Deadline: 17-May-23
The U.S. Embassy Tirana announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications under the Democracy Commission Program.
Eligible Program Themes
- Anti-Corruption
- Good Governance
- Cyber-security
- Energy Security
- Human Rights/Minority Rights
- Reforms
- Empowerment of Women and Youth
- Environment/Climate change
- Combatting Human Trafficking
- Independent/Investigative Journalism
Funding Information
- Award amounts: awards may range from a minimum of $30,000 to a maximum of $50,000
- Length of performance period: 6 to 12 months
Priority Region: Albania
Participants and Audiences
- Describe who the intended target audiences should be for the various activity categories.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible Applicants
- Albanian not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations.
- U.S. organizations and individuals are not eligible for grants under the program.
- Cost Sharing or Matching is not required and is not part of the evaluation criteria. However, the applicants are encouraged to explore the possibility of cost-sharing whenever possible.
- Other Eligibility Requirements
- In order to be eligible to receive an award, all organizations must have a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number issued. Individuals are not required to have a UEI or be registered in SAM.gov.
- Applicants are only allowed to submit one proposal per organization. If more than one proposal is submitted from an organization, all proposals from that institution will be considered ineligible for funding.
Ineligible
- The Democracy Commission does NOT fund projects such as the following:
- Fundraising campaigns
- Humanitarian assistance projects
- Scientific research projects
- Projects that duplicate existing projects being implemented by an organization
- Projects submitted by for-profit, commercial organizations
- Projects that support partisan political and/or religious activity
- Conferences and individual trips abroad
- Trade activities
For more information, visit Democracy Commission Program.
