Bureau of INL Enforcement Affairs: Combating Wildlife Trafficking in South Africa

Deadline: 1 August 2016

The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) is seeking applications from eligible organisations for a program entitled “Combating Wildlife Trafficking in South Africa” with an aim to reduce poaching and trafficking of rhinoceroses and their body parts originating from South Africa.

INL seeks to build upon South Africa’s civil law enforcement capabilities to combat wildlife crime and their response to wildlife trafficking by

• strengthen legislative frameworks
• build investigative and enforcement capacity
• enhance prosecutorial and judicial capacity
• raise awareness of wildlife crimes in South Africa.

Project Objectives

• Training: Activities should be designed to strengthen the capacity of the Government of South Africa’s criminal justice entities and personnel to address, investigate, and prosecute of illegal wildlife trade within and from South Africa.
• Advisory Capacity: INL funds may be requested to support advisors to provide technical assistance to work directly with South African counterparts in order to provide expert counsel and mentorship towards stronger collaboration between South African wildlife entities that will result in more successful investigations and convictions of poaching and trafficking of rhinoceroses cases.
• Raise Awareness: INL funds may be requested to raise awareness of rhinoceros poaching and trafficking in order to strengthen investigative and enforcement capacity.
• Equipment: INL will emphasize the importance of developing and disseminating cost-effective and accurate tools to support anti-poaching and anti-wildlife trafficking investigations and prosecutions.

Funding Information

• The anticipated total federal funding amount is not to exceed $1,350,000.
• The period of performance is no more than two year(s) with an anticipated start date of September 2016.

Eligibility Criteria

• Applicants that qualify to receive U.S. grants such as U.S. not-for-profit/nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) or U.S. based educational institutions subject to section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. tax code; foreign not-for-profits/non-governmental organizations (NGOs) or foreign based educational institutions.
• Applicants must have the ability to develop and successfully implement a project in South Africa and meet INL’s reporting requirements.
• Organizations must also be able to demonstrate current (or pending) country registration in South Africa, if required by the country of project implementation.
• Must have demonstrated experience implementing similar training or capacity building projects, preferably in South Africa or East Africa.
• INL reserves the right to request additional background information on organizations that do not have previous experience administering similar programs and/or federal grant awards.
• Applicants must have the ability to produce course materials, deliver training, and conduct evaluations in English. It is preferable that the applicant have to ability to produce course materials, deliver training, and conduct evaluations in English and Swahili. The applicant’s staff should be proficient in English in order to fulfill reporting requirements.
• Applicants must have existing, or the capacity to develop, active partnerships with stakeholders in order to successfully carry out the proposed program.
• Organizations may form a consortium and submit a combined proposal. However, one organization should be designated as the lead applicant.
• Applicants must be able to respond to the NOFO and be able to mobilize in a short period of time.
• INL encourages applications from potential new partners.

How to Apply

Interested applicants can apply via given website.

For more information, please visit Combating Wildlife Trafficking in South Africa.

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