Deadline extended till 15 December 2017
The USAID Jordan Local Enterprise Support Project (USAID LENS) is seeking applications for its Women’s Economic Empowerment Enabling Environment Grant that will contribute to the mitigation of the barriers, by addressing issues of access to and control over resources and/or policy to enhance the enabling environment for women’s economic participation.
The primary purpose of this grant is to support organizations and/or coalitions that seek to ameliorate one or multiple constraints to women’s economic participation and empowerment by providing innovative solutions to directly or indirectly facilitate women’s access to or control over economic resources. Grants are intended to address an overall challenge to women’s economic participation, and as such are not restricted to specific sectors or industries. However, awards can support activities in a specific geography or sector.
Grant Information
- The requested amount per application must not exceed JOD150,000.
- The implementation period must not exceed nine months (9 months).
Types of Work (Not Limited)
- Reducing barriers in specific sectors or geographic areas
- Building linkages
- Capacity building
- Collaborative action initiatives
- Public awareness or advocacy campaigns Gender diversity and workplace fairness
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be private sector entities (including, but not limited to, for- and not-for-profit entities, universities, research organizations, professional associations relevant special interest associations.
- Applicant must be officially registered with the appropriate Jordanian supervisory body or ministry with headquarters based in Jordan.
- Have valid licenses required to operate in their field.
- Although applicants to this opportunity may be for profit or not-for-profit entities, profit is not an allowable cost under this mechanism. Indirect costs are also not allowed, but can be converted to direct costs to be accepted.
- USAID LENS will consider applications from Jordanian and non-Jordanian entities, dependent on the conditions that apply based on grantee country of origin.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted via email at the address given on the website.
For more information, please visit USAID Jordan -LENS.