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(2) Quarterly financial reports that 

should show the disposition of funds for 

purposes as required in the grant. 

All reports must be sent to the ECA 

Grants Officer and ECA Program Officer 

listed in the final assistance award 

document. 

VII. Agency Contacts 

For questions about this 

announcement, contact: Micaela S. 

Iovine, Office of Academic Exchange 

Programs, ECA/A/E/EUR, Room 246, 

ECA/A/E/EUR–08–02 U.S. Department 

of State, SA–44, 301 4th Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20547, tel. (202) 453–

8522; fax (202)453–8520, 

IovineMS@state.gov. 

All correspondence with the Bureau 

concerning this RFGP should reference 

the above title and number ECA/A/E/ 

EUR–08–02. 

VIII. Other Information 

Notice 

The terms and conditions published 

in this RFGP are binding and may not 

be modified by any Bureau 

representative. Explanatory information 

provided by the Bureau that contradicts 

published language will not be binding. 

Issuance of the RFGP does not 

constitute an award commitment on the 

part of the Government. The Bureau 

reserves the right to reduce, revise, or 

increase proposal budgets in accordance 

with the needs of the program and the 

availability of funds. Awards made will 

be subject to periodic reporting and 

evaluation requirements per section VI.3 

above. 

Dated: March 29, 2007. 

Dina Habib Powell, 

Assistant Secretary for Educational and 

Cultural Affairs, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E7–6359 Filed 4–4–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 5746] 

Bureau of Educational and Cultural 

Affairs (ECA) Request for Grant 

Proposals: Youth Leadership Program 

with Rwanda and Kenya 

Announcement Type: New Grant. 

Funding Opportunity Number: ECA/ 

PE/C/PY–07–39. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Number: 00.000. 

Application Deadline: May 31, 2007. 

Executive Summary: The Office of 

Citizen Exchanges, Youth Programs 

Division, of the Bureau of Educational 

and Cultural Affairs announces an open 

competition for two projects, one with 

Rwanda and one with Kenya, under the 

Youth Leadership Program. 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 to 

conduct a three- to four-week U.S.-based 

project for secondary school students 

and teachers from Rwanda or from 

Kenya. The project activities will focus 

on civic education, leadership, 

diversity, and community activism. 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Authority 

Overall grant making authority for 

this program is contained in the Mutual 

Educational and Cultural Exchange Act 

of 1961, as amended, Public Law 87–

256, also known as the Fulbright-Hays 

Act. The purpose of the Act is ‘‘to 

enable the Government of the United 

States to increase mutual understanding 

between the people of the United States 

and the people of other countries * * *; 

to strengthen the ties which unite us 

with other nations by demonstrating the 

educational and cultural interests, 

developments, and achievements of the 

people of the United States and other 

nations * * * and thus to assist in the 

development of friendly, sympathetic, 

and peaceful relations between the 

United States and the other countries of 

the world.’’ The funding authority for 

the program above is provided through 

legislation. 

Overview 

With this new Youth Leadership 

Program, the Bureau of Educational and 

Cultural Affairs (ECA) plans to support 

two separate exchange projects, one 

with Kenya and one with Rwanda, in 

late 2007. Each three- to four-week long 

project will enable 18 teenagers (ages 

15–17) and three adult educators from 

one of the two countries to participate 

in an intensive exchange in the United 

States designed and implemented by the 

grant recipient organizations. The U.S. 

Embassies in Nairobi and Kigali will 

recruit, screen, and select the 

participants. 

These projects are designed to 

promote high-quality leadership, civic 

responsibility, and civic activism among 

our countries’ future leaders. The 

projects will offer a practical 

examination of the principles of 

democracy and civil society as practiced 

in the United States and provide 

participants with training that allows 

them to develop their leadership skills. 

Participants will be engaged in a variety 

of activities such as workshops, 

community and/or school-based 

programs, seminars, and other activities 

that are designed to achieve the projects’

stated goals and objectives. Participants 

will live with American families for 

most of the exchange period. Multiple 

opportunities for participants to interact 

with American youth and educators 

must be included. 

The goals of the program are: 

(1) To promote mutual understanding 

between the people of the United States 

and the people of Kenya and of Rwanda; 

(2) To develop a sense of civic 

responsibility and commitment to 

community development among youth; 

(3) To develop leadership skills 

among secondary school students 

appropriate to their needs; 

(4) To foster relationships among 

youth from different ethnic, religious, 

and national groups. 

A successful project will be one that 

nurtures a cadre of students and 

teachers to be actively engaged in 

addressing issues of concern in their 

schools and communities upon their 

return home and that equips them with 

the knowledge, skills, and confidence to 

become citizen activists. 

