Request for Applications-Western Kazakhstan Community Dialogue Program

Deadline- Jul 16, 2012

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is seeking application(s) to implement a two year project entitled Western Kazakhstan Community Dialogue. The overall objective of this program is to strengthen dialogue among communities, local authorities and key private-sector stakeholders in oil-producing parts of Western Kazakhstan. Specifically, the Program will promote constructive dialogue among communities of Western Kazakhstan with local (city, rayon, and oblast) civil society organizations (CSOs), government officials, and private companies operating in this region.

Eligibility-

Local NGOs–

1. Be a local Non-Governmental Organization organized under the laws of the cooperating country or under the laws of a country in the region of the proposed activity;
2. Have its principal place of business in the cooperating country or region;
3. Be managed by a governing body, the majority of whom are citizens or lawful permanent residents of the cooperating country or region; and
4. Attach official documentation of their formal legal status as an NGO in the host country or in a country in the region.

Local For-Profit Organizations–

1. Be a local for-profit Organization organized under the laws of the cooperating country or under the laws of a country in the region of the proposed activity;
2. Have its principal place of business in the cooperating country or region;
3. Be managed by a governing body, the majority of whom are citizens or lawful permanent residents of the cooperating country or region; and
4. Attach official documentation of their formal legal status as in the host country or in a country in the region.

Local Colleges and Universities–

1. Be a Local Colleges and Universities organized under the laws of the cooperating country or under the laws of a country in the region of the proposed activity;
2. Have its principal place of business in the cooperating country or region;
3. Be managed by a governing body, the majority of whom are citizens or lawful permanent residents of the cooperating country or region; and
4. Attach official documentation of their formal legal status in the host country or in a country in the region.

For more information, visit grants.gov and search by funding opportunity number.RFA-176-12-000010