OpportunityTitle: Strengthening Civic Advocacy and Engagement (SCALE)
CategoryExplanation: Civil Society
Description: The United States Agency for International Development&#8217;s Mission to Nigeria (USAID/Nigeria) intends to award a Cooperative Agreement to implement a &#8220;Strengthening Civic Advocacy and Local Engagement&#8221; (&#8220;SCALE&#8221;) Activity to strengthen the financial, managerial, technical and advocacy capacity of local civil society organizations (CSOs) and business membership organizations (BMOs) in Nigeria. This activity will be carried out over a five-year period from the effective date of award.The objective of the SCALE Activity is to support CSOs and BMOs across all of USAID/Nigeria&#8217;s programmatic sectors with a basket of managerial, business strengthening, and advocacy capacity-building interventions aimed at advancing Nigerian CSO sustainability combined with targeted grants to advance mutually agreed upon priorities. The activity is designed to enhance local civil society organizations&#8217; ability to be positive and responsible change agents in Nigeria. Applicants are encouraged to form partnerships or consortiums, including with non-traditional USAID partners to implement the proposed activity.The new civil society strengthening activity will build on the achievements of the Mission&#8217;s previous civil society activity entitled, &#8220;Strengthening Advocacy and Civic Engagement (SACE)&#8221; which ended on January 1, 2019.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Official
GrantorContactText: Cheryl Hodge-Snead &lt;br/&gt;Agreement Officer