The Bureau anticipates providing two 

grants to support two discrete projects, 

one for each country and each funded 

at approximately $95,000. [Note that 

this funding does not include 

international airfare for the exchange 

participants.] Organizations may submit 

only one proposal, for either Rwanda or 

Kenya. The two projects will be judged 

independently and proposals will be 

compared only to proposals for the same 

country. ECA intends to award only one 

grant for each project. 

Project A: Rwanda 

Applicants should propose a three- to 

four-week U.S. program between the 

second week of November and midDecember 2007. Funding for this grant 

is approximately $95,000. 

Project B: Kenya 

Applicants should propose a three- to 

four-week U.S. program in December 

2007. Funding for this grant is 

approximately $95,000. 

Applicants should outline their 

capacity for doing projects of this 

nature, focusing on three areas of 

competency: (1) Provision of leadership 

and civic education programming, (2) 

age-appropriate programming for youth, 

and (3) previous experience working 

with exchange participants from Africa. 

Applicants need not have a partner in 

Kenya or Rwanda, as the staff of the 

Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. 

Embassies in Nairobi and Kigali will 

recruit and select the participants and 

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Guidelines 

The grants will begin on or about 

September 1, 2007. The grant period 

will be approximately 8 to 12 months in 

duration, as appropriate for the 

applicant’s program design. 

The U.S. project activities should take 

place during a school break in the 

partner country; the time frames are 

noted above for each country. 

Applicants should propose the period of 

the exchange, but the exact timing of the 

project may be altered through the 

mutual agreement of the Department of 

State and the grant recipient. The 

program should be no less than three 

weeks (21 days) and up to four weeks 

(28 days) in duration. 

The delegation from each country is 

expected to be 21 secondary school 

students and educators. The total 

number of participants in a delegation is 

subject to change. The 18 students will 

be between the ages of 15 and 18, will 

have demonstrated leadership abilities 

in their schools and/or communities, 

and will be high academic achievers. 

The three educators will be high school 

teachers, or possibly community leaders 

who work with youth, who have 

demonstrated an interest in promoting 

youth leadership. Participants will be 

proficient in the English language. 

In pursuit of the goals outlined above, 

the program arrangements will include 

the following: 

• A welcome orientation. 

• The design and planning of 

activities that provide a substantive 

program on civic education, community 

activism, respect for diversity, 

constructive debate and dialogue, and 

leadership through both academic and 

extracurricular components. The 

program will take place in Washington, 

DC, and in one or two other 

communities. Activities should take 

place in schools as much as possible 

and in the community. Community 

service and computer training will also 

be included. It is crucial that 

programming involve American 

students whenever possible. 

• Opportunities for the educators to 

work with their American peers to help 

them foster youth leadership, civic 

education, and community service 

programs at home. 

• Logistical arrangements, homestays, 

disbursement of stipends/per diem, 

local travel, and travel between sites. 

• A closing session to summarize the 

project activities and prepare 

participants for their return home. 

• Support of follow-on activities in 

Kenya or Rwanda after the participants 

have returned home designed to 

reinforce values and skills imparted 

during the U.S. program. U.S. project 

staff or trainers will travel to the partner 

country several months after the 

exchange. 

Proposals must demonstrate how the 

stated objectives will be met. The 

proposal narrative must provide 

detailed information on the major 

program activities, and applicants 

should explain and justify their 

programmatic choices. Programs must 

comply with J–1 visa regulations for the 

International Visitor and Government 

Visitor categories. Please be sure to refer 

to the complete Solicitation Package—

this Request for Grant Proposals (RFGP), 

the Project Objectives, Goals, and 

Implementation (POGI), and the 

Proposal Submission Instructions 

(PSI)—for further information. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Grant Agreement. 

Fiscal Year Funds: 2007. 

Approximate Total Funding: 

$190,000. 

Approximate Number of Awards: 

Two. 

Floor of Award Range: $95,000. 

Ceiling of Award Range: $95,000. 

Anticipated Award Date: September 

1, 2007. 

Anticipated Project Completion Date: 

8–12 months after start date, to be 

specified by applicant based on project 

plan. 

Additional Information: Pending 

successful implementation of these 

projects and the availability of funds in 

subsequent fiscal years, it is ECA’s 

intent to renew these grants for two 

additional fiscal years before openly 

competing them again. 

III. Eligibility Information 

III.1. Eligible Applicants 

Applications may be submitted by 

public and private non-profit 

organizations meeting the provisions 

described in Internal Revenue Code 

section 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3). 

