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USAID/Guinea & Sierra Leone Open Call for Private Sector

Deadline: 8-May-23

USAID/Guinea & Sierra Leone seeks to engage the private sector in finding solutions to development challenges through creative, market-based approaches that will contribute to development in Guinea and Sierra Leone.

USAID/Guinea & Sierra Leone calls for private sector solutions to strengthen the health system, improve good governance, and increase economic opportunities for youth and women.

The mission invites entities (private and non-private) to submit concepts. USAID/Guinea & Sierra Leone welcomes consortiums composed of multiple local and/or international private sector entities.

Concepts must mobilize and leverage private sector resources at a level that equals and preferably exceeds the level of resources allocated by USAID/Guinea & Sierra Leone.

Missions and Objectives
  • For Guinea these are:
    • Development Objective – Democratic and Economic Governance Strengthened
      • Objective 2.1: Strengthen democratic norms and processes
      • Objective 2.2: Improve conflict management and mitigation capacities
      • Objective 2.3: Increase sustainable economic opportunities
  • And one or more of the following Sierra Leone office Integrated Country Strategy (ICS) Mission Goals and Objectives:
    • Mission Goal 1: Promote sustainable and integrated health security
      • Mission Objective 1.1: Sierra Leone strengthens its health system to provide equitable and high-quality health care services and improved health-seeking behaviors.
    • Mission Goal 2: Strengthen Sierra Leone’s democracy, enhancing accountability to its people and their human rights while advancing mutual peace and security interests.
      • Mission Objective 2.1: Sierra Leone strengthens democratic institutions and processes that are increasingly inclusive, transparent, and responsive to the population.
      • Mission Objective 2.2: Sierra Leone improves civil society, media, and civic capacity to contribute to governance and political processes, and to peacebuilding in communities.
    • Mission Goal 3: Support the transition of the Sierra Leonean economy from donor-based to market-based
      • Mission Objective 3.1: Sierra Leone increases private sector investment opportunities to sustain economic growth and development.
      • Mission Objective 3.2: Sierra Leone combats climate change by promoting green energy and reducing environmental degradation.
      • Mission Objective 3.3: Sierra Leone advances sustainable aquaculture and agriculture practices to reduce environmental impact and promote food security and economic growth.
Funding Information
  • Estimated Total Program Funding: $2,000,000
  • Award Ceiling: $1,000,000
  • Award Floor: $250,000
Eligibility Criteria
  • USAID welcomes applications from many types of organizations including U.S. and non-U.S. private businesses, business and trade associations, foundations, U.S. and non-U.S. NonGovernmental Organizations (NGOs), faith-based organizations, international organizations, U.S. and non-U.S. colleges and universities, civic groups, regional organizations, etc. All applicants must be legally recognized organizational entities under applicable law. An individual cannot apply as an applicant.
  • In order to meet the private sector partnering requirement under this addendum, any proposed collaboration with the private sector must involve one or more of the private sector entities listed below; in addition, resource contributions intended to meet the private sector leveraging requirement must also come from one or more of the private sector entities listed below:
    • Private business or industry associations
    • Private foundations affiliated with private for-profit, commercial and logistics companies
    • Private for-profit, commercial entities, such as a business, corporation, small or medium enterprise or private firms
    • Private equity or private financial institutions, including banks, private investment firms, mutual funds, private equity funds, and insurance
    • Cooperatives
    • Business associations

For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=340170