The USAID/Uganda Rights and Rule of Law grant is designed to strengthen human rights, empower individuals to assert their rights, and enhance the capacity of duty bearers to provide these rights. This initiative follows a rights-based approach, aiming to transform power relations and promote accountability among duty bearers. By empowering rights holders to demand their freedoms and supporting duty bearers in fulfilling their responsibilities, the program seeks to integrate democracy goals into various sectors. Additionally, the grant will address issues of inequality, exclusion, and discrimination to promote a more just and equitable society. Closing date for applications is October 22, 2013.
Opportunity ID: 237176
General Information
| Document Type:: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number:: | RFA-617-13-000005 |
| Funding Opportunity Title:: | USAID/Uganda Rights and Rule of Law |
| Opportunity Category:: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation:: | |
| Funding Instrument Type:: | |
| Category of Funding Activity:: | Law, Justice and Legal Services |
| Category Explanation:: | |
| Expected Number of Awards:: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings Number(s):: | |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:: | No |
| Version:: | Synopsis 4 |
| Posted Date:: | Jul 03, 2013 |
| Last Updated Date:: | Nov 06, 2013 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications:: | Sep 26, 2013 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications:: | Oct 22, 2013 |
| Archive Date:: | Nov 21, 2013 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding:: | $ 8,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling:: | $8,000,000 |
| Award Floor:: | $0 |
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:: | Uganda USAID-Kampala |
| Description:: | Consistent with key USAID policy directives that elevate human rights, and recognize the relationship between human rights and development, the Rights and Law Activity will employ a rights-based approach. The rights-based approach aims at strengthening the capacity of duty bearers and empowers rights holders to achieve a positive transformation of power relations . To that end, the activity will empower people to demand and assert their rights, and help increase the capacity of duty bearers to provide rights. While duty bearers are accountable for respecting, protecting, and fulfilling human rights, rights holders need to promote and defend their freedoms. Such action helps keep governments accountable, and should have the effect of integrating democracy goals into the socio-economic sectors. Finally, the rights-based approach will require an examination of inequality, exclusion, social structures, and discrimination. |
| Link to Additional Information:: | |
| Grantor Contact Information:: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
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| Synopsis 4 | Change of Agency Point of Contact | Nov 06, 2013 |
| Synopsis 3 | This Modification No 2 to the RFA-617-13-000005.
1. The RFA has been revised and is attached. |
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| Synopsis 2 | THE FOLLOWING ARE SPECIFIC CHANGES MADE TO THE SOLICITATION;
Revision No. 1 Second page of the Cover letter: The deadline for receiving questions is July 19, 2013 4pm EST (Washington, DC). Revision No. 2 Closing Date for Concept Paper Submission: August 23, 2013 |
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| Synopsis 1 |
Package Status
Package No: 1