Deadline: 30-Jun-23
The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a project, “Criminal Justice Task Force Initiative” that will provide an opportunity for police, investigators, judges, prosecutors, and other relevant justice sector representatives to produce sustainable, long-term change within their institutions and the justice system through a coordinated and integrated approach to tackling cross-sectoral criminal justice problems.
The Program should be designed to take a multi-phased approach for selected cross-sectoral teams of criminal justice officials, experts, and practitioners whose participation will be instrumental to tackling a pressing criminal justice reform issue.
Project Goal(s) and Objectives
- The Program should be designed to take a multi-phased approach for selected cross-sectoral teams of criminal justice officials, experts, and practitioners whose participation will be instrumental to tackling a pressing criminal justice reform issue.
- The INL Office in Embassy Sarajevo, through the implementation of a previous cooperative agreement, has established an interagency team composed of experts from the police, prosecutors’ offices, and anti-corruption offices. The new program would continue working with the same cohort of participants who participated in the previous iteration and of the program with a planned expansion to include other relevant criminal justice sector representatives.
- This Program will also fund BiH interagency teams to travel to the United States for a fellowship to explore ways to tackle a pre-selected, pressing, cross-sectoral criminal justice issue. The fellowship should include customized academic and practical instruction, consultations with peer institutions and professional counterparts from relevant U.S. jurisdictions, and mentorship by a multidisciplinary team of U.S.-based mentors. The BiH experts will use this input to revise an implementation plan for how they will effect change on the aforementioned issue upon their return to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Funding Information
- Length of performance period: up to 36 months
- Anticipated program start date: October 1, 2023
- Number of awards anticipated: 1 award (dependent on amounts)
- Award amounts: awards may range from a minimum of $600,000.00 to a maximum of $700,000.00.
- Total available funding: $700,000.00
Deliverables
The program should be developed around the following six objectives, with further details enumerated within the proposal:
- Objective 1: Facilitate the participation of new teams.
- Objective 2: Design and execute a U.S. based-training program for Team 1 and Team 2.
- Objective 3: Design and execute a U.S. based training program for Disciplinary Prosecutor’s Office (DPO) and review of the DPO’s procedures and workflows.
- Objective 4: Design and execute the teams’ work with mentors.
- Objective 5: Design and execute ways to implement the teams’ objectives.
- Objective 6: Perform a corruption case study and implement findings/recommendations through mentorship of the team’s case.
Participants and Audiences: The targeted audience will include an existing team comprised of 8 members, a new team made of five (5) members plus one (1) observer; and the DPO team comprised of two members.
Priority Region/Countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Eligibility Criteria
- The following organizations are eligible to apply:
- U.S.-based non-profit/non-governmental organizations (NGOs);
- U.S.-based educational institutions
- Foreign-based non-profits/non-governmental organizations (NGOs);
- Foreign-based educational institutions
- Other Eligibility Requirements
- Applicants are only allowed to submit one proposal per organization. Organizations may form a consortium and submit a combined proposal, however one organization should be designated as the lead applicant and other organization(s) listed as sub-recipient partner(s).
- To be eligible to receive a federal assistance award, organizations must have a commitment to non‐discrimination with respect to beneficiaries and adherence to equal opportunity employment practices. INL is committed to an anti-discrimination policy in all of its programs and activities. INL welcomes applications irrespective of an applicant’s race, ethnicity, color, creed, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or other status.
- Applicants are reminded that U.S. Executive Orders and U.S. law prohibits transactions with, and the provision of resources and support to, individuals and organizations associated with terrorism. It is the legal responsibility of the recipient to ensure compliance with these Executive Orders and laws. This provision must be included in any sub‐awards issued under this grant award.
- Note: Public International Organizations (PIOs) and For-Profit Organizations are excluded from applying to this grant announcement.
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