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
- Development Objective – Democratic and Economic Governance Strengthened
- 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.
- Mission Goal 1: Promote sustainable and integrated health security
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