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DOS-AF-PDPA-FY22-NOFO-1: Countering Violent Extremism in West Africa

Closed Closed May 12, 2022 Opportunity DOS-AF-PDPA-FY22-NOFO-1 ☆ 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 Bureau of African Affairs notices from 2022.

• Award ceiling$500,000
• Award floor$250,000
• Total funding$500,000
• Expected awards1
• 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 following organizations are eligible to apply: U.S. and African public and private non-profit organizations, and accredited post-secondary U.S. education institutions meeting the provisions described in Internal Revenue Code section 26 USC 501(c)(3).

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Public Diplomacy Programs awards averaged $26,570; this notice allows up to $500,000 per award.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The Bureau of African Affairs Office of Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs (AF/PDPA) of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out virtual and in-person thematic programs in Africa. Please carefully follow all instructions below. Priority Region: Francophone West Africa, which must include Mali, Niger, Cote d’Ivoire, and Burkina Faso. Executive Summary This program consists of two parts. The first part is to conduct localized research to identify key influencers and credible messengers in each of the priority countries in the first three months of the grant. These individuals should be inclusive of society and represent those who can have a positive impact on influencing their community. Influencers and credible messengers may include educators, religious leaders, journalists, activists, government institutions, civil society organizations, youth, and the private sector, among others. The group should also have gender diversity. A minimum of one hundred individuals should be selected from the priority countries that can be grouped into two geographic areas (ideally one location in the capital and one in a border region) in each country for training. The second component is to gather these influencers to create a network amongst them, where they will attend weekly virtual trainings for six months with periodic in-person training over a six-month period and learn to work together to counter violent extremism through specific training and by creating a regional network. At the end of the program, participants will develop their own action plan for their community and create a larger regional strategy to connect with partners in other countries. In this announcement, AF/PDPA seeks to support projects that help to recognize, understand, expose, and counter malign state and non-state propaganda and disinformation related to countering violent extremism and terrorist recruitment in Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, and Cote d’Ivoire. Applicants should demonstrate current capabilities to execute the program in one or more of these specific countries within sub-Saharan Africa. AF/PDPA intends to issue an award for a period of 12 months. Depending on availability of funding, there may be a second phase of the project that includes implementation of small grants for community projects.

Category: Other.

Applying now

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

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.