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|                           | **February 24, 2009**                    |
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| **Letter from the         | **AT A GLANCE**                          |
| Director**                |                                          |
|                           | > **Upcoming Events......... USAID's     |
| **Dear Newsletter         | > Office of Acquisition and Assistance   |
| Recipients,**             | > Conference Call**                      |
|                           |                                          |
| **This week's newsletter  | **Articles of Interest..........         |
| highlights USAID's most   | Secretary Clinton Visits USAID Programs  |
| recent FrontLines         | in Indonesia, USAID FRONTLINES February  |
| publication which         | 2009 edition, United States Government   |
| features stories and      | Expands Food Assistance to Somalia to    |
| events of interest or     | \$140 Million, Second Annual Report to   |
| importance within USAID.  | Congress---Supporting Highly Vulnerable  |
| Additionally, we have     | Children: Progress, Promise and          |
| included the Second       | Partnership**                            |
| Annual Report to          |                                          |
| Congress---Supporting     | > **Grant Opportunities......... USAID   |
| Highly Vulnerable         | > and U.S. Department of State**         |
| Children: Progress,       |                                          |
| Promise and               | **If you would like to sign up to        |
| Partnership.**            | receive this newsletter from the USAID   |
|                           | Center for Faith-Based and Community     |
| **I also want to remind   | Initiatives please [click                |
| you that the CFBCI will   | here](http://www.usaid.gov/cgi-          |
| be hosting an open        | bin/listserv.cgi?listname=FAITHBASED).** |
| conference call on March  |                                          |
| 6, 2009. I will be joined |                                          |
| by staff from USAID's     |                                          |
| Office of Acquisition and |                                          |
| Assistance who will go    |                                          |
| over some basic           |                                          |
| information related to    |                                          |
| grants and contracts with |                                          |
| USAID. I encourage you to |                                          |
| join the call.**          |                                          |
|                           |                                          |
| **If you know of any      |                                          |
| internationally focused   |                                          |
| events pertaining to the  |                                          |
| areas of development,     |                                          |
| sustainability, capacity  |                                          |
| building, or partnership, |                                          |
| please send the           |                                          |
| information to            |                                          |
| <fbci@usaid.gov>.**       |                                          |
|                           |                                          |
| > **Warmest regards,**    |                                          |
| >                         |                                          |
| > **Mauricio**            |                                          |
| >                         |                                          |
| >                         |                                          |
| >                         |                                          |
| > ***Mauricio Vera***     |                                          |
| >                         |                                          |
| > ***Acting Director,     |                                          |
| > Center for Faith Based  |                                          |
| > & Community             |                                          |
| > Initiatives***          |                                          |
| >                         |                                          |
| > ***U.S. Agency for      |                                          |
| > International           |                                          |
| > Development***          |                                          |
| >                         |                                          |
| > ***U.S. Department of   |                                          |
| > State***                |                                          |
| >                         |                                          |
| > ***1300 Pennsylvania    |                                          |
| > Avenue NW Washington,   |                                          |
| > DC  20523***            |                                          |
| >                         |                                          |
| > [**FBCI@usaid.gov*      |                                          |
| *](mailto:FBCI@usaid.gov) |                                          |
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| [***F**                   |                                          |
| *](mailto:FBCI@usaid.gov) |                                          |
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|                           | **UPCOMING EVENTS**                      |
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| **USAID's Office of       | **The Center for Faith-Based and         |
| Acquisition and           | Community Initiatives cordially invites  |
| Assistance**              | you to join us for a conference call     |
|                           | with Mauricio Vera, the Acting Director  |
| **Conference Call**       | of the CFBCI, and representatives of     |
|                           | USAID's Office of Acquisition and        |
| **Date: 03/06/2009**      | Assistance (OAA). OAA staff will discuss |
|                           | their role in the Agency and provide     |
| **2 p.m. EST**            | background and guidance on the           |
|                           | competitive grants and contracts process |
| **International           | at USAID.**                              |
| Participant Dial-in #:    |                                          |
| (816) 650-7866**          | **There will be an opportunity for Q&A   |
|                           | with Mr. Vera and other USAID staff on   |
| **\                       | the call.**                              |
| Domestic Participant      |                                          |
| Dial-In #: (866)          | **Participation on the call is capped at |
| 306-0035**                | 200, so please ensure that you call in   |
|                           | prior to the 2:00 pm start time to       |
| **Conference ID #:        | ensure your spot.**                      |
| 86107034**                |                                          |
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|                           | **ARTICLES OF INTEREST**                 |
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| **Secretary Clinton       | **WASHINGTON, D.C. - Secretary of State  |
| Visits USAID Programs in  | Hilary Rodham Clinton\'s first foreign   |
| Indonesia**               | trip involved several Asian countries    |
|                           | and also included a site visit to a      |
| ***FOR IMMEDIATE          | USAID project in Indonesia. During the   |
| RELEASE*\                 | day she spent in Jakarta, she met with   |
| February 20, 2009\        | the President, Prime Minister and        |
| Press Office:             | Secretary General for** **ASEAN. As part |
| 202-712-4320\             | of her ongoing dialogue with Indonesian  |
| Public Information:       | counterparts, she repeatedly emphasized  |
| 202-712-4810\             | the need for cooperation and the         |
| [www.usaid.gov]           | importance of development.**             |
| (http://www.usaid.gov/)** |                                          |
|                           | **As these photos suggest, one highlight |
|                           | of the Secretary\'s trip was her visit   |
|                           | to an urban program site in the Petojo   |
|                           | residential area of central Jakarta,     |
|                           | providing an opportunity to see at first |
|                           | hand USAID programs focused on water,    |
|                           | health and the environment. While in     |
|                           | Indonesia, she made several references   |
|                           | to her last visit to that country\--a    |
|                           | trip which also featured a USAID site    |
|                           | visit, on that occasion related to       |
|                           | USAID-funded health programs in          |
|                           | Yogyakarta. For more information about   |
|                           | USAID, please visit:                     |
|                           | [                                        |
|                           | www.usaid.gov](http://www.usaid.gov/).** |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | **To learn more about Secretary          |
|                           | Clinton's visit to Indonesia, [click     |
|                           | here.](http://blogs.state.gov            |
|                           | /index.php/entries/walk_around_block/)** |
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| **FrontLines February     | ***FrontLines* features articles about   |
| 2009**                    | the work that USAID is doing, and the    |
|                           | people who are doing it. It is produced  |
| !                         | monthly and distributed electronically   |
| [](media/image3.jpeg){wid | and in print to every employee and       |
| th="2.2395833333333335in" | retiree, as well as some friends of      |
| height="3.125in"}         | USAID.**                                 |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | [Obama, Clinton Pledge to Make           |
|                           | International Aid a                      |
|                           | Priority](http://www.usaid.gov/pr        |
|                           | ess/frontlines/fl_feb09/p1_clinton.html) |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | [Insights From Acting Administrator      |
|                           | Alonzo                                   |
|                           | Fulgham](http://www.usaid.gov/pre        |
|                           | ss/frontlines/fl_feb09/p3_insights.html) |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | [Nigeria Mission Provides Education and  |
|                           | Support to AIDS                          |
|                           | Orphans](http://www.usaid.gov/pr         |
|                           | ess/frontlines/fl_feb09/p6_nigeria.html) |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | [Belarus Trains Parents to Adopt Foster  |
|                           | Children](http://www.usaid.gov/pr        |
|                           | ess/frontlines/fl_feb09/p6_belarus.html) |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | [Agency Grants Made to 22 Creative       |
|                           | Leaders in the Middle                    |
|                           | East](http://www.usaid.gov/              |
|                           | press/frontlines/fl_feb09/p7_cairo.html) |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | [Companies Join Forces with USAID in     |
|                           | Developing                               |
|                           | World](http://www.usaid.gov/pres         |
