OpportunityTitle: DCHA CMM FY 12 Conflict Mitigation and Reconciliation Programs and Activities
CategoryExplanation: To carry out activities that mitigate conflict and promote reconciliation by bringing together individuals of different ethnic, religious or political backgrounds from areas of civil conflict and war in the countries listed below
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Africa       Angola  Burundi  Cote d&#146;Ivoire  East Africa Regional  Ethiopia  Guinea Bissau  Kenya  Rwanda  Senegal  Uganda  Zimbabwe    Asia  Burma  Cambodia  Indonesia  Nepal  Europe and Eurasia  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Georgia  Kyrgyzstan  Russia  Tajikistan    Latin America and the Caribbean  Peru    Please note:  Applications to the East Africa Regional Mission can include activities in: Burundi, Somalia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda but must be cross-border or multi-country programs.  Single country activities may not be submitted to the regional mission but should be submitted to the mission for the country in which activities will take place.  Please also see the Mission specific criteria below for East Africa.
Description: The objective of this APS is to make significant strides in the overall goal of conflict mitigation, peace, and reconciliation in selected eligible conflict-affected countries (see Attachment 1: List of Eligible Countries and Country-Specific Instructions). In addition, this APS seeks to contribute to USAID&#146;s developmental objectives in an affected country or countries. &#147;People-to-people&#148; programs are one approach among many to conflict mitigation. While a diversity of programs and approaches may be considered people-to-people in nature, most entail bringing together representatives of conflict-affected groups to interact purposefully in a safe space. This type of work addresses divisions within a community that may be rooted in group differences such as ethnicity or religion, status, class, or political affiliation. People-to-people projects generally address patterns of prejudice and demonizing that reinforce the perceived differences between groups and hinder the development of relationships among parties to a conflict. The aim is to create opportunities for a series of interactions between conflicting groups in the community to promote mutual understanding, trust, empathy, and resilient social ties. This funding opportunity is intended to fund conflict mitigation programs with a people-to-people approach, and to derive lessons learned and best practices for future people-to-people programming. Lessons learned will be incorporated into future programs and funding opportunities, and will inform DCHA/CMM&#146;s research agenda for conflict management and mitigation. DCHA/CMM is currently undertaking a global evaluation of grants implemented since 2004 under this APS.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Agreements Officer
GrantorContactText: Ousmane Faye &lt;br/&gt;Agreements Officer
CloseDateExplanation: Applications received no later than 5:00 p.m. local Mission time on Friday, March 9, 2012