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DOS-ACC-NOFO2024-01: Strengthening Democracy and Civic Engagement during Ghana’s 2024 Electoral Process

Closed Closed March 24, 2024 Opportunity DOS-ACC-NOFO2024-01 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: Austrian-American Partnership Fund (AAPF) (OFOP0002825). Status: Closes January 1, 2099 (26353 days left). It is in our archive of U.S. Mission to Ghana notices from 2024.

• Award ceiling$100,000
• Award floor$15,000
• Total funding$150,000
• Expected awards3
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeGrant

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)

Registered not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations with programming experience; Non-profit or governmental educational institutions; Governmental institutions. Note: For-profit or commercial entities are not eligible to apply. Proposals from individuals will not be considered for this funding opportunity.

Is this a realistic fit?

• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

Important! To successfully submit a proposal, you must visit the U.S. Embassy Accra's website for more information and a complete set of instructions. A. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The U.S. Department of State’s Embassy Accra Public Diplomacy Section (PDS) announces an open competition for organizations to implement a project that strengthens Ghana’s democracy and promotes transparent, credible, and peaceful 2024 Presidential and Parliamentary elections that reflect the will of the people. Please carefully follow all instructions below. Full proposals may be submitted for consideration through March 24, 2024, 23:59. Priority will be given to projects that yield concrete, measurable results. Projects consisting solely of conferences or roundtable discussions, speaker series, theoretical research or surveys, or the writing or publishing of books, are unlikely to be funded. PROGRAM OBJECTIVES The United States and Ghana have a close and enduring friendship rooted in our mutual commitment to freedom and democratic values. Ghana is recognized as a stable, democratic country with a history of successful political transitions, a free press, an active civil society, and has held eight free and fair elections since 1992. Despite Ghana’s status as a relative model of democratic governance on the continent, governance systems at both the national and local level are weak, subject to corruption, and often insufficiently accountable to citizens. That is why the U.S. Government continues to work alongside our Ghanaian partners to improve accountable governance and strengthen democratic institutions in the country. Additionally, under the U.S.

Category: Other.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, OFOP0002825, which is open now.

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