Deadline: 14 March 2014
Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) is accepting concept papers on Improving Disaster Preparedness and Disaster Management Capacity in Burma and Indonesia from government and non-government organizations, universities, private sector, other organizations and communities throughout the world.
The concept papers should be proposing Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) programs focusing on three distinct objectives –
- To increase disaster management capacity throughout Burma
- To improve preparedness for natural disasters in Rakhine State, Burma
- To provide Technical Assistance and Training Teams (TATTs) to selected BPBDs in Indonesia
Each objective needs separate concept paper.
The activities for objective 1 may be (but not limited to) –
- Upgrade the capacity of people implementing disaster management activities
- Train a core group of disaster management master instructors/experts
- Conduct duplicate (multiplier) training courses
- Conduct disaster management research
- Increase the public’s awareness about disaster management
The activities for objective 2 may be (but not limited to) –
- Improve readiness
- Improve construction practices
- Improve the effectiveness of early warning
- Increase disaster management and preparedness skills
- Increase awareness and education
- Mangrove protection
The activities for objective 3 may be (but not limited to) –
- Provide technical assistance to key personnel in provincial BPBDs
- Manage the delivery of a set program of formal training and field application
The maximum grant an applicant can request is $3,000,000 each for objective 1 & 2, and $5,000,000 for objective 3.
Eligibility –
- Applicants can be government and non-government organizations, universitites, private sector, other organizations and communities legally established and recognized under applicable law from anywhere around the world.
- Each proposed concept paper should be in any one of the mentioned objective.
- One applicant is eligible to apply for more than one objective with seperate application for each objective.
For more information, please visit grants.gov and search for funding opportunity number APS-OFDA-14-000004.
