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AFYDE-FTIF-GR-POLECON-2022: FTIF-Fiscal Transparency Innovation Fund, POL/ECON, U.S. Embassy Yaounde

Closed Closed July 23, 2022 Opportunity AFYDE-FTIF-GR-POLECON-2022 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$98,000
• Award floor$72,000
• Total funding$288,000
• Expected awards3
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

The FY 2021 Fiscal Transparency Innovation Fund program is limited to Cameroonian locally registered, associations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with at least four years of experience working in the areas of Democracy and Governance. Organizations and entities with a prior history of poor performance of U.S. government grants are ineligible for this funding.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Economic Statecraft awards averaged $601,771; this notice allows up to $98,000 per award.
• Most of the program's money (54% over five years) went to colleges and universities.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The Political and Economic Section of the U.S. Embassy in Yaoundé, Cameroon announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications under the FY 2021 Fiscal Transparency Innovation Fund Program to carry out projects to build the capacity of citizen groups, civil society organizations, locally elected officials, and local-government actors to participate in the budget process and monitor government transparency at local-council level in 25 councils in five regions of Cameroon, namely the East, Far-North, Northwest, Southwest and West Regions. Note: The U.S. Embassy expects to receive funding for the FTIF program before September 30, 2022. Grant awards are contingent on the receipt of funding. If the program is not approved, no grants will be awarded under this call.

Category: Other.

Applying now

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