|                           | s/frontlines/fl_feb09/p8_companies.html) |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | **To read the most recent edition,       |
|                           | [click                                   |
|                           | here.](http://www.usa                    |
|                           | id.gov/press/frontlines/fl_feb09.html)** |
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| # Un                      | **In January 2009, the United States     |
| ited States Government Ex | Government, through the United States    |
| pands Food Assistance to  | Agency for International Development     |
| Somalia to \$140 Million  | (USAID/East Africa), provided a new \$60 |
|                           | million contribution to the U.N. World   |
| ** \| Monday, January 26, | Food Program (WFP) for approximately     |
| 2009**                    | 81,000 metric tons of food commodities   |
|                           | for the people of Somalia through        |
|                           | USAID's Food for Peace (FFP) program.    |
|                           | This donation brings the total U.S.      |
|                           | Government food commitment to vulnerable |
|                           | Somalis to approximately \$140 million   |
|                           | so far in Fiscal Year 2009 (October 1,   |
|                           | 2008-September 30, 2009).                |
|                           |  Life-sustaining food such as sorghum,   |
|                           | vegetable oil, peas and corn-soya blend  |
|                           | is helping to save thousands of lives    |
|                           | throughout Somalia.**                    |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | **The United States Government's largest |
|                           | commitment to the people of Somalia in   |
|                           | terms of funding requirements is in the  |
|                           | form of life-saving, nutritious food     |
|                           | support.  USAID/FFP provides well over   |
|                           | half the total food assistance provided  |
|                           | to the people of Somalia.  While U.S.    |
|                           | Government-funded food is distributed    |
|                           | countrywide, the bulk of it goes to the  |
|                           | most food-insecure areas of southern and |
|                           | central Somalia.  Food assistance is     |
|                           | currently being provided to over three   |
|                           | million people inside of** **Somalia.**  |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | **Emergency daily cooked food rations    |
|                           | provided by WFP help support, for        |
|                           | example, the one in six Somali children  |
|                           | under the age of five who are            |
|                           | malnourished. These food rations support |
|                           | more than 80,000 Somalis (mostly women   |
|                           | and children) at 16 facilities in        |
|                           | Mogadishu.  The United States Government |
|                           | also contributes to the feeding of more  |
|                           | than 800,000 people forced from          |
|                           | Mogadishu by fighting. Many other women  |
|                           | and children throughout Somalia depend   |
|                           | on U.S. Government food supplies for     |
|                           | daily survival.  **                      |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | **According to USAID/East Africa         |
|                           | Regional Mission Director Cheryl         |
|                           | Anderson, "The United States Government  |
|                           | supports the peace and reconciliation    |
|                           | process in Somalia and is doing its      |
|                           | utmost to ensure that during this        |
|                           | transition period, Somalis throughout    |
|                           | the country continue to receive          |
|                           | life-sustaining food each and every      |
|                           | day."    **                              |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | **In Fiscal Year 2008, USAID/FFP         |
|                           | provided more than 211,000 metric tons   |
|                           | of emergency food assistance valued at   |
|                           | more than \$217 million.**               |
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| **Second Annual Report to | **This report summarizes activities U.S. |
| Congress---Supporting     | Government (USG) agencies, including     |
| Highly Vulnerable         | USAID, are undertaking together to       |
| Children: Progress,       | improve programming for highly           |
| Promise and Partnership** | vulnerable children. In 2007--2008, the  |
|                           | USG spent in excess of \$5.9 billion on  |
| **December 2008**         | foreign assistance programs to improve   |
|                           | the lives of the world's most vulnerable |
| **To learn more, [click   | children and their families. USAID has   |
| here.](http               | dedicated significant time and human     |
| ://www.usaid.gov/our_work | resources to this effort.**              |
| /global_health/aids/TechA |                                          |
| reas/ChildrenAffected/)** | **To view the full report, [click        |
|                           | here.](http:                             |
|                           | //pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PDACM265.pdf)** |
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|                           | **GRANT OPPORTUNITIES**                  |
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| USAID FUNDING             | **NEW USAID-THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR    |
|                           | APPLICATIONS: USAID/ Liberia announces   |
| (check out grants.gov for | its intention to invite comments and     |
| the most up-to-date       | suggestion on the draft program          |
| information on grant and  | description for the implementation of    |
| funding opportunities as  | "Building Sustainable Election           |
| information does change)  | Management in Liberia. The purpose of    |
|                           | this program description (PD) is to      |
|                           | define the parameters of a four year,    |
|                           | election support program for             |
|                           | USAID/Liberia. The objective is to       |
|                           | provide timely and specific support      |
|                           | through technical assistance and some    |
|                           | material support to assist Liberia's     |
|                           | National Elections Commission (NEC) to   |
|                           | conduct specific electoral exercises     |
|                           | that are vital to the continued          |
|                           | democratic transition underway in        |
|                           | Liberia. These exercises include         |
|                           | constituency boundary delimitation,      |
|                           | design a revised voter registration      |
|                           | system, holding a national referendum to |
|                           | amend the Constitution, and support      |
|                           | holding local elections. In addition to  |
|                           | these exercises, the program description |
|                           | also calls for capacity building         |
|                           | training for the entire NEC, including   |
|                           | for temporary staff hired to assist with |
|                           | the conduct of electoral events as       |
|                           | needed. Finally, the PD requires a       |
|                           | program of support to the NEC for        |
|                           | nationwide civic and voter education to  |
|                           | inform and sensitive Liberians about     |
|                           | some important new changes in the        |
|                           | election landscape as a result of these  |
|                           | exercises. This announcement is          |
|                           | soliciting comments and suggestions from |
|                           | the interested parties in order to       |
|                           | further refine the draft PD. Comments    |
|                           | will be appreciated and considered as we |
|                           | finalize the RFA for proposed            |
|                           | cooperative agreement, however, comments |
|                           | may or may not be incorporated in the PD |
|                           | and issuance of this announcement does   |
|                           | not obligate to issue RFA. The period of |
|                           | the performance is expected to be four   |
|                           | years from the date of award with an     |
|                           | estimated cost of approximately 14       |
|                           | million. No information on Instructions  |
|                           | to offer or Evaluation Criteria is       |
|                           | available at this time. Also, please     |
|                           | note that any expense incurred in        |
|                           | providing comments or attending meeting  |
|                           | or conference call shall be the          |
|                           | responsibility of the                    |
|                           | organization/persons concerned. Due to   |
|                           | urgency of the requirement, USAID will   |
|                           | host a conference call/meeting at 10 Am, |
|                           | Feb. 25, 2009 at Ronald Reagan Building, |
|                           | Washington, DC for responding to         |
|                           | questions and clarification on the draft |
|                           | program description. The meeting shall   |
|                           | be chaired by Sean Hall, USAID,          |
|                           | Washington DC. Please note that          |
|                           | organizations and persons interested to  |
|                           | participate in the meeting or to         |
|                           | participate in the conference call may   |
|                           | send their name, address, phone number   |
|                           | and e-mail to Sean Hall at               |
|                           | seahall@usaid.gov. The organizations who |
|                           | are not able to attend meeting or        |
|                           | conference call may send written         |
|                           | comments on this draft program           |
|                           | description by February 27, 2009 to      |
|                           | Brian Aaron at <baaron@usaid.gov> and    |
|                           | Satish Kumar at <skumar@usaid.gov>**.    |
|                           | **For more information, [click           |
|                           | he                                       |
|                           | re.](http://www07.grants.gov/search/sear |
|                           | ch.do;jsessionid=tRlvJpGbTPbbKhrhmYpsjwJ |
|                           | DKxjvtdrCfRzzljBZd3VSLbfkk6Kh!-108218008 |
|                           | ?oppId=45346&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW)** |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | **NEW USAID-THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR    |
|                           | APPLICATIONS: USAID/ Liberia announces   |
