USAID: Market Based Resilience for Marginalized Populations Activity in Somalia

Deadline: 14-Jan-22

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is seeking applications for a Cooperative Agreement from qualified organizations to implement Somalia’s Market Based Resilience for Marginalized Populations (MB-RMP) Activity.

USAID, through the MB-RMP activity, will provide support to a Recipient that will work with the Somali government and people to ensure drought resistant agriculture and livelihood diversification for rural and urban households and robust private sector engagement for inclusive economic opportunities for marginalized groups. More specifically, USAID will finance a Recipient that will provide targeted technical support and capacity building to strengthen resilience to climatic shocks for agriculture systems, increase the capacity of the private sector to include urban migrants and displaced persons, and increase marginalized householdsThusinesses’ access to finance and domestic remittances.

Goal: Accelerated economic development for marginalized groups in the targeted areas of Somalia by increasing individual, household, business, community, and system-wide resilience through rural and urban livelihood diversification and promoting inclusive economic market systems to combat real and perceived grievances that contribute to violent extremism and conflict.

Objectives

The Activity will meet the following high-level objectives:

Strengthen and diversify rural and urban livelihoods for marginalized groups.
Promote economic agency of marginalized groups.

Funding Information

Subject to funding availability and at the discretion of the Agency, USAID intends to provide $65,000,000.00 in total USAID funding over a 5-year period.

Illustrative Outcomes

Objective 1
- Illustrative outcomes of this component include:
  - Agriculture and livestock systems strengthened to protect food security and nutrition during climatic shocks.
  - Increased incomes for people in target rural and urban communities, including during shocks.
  - Increased financial products designed for self-help groups and other community-based associations to increase the financial access of marginalized groups.
  - Increased awareness and incentivized investments by rural households into urban businesses as a diversified alternative to purchasing livestock.
  - Increased access to essential goods and services in urban and rural low-income areas.
Objective 2
- Illustrative outcomes of this component include:
  - Increased access and availability of economic tools including rights/regulation for marginalized groups, particularly women and youth groups and cooperatives.
  - Improve inclusive workforce development partnerships with businesses in newly emerging sectors.
  - Strengthen perceptions of marginalized groups that sector bodies represent their interests and can resolve related challenges.

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility for this NOFO is not restricted. USAID encourages applications from a broad range of interested parties, foreign and domestic non-profit organizations, foreign and domestic for-profit companies that forego profit, faith-based organizations, foundations, academic institutions, civic groups, and regional organizations. USAID welcomes applications from organizations which have not previously done business with USAID.
Applicants must have established financial management, monitoring and evaluation processes, internal control systems, and policies and procedures that comply with established U.S. Government standards, laws, and regulations. The successful applicant(s) will be subject to a responsibility determination assessment by the Agreement Officer (AO).

For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=336483