This grant, offered by USAID/Ethiopia, seeks concept papers to build community resilience against climate-related shocks and enhance long-term adaptive capacity in drought-prone East Hararghe, West Hararghe, and Bale Zones in Oromia Region. The purpose is to support USAID’s Development Objective 1: ‘Increased Economic Growth with Resiliency in Rural Ethiopia’ by strengthening community-led strategies. These strategies will mitigate climate change impacts on food/water security, nutrition, and household resilience. The grant also supports analyzing new approaches to boost adaptive capacity and reduce future risks in areas facing declining rainfall and increasing drought frequency.
Opportunity ID: 236619
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | APS-663-13-000004 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Enhancing Resilience to Climate Change Impacts through Community-Managed Disaster Risk Reduction (CM-DRR). |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Community Development |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | – |
| Assistance Listings: | 98.001 — USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 3 |
| Posted Date: | Jun 21, 2013 |
| Last Updated Date: | Jul 08, 2013 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Dec 19, 2013 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Dec 19, 2013 No change. |
| Archive Date: | Jan 18, 2014 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $12,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $12,000,000 |
| Award Floor: | $12,000,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Only Applications from public and non profit organizations to be considered. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Ethiopia USAID-Addis Ababa |
| Description: | USAID/Ethiopia would like to make a special call for applicants to submit concept papers related to the Missions efforts to build community resilience to climate-related shocks and disasters while improving long-term climate change adaptive capacity in drought-prone areas of East Hararghe, West Hararghe, and Bale Zones in Oromia Region. The main goal of these efforts is to support USAIDs Development Objective 1: Increased Economic Growth with Resiliency in Rural Ethiopia, by strengthening community-led strategies for mitigating the harmful effects of climate change on food and water security, nutrition status, and household resilience. This call for concept papers will also support analysis of new approaches to increase adaptive capacity to reduce future risk in areas of declining seasonal rainfall and increasing drought frequency. |
| Link to Additional Information: | http://www.grants.gov/search/announce |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Tigist Yifru
A and A Specialist Phone 2510111306002 Email:tyifru@usaid.gov |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
| The purpose of this modification is to post answers to questions submitted on this APS. – attached. | Jul 08, 2013 | |
| This modification is to update the URL to the Announcement for direct access of the documents under the Synopsis. | Jul 08, 2013 | |
| Jun 21, 2013 |
DISPLAYING: Synopsis 3
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | APS-663-13-000004 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Enhancing Resilience to Climate Change Impacts through Community-Managed Disaster Risk Reduction (CM-DRR). |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Community Development |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | – |
| Assistance Listings: | 98.001 — USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 3 |
| Posted Date: | Jun 21, 2013 |
| Last Updated Date: | Jul 08, 2013 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Dec 19, 2013 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Dec 19, 2013 No change. |
| Archive Date: | Jan 18, 2014 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $12,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $12,000,000 |
| Award Floor: | $12,000,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Only Applications from public and non profit organizations to be considered. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Ethiopia USAID-Addis Ababa |
| Description: | USAID/Ethiopia would like to make a special call for applicants to submit concept papers related to the Missions efforts to build community resilience to climate-related shocks and disasters while improving long-term climate change adaptive capacity in drought-prone areas of East Hararghe, West Hararghe, and Bale Zones in Oromia Region. The main goal of these efforts is to support USAIDs Development Objective 1: Increased Economic Growth with Resiliency in Rural Ethiopia, by strengthening community-led strategies for mitigating the harmful effects of climate change on food and water security, nutrition status, and household resilience. This call for concept papers will also support analysis of new approaches to increase adaptive capacity to reduce future risk in areas of declining seasonal rainfall and increasing drought frequency. |
| Link to Additional Information: | http://www.grants.gov/search/announce |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Tigist Yifru
A and A Specialist Phone 2510111306002 Email:tyifru@usaid.gov |
DISPLAYING: Synopsis 2
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | APS-663-13-000004 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Enhancing Resilience to Climate Change Impacts through Community-Managed Disaster Risk Reduction (CM-DRR). |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Community Development |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | – |
| Assistance Listings: | 98.001 — USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 2 |
| Posted Date: | Jul 08, 2013 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | – |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Dec 19, 2013 |
| Archive Date: | Jan 18, 2014 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $12,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $12,000,000 |
| Award Floor: | $12,000,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Only Applications from public and non profit organizations to be considered. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Ethiopia USAID-Addis Ababa |
| Description: | USAID/Ethiopia would like to make a special call for applicants to submit concept papers related to the Missions efforts to build community resilience to climate-related shocks and disasters while improving long-term climate change adaptive capacity in drought-prone areas of East Hararghe, West Hararghe, and Bale Zones in Oromia Region. The main goal of these efforts is to support USAIDs Development Objective 1: Increased Economic Growth with Resiliency in Rural Ethiopia, by strengthening community-led strategies for mitigating the harmful effects of climate change on food and water security, nutrition status, and household resilience. This call for concept papers will also support analysis of new approaches to increase adaptive capacity to reduce future risk in areas of declining seasonal rainfall and increasing drought frequency. |
| Link to Additional Information: | http://www.grants.gov/search/announce |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
William Ndinya
Senior A and A Specialist Phone 251911249513 Email:wndinya@usaid.gov |
DISPLAYING: Synopsis 1
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | APS-663-13-000004 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Enhancing Resilience to Climate Change Impacts through Community-Managed Disaster Risk Reduction (CM-DRR). |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Community Development |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | – |
| Assistance Listings: | 98.001 — USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Jun 21, 2013 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | – |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Dec 19, 2013 |
| Archive Date: | Jan 18, 2014 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $12,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $12,000,000 |
| Award Floor: | $12,000,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Only Applications from public and non profit organizations to be considered. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Ethiopia USAID-Addis Ababa |
| Description: | USAID/Ethiopia would like to make a special call for applicants to submit concept papers related to the Missions efforts to build community resilience to climate-related shocks and disasters while improving long-term climate change adaptive capacity in drought-prone areas of East Hararghe, West Hararghe, and Bale Zones in Oromia Region. The main goal of these efforts is to support USAIDs Development Objective 1: Increased Economic Growth with Resiliency in Rural Ethiopia, by strengthening community-led strategies for mitigating the harmful effects of climate change on food and water security, nutrition status, and household resilience. This call for concept papers will also support analysis of new approaches to increase adaptive capacity to reduce future risk in areas of declining seasonal rainfall and increasing drought frequency. |
| Link to Additional Information: | APS-663-13-000004 |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
William Ndinya
Senior A and A Specialist Phone 251911249513 Email:wndinya@usaid.gov |
Related Documents
Folder 236619 Full Announcement-1 -> signed version of the aps.pdf
Folder 236619 Revised Full Announcement-1 -> amendment #1 aps 663-13-000004.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Tigist Yifru A and A Specialist Phone 2510111306002 Email: tyifru@usaid.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98.001 | APS | Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction Grant Opportunities | PKG00179670 | Jun 20, 2013 | Dec 19, 2013 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
236619 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
236619 HUD_FaxTransmittal-1.1.pdf
Optional forms
236619 HUD_DetailedBudget-1.1.pdf
236619 HUD_DisclosureUpdateReport-1.1.pdf
236619 FaithBased_SurveyOnEEO-1.2.pdf
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