III.2. Cost Sharing or Matching Funds 

There is no minimum or maximum 

percentage required for this 

competition. However, the Bureau 

encourages applicants to provide 

maximum levels of cost sharing and 

funding in support of its programs. 

When cost sharing is offered, it is 

understood and agreed that the 

applicant must provide the amount of 

cost sharing as stipulated in its proposal 

and later included in an approved grant 

agreement. Cost sharing may be in the 

form of allowable direct or indirect 

costs. For accountability, you must 

maintain written records to support all 

costs that are claimed as your 

contribution, as well as costs to be paid 

by the Federal Government. Such 

records are subject to audit. The basis 

for determining the value of cash and 

in-kind contributions must be in 

accordance with OMB Circular A–110, 

(Revised), Subpart C.23—Cost Sharing 

and Matching. In the event you do not 

provide the minimum amount of cost 

sharing as stipulated in the approved 

budget, ECA’s contribution will be 

reduced in like proportion. 

III.3. Other Eligibility Requirements 

(a) Bureau grant guidelines require 

that organizations with less than four 

years experience in conducting 

international exchanges be limited to 

$60,000 in Bureau funding. ECA 

anticipates awarding two grants in 

amounts of approximately $95,000 each 

to support program and administrative 

costs required to implement this 

exchange program. Therefore, 

organizations with less than four years 

experience in conducting international 

exchanges are not eligible to apply 

under this competition. The Bureau 

encourages applicants to provide 

maximum levels of cost sharing and 

funding in support of its programs. 

(b) Technical Eligibility: Applicants 

may submit only one proposal in 

response to this RFGP that proposes to 

provide a program for either Kenya or 

Rwanda. Organizations that submit 

more than one proposal will result in 

having all of their proposals declared 

technically ineligible, and none of the 

submissions will be reviewed by a State 

Department panel. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

Note: Please read the complete 

announcement before sending inquiries or 

submitting proposals. Once the RFGP 

deadline has passed, Bureau staff may not 

discuss this competition with applicants 

until the proposal review process has been 

completed. 

IV.1. Contact Information To Request an 

Application Package 

Please contact the Youth Programs 

Division (ECA/PE/C/PY), Room 568, 

U.S. Department of State, SA–44, 301 

4th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20547, 

Telephone (202) 203–7505, Fax (202) 

203–7529, E-mail: LantzCS@state.gov to 

request a Solicitation Package. Please 

refer to the Funding Opportunity 

Number (ECA/PE/C/PY–07–39) located 

at the top of this announcement when 

making your request. 

Alternatively, an electronic 

application package may be obtained 


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from Grants.gov. Please see section IV.3f 

for further information. 

The Solicitation Package contains the 

Proposal Submission Instruction (PSI) 

document, which consists of required 

application forms and standard 

guidelines for proposal preparation. 

It also contains the Project Objectives, 

Goals and Implementation (POGI) 

document, which provides specific 

information, award criteria, and budget 

instructions tailored to this competition. 

Please specify Bureau Program Officer 

Carolyn Lantz and refer to the Funding 

Opportunity Number located at the top 

of this announcement on all other 

inquiries and correspondence. 

IV.2. To Download a Solicitation 

Package Via Internet 

The entire Solicitation Package may 

be downloaded from the Bureau’s Web 

site at http://exchanges.state.gov/ 

education/rfgps/menu.htm, or from the 

Grants.gov Web site at http:// 

www.grants.gov. 

Please read all information before 

downloading. 

IV.3. Content and Form of Submission 

Applicants must follow all 

instructions in the Solicitation Package. 

The application should be submitted 

per the instructions under IV.3f. 

‘‘Application Deadline and Methods of 

Submission’’ section below. 

IV.3a. You are required to have a Dun 

and Bradstreet Data Universal 

Numbering System (DUNS) number to 

apply for a grant or cooperative 

agreement from the U.S. Government. 

This number is a nine-digit 

identification number, which uniquely 

identifies business entities. Obtaining a 

DUNS number is easy and there is no 

charge. To obtain a DUNS number, 

access http:// 

www.dunandbradstreet.com or call 

1–866–705–5711. Please ensure that 

your DUNS number is included in the 

appropriate box of the SF–424 form that 

is part of the formal application 

package. 

IV.3b. All proposals must contain an 

executive summary, proposal narrative 

and budget. Please refer to the 

Solicitation Package. It contains the 

mandatory PSI document and the POGI 

document for additional formatting and 

technical requirements. 

IV.3c. You must have nonprofit status 

with the IRS at the time of application. 

