Deadline: 14-Nov-22
The U.S. Department of State, U.S. Embassy Baku, Azerbaijan announces an Open Competition for organizations interested in submitting applications for projects that design a community engagement and leadership program focused on community service, action planning, conflict resolution, and social entrepreneurship for youth (ages 20 to 24) from Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Armenia.
Objectives
- Projects should be designed to achieve the following:
- Participants acquire leadership, social entrepreneurial and community engagement skills to foster regional cooperation through scalable and financially sustainable social projects within their local communities.
- Participants form and sustain an alumni cohort poised to substantively engage on issues related to social cohesion, conflict resolution, and reconciliation within their region.
- Participants demonstrate their acquired skills through the execution of socially minded projects – including those with a social-entrepreneurship element – in their home communities.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $585,000
- Award Ceiling: $585,000
- Award Floor: $585,000
Participants and Audiences
- In coordination with the implementing partner, the participating missions would recruit and select youth participants who meet the following eligibility requirements:
- University and immediate-post-university students between the ages of 20 and 24, equitably divided between males and females, and evenly divided between the three participating S. Caucasus countries.
- Be selected through a merit-based competition; and
- Represent the diversity of their home countries.
Eligibility Criteria
- U.S. Embassy Baku welcomes applications from U.S.-based non-profit/non-governmental organizations subject to section 501(c) (3) of the U.S. tax code.
- Applicants must have existing, or the capacity to develop, active partnerships with local in-country partners, entities, and relevant stakeholders and have successfully administered similar projects.
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=343510