|                           | its intention to invite comments and     |
|                           | suggestion on the draft program          |
|                           | description for the implementation of    |
|                           | "Liberia Civil Society and Media         |
|                           | Capacity, Advocacy and Leadership        |
|                           | Program. The purpose of this program     |
|                           | description is to define the parameters  |
|                           | and objectives for a new, five year      |
|                           | civil society and media capacity         |
|                           | building and youth leadership program    |
|                           | for USAID/Liberia. This new program      |
|                           | seeks to support capacity building as    |
|                           | needed for civil society organizations   |
|                           | that facilitate the achievement of       |
|                           | results in USAID/Liberia's key technical |
|                           | sectors of democracy and governance,     |
|                           | health, education, economic growth and   |
|                           | natural resource management. Details of  |
|                           | the needs in each sector are described   |
|                           | below. Additionally USAID/Liberia        |
|                           | intends to implement a program of        |
|                           | support to the media in Liberia to       |
|                           | increase investigative journalism        |
|                           | capacity, and broaden the reach of       |
|                           | community radio. Finally, the program    |
|                           | will establish a youth leadership        |
|                           | initiative to cultivate young leaders in |
|                           | Liberia intent on pursuing public        |
|                           | service as a career This announcement is |
|                           | soliciting comments and suggestions from |
|                           | the interested parties in order to       |
|                           | further refine the draft PD. Comments    |
|                           | will be appreciated and considered as we |
|                           | finalize the RFA for proposed            |
|                           | cooperative agreement, however, comments |
|                           | may or may not be incorporated in the    |
|                           | Final PD and issuance of this            |
|                           | announcement does not obligate to issue  |
|                           | RFA. The period of the performance is    |
|                           | expected to be five years from the date  |
|                           | of award with an estimated cost of       |
|                           | approximately 11 million. No information |
|                           | on Instructions to offer or Evaluation   |
|                           | Criteria is available at this time.      |
|                           | Please refrain from submitting questions |
|                           | or requests for clarifications as        |
|                           | regards to these sections, as response   |
|                           | will not be provided. Also, please note  |
|                           | that any expense incurred in providing   |
|                           | comments or attending meeting or         |
|                           | conference call shall be the             |
|                           | responsibility of the organization       |
|                           | concerned. Due to urgency of the         |
|                           | requirement, USAID will host a           |
|                           | conference call/meeting at 10AM, March   |
|                           | 4, 2009 at Ronald Reagan Building,       |
|                           | Washington, DC for providing responses   |
|                           | to questions and clarifications on the   |
|                           | draft description if any. The meeting    |
|                           | shall be chaired by Sean Hall, USAID,    |
|                           | WDC. Please note that organizations and  |
|                           | persons interested in seeking            |
|                           | clarification and response to their      |
|                           | questions on draft PD may send their     |
|                           | name, phone number, and e-mail to Sean   |
|                           | Hall at seahall@usaid.gov by March 2,    |
|                           | 2009. The organizations and individuals  |
|                           | who are not able to meet him and reach   |
|                           | on the conference call, please provide   |
|                           | written comments/suggestions on draft PD |
|                           | to Brian Aaron at <baaron@usaid.gov> and |
|                           | Satish Kumar at <Skumar@usaid.gov> by    |
|                           | March 13, 2009. For more information,    |
|                           | [click                                   |
|                           | he                                       |
|                           | re.](http://www07.grants.gov/search/sear |
|                           | ch.do;jsessionid=tRlvJpGbTPbbKhrhmYpsjwJ |
|                           | DKxjvtdrCfRzzljBZd3VSLbfkk6Kh!-108218008 |
|                           | ?oppId=45350&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW)** |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | **USAID-The purpose of this Annual       |
|                           | Program Statement (APS) is to publish    |
|                           | information about the intention of       |
|                           | USAID's Bureau for Africa to fund        |
|                           | proposals to contribute to the           |
|                           | objectives of the Global Food Security   |
|                           | Response through forming public-private  |
|                           | and/or private-private alliances to      |
|                           | support the development of effective     |
|                           | staple food value-chains in West Africa. |
|                           | This APS provides prospective recipients |
|                           | with an opportunity to develop and       |
|                           | submit applications for U.S. Agency of   |
|                           | International Development (USAID)        |
|                           | funding in the area of Economic Growth   |
|                           | focused on increasing food security.     |
|                           | This APS describes the strategy, the APS |
|                           | application process, the criteria for    |
|                           | evaluating applications, and information |
|                           | on administration of awards and point of |
|                           | contract. As of February 12, 2009 the    |
|                           | closing date of this announcement is     |
|                           | February 28, 2009. For more              |
|                           | information,** [**click                  |
|                           | he                                       |
|                           | re.**](http://www07.grants.gov/search/se |
|                           | arch.do;jsessionid=SwHhJVlWq2jcJfBM6qb6v |
|                           | cC9nZ53373yhzLTY7hbphVydChh2BRm!-3992693 |
|                           | 25?oppId=45299&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW) |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | **USAID-The International Food Relief    |
|                           | Partnership (IFRP) is a USAID program to |
|                           | support the production, stockpiling,     |
|                           | transportation, delivery, and            |
|                           | distribution of shelf-stable,            |
|                           | prepackaged foods by U.S. non-profit and |
|                           | Public International Organizations.      |
|                           | These guidelines and procedures apply to |
|                           | grant proposals for transportation,      |
|                           | delivery and distribution of             |
|                           | commodities. In administering the IFRP   |
|                           | program, USAID seeks to diversify the    |
|                           | types of Title II food aid commodities   |
|                           | available for programming and expand     |
|                           | USAID's base of non-profit organizations |
|                           | capable of managing U.S.                 |
|                           | government-funded international food aid |
|                           | programs. The commodities currently      |
|                           | available for distribution are: 1.       |
|                           | Harvest Pro Vegetable blend (Product     |
|                           | Code 304), and/or 2. Harvest Pro Plain   |
|                           | Harvest Lentil blend (Product 504),      |
|                           | and/or 3. Harvest Pro Combined Vegetable |
|                           | and Lentil blends (Product Code 404).    |
|                           | These commodities are produced,          |
|                           | packaged, and warehoused by Breedlove    |
|                           | Dehydrated Foods. Grant awards under the |
|                           | IFRP program are authorized by section   |
|                           | 208(a)(2) of the Food for Peace Act, 7   |
|                           | U.S.C. § 1726b(a)(2), and will be made   |
|                           | and governed in accordance with these    |
|                           | guidelines and procedures and Part 226   |
|                           | of Title 22 of the Code of Federal       |
|                           | Regulations. As of January 7, 2009, the  |
|                           | closing date of this announcement is     |
|                           | March 15, 2009. For more information,    |
|                           | [click                                   |
|                           | her                                      |
|                           | e.](http://www07.grants.gov/search/searc |
|                           | h.do;jsessionid=JmkLyc3knT3pzwF55lC7JYgs |
|                           | YhqQLyh46PSyJFhJhhL597yqyynv!-1536020391 |
|                           | ?oppId=44617&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW)** |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | **USAID-Securing                         |
|                           | [\<\<]{.mark}Uganda[\>\>]{.mark}'s Right |
|                           | to Essential Medicine. Strengthen the    |
|                           | national supply chain system for health  |
|                           | commodities to ensure access of the      |
|                           | population of Uganda to essential        |
|                           | medicines and health supplies. The       |
|                           | recipient will be responsible for        |
|                           | working collaboratively with the         |
|                           | Government of Uganda and other key       |
|                           | partners to strengthen the Government of |
|                           | Uganda's capacity and performance in     |
|                           | managing the key components of the       |
|                           | supply chain including financing of      |
|                           | health commodities, forecasting and      |
|                           | quantification of program needs,         |
|                           | procurement, quality assurance, storage  |