If your organization is a private 

nonprofit which has not received a grant 

or cooperative agreement from ECA in 

the past three years, or if your 

organization received nonprofit status 

from the IRS within the past four years, 

you must submit the necessary 

documentation to verify nonprofit status 

as directed in the PSI document. Failure 

to do so will cause your proposal to be 

declared technically ineligible. 

IV.3d. Please take into consideration 

the following information when 

preparing your proposal narrative: 

IV.3d.1. Adherence to All Regulations 

Governing the J Visa. The Office of 

Citizen Exchanges of the Bureau of 

Educational and Cultural Affairs is the 

official program sponsor of the exchange 

program covered by this RFGP, and an 

employee of the Bureau will be the 

Responsible Officer for the program 

under the terms of 22 CFR 62, which 

covers the administration of the 

Exchange Visitor Program (J visa 

program). Under the terms of 22 CFR 62, 

organizations receiving grants under 

this RFGP will be third parties 

‘‘cooperating with or assisting the 

sponsor in the conduct of the sponsor’s 

program.’’ The actions of grantee 

program organizations shall be 

‘‘imputed to the sponsor in evaluating 

the sponsor’s compliance with’’ 22 CFR 

62. Therefore, the Bureau expects that 

any organization receiving a grant under 

this competition will render all 

assistance necessary to enable the 

Bureau to fully comply with 22 CFR 62 

et seq. 

The Bureau of Educational and 

Cultural Affairs places great emphasis 

on the secure and proper administration 

of Exchange Visitor (J visa) Programs 

and adherence by grantee program 

organizations and program participants 

to all regulations governing the J visa 

program status. Therefore, proposals 

should explicitly state in writing that the 

applicant is prepared to assist the 

Bureau in meeting all requirements 

governing the administration of 

Exchange Visitor Programs as set forth 

in 22 CFR 62. If the applicant 

organization has experience as a 

designated Exchange Visitor Program 

Sponsor, the applicant should discuss 

its record of compliance with 22 CFR 62 

et seq., including the oversight of their 

Responsible Officers and Alternate 

Responsible Officers, screening and 

selection of program participants, 

provision of pre-arrival information and 

orientation to participants, monitoring 

of participants, proper maintenance and 

security of forms, record-keeping, 

reporting and other requirements. 

The Office of Citizen Exchanges of 

ECA will be responsible for issuing DS–

2019 forms to participants in this 

program. 

A copy of the complete regulations 

governing the administration of 

Exchange Visitor (J) programs is 

available at http://exchanges.state.gov 

or from: United States Department of 

State, Office of Exchange Coordination 

and Designation, ECA/EC/ECD–SA–44, 

Room 734, 301 4th Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20547, Telephone: 

(202) 203–5029, Fax: (202) 453–8640. 

IV.3d.2 Diversity, Freedom and 

Democracy Guidelines. Pursuant to the 

Bureau’s authorizing legislation, 

programs must maintain a non-political 

character and should be balanced and 

representative of the diversity of 

American political, social, and cultural 

life. ‘‘Diversity’’ should be interpreted 

in the broadest sense and encompass 

differences including, but not limited to 

ethnicity, race, gender, religion, 

geographic location, socio-economic 

status, and disabilities. Applicants are 

strongly encouraged to adhere to the 

advancement of this principle both in 

program administration and in program 

content. Please refer to the review 

criteria under the ‘Support for Diversity’

section for specific suggestions on 

incorporating diversity into your 

proposal. Pub. L. 104–319 provides that 

‘‘in carrying out programs of 

educational and cultural exchange in 

countries whose people do not fully 

enjoy freedom and democracy,’’ the 

Bureau ‘‘shall take appropriate steps to 

provide opportunities for participation 

in such programs to human rights and 

democracy leaders of such countries.’’

Pub. L. 106–113 requires that the 

governments of the countries described 

above do not have inappropriate 

influence in the selection process. 

Proposals should reflect advancement of 

these goals in their program contents, to 

the full extent deemed feasible. 

IV.3d.3. Program Monitoring and 

Evaluation. Proposals must include a 

plan to monitor and evaluate the 

project’s success, both as the activities 

unfold and at the end of the program. 

The Bureau recommends that your 

proposal include a draft survey 

questionnaire or other technique plus a 

description of a methodology to use to 

link outcomes to original project 

objectives. The Bureau expects that the 

grantee will track participants or 

partners and be able to respond to key 

evaluation questions, including 

satisfaction with the program, learning 

as a result of the program, changes in 

behavior as a result of the program, and 

effects of the program on institutions 

(institutions in which participants work 

or partner institutions). The evaluation 

plan should include indicators that 

measure gains in mutual understanding 

as well as substantive knowledge. 

