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RFI442202202: USAID/Cambodia Human Rights Program

Closed Closed October 5, 2022 Opportunity RFI442202202 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$15.0 million
• Award floor$10.0 million
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeGrant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to any type of organization.

• Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas awards averaged $8.7 million; this notice allows up to $15.0 million per award.
• Most of the program's money (54% over five years) went to nonprofits.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The USAID/Cambodia Mission has developed DRAFT Program Objectives for a prospective program to support Human Rights Organizations, Defenders and Community Activists. According to the 2021 U.S. Department of State Human Rights Report section on Cambodia, “Significant human rights issues included credible reports of torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment by the government; arbitrary detention by the government; political prisoners and detainees; serious problems with the independence of the judiciary; arbitrary interference in the private lives of citizens, including pervasive electronic media surveillance; serious restrictions on free expression and media, including violence and threats of violence, unjustified arrests or prosecutions of journalists, criminal libel laws, and censorship; serious restrictions on internet freedom; substantial interference with the freedom of peaceful assembly and freedom of association, including overly restrictive laws on the organization, funding, or operation of nongovernmental organizations and civil society organizations; inability of citizens to change their government peacefully through free and fair elections; serious restrictions on political participation; serious and pervasive government corruption, including in the judiciary; serious government restrictions on or harassment of domestic or international human rights organizations; lack of investigation of and accountability for violence against women; trafficking in persons; and the worst forms of child labor, including forced or compulsory child labor.”[1] USAID/Cambodia seeks to understand the challenges and opportunities to support human rights organizations, human rights defenders, and community activists. USAID/Cambodia is exploring development of new activities in support of its Country Development and Cooperation Strategy (CDCS), Development Objective 3: Human Rights Protected and Government Accountability Advanced; Intermediate Result 3.1 – Strengthened Defense of Constitutional and Other Legal Rights. In particular, USAID/Cambodia is interested in engaging Cambodian organizations that promote fundamental freedoms, internationally recognized human rights and rights guaranteed under the Cambodian Constitution.

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