The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Ukraine is seeking grant proposals from US or non-US non-profit or for-profit nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and other qualified non-USG organizations to assist in implementation of Improved HIV/AIDS Services among Most-at-Risk Populations (MARPs) in Ukraine.
USAID plans to provide a maximum of $22,000,000 to be allocated over a five-year period. USAID intends to award a single cooperative agreement as a result of this solicitation.
Program Objectives
– Increase the quality of HIV/AIDS services targeted to MAPRs and their sexual partners
-> improve the design of HIV/AIDS services that are data-driven and respond to changing epidemic patterns
-> Improve the delivery of state of the art HIV/AIDS services
– Strengthen the capacity of Ukrainian Institutions to deliver quality HIV/AIDS programs
Overall Project Approach
Under the Improved HIV/AIDS Services among Most-at-Risk Populations program, the Recipients will provide technical assistance and support to the three round 10 Global Fund Principal Recipients and other Ukrainian and/or regional organizations to implement activities under Project Objectives. This assistance will help these entities to become state-of-the-art organizations that can serve as resources after the end of the project. In collaboration with the Global Fund, the Recipients will ensure that technical assistance provided under this award supports all HIV/AIDS initiatives in the country, with a focus on HIV prevention, achieved through an approach whereby regional and Ukrainian organization supported under this award cascade technical assistance and standards-based models through facility and local organization networks.
Guiding Principles
Strategies and approaches proposed by applicants must be guided by the following principles, and applicants’ proposals must demonstrate how their proposed approaches contribute directly to each of these guiding principles:
- Public Health and Human Rights Approach
- Evidence-based, High-Volume, High-Quality, Sustainable and Cost effective services
- Emphasized Behavioral, Biomedical, and Structural Relevance
- Optimization of Limited Resources
- Civil Society Potential
- Gender
Selection Criteria
Applications will be evaluated in accordance with the following evaluation criteria:
– Technical merits of the applications
-> Technical Approach
-> Management and Staffing
-> Institutional Capacity and Experience
-> Past Performance
– Cost Evaluations
Last date for submitting the applications is January 11, 2012.
For more information, visit this link and search by the Funding Opportunity Number RFA-121-11-000003.