Successful monitoring and evaluation 

depend heavily on setting clear goals 

and outcomes at the outset of a program. 

Your evaluation plan should include a 

description of your project’s objectives, 


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your anticipated project outcomes, and 

how and when you intend to measure 

these outcomes (performance 

indicators). The more that outcomes are 

‘‘smart’’ (specific, measurable, 

attainable, results-oriented, and placed 

in a reasonable time frame), the easier 

it will be to conduct the evaluation. You 

should also show how your project 

objectives link to the goals of the 

program described in this RFGP. 

Your monitoring and evaluation plan 

should clearly distinguish between 

program outputs and outcomes. Outputs 

are products and services delivered, 

often stated as an amount. Output 

information is important to show the 

scope or size of project activities, but it 

cannot substitute for information about 

progress towards outcomes or the 

results achieved. Examples of outputs 

include the number of people trained or 

the number of seminars conducted. 

Outcomes, in contrast, represent 

specific results a project is intended to 

achieve and is usually measured as an 

extent of change. Findings on outputs 

and outcomes should both be reported, 

but the focus should be on outcomes. 

We encourage you to assess the 

following four levels of outcomes, as 

they relate to the program goals set out 

in the RFGP (listed here in increasing 

order of importance): 

1. Participant satisfaction with the 

program and exchange experience. 

2. Participant learning, such as 

increased knowledge, aptitude, skills, 

and changed understanding and 

attitude. Learning includes both 

substantive (subject-specific) learning 

and mutual understanding. 

3. Participant behavior, concrete 

actions to apply knowledge in work or 

community; greater participation and 

responsibility in civic organizations; 

interpretation and explanation of 

experiences and new knowledge gained; 

continued contacts between 

participants, community members, and 

others. 

4. Institutional changes, such as 

increased collaboration and 

partnerships, policy reforms, new 

programming, and organizational 

improvements. 

Please note: Consideration should be given 

to the appropriate timing of data collection 

for each level of outcome. For example, 

satisfaction is usually captured as a shortterm outcome, whereas behavior and 

institutional changes are normally 

considered longer-term outcomes. 

Overall, the quality of your 

monitoring and evaluation plan will be 

judged on how well it (1) specifies 

intended outcomes; (2) gives clear 

descriptions of how each outcome will 

be measured; (3) identifies when 

particular outcomes will be measured; 

and (4) provides a clear description of 

the data collection strategies for each 

outcome (i.e., surveys, interviews, or 

focus groups). (Please note that 

evaluation plans that deal only with the 

first level of outcomes [satisfaction] will 

be deemed less competitive under the 

present evaluation criteria.) 

Grantees will be required to provide 

reports analyzing their evaluation 

findings to the Bureau in their regular 

program reports. All data collected, 

including survey responses and contact 

information, must be maintained for a 

minimum of three years and provided to 

the Bureau upon request. 

IV.3e. Please take the following 

information into consideration when 

preparing your budget: 

IV.3e.1. Applicants must submit a 

comprehensive budget for the entire 

program. Awards may not exceed the 

amount specified. There must be a 

summary budget as well as breakdowns 

reflecting both administrative and 

program budgets. Applicants applying 

to implement more than one project 

must provide separate sub-budgets for 

each. 

Please refer to the other documents in 

the Solicitation Package for complete 

budget guidelines and formatting 

instructions. 

IV.3F. Application Deadline and 

Methods of Submission: 

Application Deadline Date: May 31, 

2007. 

Reference Number: ECA/PE/C/PY–

07–39. 

Methods of Submission: Applications 

may be submitted in one of two ways: 

(1) In hard-copy, via a nationally 

recognized overnight delivery service 

(i.e., DHL, Federal Express, UPS, 

Airborne Express, or U.S. Postal Service 

Express Overnight Mail, etc.), or 

(2) Electronically through http:// 

www.grants.gov. 

Along with the Project Title, all 

applicants must enter the above 

Reference Number in Box 11 on the SF–

424 contained in the mandatory PSI of 

the solicitation document. 

IV.3f.1. Submitting Printed 

Applications. Applications must be 

shipped no later than the above 

deadline. Delivery services used by 

applicants must have in-place, 

centralized shipping identification and 

tracking systems that may be accessed 

via the Internet and delivery people 

who are identifiable by commonly 

recognized uniforms and delivery 

vehicles. Proposals shipped on or before 

the above deadline but received at ECA 

more than seven days after the deadline 

will be ineligible for further 

consideration under this competition. 

Proposals shipped after the established 

deadlines are ineligible for 

consideration under this competition. 

ECA will not notify you upon receipt of 

application. It is each applicant’s 

responsibility to ensure that each 

package is marked with a legible 

tracking number and to monitor/confirm 

delivery to ECA via the Internet. 

