Deadline: 24-Aug-20
The United States Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, is seeking applications from qualified U.S. and non-U.S. based non-governmental (NGOs)/non-profit organizations or Educational Institutions for a grant to implement a program entitled “Advancing Legal Reasoning and Writing in Moldova.”
Project Purpose
The top foreign policy priority of the United States in Moldova is to help the Moldovan people achieve their Euro-Atlantic aspirations and support Moldova’s efforts to become a secure, stable, and prosperous nation based on rule of law. The U.S. Embassy’s mission in Moldova is firmly committed to increasing the capabilities, transparency and independence of the Moldovan justice system by helping to strengthen rule of law.
The overarching goal of this project is to support the continued development of the criminal justice system and actors in Moldova. The project is comprised of the following specific goals, objectives and corresponding activities.
Project Goals
The project aims to:
- Support development of Moldovan law faculties and students at public and private universities in the areas of critical thinking, and legal reasoning, research and writing.
- Strengthen current law faculty instruction in legal ethics and anticorruption.
Project Objective and Activities
- Objective 1: Develop and support implementation of a full-year legal reasoning, research and writing course in the law faculties of selected Moldovan public and private universities.
- Activity 1: Working closely with appropriate local stakeholders, develop the curriculum for an intensive, highly practical, full-year legal reasoning, research and writing law faculty course.
- Activity 2: Design and implement a ToT program to develop the abilities of Moldova
- university law faculty instructors to effectively deliver the full-year legal reasoning, research and writing course.
- Activity 3: Support initial implementation of the full-year legal reasoning, research and writing course in at least 4 university law faculties, including at least 2 law faculties outside Chisinau, during the 2021-22 school year
- Activity 4: Support initial implementation of the full-year legal reasoning, research and writing course in at least 4 additional university law faculties (beyond the at-least-4 implemented in the prior year), reflecting reasonable geographic dispersion throughout Moldova, during the 2022-23 school year.
- Objective 2: Support expansion of the impact of the legal reasoning, research and writing course to other law faculty courses.
- Activity 1: Support law faculties of Moldovan public and private universities to infuse concepts, elements and adapted practical exercises from the full-year legal reasoning, research and writing course into other law faculty courses.
Funding Information
- Award Ceiling: $1,200,000.00
- Award Floor: $900,000.00
Target Population
Applicants should identify target audiences, specific demographics, and the region(s) in which the project will be implemented. It is particularly important to specify the approximate number of beneficiaries to be directly and indirectly impacted by project activities.
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, with the ability to develop and successfully implement a project in Moldova and meet INL’s reporting requirements. Organizations must also be able to demonstrate current (or pending) country registration in Moldova, if required by the country of project implementation. AND
- Applicants must have demonstrated experience implementing similar education or capacity building programs, preferably in Moldova. 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 Romanian, English and, where appropriate, Russian. 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 and other members as sub-award partners.
- Applicants must be able to respond to the NOFO and be able to mobilize in a short period.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=327822