Deadline- May 25, 2012
PRM will prioritize funding for proposed NGO activities that best meet the Bureau’s priorities for IDPs, refugees, and stateless persons in the Russian Federation/North Caucasus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia as identified below. and/or small income-generation projects – in order to improve the integration, self-reliance, and access to shelter, protection (including from gender-based violence (GBV)) and medical, psycho-social and other essential services for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the North Caucasus; •Legal assistance and/or counseling to facilitate access to registration, asylum processing, and/or services for urban refugees and other urban populations of concern in the Russian Federation; •Protection, health and nutrition, and/or livelihoods for refugees and other persons of concern to UNHCR in Armenia; (c) PRM will accept proposals from any NGO working in the above-mentioned areas of focus although, given budgetary constraints, priority will be given to proposals from organizations that can demonstrate: •A working relationship with UNHCR, current UNHCR funding, and/or a letter of support from UNHCR for the proposed activities and/or overall country program (this letter should highlight the gap in services the proposed program is designed to address); Funding Limits: Russia/North Caucasus In FY2012, PRM currently anticipates providing approximately $2.2 million to fund NGO programs in the Russian Federation/North Caucasus. PRM will prioritize available funding for proposed NGO activities that best meet the Bureau’s priorities as identified above. Of this funding, we anticipate providing approximately $200,000 for an NGO protection project for urban refugees and other persons of concern to UNHCR in Moscow. Armenia PRM anticipates funding one NGO project in Armenia to address protection of vulnerable refugees and/or fill critical gaps in the provision of health, educational and/or social services, and/or livelihood support for refugees. Azerbaijan PRM anticipates funding one NGO education or livelihoods project in Azerbaijan. Georgia PRM anticipates funding one NGO conflict mitigation project for Georgia. Individual proposals for activities in Georgian-administered territory and in South Ossetia and/or Abkhazia may not exceed $125,000 in PRM-requested funding.
Eligibility-
- Nonprofits including those having a 501(c)(3) status with IRS, other than institutions of higher education and international organizations; and
- International Organizations.
For more information, visit grants.gov and search by funding opportunity number. PRM-ECA-12-CA-EUR-042512-CAUCASUS
