Deadline: 30-Jun-22
The U.S. Embassy Mogadishu Public Affairs Section (PAS) has announced an open competition for assistance awards, contingent on funding availability, through the Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program. PAS Mogadishu invites proposals for programs that strengthen cultural, academic, and professional between the United States and Somalia through programming and exchanges that highlight shared values and promote bilateral cooperation.
Priority & Areas
- Counter Violent Extremism: Proposals focus on individuals and organizations involved in peace building or anti-violent extremist efforts, especially community influencers, women, and religious leaders, to ensure they retain the skills, knowledge, and capacity necessary to take a stronger role in their areas of expertise.
- Promote Economic Prosperity through Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Proposals focus on aspiring and newly established entrepreneurs, incubation hubs, and other private sector organizations, with a particular emphasis on women, youth, and marginalized groups, to build networks among these groups and reinforce skills related to business planning, using technology for business, securing financing, and/or navigating Somalia’s business environment.
- Promote Women’s Participation in Politics, Peace building, and the Economy: Proposals focus on Somali women and/or organizations involved in women and girls’ empowerment efforts to provide capacity building, tailored training, and other support to expand leadership opportunities for women in politics, peace building, and business.
- Promote Youth Leadership and Development: Proposals offer opportunities to university students, under- or unemployed recent graduates, and other youth, including among marginalized groups, to raise awareness about youth-led organizations and build leadership skills.
- Professionalize the Media: Proposals offer training to media professionals across radio, television, print, and online outlets to strengthen their ability to recognize and counter disinformation, generate revenue, and/or build technical skills.
- Improve the Teaching and Learning of the English Language: Proposals support professional development initiatives for English language teachers and/or provide high-quality English language instruction to students.
- Promote Rule of Law, Democracy, and Respect for Human Rights: Proposals support individual and institutional efforts to enhance respect for rule of law, deepen understanding of democratic principles, and encourage civic participation in Somalia.
- Encourage Awareness of and Promote Efforts to Mitigate the Effects of Climate Change: Proposals educate the public about the effects of climate change and raise awareness about efforts to mitigate its impact.
Funding Information
- Award amounts: The minimum award amount is $10,000.
- The average award amount is $25,000.
- The maximum possible award amount is $100,000.
- Total available funding: $90,000
- Number of awards anticipated: Four (dependent on amounts)
Audiences
The proposal must include one or more target audience(s): women, youth, entrepreneurs, journalists and media professionals, human rights activists and other civil society representatives, and academics and teaching professionals. Unless strong justification is provided, all projects should strive to achieve gender balance. Projects can be nationwide or focused on specific geographic areas with an explanation of why the specific geographic region is relevant to the strategy.
Eligibility Criteria
- Public Affairs Section (PAS) encourages applications from U.S., Somali, and international parties such as the following who may have experience in the above areas of interest:
- Registered not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/nongovernmental organizations with programming experience
- Non-profit educational institutions
- Individuals
- Other Eligibility Requirement
- Applicants are allowed to submit only one proposal per organization. If more than one proposal is submitted from an organization, all proposals from that institution will be considered ineligible for funding.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=338004