|                           | and distribution to end user health      |
|                           | facilities, and logistics information    |
|                           | management systems at all levels of the  |
|                           | supply chain. As of January 30, 2009 the |
|                           | closing date of this announcement is     |
|                           | March 20, 2009. For more information,**  |
|                           | [**click                                 |
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|                           | re.**](http://www07.grants.gov/search/se |
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|                           | **USAID/Dakar- The United States for     |
|                           | International Development (USAID) is     |
|                           | seeking applications for Assistance      |
|                           | Agreement to implement a Water and       |
|                           | Sanitation Program for a five year       |
|                           | period in Senegal. As of January 30,     |
|                           | 2009 the closing date of this            |
|                           | announcement is March 20, 2009. For more |
|                           | information,** [**click                  |
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|                           | re.**](http://www07.grants.gov/search/se |
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|                           | **USAID/Accra- The United States         |
|                           | Government, represented by the U.S.      |
|                           | Agency for International Development's   |
|                           | Mission to Ghana (USAID/Ghana) is        |
|                           | seeking applications from organizations  |
|                           | for a cooperative agreement to fund a    |
|                           | program entitled "Grants & Reporting     |
|                           | Accountability Improve Literacy          |
|                           | (GRAIL)."The GRAIL program seeks to      |
|                           | improve educational quality,             |
|                           | particularly early grade literacy, in    |
|                           | Ghana by improving the capacity of       |
|                           | lower-level units (district, circuits,   |
|                           | schools) to manage for results and by    |
|                           | assisting community groups in holding    |
|                           | them accountable. The GRAIL program will |
|                           | provide districts technical and          |
|                           | financial resources to plan and          |
|                           | implement education quality improvement  |
|                           | interventions, particularly those aimed  |
|                           | at early grade literacy improvement, and |
|                           | provide educational stakeholders a       |
|                           | report card with which they can better   |
|                           | understand and account for progress. As  |
|                           | of February 10, 2009 the closing date of |
|                           | this announcement is March 27, 2009. For |
|                           | more information,** [**click             |
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|                           | re.**](http://www07.grants.gov/search/se |
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|                           | **USAID/Moscow-** **Mainstreaming of     |
|                           | Human, Social, and Civil Rights Project  |
|                           | The goal of this project is to           |
|                           | "mainstream" the concept of human        |
|                           | rights, and correspondingly, the         |
|                           | feasibility of the protection of human   |
|                           | rights by ordinary citizens in Russia.   |
|                           | This will be accomplished by working in  |
|                           | areas of broad public interest and       |
|                           | engaging a wide spectrum of the          |
|                           | population in this work. In addition to  |
|                           | focusing on issue areas of broad public  |
|                           | interest and support, mainstreaming in   |
|                           | this project in Russia means bringing in |
|                           | local governments and other official     |
|                           | entities in constructive roles.**        |
|                           | **Qualified applicants may be U.S.       |
|                           | private voluntary organizations (U.S.    |
|                           | PVOs) and/or U.S., Russian or other      |
|                           | non-U.S. non-governmental organizations  |
|                           | (NGOs) or private, non-profit            |
|                           | organizations (or for-profit companies   |
|                           | willing to forego profits), including    |
|                           | universities, research organizations,    |
|                           | professional associations, and relevant  |
|                           | special interest associations. Public    |
|                           | International Organizations (PIOs) and   |
|                           | faith-based and community organizations  |
|                           | are also eligible for award. In support  |
|                           | of the Agency's interest in fostering a  |
|                           | larger assistance base and expanding the |
|                           | number and sustainability of development |
|                           | partners, USAID encourages applications  |
|                           | from potential new partners,             |
|                           | particularly if they are joined with a   |
|                           | more experienced organization. As of     |
|                           | February 9, 2009 the closing date of     |
|                           | this announcement is April 6, 2009. For  |
|                           | more information, [click                 |
|                           | he                                       |
|                           | re.](http://www07.grants.gov/search/sear |
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|                           | ?oppId=45222&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW)** |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | **USAID-The global food crisis has       |
|                           | affected households around the world,    |
|                           | but has had a particularly harsh impact  |
|                           | on the most vulnerable families in       |
|                           | developing nations. Vulnerable           |
|                           | populations in the Horn of Africa region |
|                           | can be described in three types:         |
|                           | pastoral, agro-pastoral, and marginal    |
|                           | farming households. Historically in the  |
|                           | Horn region, all of these groups suffer  |
|                           | the same repetitive scenario of          |
|                           | humanitarian decline due to asset        |
|                           | depletion resulting from the continuous  |
|                           | man-made and climatic shocks. In         |
|                           | general, this decline scenario includes  |
|                           | a shock followed by households adopting  |
|                           | negative coping mechanisms, such as      |
|                           | selling productive assets to meet basic  |
|                           | food needs and loss of assets to the     |
|                           | effects of drought/flood/disease.        |
|                           | USAID/OFDA's mandate is to save lives,   |
|                           | alleviate human suffering, and reduce    |
|                           | the social and economic impact of        |
|                           | humanitarian emergencies worldwide. In   |
|                           | order to achieve this goal,              |
|                           | USAID/DCHA/OFDA's strategy for the HFPCR |
|                           | is to improve local livelihoods as a     |
|                           | means to increase household's resilience |
|                           | to shocks reducing the need for future   |
|                           | relief based activities. A. The broad    |
|                           | goals of this APS are to: • Stabilize    |
|                           | humanitarian indicators in food insecure |
|                           | households through both the provision of |
|                           | humanitarian assistance and activities   |
|                           | designed to protect existing household   |
|                           | assets; • Strengthen existing            |
|                           | developmental programming designed to    |
|                           | rebuild livelihoods and household        |
|                           | resiliency to shocks through the         |
|                           | diversification and creation of          |
|                           | household assets; and, • Improve         |
|                           | economic opportunities and livelihoods   |
|                           | through improved market linkages in      |
|                           | support of the agricultural and          |
|                           | livestock sectors. USAID/OFDA            |
|                           | anticipates awarding two cooperative     |
|                           | agreements as a result of this APS, one  |
|                           | targeting interventions in Kenya and one |
|                           | targeting interventions in Uganda. As of |
|                           | February 2, 2009, the closing date for   |
|                           | this announcement is April 8, 2009. For  |
|                           | more information, [click                 |
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|                           | ere.](http://www07.grants.gov/search/sea |
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|                           | ?oppId=43024&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW)** |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | **USAID-USAID/OFDA anticipates awarding  |
|                           | multiple cooperative agreements as a     |
|                           | result of this APS, targeting            |
|                           | interventions in specific zones within   |
|                           | Oromiya, Somali, and Southern Nations,   |
|                           | Nationalities, and Peoples regions in    |
|                           | Ethiopia. The global food crisis has     |
|                           | affected households around the world,    |
|                           | but has had a particularly harsh impact  |
|                           | on the most vulnerable families in       |
|                           | developing nations. Vulnerable           |
|                           | populations in the Horn of Africa region |
|                           | can be described in three types:         |
|                           | pastoral, agro-pastoral, and marginal    |
|                           | farming households. OFDA is seeking to   |
|                           | adopt new approaches to providing        |
|                           | assistance that, where possible, will    |
|                           | address the root causes of food          |
|                           | insecurity, rather than continually      |
