Deadline: 5 June 2017
The Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs’ (EAP) Office of Regional Security Policy (RSP) and the Bureau of Counterterrorism (CT) Office of Programs (P) at the U.S. Department of State is seeking applications for its program entitled “Counterterrorism Administrative Support for East Asia and the Pacific” to provide program development, logistical and administrative support for U.S. counterterrorism foreign assistance-funded meetings and activities supporting the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), East Asia Summit (EAS) and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).
The purpose of this award is to support travel, logistics, venue, event management, and impact evaluation for these multilateral meetings and activities, which will be held in the Asia-Pacific region.
Program Priorities
- Administrative and logistical arrangements for ASEAN, ARF, EAS and APEC counterterrorism-related conferences, workshops, and other activities, including arranging venues and travel for participants, speakers and other select officials.
- Event management for the above activities, including directing and supporting international visitors and managing participant lists for follow-up engagement.
- Support for program design and impact evaluation for the above activities, including content development, recruitment of leading experts as speakers, and execution of pre- and post-event surveys.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $500,000
- Award Ceiling: $500,000
Eligibility Criteria
- EAP welcomes applications from U.S.-based and foreign-based non-profit organizations/non-government organizations (NGO) and public international organizations, private, public, or state institutions of higher education.
- Applicants must provide evidence of meeting this eligibility and of having significant experience in planning and implementing international travel, program administration, fiscal management and budgeting as well as the ability to organize and coordinate international meetings and events.
- EAP encourages applications from foreign-based NGOs headquartered in the Asia Pacific region.
- Applicants may form consortia and submit a combined proposal. However, one organization should be designated as the lead applicant with the other members as sub-award partners.
- EAP reserves the right to request additional background information on applicants that do not have previous experience administering federal grant awards.
How to Apply
To apply for this opportunity, please submit electronically completed grant proposals via given website.
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