entity, either non-profit or for-profit, other than a governmental organization. Applicants may form partnerships with other academic institutions, private sector entities, or NGOs in submitting applications.
- All applicants are required to demonstrate the ability to perform and implement the activities under this RFA in all the countries
- USAID encourages applications from organizations that have not received funding from USAID in the past.
For more information, visit grants.gov and search by funding opportunity number.USAID-RDMA-RFA-486-13-000002
