Page 1 of 17 Department of State – Consulate General of the United States in Peshawar, Pakistan Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) Program Office: Public Affairs Section, U.S. Consulate General Peshawar Funding Opportunity Title: Annual Program Statement Announcement Type: Grant Funding Opportunity Number: SCAISB-20-AW-011-04142020 Deadline for Applications: Monday, June 1, 2020 (11:59 p.m. U.S. Eastern time) CFDA Number: 19.501 - Public Diplomacy Programs for Afghanistan and Pakistan CONTACT INFORMATION 1. For questions relating to Grants.gov, please call the Grants.gov Contact Center at 1-800- 518-4726. 2. For assistance with the requirements of this solicitation, contact the Mission Pakistan Public Affairs Grants Management Team at [email protected]. IMPORTANT NOTE: All application materials must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov. Applications materials submitted via other means such as email will not be accepted. Authorization to submit proposals through www.grants.gov is a multi-step process that requires prior successful registration with four separate sites: DUNS, NCAGE, SAM, and www.grants.gov. Please begin the registration process with each one immediately to ensure that the process is completed well in advance of the NOFO application deadline. The entire registration process can require up to six weeks for the registration to be validated and confirmed. See Section D: Submission Requirements for further details. Due to the volume of applicants and inquiries, Public Affairs Section (PAS) does not accept letters of intent, concept papers, or requests for meetings or phone calls prior to application.
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Department of State – Consulate General of the United States in Peshawar, Pakistan
Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)
Program Office: Public Affairs Section, U.S. Consulate General Peshawar
Funding Opportunity Title: Annual Program Statement
B. FEDERAL AWARD INFORMATION ...........................................................................................................................6
C. ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION .......................................................................................................................................7
D. APPLICATION AND SUBMISSION INFORMATION .......................................................................................7
E. REVIEW AND SELECTION PROCESS ................................................................................................................... 13
F. FEDERAL AWARD ADMINISTRATION INFORMATION ........................................................................ 15
G. FEDERAL AWARDING AGENCY CONTACTS ................................................................................................ 17
H. OTHER INFORMATION .................................................................................................................................................. 17
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A. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Executive Summary
The U.S. Consulate General Peshawar Public Affairs Section (PAS) is pleased to announce an
open competition for assistance awards, contingent on funding availability, through the Public
Diplomacy Grants Program.
Under this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), PAS is seeking proposals for projects to
support communities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the Newly Merged Districts in three main areas:
(1) economic empowerment and entrepreneurship; (2) increased services and governance, and (3)
citizenship, civil rights, and the constitution.
Proposals have a funding floor of $10,000 and a funding ceiling of $25,000 for a project of up to
a twelve-month duration. Organizations may submit multiple project proposals under this NOFO,
with each project being submitted as a separate application. Applicants MUST submit a separate
Application Summary Coversheet for each and must clearly outline the project goal and objectives
addressed within.
Background
The U.S. Consulate General Peshawar Public Affairs Section’s purpose in funding projects under
this opportunity is to further U.S. Mission Pakistan’s goal of enabling economic growth,
development, and inclusivity. The Public Affairs Section seeks to increase private sector-led
economic growth; to provide for a better educated, more skilled, inclusive, and healthy Pakistani
society; and to counter violent extremism and strengthen rule of law. The funds awarded through
this opportunity will assist individuals, institutions, organizations, and communities to (1) build
self-sustaining capacity that promotes economic growth and increases opportunities for
entrepreneurship; (2) increase civic and political participation of diverse citizens, and (3) empower
new voters, including tribal youth, to understand and leverage their role to build civic cohesion in
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the Newly Merged Districts.
Project Goal
The Public Affairs Section invites proposals that address one or more of the goals listed below:
1. Economic Empowerment and Entrepreneurship: Projects should promote
microenterprise and/or the growing technology sector in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Projects
should incorporate social responsibility and/or access to finance and may include training
and/or internships. Projects should strengthen networks of entrepreneurs and connect them
with subject-matter experts at higher education institutions, and/or incubators, and/or other
centers of excellence. Projects should address inclusion of minorities and/or other
vulnerable persons, including communities in the Newly Merged Districts.
2. Increased Services and Governance: Projects should facilitate greater civic and political
participation among diverse residents of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the Newly Merged
Districts. Proposed projects should facilitate knowledge transfer from subject-matter
experts to stakeholders to facilitate an increase in the provision of healthcare, social
services, local employment, food security, access to information, and other basic services.
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Proposed projects must aim for gender-balanced participation, as indicated by participation
by no less than forty percent women.
3. Citizenship, Civil Rights and Constitutionalism: Proposals will support gender-
balanced workshops in Peshawar to train new voters, including tribal youth, on democratic
rights and processes, citizenship, and basic human rights so that they increase their
awareness and understanding of how their enfranchisement contributes to the peace,
prosperity, and development of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the Newly Merged Districts.
The project could include exposure tours of government facilities and offices, judicial and
law enforcement facilities, and/or universities and think tanks to observe local and state
policymaking and legislative processes and to meet with government officials. The grantee
should also form "Communities of Young Tribal Leaders" who would conduct follow-up
activities in their respective areas.
