U.S. Embassy Call for Proposals in Azerbaijan, Georgia & Armenia

Deadline: 22-Aug-22

The U.S. Department of State, U.S. Embassy Baku, Azerbaijan announces an Open Competition for organizations interested in submitting applications for projects that design a community engagement and leadership program focused on community service, action planning, conflict resolution, and social entrepreneurship for youth (ages 20 to 24) from Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Armenia.

Objectives

Projects should be designed to achieve the following:
Participants acquire leadership, social entrepreneurial and community engagement skills to foster regional cooperation through scalable and financially sustainable social projects within their local communities.
Participants form and sustain an alumni cohort poised to substantively engage on issues related to social cohesion, conflict resolution, and reconciliation within their region.
Participants demonstrate their acquired skills through the execution of socially minded projects – including those with a social-entrepreneurship element – in their home communities.
Funding Information

Award Ceiling: $585,000
Award Floor: $585,000
Anticipated Number of Awards: 1
Total Funding: $585,000.00
Period of Performance: 24 months
Participants and Audiences

In coordination with the implementing partner, the participating missions would recruit and select youth participants who meet the following eligibility requirements:
University and immediate-post-university students between the ages of 20 and 24, equitably divided between males and females, and evenly divided between the three participating S. Caucasus countries.
Be selected through a merit-based competition; and
Represent the diversity of their home countries.
Eligibility Criteria

U.S. Embassy Baku welcomes applications from U.S.-based non-profit/non-governmental organizations subject to section 501(c) (3) of the U.S. tax code.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=341716