|                           | providing inputs to poor households each |
|                           | year at higher and higher costs. The     |
|                           | broad goals of this APS for Ethiopia are |
|                           | to: • Stabilize humanitarian indicators  |
|                           | in food insecure households through      |
|                           | humanitarian assistance activities       |
|                           | designed to protect existing household   |
|                           | assets; • Rebuild livelihoods and        |
|                           | household resiliency to shocks through   |
|                           | the diversification and creation of      |
|                           | household assets; and, • Improve         |
|                           | economic opportunities through improved  |
|                           | market linkages in support of the        |
|                           | predominate agricultural and livestock   |
|                           | sectors.** **As of February 2, 2009, the |
|                           | closing date of this announcement is     |
|                           | April 27, 2009. For more information,    |
|                           | [click                                   |
|                           | he                                       |
|                           | re.](http://www07.grants.gov/search/sear |
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|                           | LpJbhxZynQHSJKR79zQnpv72NcPLT!1901531722 |
|                           | ?oppId=43228&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW)** |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | **USAID/Lilongwe- The purpose of the APS |
|                           | is to publicize the United States Agency |
|                           | for International Development (USAID)    |
|                           | plans to fund a limited number of        |
|                           | programs through the USAID/Malawi's      |
|                           | Economic Growth Functional Objective of  |
|                           | improving conditions in biologically     |
|                           | significant areas through community      |
|                           | based natural resource management. The   |
|                           | overall objective is to support Malawi's |
|                           | rural poor in transforming management    |
|                           | and protection of their natural          |
|                           | resources and biologically significant   |
|                           | areas from practices that degrade, to    |
|                           | approaches that revitalize and protect   |
|                           | these important areas for the good of    |
|                           | the society and future generations.      |
|                           | Pending the availability of funding,     |
|                           | USAID/Malawi anticipates awarding one or |
|                           | two grants or cooperative agreements to  |
|                           | fund applications submitted in response  |
|                           | to this APS. Each agreement will run     |
|                           | from approximately May, 2009 until       |
|                           | September, 2012. The total amount        |
|                           | available for funding is \$10,000,000    |
|                           | (ten million dollars). If two agreements |
|                           | are awarded; one agreement will receive  |
|                           | a maximum individual amount of           |
|                           | \$7,000,000 (seven million dollars) and  |
|                           | a second with a minimum of \$1,000,000   |
|                           | (one million dollars) and a maximum of   |
|                           | \$3,000,000 (three million dollars).     |
|                           | USAID reserves the right to fund one or  |
|                           | more or none of the applications which   |
|                           | may be submitted. Out of an estimated    |
|                           | \$10 million total award, USAID is       |
|                           | planning an initial funding of           |
|                           | approximately \$955,000 for the programs |
|                           | for fiscal year 2009. The projects will  |
|                           | be funded primarily through Biodiversity |
|                           | funding though will be supplemented with |
|                           | Agriculture funding pending future       |
|                           | budget levels. Upon satisfactory         |
|                           | evaluation of the projects at the end of |
|                           | the funding period, USAID/Malawi may     |
|                           | make a determination to extend the       |
|                           | project agreement(s) by a further 2      |
|                           | (two) years. As of February 2, 2009 the  |
|                           | closing date for this announcement is    |
|                           | April 30, 2009. For more information,**  |
|                           | [**click                                 |
|                           | he                                       |
|                           | re.**](http://www07.grants.gov/search/se |
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|                           | **USAID/Almaty This USAID/Central Asian  |
|                           | Republics (CAR) Annual Program Statement |
|                           | (APS) solicits applications from         |
|                           | prospective partners to implement        |
|                           | maternal and child health activities in  |
|                           | Tajikistan. USAID expects that the total |
|                           | level of funding available under this    |
|                           | APS for activities in Tajikistan would   |
|                           | be up to \$3.5 million. Based on these   |
|                           | figures, funding requests are expected   |
|                           | to range from a minimum of \$200,000 up  |
|                           | to a maximum of \$3.5 million (if        |
|                           | activities are proposed to cover all     |
|                           | program objectives), for expenditure     |
|                           | over a period of up to five years.       |
|                           | Funding will not exceed \$700,000 per    |
|                           | year; awards for projects of more than   |
|                           | one year will be funded incrementally.   |
|                           | All awards are subject to the            |
|                           | availability of funding.  As of August   |
|                           | 15, 2008, the closing date of this       |
|                           | announcement is June 24, 2009.  For more |
|                           | information, [click                      |
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|                           | ?oppId=42125&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW)** |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | **USAID-is seeking applications from     |
|                           | eligible institution as described in     |
|                           | Section A.1.e., that promote democracy,  |
|                           | human rights, and the rule of law in     |
|                           | Iran. Applications should advance one or |
|                           | more of the following objectives:        |
|                           | strengthening civil society organization |
|                           | and advocacy; increasing awareness of    |
|                           | and strengthening the rule of law; and   |
|                           | expanding freedom of information. USAID  |
|                           | intends to make several awards under     |
|                           | this APS for a total of up to \$20       |
|                           | million. Applicants can request          |
|                           | \$100,000 to \$3,000,000 for expenditure |
|                           | for a maximum of two years. Applications |
|                           | will be reviewed on a rolling basis and  |
|                           | all applications must be submitted by    |
|                           | June 30, 2009. USAID reserves the right  |
|                           | to fund any or none of the applications  |
|                           | submitted. As of August 15, 2008, the    |
|                           | closing date for this announcement is    |
|                           | June 30, 2009. For more information,     |
|                           | [click                                   |
|                           | he                                       |
|                           | re.](http://www07.grants.gov/search/sear |
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|                           | b9myR6ffThXgy1ny73z1bk52M5pJ8!1625162392 |
|                           | ?oppId=42479&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW)** |
|                           |                                          |
|                           | **USAID-ODP Annual Program               |
|                           | Statement-There is no dollar value limit |
|                           | or minimum for individual proposals or   |
|                           | for cumulative awards made under this    |
|                           | APS. However, as a reference, past USAID |
|                           | funding awards have ranged between       |
|                           | \$50,000 and \$10,000,000. The actual    |
|                           | number of awards under this APS is       |
|                           | subject to the availability of funds and |
|                           | the interests and requirements of        |
|                           | missions/WOUs as well as viability of    |
|                           | proposals received. Do not post          |
|                           | applications in Grants.gov. All          |
|                           | applications and specific questions      |
|                           | should be submitted directly to the      |
|                           | mission. Contact information for the     |
|                           | missions is located in the attached      |
|                           | Annual Program Statement.** **As of      |
|                           | December 2, 2008, the closing date of    |
|                           | this announcement is September 30, 2009. |
|                           | For more information, [click             |
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|                           | ?oppId=43490&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW)** |
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|                           | **USAID/Manila- The Mission of the       |
|                           | United States Agency for International   |
|                           | Development in the Philippines           |
|                           | (USAID/Philippines) invites applications |
|                           | from U.S. or non-U.S. organizations      |
|                           | (including Philippines) non-profit or    |
|                           | for profit entities to implement         |
|                           | "Conservation of Biodiversity and        |
|                           | Management of Natural Resources"         |
|                           | activities as described in this Annual   |
|                           | Program Statement (APS) under grants or  |
|                           | cooperative agreements. As of February   |
|                           | 3, 2009 the closing date of this         |
|                           | announcement is October 1, 2009. For     |
