The Public Policy and Presidential Elections program offers this grant to strengthen Paraguayan political parties’ capacity for programmatic voter engagement on substantive policy issues. This grant is for addressing all stages of the policy process—formulation, making, and implementation—within electoral, executive, and congressional contexts. Supported activities include fostering cross-party dialogue through political leader networks, implementing party awareness campaigns with women and youth promoters, utilizing mobile technology for policy polling, and facilitating presidential debates with candidates’ public policy experts.
Opportunity ID: 137113
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | 526-2012-000001 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Public Policy Agendas and Presidential Elections |
| Opportunity Category: | Other |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | Applications limited for local Paraguayan organizations |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Other (see text field entitled “Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity” for clarification) |
| Category Explanation: | The program will focus in strengthening the capacity of local political parties to structure programmatic engagement with voters. |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 98.001 — USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | Yes |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Jan 09, 2012 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jan 30, 2012 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jan 30, 2012 |
| Archive Date: | Feb 29, 2012 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $450,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $450,000 |
| Award Floor: | $450,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Only local Paraguayan organizations are eligible to submit applications |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Paraguay USAID-Asuncion |
| Description: | The fundamental objective of the Public Policy and Presidential Elections program is to strengthen the capacity of Paraguayan political parties to structure programmatic engagement with voters on the basis of substantive policy issues and to address different stages of the policy process (policy formulation, policy making, policy implementation) in different contexts (elections, executive, congress). The program will support cross-party dialogue through political leader networks; party awareness campaigns on policy proposals with women and youth as promoters; intensive use of cell phone/IT to do policy polling; and presidential debates with candidatesÂ’ public policy experts. |
| Link to Additional Information: | USAID/Paraguay Mission site |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Marco Ferreira
Acquisition Specialist Phone 595-212-1371 Email:mferreira@usaid.gov |
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