OpportunityTitle: Haiti Disaster Risk Reduction Capacity Building
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: See APS for applicant eligibility details.
Description: Pursuant to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (FAA), the United States Government (USG), as represented by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA), Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) is seeking to support or stimulate the activities described in this Annual Program Statement (APS). The scope of the APS is to build capacity of the Directorate of Civil Protection (DPC) with (A) institutional support while complementing the current efforts of the Government of Haiti and international community, notably OFDA, USAID/Haiti, and SOUTHCOM and (B) a rapid response mechanism for helping meet urgent needs following a disaster in the department. The project will fall under OFDA&#146;s Risk Management Policy and Practice sector and both the Capacity Building/Training and Building Community Awareness/Mobilization subsectors. For more information, please review the full announcement of this APS.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Haiti APS email address
GrantorContactText: OFDA APS
CloseDateExplanation: This APS is open for six months from the date of issuance, although OFDA plans to only conduct one round and review of applications.  Applications received no later than 4:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on April 25, 2013, will be included for review.      Questions concerning this APS must be received no later than March 28, 2013.  Following this date, the questions received by that date, if any, (without attribution to the organization), and answers will be posted as an amendment to this APS if necessary in submitting applications or if the lack of such information would be prejudicial to any other prospective applicant.  Questions must be in writing and should be e-mailed to   OFDA_APS_FY13_009@ofda.gov and must include the subject line in the format as follows: APPLICANT NAME-HAITI-APS-OFDA-13-000009.   Oral explanations or instructions given before award(s) is/are made will not be binding.    This APS may be amended either to establish subsequent deadlines or to indicate that an award(s) has/have been made and that no further funding is available.  Late applications will not be considered.