|                           | more information,** [**click             |
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|                           | re.**](http://www07.grants.gov/search/se |
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| U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT     | **Bureau of Population, Refugees and     |
| FUNDING                   | Migration-** **PRM will prioritize       |
|                           | currently available funding for proposed |
| (check out grants.gov for | NGO activities that best meet the        |
| the most up-to-date       | Bureau's priorities in Chad, Cameroon,   |
| information on grant and  | and the CAR as identified below: (1)     |
| funding opportunities as  | Proposed activities should primarily     |
| information does change)  | support Sudanese refugees in Chad and    |
|                           | the CAR as well as Central African       |
|                           | refugees in Chad and Cameroon. Proposals |
|                           | may include work in the following        |
|                           | sectors: protection, health, nutrition,  |
|                           | water and sanitation, education, camp    |
|                           | management, community services,          |
|                           | micro-enterprise and livelihoods         |
|                           | development, humanitarian air services,  |
|                           | humanitarian information services,       |
|                           | gender-based violence prevention and     |
|                           | support, and psychosocial support. As of |
|                           | January 15, 2009, the closing date of    |
|                           | this announcement is February 25, 2009.  |
|                           | For more information,** [**click         |
|                           | he                                       |
|                           | re.**](http://www07.grants.gov/search/se |
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|                           | **Bureau Of Educational and Cultural     |
|                           | Affairs- The Office of Academic Exchange |
|                           | Programs, European and Eurasian Programs |
|                           | Branch (ECA/A/E/EUR) announces an open   |
|                           | competition for three (3) Summer         |
|                           | Institutes for European undergraduate    |
|                           | students to take place during the summer |
|                           | of 2009. The Institutes vary in focus,   |
|                           | the number of participants, length,      |
|                           | timing, and funding. Accredited,         |
|                           | post-secondary educational institutions  |
|                           | in the United States may submit          |
|                           | proposals to administer one or more of   |
|                           | the Institute programs. Institutions     |
|                           | must submit separate proposals for each  |
|                           | Institute. All Institutes will be funded |
|                           | in FY2009 pending the availability of    |
|                           | funds. As of December 22, 2008, the      |
|                           | closing date for this announcement is    |
|                           | February 26, 2009. For more information, |
|                           | [click                                   |
|                           | he                                       |
|                           | re.](http://www07.grants.gov/search/sear |
|                           | ch.do;jsessionid=Jb9fW1QkJZ0Sgc2rJl6cfPS |
|                           | Dyy1FG2K2hGLLxLh5NNKXRvDvq13L!1323466878 |
|                           | ?oppId=44484&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW)** |
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|                           | **NEW Bureau of International Narcotics  |
|                           | and Law Enforcement Affairs** **Program  |
|                           | to Support Legal Socialization of        |
|                           | Juveniles in Georgia** **Executive       |
|                           | Summary: Through this Request for        |
|                           | Applications (RFA), the United States    |
|                           | Government, represented by the           |
|                           | Department of State's Bureau for         |
|                           | International Narcotics and Law          |
|                           | Enforcement Affairs, Office of Asian,    |
|                           | African and European Programs (INL/AAE), |
|                           | is pleased to announce an open           |
|                           | competition for an assistance award with |
|                           | the Republic of Georgia as a target      |
|                           | country for intervention of grant        |
|                           | activities. INL/AAE invites U.S.         |
|                           | non-profit/non-governmental qualified    |
|                           | organizations actively operating in      |
|                           | Georgia to submit proposals with a       |
|                           | strong focus on advocacy for, and        |
|                           | implementation of, legal socialization   |
|                           | activities for Georgian juveniles. The   |
|                           | total Grant award for one to four years  |
|                           | will be up to \$800,000 - with up to     |
|                           | \$200,000 per year funded annually. I.   |
|                           | FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES DESCRIPTION        |
|                           | Background According to the State        |
|                           | Department's 2007 Human Rights Report,   |
|                           | the Georgian government expressed a      |
|                           | longstanding commitment to protecting    |
|                           | children\'s rights and welfare, but it   |
|                           | was neither able to allocate sufficient  |
|                           | resources to create protective           |
|                           | infrastructure nor able to introduce the |
|                           | necessary institutional reforms to       |
|                           | fulfill this commitment. The Ministry of |
|                           | Education developed a program called     |
|                           | "Safe Schools" in 2007 that included     |
|                           | extra-curricular activities to keep      |
|                           | children and youth off the streets, but  |
|                           | this program has since been cut due to   |
|                           | budget constraints. While infrastructure |
|                           | for prevention and protection may be     |
|                           | lacking, punishment is not waning: the   |
|                           | number of Georgian children prosecuted   |
|                           | for juvenile offenses has increased by   |
|                           | almost 50 percent since 2005 -- mostly   |
|                           | for petty theft, according to the United |
|                           | Nation's Children's Fund's 2007 Juvenile |
|                           | Justice Assessment. The report also      |
|                           | states that over 37 percent of convicted |
|                           | juveniles ended up in prison, up from    |
|                           | nearly 15 percent in 2000. Different     |
|                           | research sources indicate that formal    |
|                           | legal punishment as a sole or primary    |
|                           | deterrent is ineffective, particularly   |
|                           | among youth, and can lead to a high      |
|                           | incidence of recidivism as opposed to    |
|                           | rehabilitation. In order to bring about  |
|                           | a decrease in juvenile crime among       |
|                           | Georgian youth, a proactive and          |
|                           | community-based approach must be sought. |
|                           | Child protection services and related    |
|                           | specialists also need to adapt their     |
|                           | conventional methods of case referral,   |
|                           | control, treatment and justice           |
|                           | processing. Georgia has neither juvenile |
|                           | courts nor juvenile judges and while     |
|                           | official responsibility for juvenile     |
|                           | crime prevention is in the hands of the  |
|                           | patrol police, virtually no training is  |
|                           | provided to them for their work in this  |
|                           | area with juveniles. Experience shows    |
|                           | that police can be an important resource |
|                           | in conveying critical knowledge and      |
|                           | skills that are necessary for            |
|                           | adolescents to become lawful citizens    |
|                           | and can serve as community assets that   |
|                           | help keep youth out of trouble. Police   |
|                           | are also in a unique position to be      |
|                           | positive resources to parents and        |
|                           | communities through youth friendly       |
|                           | activities that embrace prevention,      |
|                           | corrective and reparative processes.     |
|                           | This has not been the traditional role   |
|                           | of policing in Georgia, however, which   |
|                           | is further compounded by a legacy of     |
|                           | mistrust by the public concerning        |
|                           | policing and law enforcement in general. |
|                           | The Children's Rights Protection Center  |
|                           | of the Tbilisi Municipality claims that  |
|                           | the absence of juvenile crime prevention |
|                           | organizations is a major reason why      |
|                           | crime rates have drastically risen. On   |
|                           | the whole, youth protection within the   |
|                           | post-Soviet structures in Georgia has    |
|                           | not yet shifted from the conventional    |
|                           | "deficit-based" approaches to            |
|                           | youth-centered participatory and         |
|                           | cooperative prevention. To create a new  |
|                           | paradigm that is "asset based" in its    |
|                           | approach requires an investment in       |
|                           | non-traditional models that capitalize   |
|                           | on the resources that community based    |
|                           | law enforcement can bring to Georgian    |
|                           | adolescents, parents, teachers and other |
|                           | professionals operating in child         |
|                           | education and protection agencies,       |
|                           | services and facilities. Program         |
|                           | Objectives INL/AAE is currently seeking  |
|                           | an organization with the requisite       |
|                           | capability and experience to provide     |
|                           | training and technical support to        |
