USAID is offering the Amazon Indigenous Rights and Resources (AIRR) grant to empower indigenous communities in the Amazon region. The grant aims to enhance indigenous representation in governing Amazon forests to promote biodiversity conservation and reduce land-based greenhouse gas emissions. The grant focuses on strengthening indigenous advocacy skills, implementing best practices for infrastructure projects, monitoring extractive activities, and integrating indigenous priorities into regional and national planning. This grant opportunity, part of USAID’s Amazon Regional Environment Program (AREP), is vital for supporting indigenous rights and sustainable resource management in the Amazon region. Closing date: Feb 09, 2018.
Opportunity ID: 299978
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | AID-RFI-530-17-000001 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Amazon Indigenous Rights& Resources |
| Opportunity Category: | Other |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | Request for Information |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Other |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Natural Resources |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | – |
| Assistance Listings: | 98.001 — USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | Yes |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Jan 10, 2018 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Feb 09, 2018 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Feb 09, 2018 |
| Archive Date: | Mar 11, 2018 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | – |
| Award Ceiling: | – |
| Award Floor: | – |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | – |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Peru USAID-Lima |
| Description: | The purpose of the “Amazon Indigenous Rights and Resources (AIRR)” Activity (henceforth “the Activity”) is to improve representation of indigenous peoples in governance of Amazon forests and waters so that they may contribute to the conservation of biodiversity and prevention of land-based greenhouse gas emissions in and around their lands. This Activity is part of USAID’s Amazon Regional Environment Program (AREP). The Activity has the following four objectives: 1. Select indigenous groups have strengthened capacity and skills to advocate for their rights and negotiate their interests in regards to large-scale infrastructure and extractives activities; 2. Mandatory and voluntary best practices for infrastructure and extractives activities that benefit selected indigenous groups implemented and scaled; 3. Selected indigenous groups are effectively monitoring and evaluating large-scale infrastructure and extractives activities; and 4. Indigenous strategic planning and priorities are mainstreamed into regional and national planning and governance. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Jose Zarzar
Aquisition and Assistance Specialis Phone 618-1253 Email:jzarzar@usaid.gov |
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Related Documents
Folder 299978 Full Announcement-Request for Information -> AID-RFI-530-17-000001 – AIRR (Nederlands).pdf
Folder 299978 Full Announcement-Request for Information -> AID-RFI-530-17-000001 – AIRR (Español).pdf
Folder 299978 Full Announcement-Request for Information -> AID-RFI-530-17-000001 – AIRR (Portugues).pdf
Folder 299978 Full Announcement-Request for Information -> AID-RFI-530-17-000001 – AIRR (English).pdf
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