Deadline: 1 December 2016
The United States Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) is inviting interested organisations to submit applications for projects that support the DRL policy goal to promote accountability for abuses committed during the current conflict in Yemen.
DRL’s objective is to create a record of human rights abuses to support community reconciliation and inform future transitional justice processes. Program approaches could include, but are not limited to:
- documentation of human rights violations during the conflict, including oral history, archiving, and legal assessment, analysis, and documentation;
- training for local partners on human rights documentation methodology and tools;
- strategies to engage women and marginalized groups in documentation and emerging and future transitional justice processes, both formal and informal;
- foster greater coordination and information sharing among civil society organizations in Yemen, including the development of networks for information sharing.
Funding Information
- Applications should not request less than $300,000 and no more than $1,000,000.
- Applicants should include an anticipated start date between February 2017 – May 2017 and the period of performance should be between 18 to 36 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- DRL welcomes applications from U.S.-based and foreign-based non-profit organizations/nongovernment organizations (NGO) and public international organizations; private, public, or state institutions of higher education; and for-profit organizations or businesses.
- DRL’s preference is to work with non-profit entities; however, there may be some occasions when a for-profit entity is best suited.
- Applicants must have existing, or the capacity to develop, active partnerships with thematic or in-country partners, entities and relevant stakeholders, including private sector partners and NGOs, and have demonstrable experience in administering successful and preferably similar projects.
- DRL encourages applications from foreign-based NGOs headquartered in the geographic regions/countries relevant to this NOFO. Applicants may form consortia and submit a combined application. However, one organization should be designated as the lead applicant with the other members as sub-award partners.
- DRL reserves the right to request additional background information on applicants that do not have previous experience administering federal grant awards, and these applicants may be subject to limited funding on a pilot basis.
- DRL is committed to an anti-discrimination policy in all of its projects and activities. DRL welcomes applications irrespective of an applicant’s race, ethnicity, color, creed, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or other status.
- DRL encourages applications from organizations working with the most at risk and vulnerable communities, including women, youth, persons with disabilities, members of ethnic or religious minority groups, and LGBTI persons.
How to Apply
Applicants can find application forms, kits, or other materials needed to apply at given website.
For more information, please visit grants.gov.