|                           | appropriate professional teams and       |
|                           | Georgian communities in preventing       |
|                           | juvenile delinquency and implementing    |
|                           | legal socialization programs and         |
|                           | activities for Georgian youth. To reduce |
|                           | the growing rates of juvenile            |
|                           | delinquency in Georgia, INL encourages   |
|                           | proposals that act simultaneously on     |
|                           | many fronts with prioritized attention   |
|                           | to the following key action areas: •     |
|                           | Design and expand strategies that        |
|                           | incorporate and support community        |
|                           | policing as a juvenile justice approach. |
|                           | • Develop and implement prevention       |
|                           | strategies involving law enforcement     |
|                           | working with or in Georgian secondary    |
|                           | schools. • Encourage peer-to-peer        |
|                           | accountability and reinforce lessons of  |
|                           | responsibility and community among       |
|                           | teens. • Expand community-based          |
|                           | alternative justice programs for youth   |
|                           | by building on existing models. •        |
|                           | Develop and adapt legal socialization    |
|                           | strategies aimed at reducing juvenile    |
|                           | crime in minority communities. • Design  |
|                           | and provide cross-training for law       |
|                           | enforcement and youth services           |
|                           | professionals and implement              |
|                           | collaborative intervention strategies to |
|                           | respond to first-time juvenile           |
|                           | offenders. • Demonstrate key             |
|                           | partnerships with lead governmental      |
|                           | ministries, indigenous NGOs,             |
|                           | community-based groups, and with private |
|                           | citizens who can provide resources and   |
|                           | policy development leadership in         |
|                           | developing and sustaining strategies for |
|                           | community based legal socialization      |
|                           | programming for Georgian adolescents. •  |
|                           | Demonstrate how proposed strategies      |
|                           | build on existing alliances with police, |
|                           | judicial and other relevant structures   |
|                           | for the sustainable adoption and         |
|                           | expansion of the alternative juvenile    |
|                           | justice best models and practices. As of |
|                           | February 17, 2009 the closing date of    |
|                           | this announcement is March 19, 2009. For |
|                           | more information,** [**click             |
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|                           | **NEW International Narcotics and Law    |
|                           | Enforcement Affair- Executive Summary:   |
|                           | Through this Request for Applications    |
|                           | (RFA), the United States Government,     |
|                           | represented by the Department of State's |
|                           | Bureau for International Narcotics and   |
|                           | Law Enforcement Affairs, Office of       |
|                           | Asian, African and European Programs     |
|                           | (INL/AAE), is pleased to announce an     |
|                           | open competition for an assistance award |
|                           | with the Republic of Georgia as a target |
|                           | country for intervention of grant        |
|                           | activities. INL/AAE invites U.S.         |
|                           | non-profit/non-governmental qualified    |
|                           | organizations actively operating in      |
|                           | Georgia to submit proposals with a       |
|                           | strong focus on advocacy for, and        |
|                           | implementation of, legal socialization   |
|                           | activities for Georgian juveniles. The   |
|                           | total Grant award for one to four years  |
|                           | will be up to \$800,000 - with up to     |
|                           | \$200,000 per year funded annually. As   |
|                           | of February 17, 2009 the closing date of |
|                           | this announcement is March 19, 2009. For |
|                           | more information, [click                 |
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|                           | re.](http://www07.grants.gov/search/sear |
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|                           | **Bureau Of Educational and Cultural     |
|                           | Affairs-** **The Office of Citizen       |
|                           | Exchanges of the Bureau of Educational   |
|                           | and Cultural Affairs announces an open   |
|                           | competition for the International Sports |
|                           | Programming Initiative. Public and       |
|                           | private non-profit organizations meeting |
|                           | the provisions described in Internal     |
|                           | Revenue Code section 26 U.S.C. 501(c)    |
|                           | (3) may submit proposals for projects    |
|                           | designed to reach out to youth and       |
|                           | promote mutual understanding by          |
|                           | increasing the professional capacity of  |
|                           | those who design and manage youth sports |
|                           | programs in select countries in Africa,  |
|                           | East Asia, the Near East and North       |
|                           | Africa, South Central Asia, Europe, and  |
|                           | the Western Hemisphere. The focus of all |
|                           | programs must be on reaching out to both |
|                           | male and female youth ages 8-18 and/or   |
|                           | their coaches. Programs designed to      |
|                           | train elite athletes or coaches will not |
|                           | be considered. For the purposes of this  |
|                           | competition, eligible regions are        |
|                           | Africa, Europe, East Asia, the Near East |
|                           | and North Africa, South and Central Asia |
|                           | and the Western Hemisphere. Eligible     |
|                           | countries in each region are: Africa:    |
|                           | Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria, Uganda,    |
|                           | Ghana, Namibia, Senegal, and Mali; East  |
|                           | Asia: China, Indonesia, Malaysia,        |
|                           | Singapore Philippines, Thailand and      |
|                           | Vietnam; Near East and North Africa:     |
|                           | Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Kuwait,  |
|                           | Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Oman;  |
|                           | South and Central Asia: Kazakhstan,      |
|                           | Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan,    |
|                           | India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives, and   |
|                           | Bangladesh; Europe: Turkey and Armenia;  |
|                           | and the Western Hemisphere: El Salvador, |
|                           | Panama, Honduras, Jamaica, Dominican     |
|                           | Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, and       |
|                           | Brazil. As of February 11, 2009 the      |
|                           | closing date of this announcement is     |
|                           | March 23, 2009. For more information,    |
|                           | [click                                   |
|                           | he                                       |
|                           | re.](http://www07.grants.gov/search/sear |
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|                           | **Bureau Of Educational and Cultural     |
|                           | Affairs-** **The Office of Citizen       |
|                           | Exchanges' Youth Programs Division       |
|                           | announces an open competition for the    |
|                           | American Serbia & Montenegro Youth       |
|                           | Leadership Exchange (A-SMYLE) Program,   |
|                           | for high school students from Montenegro |
|                           | and Serbia. Public and private           |
|                           | non-profit organizations meeting the     |
|                           | provisions described in Internal Revenue |
|                           | Code section 26 USC 501(c)(3) may submit |
|                           | proposals to recruit and select high     |
|                           | school students aged 15-17 from          |
|                           | Montenegro and Serbia, place them with   |
|                           | host families and schools for an         |
|                           | academic year of study in the United     |
|                           | States, provide activities that will     |
|                           | enable the students to learn about       |
|                           | leadership, civic responsibility,        |
|                           | community activism, democracy, and       |
|                           | American society, as well as to educate  |
|                           | Americans about their countries and      |
|                           | cultures, and to support alumni in       |
|                           | projects at home. As of February 3, 2009 |
|                           | the closing date of this announcement is |
|                           | March 27, 2009. For more information,**  |
|                           | [**click                                 |
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|                           | re.**](http://www07.grants.gov/search/se |
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|                           | # NEW Bureau of                          |
|                           |  Population, Refugees and Migration- NGO |
|                           |  Programs in the Andes Region Benefiting |
|                           |  Refugees and Internally Displaced Perso |
|                           | ns (IDPs): FY 2009 FUNDING FOR THE ANDES |
|                           |  REGION: PRM currently has approximately |
|                           |  \$5 million available for projects in t |
|                           | he Andes Region in FY 2009. Given contin |
|                           | uing funding constraints and the uncerta |
|                           | inty of future funding, PRM's FY2009 pri |
|                           | orities are only for activities in the A |
|                           | ndes Region that fill critical emergency |
|                           |  humanitarian gaps for refugee and/or ID |
