Deadline: 9-May-22
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is seeking applications for a Fixed Amount Award or grant from qualified entities to implement the USAID Local Priorities and Partnership program.
USAID intends to partner with Ugandan local organizations to improve the ways that local groups work on a regional level to assess, plan, and build development alliances. The Local Priorities and Partnership Activity (LPPA) is a USAID-funded activity that will support Ugandan regional organizations to achieve this objective. LPPA will ensure there are reputable, inclusive, functional, and sustainable regional platforms to pursue sound, evidence-informed, and scalable development approaches and initiatives.
Uganda’s local governments lack the mechanisms to organize, coordinate, and direct resources from the government, donors, and the private sector. They also lack the capacity to apply these resources to broader, regional problems. This USAID program responds to Uganda’s proliferation of political districts and its associated challenges of disjointed development planning, inadequate financing of local governments, and limited power to engage the central government meaningfully.
Activity Goal: The goal of this activity is to develop the regional platforms into reputable, inclusive, functional, and sustainable entities that are capable of pursuing sound, evidence-informed, large-scale, and regional-centered development approaches and initiatives.
Activity Purpose: The activity purpose is to work with local Ugandan implementing partners that will support the regional platforms in their work with stakeholders and research partners. LPPA will ensure Ugandan organizations like the regional platforms have the capacity to operate independently and sustainably, and LPPA will render support that enhances their organizational, leadership, technical, and administrative abilities.
Funding Information
- Subject to funding availability and at the discretion of the Agency, USAID intends to provide $2 million in total USAID funding over a three- year period.
- The anticipated period of performance is three (3) years. The estimated start date is July 2022
Geographic Focus
The activity will focus on the areas where regional platforms have been established, namely Karamoja, Northern Uganda, and Southwestern Uganda. However, activities may be Uganda country-wide particularly in Kampala in order to facilitate appropriate linkages, for example with the central government or between regions.
Eligibility Criteria
Only local organizations are eligible for the award. For the purposes of this section, local entity means an individual, a corporation, a nonprofit organization, or another body of persons that-
- Is legally organized under the laws of Uganda ; and
- Has as its principal place of business or operations in Uganda;
- Is majority owned by individuals who are citizens or lawful permanent residents of Uganda ; and
- Managed by a governing body the majority of who are citizens or lawful permanent residents of Uganda assistance from funds appropriated under title III of this Act.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=339184