Project Objectives
Organizations may submit more than one proposal under this funding opportunity. Projects that
address one or more of the below objectives are welcome. Each proposal will require its own
application and should specify which project objective(s) the activities support. Some project
objectives below specify the issues or a range of issues that will be considered.
Economic Empowerment and Entrepreneurship: By the end of the project, entrepreneurs will
have increased access to economic and employment opportunities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa;
enhanced entrepreneurial capacity; will have identified support for establishing and growing
businesses; will have contributed to increased job placements, particularly for youth, women and
vulnerable persons in the labor force; and/or will be able to support a business-enabling
environment. Any of these objectives may be achieved through the following means:
Workshops or trainings or other strategic and innovative instructional methods for reaching
underrepresented entrepreneurs
Tours, briefings, or other methods of exposure at successful businesses and enterprises
Strategic communications initiatives
Increased Services and Governance: By the end of the project, diverse members of civil society
and government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the Newly Merged Districts will have increased
capacity to facilitate the provision of healthcare, social services, local employment, food security,
access to information, and/or other basic services to the residents of the region. This increased
capacity will lead to enhanced trust in government and civil society institutions by increasing
access to basic services, including health and education. The project will support the establishment
of government institutions that deliver basic services and enable more balanced gender
representation in government. Proposed projects must aim for gender-balanced participation, as
indicated by participation by no less than forty percent women. Any of these objectives may be
achieved through the following means:
Workshops, trainings, or other strategic and innovative instructional methods for
transferring knowledge from subject matter experts on the provision of government
services to participants
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Tours, briefings, or other methods of exposure at successful civil society organizations and
government institutions at the local, provincial, and national level
Citizenship, Civil Rights and Constitutionalism: By the end of the project, a gender-balanced
group of new voters, including tribal youth, will understand and be able to exercise their
democratic rights and feel confident to participate in democratic processes. They will have an
enhanced understanding of democratic processes, citizenship, and basic human rights, and how
their enfranchisement contributes to the peace, prosperity, and development of Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa and the Newly Merged Districts. Participants will demonstrate enhanced trust in
government and civil society institutions by increasing access to basic services, including health
and education services. Any of these objectives may be achieved through the following means:
Develop an implementation plan for the formation of "Communities of Young Tribal
Leaders" who would conduct follow-up activities in their respective regions.
Workshops and trainings on democratic processes, voting, citizenship, and basic human
rights
Tours of government facilities and offices, judicial and law enforcement facilities, and
universities and think tanks to observe local and state policymaking and legislative
processes and to meet with government officials Participants and Audiences
Participants and audiences should be appropriate to the strategies proposed and may include a
variety of societal segments addressing leaders and influencers or addressing vulnerable
populations. Unless strong justification is provided, all projects should strive to achieve gender
balance. Projects should be focused in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the Newly Merged Districts.
All proposals should:
Address how the project will contribute to one or more of the objectives listed above;
Enumerate specific outputs and outcomes to be achieved by the end of the grant period,
using the Monitoring & Evaluation Performance Management Plan (PMP) [Attachment 3];
Describe involvement of American participants, expert/s, organization/s, or institution/s;
Clearly specify the audiences to be reached and the geographic locations of program
activities. Programs proposed in multiple locations should explain how that will be
accomplished. The grantee must demonstrate capacity to implement activities in locations
and with audiences proposed;
Describe how elements of the project will have a multiplier effect or be sustainable beyond
the life of the grant;
Include a traditional and/or social media plan for marketing or advertising program
activities and outcomes;
Demonstrate competency to manage all financial and oversight aspects of the project,
including participant costs and transparent arrangements of sub-grant relationships with
partner organizations, if applicable.
The Public Affairs Section will not support the following activities or expenses under this funding
opportunity:
The purchase of space or buildings in support of program activities;
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Development projects;
Construction projects;
Individual travel to conferences;
Scholarships to support educational opportunities or study for individuals*;
Completion of activities begun with other funds;
Fundraising or fund development projects;
Projects that are inherently political in nature or that contain the appearance of
partisanship/support to an individual or single party in electoral campaigns;
Political party or lobbying activities in support of political parties;
Projects that support specific religious activities;
Cash prizes for competitions.
*Individuals interested in educational exchange or study opportunities in the United States should
visit the United States Educational Foundation in Pakistan website at:
http://www.usefpakistan.org/ for more information on available programs.
B. FEDERAL AWARD INFORMATION
Anticipated Award Amount
The per project floor is ten thousand dollars $10,000; the per project ceiling is twenty-five thousand
dollars $25,000.
The U.S. Consulate General Peshawar Public Affairs Section reserves the right to award less or
more than the amount of funds described in the absence of worthy applications or under such other
circumstances as they may deem to be in the best interest of the U.S. government.
Duration of Award All award activities should be completed within 12 months of the award start date.
Projects expected to span six months or less should not be submitted for more than ten thousand
dollars $10,000.
Project and Budget Periods
Projects generally must be completed within the specified duration. The Public Affairs Section
will consider applications for continuation awards funded under these awards on a non-competitive
basis, subject to availability of funds, satisfactory progress of the program, and a determination
that continued funding would be in the best interest of the U.S. Department of State.
Cost Sharing
Cost sharing or matching is not required for this funding opportunity.