Delivery of proposal packages may not 

be made via local courier service or in 

person for this competition. Faxed 

documents will not be accepted at any 

time. Only proposals submitted as 

stated above will be considered. 

Important note: When preparing your 

submission please make sure to include one 

extra copy of the completed SF–424 form and 

place it in an envelope addressed to ‘‘ECA/ 

EX/PM’’. 

The original, one fully-tabbed copy, 

and six copies of the application with 

Tabs A–E (for a total of 8 copies) should 

be sent to: U.S. Department of State, 

SA–44, Bureau of Educational and 

Cultural Affairs, Ref.: ECA/PE/C/PY–

07–39, Program Management, ECA/EX/ 

PM, Room 534, 301 4th Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20547. 

Applicants must also submit the 

executive summary, proposal narrative, 

budget section, and any important 

appendices as e-mail attachments in 

Microsoft Word and Excel to the 

following e-mail address: 

LantzCS@state.gov. In the e-mail 

message subject line, include the name 

of the applicant organization and the 

partner country. The Bureau will 

transmit these files electronically to the 

Public Affairs Sections of the U.S. 

Embassies in the participating countries 

for their review. 

IV.3f.2. Submitting Electronic 

Applications. Applicants have the 

option of submitting proposals 

electronically through Grants.gov 

(http://www.grants.gov). Complete 

solicitation packages are available at 

Grants.gov in the ‘‘Find’’ portion of the 

system. Please follow the instructions 

available in the ‘Get Started’ portion of 

the site (http://www.grants.gov/ 

GetStarted). 

Several of the steps in the Grants.gov 

registration process could take several 

weeks. Therefore, applicants should 

check with appropriate staff within their 

organizations immediately after 

reviewing this RFGP to confirm or 

determine their registration status with 

Grants.gov. Once registered, the amount 

of time it can take to upload an 

application will vary depending on a 

variety of factors including the size of 

the application and the speed of your 

internet connection. Therefore, we 

strongly recommend that you not wait 


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until the application deadline to begin 

the submission process through 

Grants.gov. 

Direct all questions regarding 

Grants.gov registration and submission 

to: Grants.gov Customer Support, 

Contact Center Phone: 800–518–4726, 

Business Hours: Monday–Friday, 7 

a.m.–9 p.m. Eastern Time, E-mail: 

support@grants.gov. 

Applicants have until midnight (12 

a.m.), Washington, DC time of the 

closing date to ensure that their entire 

application has been uploaded to the 

Grants.gov site. There are no exceptions 

to the above deadline. Applications 

uploaded to the site after midnight of 

the application deadline date will be 

automatically rejected by the grants.gov 

system, and will be technically 

ineligible. 

Applicants will receive a 

confirmation e-mail from Grants.gov 

upon the successful submission of an 

application. ECA will not notify you 

upon receipt of electronic applications. 

It is the responsibility of all 

applicants submitting proposals via the 

Grants.gov web portal to ensure that 

proposals have been received by 

Grants.gov in their entirety, and ECA 

bears no responsibility for data errors 

resulting from transmission or 

conversion processes. 

IV.3g. Intergovernmental Review of 

Applications: Executive Order 12372 

does not apply to this program. 

V. Application Review Information 

V.1. Review Process 

The Bureau will review all proposals 

for technical eligibility. Proposals will 

be deemed ineligible if they do not fully 

adhere to the guidelines stated herein 

and in the Solicitation Package. All 

eligible proposals will be reviewed by 

the program office, as well as the Public 

Diplomacy section overseas, where 

appropriate. Eligible proposals will be 

subject to compliance with Federal and 

Bureau regulations and guidelines and 

forwarded to Bureau grant panels for 

advisory review. Proposals may also be 

reviewed by the Office of the Legal 

Adviser or by other Department 

elements. Final funding decisions are at 

the discretion of the Department of 

State’s Assistant Secretary for 

Educational and Cultural Affairs. Final 

technical authority for assistance 

awards (grants) resides with the 

Bureau’s Grants Officer. 

Review Criteria 

Please see the review criteria in the 

accompanying POGI document. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

VI.1a. Award Notices 

Final awards cannot be made until 

funds have been appropriated by 

Congress, allocated and committed 

through internal Bureau procedures. 

Successful applicants will receive an 

Assistance Award Document (AAD) 

from the Bureau’s Grants Office. The 

AAD and the original grant proposal 

with subsequent modifications (if 

applicable) shall be the only binding 

authorizing document between the 

recipient and the U.S. Government. The 

AAD will be signed by an authorized 

Grants Officer, and mailed to the 

recipient’s responsible officer identified 

in the application. 