|                           | P populations in Colombia, Ecuador, Cost |
|                           | a Rica, Panama and Venezuela. FUNDING PR |
|                           | IORITIES: PRM provides assistance to Col |
|                           | ombian refugees in the Andean region as  |
|                           | well as to IDPs in Colombia during the e |
|                           | mergency phase of assistance (approximat |
|                           | ely the first 90 days) (mid and long-ter |
|                           | m assistance to IDPs is provided by USAI |
|                           | D). Priority countries in the Andean reg |
|                           | ion include Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuado |
|                           | r, Panama and Venezuela. Each project wi |
|                           | ll be funded for a period not to exceed  |
|                           | 12 months. Project objectives should the |
|                           | refore be achievable within a 12-month t |
|                           | ime frame. Priority sectors for PRM's as |
|                           | sistance projects include the provision  |
|                           | of the following emergency services and  |
|                           | items: 1. shelter; 2. direct health care |
|                           |  (including psycho-social support); 3. W |
|                           | ater and sanitation; 4. Food and non-foo |
|                           | d items related to the emergency phase o |
|                           | f displacement; and 5. Emergency employm |
|                           | ent income generation and training for p |
|                           | ersons displaced by armed conflict in Co |
|                           | lombia. PRM encourages assistance be dir |
|                           | ected to areas with high expulsor and re |
|                           | ceptor rates that are underserved by oth |
|                           | er humanitarian assistance organizations |
|                           |  and to populations disproportionately a |
|                           | ffected by displacement, including Afro- |
|                           | Colombians and indigenous. In Colombia,  |
|                           | the border areas near Ecuador (Nariño an |
|                           | d Putumayo) and Venezuela (Arauca), Mont |
|                           | es de María and the geographic span stre |
|                           | tching from Buenaventura east to La Maca |
|                           | rena are a priority for PRM. Outside of  |
|                           | Colombia, priority areas are the high re |
|                           | fugee receptor communities along the bor |
|                           | ders with Colombia in Ecuador, Panama, a |
|                           | nd Venezuela. In addition, we will pay p |
|                           | articular attention to proposals address |
|                           | ing health care needs. Projects that wor |
|                           | k with local governments to strengthen c |
|                           | apacity to receive and meet the immediat |
|                           | e emergency needs of IDPs, as well as pr |
|                           | ojects that are part of a broader integr |
|                           | ated approach will be considered favorab |
|                           | ly. PRM will accept proposals from any q |
|                           | ualified international organization (IO) |
|                           |  or non-governmental organization (NGO); |
|                           |  however, given budgetary constraints, p |
|                           | riority will be given to proposals from  |
|                           | organizations that can demonstrate: (a)  |
|                           | proven track record in providing the ass |
|                           | istance proposed; (b) history of success |
|                           | ful partnership with PRM; (c) evidence o |
|                           | f coordination with relevant governmenta |
|                           | l agencies, UNHCR, other relief organiza |
|                           | tions, and development organizations; (d |
|                           | ) appropriate targeting of beneficiaries |
|                           |  in coordination with UNHCR and other re |
|                           | levant organizations; and (e) a signific |
|                           | ant percentage of cost-sharing or matchi |
|                           | ng funds. As of February 18, 2009 the cl |
|                           | osing date of this announcement is March |
|                           |  31, 2009. For more information, [click  |
|                           | here.](http://www07.grants.gov/search/se |
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|                           | **Bureau Of Educational and Cultural     |
|                           | Affairs-** **The Office of Citizen       |
|                           | Exchanges, Youth Programs Division, of   |
|                           | the Bureau of Educational and Cultural   |
|                           | Affairs announces an open competition to |
|                           | design and implement a Youth Leadership  |
|                           | Program with Iraq. Public and private    |
|                           | non-profit organizations meeting the     |
|                           | provisions described in Internal Revenue |
|                           | Code section 26 USC 501(c)(3) may submit |
|                           | proposals for a grant that will support  |
|                           | English-speaking high school students    |
|                           | and adult participants from Iraq in a    |
|                           | four-week U.S.-based exchange that       |
|                           | explores civic education, leadership     |
|                           | development, respect for diversity, and  |
|                           | community involvement. The program will  |
|                           | conclude with follow-on activities in    |
|                           | the participants' home communities in    |
|                           | which they apply the knowledge and       |
|                           | skills acquired during the exchange      |
|                           | experience. As of February 11, 2009 the  |
|                           | closing date of this announcement is     |
|                           | April 2, 2009. For more information,**   |
|                           | [**click                                 |
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|                           | re.**](http://www07.grants.gov/search/se |
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|                           | **Bureau Of Educational and Cultural     |
|                           | Affairs- The U.S. Department of State\'s |
|                           | Bureau of Educational and Cultural       |
|                           | Affairs (ECA) seeks an organization to   |
|                           | assist the Office of Citizen Exchanges   |
|                           | in the implementation of several         |
|                           | short-term, high-visibility cultural,    |
|                           | sports, and youth exchanges taking place |
|                           | during calendar year 2009 and 2010.      |
|                           | Approximately 170 visitors (96 for       |
|                           | sports, 32-48 for culture, and 30 for    |
|                           | youth) from countries around the world   |
|                           | will participate in approximately 13     |
|                           | separate exchange initiatives/projects   |
|                           | (eight for sports, three for culture     |
|                           | with multiple visitors for each          |
|                           | initiative, and two for youth) in the    |
|                           | United States designed to promote        |
|                           | interaction between the foreign          |
|                           | participants and their American peers.   |
|                           | As of February 17, 2009 the closing date |
|                           | of this announcement is April 2, 2009.   |
|                           | For more information, [click             |
|                           | he                                       |
|                           | re.](http://www07.grants.gov/search/sear |
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|                           | **Bureau of Intelligence and Research-   |
|                           | The Department of State, Bureau of       |
|                           | Intelligence and Research, Office of     |
|                           | Outreach, invites organizations with     |
|                           | substantial and wide-reaching experience |
|                           | in administering research and training   |
|                           | programs to serve as intermediaries      |
|                           | conducting nationwide competitive        |
|                           | programs for U.S. scholars, students and |
|                           | institutions pertaining to advanced      |
|                           | research and language training on the    |
|                           | countries of Eastern Europe and Eurasia. |
|                           | U.S.-based public and private nonprofit  |
|                           | organizations and educational            |
|                           | institutions may submit proposals to     |
|                           | carry out Title VIII-funded programs     |
|                           | that 1) support and sustain American     |
|                           | expertise on the countries of Eastern    |
|                           | Europe and Eurasia 2) bring American     |
|                           | expertise to the service of the U.S.     |
|                           | Government, and 3) further U.S. foreign  |
|                           | assistance and policy goals. An explicit |
|                           | connection must be made to U.S. policy,  |
|                           | the maintenance of U.S. knowledge and    |
|                           | expertise, and national capability. This |
|                           | program also works to support outreach   |
|                           | and build relationships with the         |
|                           | academic community. Intelligence         |
|                           | Community analysts and DOS policy staff  |
|                           | can benefit from engagement with outside |
|                           | elements to explore new ideas and        |
|                           | perspectives and create new knowledge    |
|                           | and research. The grants will be awarded |
|                           | through an open, merit-based             |
|                           | competition. Grantee organizations will  |
|                           | then conduct competitions for students,  |
|                           | scholars, and specialists. The purpose   |
|                           | of this request for proposals is to      |
|                           | inform potential applicant organizations |
|                           | of programmatic, procedural and funding  |
|                           | information for the fiscal year 2009     |
|                           | Title VIII grants competition. As of     |
|                           | February 12, 2009 the closing date of    |
|                           | this announcement is April 14, 2009. For |
|                           | more information,** [**click             |
|                           | he                                       |
|                           | re.**](http://www07.grants.gov/search/se |
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