Opportunity ID: 249413

General Information

Document Type:: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:: RFA-386-14-000001
Funding Opportunity Title:: 2013 Call for Disability Proposals
Opportunity Category:: Other
Opportunity Category Explanation:: CategoryExplanation
Funding Instrument Type::
Category of Funding Activity:: Other (see text field entitled “Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity” for clarification)
Category Explanation:: Program areas could include, but are not limited to: education/health and access to services; agriculture and food security; environment and global climate change; gender equality and women’s empowerment; and innovation, among others. Capacity building programs for DPOs may include organizational capacity, advocacy efforts, cross-disability coalition building, coordination, and leadership and training.
Expected Number of Awards:: 2
Assistance Listings Number(s):: 98.001 — USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:: No
Version:: Synopsis 1
Posted Date:: Dec 20, 2013
Last Updated Date::
Original Closing Date for Applications:: Jan 06, 2014
Current Closing Date for Applications:: Jan 06, 2014
Archive Date::
Estimated Total Program Funding:: $ 5,000,000
Award Ceiling:: $600,000
Award Floor:: $20,000

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants:: Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility:: Applicants from local Indian organizations that are private, non-profit organizations (or for-profit companies willing to forego profits), including private voluntary organizations, universities, research organizations, professional associations, and relevant special interest associations. The definition of a local organization is provided below:

1. A “local Indian organization” must,
• Be organized under the laws of the recipient country;
• Have its principal place of business in the recipient country;
• Be majority owned by individuals who are citizens or lawful permanent residents of the recipient country or be managed by a governing body, the majority of whom are citizens or lawful permanent residents of a recipient country; and
• Not be controlled by a foreign entity or by an individual or individuals who are not citizens or permanent residents of the recipient country.

2. The term “controlled by” means a majority ownership or beneficiary interest as defined above, or the power, either directly or indirectly, whether exercised or exercisable, to control the election, appointment, or tenure of the organization’s managers or a majority of the organization’s governing body by any means, e.g., ownership, contract, or operation of law.

3. “Foreign entity” means an organization that fails to meet any part of the “local organization” definition.

Government controlled and government owned organizations in which the recipient government owns a majority interest or in which the majority of a governing body are government employees, are not eligible to apply as prime recipients.

Additional Information

Agency Name:: India USAID-New Delhi
Description:: USAID India is inviting local Indian organizations to apply for FY13 Disability Funding to:

1. Increase the participation of people with disabilities in USAID programs/activities; and

2. Strengthen the capacity and services of civil society organizations run by and for people with disabilities; herein referred to as Disabled People’s Organizations (DPOs).

Program areas could include, but are not limited to: education/health and access to services; agriculture and food security; environment and global climate change; gender equality and women’s empowerment; and innovation, among others. Capacity building programs for DPOs may include organizational capacity, advocacy efforts, cross-disability coalition building, coordination, and leadership and training.

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Version History

Version Modification Description Updated Date
Synopsis 1

Package Status

Package No: 1

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