Unsuccessful applicants will receive 

notification of the results of the 

application review from the ECA 

program office coordinating this 

competition. 

VI.2 Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements 

Terms and Conditions for the 

Administration of ECA agreements 

include the following: 

Office of Management and Budget 

Circular A–122, ‘‘Cost Principles for 

Nonprofit Organizations.’’

Office of Management and Budget 

Circular A–21, ‘‘Cost Principles for 

Educational Institutions.’’

OMB Circular A–87, ‘‘Cost Principles 

for State, Local and Indian 

Governments.’’

OMB Circular No. A–110 (Revised), 

Uniform Administrative 

Requirements for Grants and 

Agreements with Institutions of 

Higher Education, Hospitals, and 

other Nonprofit Organizations. 

OMB Circular No. A–102, Uniform 

Administrative Requirements for 

Grants-in-Aid to State and Local 

Governments. 

OMB Circular No. A–133, Audits of 

States, Local Government, and Nonprofit Organizations. 

Please reference the following Web 

sites for additional information: 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants. 

http://exchanges.state.gov/education/ 

grantsdiv/terms.htm#articleI. 

VI.3. Reporting Requirements 

You must provide ECA with a hard 

copy original plus one copy of the 

following reports: 

(1) A final program and financial 

report no more than 90 days after the 

expiration of the award; 

(2) Interim reports, as required in the 

Bureau grant agreement. 

Grantees will be required to provide 

reports analyzing their evaluation 

findings to the Bureau in their regular 

program reports. (Please refer to IV. 

Application and Submission 

Instructions (IV.3.d.3) above for Program 

Monitoring and Evaluation 

information.) 

All data collected, including survey 

responses and contact information, must 

be maintained for a minimum of three 

years and provided to the Bureau upon 

request. 

All reports must be sent to the ECA 

Grants Officer and ECA Program Officer 

listed in the final assistance award 

document. 

VI.4. Program Data Requirements 

Organizations awarded grants will be 

required to maintain specific data on 

program participants and activities in an 

electronically accessible database format 

that can be shared with the Bureau as 

required. As a minimum, the data must 

include the following: 

(1) Name, address, contact 

information and biographic sketch of all 

persons who travel internationally on 

funds provided by the grant or who 

benefit from the grant funding but do 

not travel. 

(2) Itineraries of international and 

domestic travel, providing dates of 

travel and cities in which any exchange 

experiences take place. Final schedules 

for in-country and U.S. activities must 

be received by the ECA Program Officer 

at least three workdays prior to the 

official opening of the activity. 

VII. Agency Contacts 

For questions about this 

announcement, contact: Carolyn Lantz, 

Program Officer, Youth Programs 

Division (ECA/PE/C/PY), Room 568, 

U.S. Department of State, SA–44, 301 

4th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20547, 

Telephone (202) 203–7505, Fax (202) 

203–7529, E-mail: LantzCS@state.gov. 

All correspondence with the Bureau 

concerning this RFGP should reference 

the above title and number ECA/PE/C/ 

PY–07–39. 

Please read the complete 

announcement before sending inquiries 

or submitting proposals. Once the RFGP 

deadline has passed, Bureau staff may 

not discuss this competition with 

applicants until the proposal review 

process has been completed. 

VIII. Other Information 

Notice 

The terms and conditions published 

in this RFGP are binding and may not 

be modified by any Bureau 

representative. Explanatory information 

provided by the Bureau that contradicts 

published language will not be binding. 


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Issuance of the RFGP does not 

constitute an award commitment on the 

part of the Government. The Bureau 

reserves the right to reduce, revise, or 

increase proposal budgets in accordance 

with the needs of the program and the 

availability of funds. Awards made will 

be subject to periodic reporting and 

evaluation requirements per section VI.3 

above. 

Dated: March 27, 2007. 

Dina Habib Powell, 

Assistant Secretary for Educational and 

Cultural Affairs, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E7–6361 Filed 4–4–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 5745] 

Bureau of Educational and Cultural 

Affairs (ECA) Request for Grant 

Proposals: Youth Leadership Program: 

Diversity, Democracy, Globalization, 

and Citizenship 

Announcement Type: New Grant. 

Funding Opportunity Number: ECA/ 

PE/C/PY–07–31. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Number: 00.000. 

Application Deadline: May 31, 2007. 

