USAID/Brazil Partnership to Conserve Amazon Biodiversity

Deadline: 14-Jul-23

The United States Agency for International Development in Brazil (USAID/Brazil) is seeking applications from organizations, companies, foundations, community-based enterprises and other public and private entities, academic and research institutions, and investors to propose novel or creative approaches, to participate in the Partnership to Conserve Amazon Biodiversity (PCAB) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO/Annual Program Statement (APS). Through this NOFO/APS, USAID/Brazil intends to broaden its current biodiversity conservation program to further advance biodiversity and forest conservation while promoting long-term community well-being.

Under this APS announcement, USAID aims to support activities that will align with Agency policies and priorities, such as the Climate Change Strategy and PRO-IP policy mentioned, as well as the Agency’s commitment to promote locally led development, enhance equity and inclusion with partners, and identify new and nontraditional sources of funding, including private sector resources.

To achieve PCAB goals in partnership with the Government of Brazil, civil society and private sectors, USAID is publishing this APS for the purposes listed below:

• To disseminate information about the goals and objectives of USAID/Brazil’s PCAB and,
• To make available information about the potential Program Funding Areas that USAID/Brazil envisions supporting.

Funding Information

• Estimated Total Program Funding:  $36,000,000
• Award Ceiling:                                         $20,000,000
• Award Floor:                                             $2,500,000

Eligibility Criteria

• Eligible Applicants
  • Eligible implementing partners include non-governmental or private sector entities (both for and non-profit). USAID/Brazil is particularly interested in working with Local Entities, Locally Established Entities, New Partners, and Non-traditional Partners as Implementing Partners (although this solicitation is not specifically limited to these categories), as well as Resource Partners from the private sector and civil society that will contribute resources for development. This includes non-traditional development partners such as private businesses, business and trade associations, foundations, financial institutions, non-profit NGOs and for-profit development firms, and private educational institutions, among others.

The following are definitions of partner categories:

• Local Entity: an individual or organization that:
  • Is legally organized under the laws of the country that is receiving assistance from USAID;
  • Has its principal place of business or operations in a country receiving assistance from USAID;
  • Is majority owned by individuals who are citizens or lawful permanent residents of a country receiving assistance from USAID; and,
  • Is managed by a governing body, the majority of whom are citizens or lawful permanent residents of the country receiving assistance from USAID.

“Majority-owned’ and “managed by” include, without limitation, beneficiary interests and the power, either directly or indirectly, whether exercised or exercisable, to control the election, appointment, or tenure of the organization’s managers or a majority of the organization’s governing body by any means.

• Locally Established Partner (LEP): A U.S. or international organization that works through locally-led operations and programming models:
  • Have maintained continuous operations in-country for at least five years and materially demonstrate a long-term presence in a country through adherence or alignment to the following:
    • Local staff comprises at least 50% of office personnel;
    • Maintenance of a dedicated local office;
    • Registration with the appropriate local authorities;
    • A local bank account; and,
    • A portfolio of locally-implemented programs.
  • Have demonstrated links to the local community, including:
    • If the organization has a governing body or board of directors, then it must include a majority of local citizens (in the host country, this is not required);
    • A letter of support from a local organization to attest to its work; and,
    • Other criteria that an organization proposes to demonstrate its local roots.

• New Partners: An individual or organization that has not received any funding from USAID as a prime partner over the last five years.
• Nontraditional Partners: Organizations that have received less than $25 million in direct or indirect awards from USAID over the past five years. Nontraditional partners include New and Underutilized Partners (NUPs), a term still used in technical documents such as solicitations, and all local entities, irrespective of the amount of funding they have received; the threshold does not apply to them.

For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=342471