NOFO: Supporting Partner Implementation of Russia Sanctions

Deadline: 31-Jan-23

The Department of State’s Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, Office of Cooperative Threat Reduction (ISN/CTR) is pleased to announce an open competition for assistance awards through this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). ISN/CTR sponsors foreign assistance activities funded by the Nonproliferation, Antiterrorism, Demining and Related Programs (NADR) account, and focuses on mitigating weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and WMD-related delivery systems proliferation and security threats from non-state actors and proliferator states.

Program Objectives

ISN/CTR builds foreign partner capacity to support the implementation of bilateral sanctions imposed against Russia for its unprovoked aggression in Ukraine. These sanctions not only impose costs upon Russia and Belarus but are a critical tool in preserving international unity and for partners to show support for Ukraine. Putin and the Kremlin believe that they can “outlast” the support for these sanctions. Therefore, as the war continues, it is important to target those who deliberately or inadvertently enable sanctions evasions.
Russian strategic losses, partial mobilization, and its increasing desperation of targeting civilian populations and infrastructure have greatly increased the reputational and financial risks of continuing to engage with Russian markets, especially for countries that are closely emmeshed with the U.S. and EU economies.
Russia uses oil and gas exports and infrastructure to exert political and economic pressure against countries that refuse to recognize its illegal occupation of Ukrainian territory, support its war in Ukraine, and as a response to bilateral sanctions. The revenues of oil and gas exports continue to enable Russia to sustain its military aggression in Ukraine. Russia’s goal in taking these actions is to divide and undermine partner country unity and force them to adopt economic energy hardship measures.

Areas

To counter sanctions evasion efforts by Russian, ISN/CTR is focused on foreign capacity building engagements in the following areas:

Financial and capital markets
Aviation
Maritime
Oil and gas
Logistics
Defense Sector

Engagement Countries

EUR: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Turkey, Ukraine, NEA: Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, UAE, WHA: BVI, Cayman Islands, Brazil, Panama, Peru, EAP: Indonesia, Mongolia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, SCA: Bangladesh, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan, AF: Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania.

Funding Infromation

Length of performance period: Twelve (12) Months
Award amounts: awards should range between $50,000 to a maximum of $250,000 per project
Total available funding: $5,970,250