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Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: APS-668-16-000001
Funding Opportunity Title: USAID’s Biodiversity Annual Program Statement (APS)
Opportunity Category: Other
Opportunity Category Explanation: Build foundations for conservation, anti-trafficking, land and natural resource management, conflict mitigation, and security.
Funding Instrument Type: Other
Category of Funding Activity: Natural Resources
Category Explanation: The purpose of this APS is to build foundations for conservation, anti-trafficking, land and natural resource management, conflict mitigation, and security, and will enhance women and youth with livelihoods and economic opportunities, through fishing, vegetable gardening and small scale microenterprise activities to disengage them from wildlife poaching. The program will also support pilot community conservancies
Expected Number of Awards: 2
CFDA Number(s): 98.001 -- USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
Posted Date: Mar 23, 2016
Last Updated Date: Mar 23, 2016
Original Closing Date for Applications: Sep 26, 2016 ADS 303.3.5.2. An APS must have a closing date of at least 6 months after issuance.
Current Closing Date for Applications: Sep 26, 2016 ADS 303.3.5.2. An APS must have a closing date of at least 6 months after issuance.
Archive Date: Oct 26, 2016
Estimated Total Program Funding: $23,000,000
Award Ceiling: $23,000,000
Award Floor: $0
Eligibility
Eligible Applicants:
Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
Additional Information on Eligibility:
Additional Information
Agency Name: South Sudan (USAID)-Juba
Description: The purpose of this APS is to build foundations for conservation, anti-trafficking, land and natural resource management, conflict mitigation, and security, and will enhance women and youth with livelihoods and economic opportunities, through fishing, vegetable gardening and small scale microenterprise activities to disengage them from wildlife poaching. The program will also support pilot community conservancies
Link to Additional Information:
Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
SUSAN LAKO A and A Specialist Phone 202 216 6279
[email protected]

The United States Agency for International Development ( USAID) is the federal government agency that leads worldwide development and humanitarian efforts to save lives, lessen poverty, enhance democratic government, and support people to move beyond reliance on aid. The mission is to promote and demonstrate democratic values abroad and advance a free, peaceful, and prosperous world.
USAID has offices around the world, in all the countries where it leads projects and helps the vulnerable population in countries such as Namibia, Laos, Libya, Barbados, Maldives, Palestine/West Bank & Gaza, Germany, Cote d'Ivoire, USA, Paraguay, Ecuador, Nicaragua, USA, Panama, Guinea, Angola, Sierra Leone, Mongolia, USA, Madagascar, Morocco, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Myanmar, Jamaica, Bolivia, Peru, Zimbabwe, Nepal, and the Philippines.
USAID has hundreds of ongoing projects and funds in the world, the main responsibilities being to promote global health, support global stability, provide humanitarian assistance, catalyze innovation and partnership and empower women and girls. USAID engaged with African nations at an early stage and has since acted in partnership to achieve common interests and ideals from security to global health to climate change to freedom and democracy to shared wealth.
USAID also plays a crucial role in collaborating with Asian nations to ensure that the development decisions they make today help them to achieve long-term success by advancing countries on their paths to consciousness. In Europe and Eurasia, USAID continues to confront massive corruption, political stagnation, severe poverty, and underdeveloped policy and regulatory systems.
Focuses on protecting natural ecosystems, promoting sustainable resource management, enhancing climate resilience, and mitigating the impacts of climate change through conservation, adaptation, and low-carbon initiatives.
Entails initiatives that promote entrepreneurship, strengthen competitive markets, and expand domestic and international trade opportunities.