Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) Grant for Balkan Refugee and Displaced Persons Support

(a) Proposed activities should primarily support refugees or displaced persons (DPs) in Serbia, and Bosnia & Herzegovina or returned refugees and DPs in Kosovo.

(b) Proposals must focus on the following sectors: Protection, Shelter and Infrastructure, and/or Livelihoods.

(c) Country Specific Instructions

In FY10, PRM’s funding priority is to support the following:

1. Reintegration of spontaneous returnees to Kosovo. Proposals should include some of the following components:
Livelihoods/subsistence income generation assistance (e.g., farm animals, agricultural equipment, carpentry tools, equipment for retail or service activities);
Training courses and/or other mentoring activities to enhance technical and management, and/or entrepreneurial skills.
Minor shelter repairs for spontaneously returnees to Kosovo. Proposals may include a small number of category IV and V reconstructions.

2. Integration of displaced persons from Kosovo in Serbia. Proposals must include some of the following components:
a) Legal Services to assist displaced persons to pursue claims through KTA related to privatization of socially-owned companies in Kosovo; deliver of rendered decisions of the Kosovo Property Agency; assist refugees to resolve legal cases related to displacement, e.g. housing, property damage, or pension claims;
b) Livelihoods/subsistence income generation assistance (e.g., farm animals, agricultural equipment, carpentry tools, equipment for retail or service activities);
c) Training courses and/or other mentoring activities to enhance technical and management, and/or entrepreneurial skills.
d) Minor shelter repairs.

3. Provision of alternative shelter options for extremely vulnerable tenants of collective centers in Bosnia & Herzegovina and Serbia and subsequent closure of collective centers.

Note: Proposals regarding alternative shelter for extremely vulnerable tenants of collective centers (item 3, above) must be well coordinated with UNHCR offices in the appropriate country and should contain language to reflect the NGO’s agreement to implement the project in consultation and coordination with UNHCR.

Such proposals should address how project activities and objectives will support broader efforts to resolve protracted refugee and/or IDP issues in the region.

(d) PRM will accept proposals from any NGO working in the above-mentioned sectors although, given budgetary constraints, priority will be given to proposals from organizations that can demonstrate:

• a working relationship with UNHCR, current UNHCR funding, and/or a letter of support from UNHCR for the proposed activities and/or overall country program (This letter should highlight the gap in services the proposed program is designed to address.);

• a proven track record in providing proposed assistance both in the sector and specified location;

• evidence of coordination with international organizations (IOs) and other NGOs working in the same area or sector and, where possible, with local authorities;

• a concrete implementation plan with well-conceived objectives and indicators that are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and reliable, time-bound and trackable (SMART), have established baselines, and include at least one outcome or impact indicator per objective;

• a budget that is appropriate for meeting the objectives and demonstrates co-funding by non-US government sources;

• Appropriate targeting of beneficiaries in coordination with UNHCR and other relevant organizations; and

• Adherence to relevant international standards for humanitarian assistance. See FY2010 General PRM NGO Guidelines for a complete list of sector-specific standards.

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For more details on this specific opportunity, please click the “Full Announcement” Grants.gov link. For PRM’s general NGO guidelines, please go to the Funding Opportunities page of PRM’s website: http://www.state.gov/g/prm/c27111.htm. After you’ve read both documents, please contact Program Officer Nancy Cohen at 202-453-9281 (cohenna@state.gov) with any questions. Funding opportunity announcements and PRM’s general NGO guidelines are also on PRM’s website.