Executive Summary: The Office of 

Citizen Exchanges, Youth Programs 

Division, of the Bureau of Educational 

and Cultural Affairs announces an open 

competition for the ‘‘Youth Leadership 

Program: Diversity, Democracy, 

Globalization, and Citizenship’’ in 

which the participating countries will 

be Turkey, Germany, and the United 

States. 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 to recruit and select 30–40 

youth and adult participants overseas 

and in the United States, to provide the 

participants with a 25-to 30-day U.S.- 

based exchange program, and to support 

follow-on activities for the alumni. The 

program will be designed to promote 

high-quality leadership and civic 

responsibility among future leaders and 

will enable the Turkish, German, and 

American participants to explore 

diversity and the expression of and 

respect for individual beliefs as citizens 

in democratic nations. 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Authority 

Overall grant making authority for 

this program is contained in the Mutual 

Educational and Cultural Exchange Act 

of 1961, Public Law 87–256, as 

amended, also known as the FulbrightHays Act. The purpose of the Act is ‘‘to 

enable the Government of the United 

States to increase mutual understanding 

between the people of the United States 

and the people of other countries * * *; 

to strengthen the ties which unite us 

with other nations by demonstrating the 

educational and cultural interests, 

developments, and achievements of the 

people of the United States and other 

nations * * * and thus to assist in the 

development of friendly, sympathetic 

and peaceful relations between the 

United States and the other countries of 

the world.’’ The funding authority for 

the program above is provided through 

legislation. 

Purpose 

‘‘Youth Leadership Program: 

Diversity, Democracy, Globalization, 

and Citizenship’’ will enable 

approximately 30–40 teenagers (ages 

16–18) and adult educators to 

participate in an intensive, thematic 

project in the United States for 

approximately four weeks that allows 

for open discussion of the roles and 

responsibilities of a citizen in a 

democracy, lessons in critical thinking 

about various approaches to governance 

and respect for different perspectives, 

and the expression of identity and 

values. Leadership development, 

community service, and the 

development of a global point of view 

of are also elements of this program. The 

program will offer a firsthand view of 

U.S. practices, such as how groups with 

differing points of view find common 

ground or how governmental and nongovernmental organizations reach out to 

those reflecting a spectrum of views. 

The participants may explore diversity 

from the perspectives of various sectors 

of a society; for example, immigrants 

and natives, socio-economic classes, 

religious groups, political groups, or 

from different generations. 

The Turkish and German participants 

will be joined by American students for 

the program for a dialogue among the 

diverse communities represented by the 

three countries. Participants will be 

engaged in a variety of activities such as 

workshops, community and/or schoolbased programs, cultural activities, 

seminars and other activities designed 

to achieve the project’s stated goals and 

objectives. 

The goals of the program are: 

(1) To develop a sense of civic 

responsibility and a commitment to 

international understanding and 

cooperation among youth; 

(2) To understand how different 

people and societies deal with matters 

of individual belief in a democratic 

society and identify with cultural, 

political, religious, and social groups; 

(3) To foster relationships among 

youth from different ethnic, religious, 

and national groups; 

(4) To promote mutual understanding 

and respect between the people of the 

United States, Germany, and Turkey; 

and 

(5) To develop a cadre of youth 

leaders who will share their knowledge 

and skills with their peers through 

positive action. 

With this focus, the following 

outcomes will indicate a successful 

project: 

• Participants will work together to 

identify areas of commonality and 

contrast among countries and diverse 

groups within a country. 

• Participants will develop critical 

thinking skills that will enable them to 

consider the perceptions and concerns 

of individuals with different 

perspectives. 

• Participants will demonstrate a 

better understanding of group and 

individual identity, respect for 

minorities, and freedom of expression in 

a democracy. 

Applicants should identify their own 

specific objectives and measurable 

outcomes based on these program goals 

and the project specifications provided 

in this solicitation. 

Applicants must demonstrate their 

capacity for doing projects of this 

nature, focusing on three areas of 

competency: (1) Provision of programs 

that address the goals and themes 

outlined in this document; (2) ageappropriate programming for youth; and 

(3) previous experience working on 

programs with Turkey and/or with 

Germany. Applicants, or their partner 

organizations, need to have the 

necessary capacity in these two 

countries to recruit, select, and orient 

participants for the program, and to 

provide follow-on activities. 

Guidelines 

Grants should begin on or about 

September 1, 2007. The grant period 

will be approximately 14 to 20 months 

in duration, according to the applicant’s 

program plan. 

In pursuit of the goals outlined above, 

the program arrangements will include 

the following: 

• Recruitment and selection of a 

diverse group of youth and adult 

educators in Turkey, in Germany, and in 

the United States. 

• A pre-departure orientation 

program. 

• Design and planning of activities in 

the United States that provide a 

substantive program on leadership, civic 


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