U.S. Mission to Cameroon: Sustainable Financial Management of CSOs in Cameroon

Deadline: 28-Feb-21

The U.S. Embassy in Cameroon announces an open competition for applications to carry out a program to enhance the financial management capacity of managers of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Cameroon.

The goal of this project is to provide selected CSO leaders hands-on training in financial management as a means of ensuring the sustainability of CSOs, so that they may robustly fulfill the important role they play in contributing to the democratic and social development of Cameroon.

Funding Information

Length of performance period: one to three months;
Number of awards anticipated: 1 award;
Award amounts: $10,000 to $15,000;
Total available funding: $15,000.

Participants & Audiences

The target audience is Cameroonian CSO leaders and other CSO staff with responsibility for financial management of their organizations. The following types of activities are not eligible for funding:
- Scholarships for study in the United States or to fund conference attendance or study tours to the United States;
- Academic research;
- Activities that are inherently political in nature or that contain the appearance of partisanship;
- Construction activities;
- Programs that support specific religious activities;
- Fund-raising campaigns;
- Cash prizes for participants.

Eligibility Criteria

PAS encourages applications from the United States and Cameroon:
- Registered not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks, community associations, and civil society/non-governmental organizations with programming experience;
- Individuals;
- Non-profit media organizations;
- Professional trade organizations;
- Non-profit or governmental educational institutions.
For-profit or commercial entities are not eligible to apply.
Cost Sharing or Matching:
- Cost sharing or matching is not required. If an applicant offers cost sharing, it is understood and agreed that the applicant must provide the amount of cost sharing as stipulated in its application and later included in an approved agreement.
Other Eligibility Requirements:
- In order to be eligible to receive an award, all organizations must have a unique entity identifier (Data Universal Numbering System/DUNS number from Dun & Bradstreet). Organizations who have previously received U.S. government funding from any source must also have a valid registration on SAM.gov.