Opportunity Information: Apply for 72062420RFA00002
This funding opportunity, titled "Strengthening Community Resilience and Learning in Cote d'Ivoire's Border Areas to Counter Violent Extremism/Resilience for Peace," is a USAID-issued call for proposals focused on building resilience and reducing vulnerability to violent extremism in Cote d'Ivoire's border regions. The opportunity is administered by the U.S. Agency for International Development through its Ghana-based mission office (USAID-Accra), reflecting a regional approach to stability and prevention efforts in West Africa. While the public synopsis indicates that the detailed program requirements are contained in an attached document, the title and framing make clear that the work centers on community-level resilience, local learning, and peacebuilding strategies designed to counter violent extremist influence and recruitment pressures in communities near borders, where insecurity and cross-border dynamics often heighten risk.
The award mechanism is a cooperative agreement, which typically signals substantial involvement by USAID during implementation. In practical terms, this usually means the selected recipient(s) should expect active coordination with USAID on technical direction, monitoring and learning, and potential adaptation of activities as conditions evolve. The opportunity is categorized under "Other" for both the opportunity category and the activity category, with a note that further clarification is provided in a separate explanatory text field in the full announcement materials. The listing is associated with CFDA (now Assistance Listing) number 98.001, a common umbrella listing used for USAID foreign assistance programs.
Eligibility is described as "unrestricted," meaning it is broadly open to a wide range of entity types, subject to any additional constraints that may appear in the full notice. In similar USAID solicitations, this can include U.S. and non-U.S. non-profits, NGOs, for-profits, higher education institutions, and potentially local organizations, though the attached document would specify any country-of-origin rules, local partner expectations, or restrictions tied to USAID policy and host-country context. The key takeaway from the posted eligibility line is that the competition was not limited to a narrow applicant class in the synopsis.
In terms of scale and expected awards, the opportunity lists an award ceiling of $19,500,000 and anticipates up to 10 awards. This suggests USAID was open to funding multiple implementing partners and potentially a portfolio of complementary projects rather than a single nationwide implementer. With up to 10 awards under a shared ceiling, individual awards could range from relatively modest community-focused grants to larger, multi-region programs, depending on how USAID structured the award sizes and geographic coverage in the full solicitation.
The posting dates indicate the opportunity was created on July 15, 2020, with an original closing date of August 12, 2020. That timeline implies a relatively short application window of about four weeks, which is consistent with many USAID RFAs that expect organizations already working in the sector to respond quickly with a technically strong narrative, a cost application, and compliance documentation. The funding opportunity number is 72062420RFA00002, which is the primary identifier applicants would use for tracking, correspondence, and referencing the solicitation package.
Overall, based on the information available in the synopsis, this is a USAID resilience and peacebuilding solicitation aimed at strengthening community capacity, improving learning and evidence-based programming, and addressing drivers of violent extremism in border areas of Cote d'Ivoire. The cooperative agreement format, relatively high ceiling, and expectation of multiple awards point to a program that likely values adaptive management, collaboration with local actors, and ongoing monitoring, evaluation, and learning, all aligned with the "Resilience for Peace" emphasis in the title. Further specifics such as targeted regions, required outcomes, mandated partnerships, deliverables, and reporting requirements would be laid out in the attached document referenced in the description.Apply for 72062420RFA00002
- The Agency for International Development, Ghana USAID-Accra in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Strengthening Community Resilience and Learning in Cote d'Ivoire's Border Areas to Counter Violent Extremism/Resilience for Peace" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 98.001.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jul 15, 2020.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 12, 2020. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $19,500,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 10 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: 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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