Deadline: 10 February 2014
United States Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) is inviting proposals from organizations on ‘Strengthening the Capacity of Nicaraguan Women to Engage in Civic Advocacy’. The main purpose of the program is to strengthen the capacity of women in the North Central Corridor of Nicaragua to engage in civic advocacy initiatives that are aimed, at least in part, at diminishing root causes of generalized violence in their communities.
The proposed projects may be on (but not limited to) – strengthening the capacity of women to identify and advocate for measures to reduce violence in their communities; increasing the capacity of female civil society representatives to push for transparency and accountability on issues of concern to their community, including but not limited to effective provision of state or social services or enforcement of legal rights under domestic law; and providing generalized training, capacity-building, and technical or legal assistance to female civil society leaders in underserved areas. Approximate budget of the program is $500,000. An organization may submit no more than two [2] proposals.
Eligibility Criteria –
- Applicant organization must be registered either in grantsolutions.gov or grants.gov and must submit proposals electronically before deadline.
- Applicants must consider the technical formats in proposal – all pages are numbered, including budgets and attachments; all documents are formatted to 8 ½ x 11 paper; and all Microsoft Word documents are single-spaced, 12 point Times New Roman font, with a minimum of 1-inch margins.
- Proposals that reflect any type of support, for any member, affiliate, or representative of a designated terrorist organization, whether or not elected members of government are not eligible.
Please read Proposal Submission Instructions before preparing documents for submission.
For more information, please visit DRL Democracy, Human Rights, and Rule of Law in Nicaragua Call for Proposals.
