Deadline: 6-Feb-24
The U.S. Department of State Office of the Assistance Coordinator for Europe and Eurasia (EUR/ACE) has launched the eleventh round of the DCP program in Ukraine to continue building U.S. foreign assistance partnerships with 11 eligible partner donor governments in Central and Eastern Europe: Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia.
Through the DCP initiative, the United States builds partnerships with these partner donor countries by co-financing joint foreign assistance activities aimed at sharing the PDGs’ transition and EU integration experiences with Ukraine, and promoting Ukraine’s legislative, economic, social, and technological approximation to EU standards.
Priority Objectives
- EUR/ACE has identified the following priority objectives for the eleventh round of DCP funding:
- Energy and Cyber Security
- Access to Western Markets
- Strengthening Resilience through Democratic Consolidation
- Societal Resilience & Protection.
Funding Information
- Total available funding: $2,000,000
- Award amounts: No PDGs’ cost share limitations. No single DCP contribution may exceed $500,000.
- Length of performance period: 6 – 18 months
- Number of awards anticipated: 15 – 20 awards (based on the availability of funds)
- Program Performance Period: Proposed programs should be completed in 18 months or less.
Programmatic Restrictions
- The DCP Program is limited to the abovementioned key thematic areas, and is unable to consider proposals that involve:
- Physical infrastructure projects, including reconstruction, renovations, repair works.
- Humanitarian assistance, including the provision of emergency food, shelter, or relief commodities to vulnerable populations.
- Humanitarian demining operations.
Participants and Audiences
- DCP Program only accepts proposal for consideration with 50% of the total cost secured by one of the partner donor governments, the other 50% should be requested from the DCP. No single DCP contribution may exceed $500,000. Most DCP projects are funded through grants in the DCP of $30,000 – $100,000, with a DCP maximum of $500,000. Multiple PDG partners may contribute to the same activities, and implementing organizations may include government entities, research institutions, and/or nongovernmental organizations. Most DCP activities will likely entail co-financing new projects. U.S. Embassy Kyiv, however, may consider other means of collaboration, such as co-financing existing U.S. or PDG assistance activities or enhancing ongoing U.S. assistance activities by facilitating the participation of PDG officials or PDG-identified experts. Selected activities should include a significant amount of content from institutions, advisors or other sources of knowledge in the PDG countries in order to meet the DCP objective of fostering the transfer of transition experience to the beneficiary country. There is no limitation on the number of proposals submitted from one organization or one partner donor government.
Eligibility Criteria
- Not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations
- Public and private educational institutions, research institutions
- Public International Organizations and Governmental institutions
- Cost Sharing or Matching
- DCP Program only accepts proposal for consideration with 50% of the total cost secured by one of the partner donor governments, the other 50% should be requested from the DCP. Most DCP activities will likely entail co-financing new projects. U.S. Embassy Kyiv, however, may consider other means of collaboration, such as co-financing existing U.S. or PDG assistance activities or enhancing ongoing U.S. assistance activities by facilitating the participation of PDG officials or PDG-identified experts. Selected activities should include a significant amount of content from institutions, advisors or other sources of knowledge in the PDG countries in order to meet the DCP objective of fostering the transfer of transition experience to the beneficiary country.
- Other Eligibility Requirements
- In order to be eligible to receive an award, all organizations must have a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.