OpportunityTitle: F23AS00455 - Central Africa Regional Program
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Applicants may be&#160;multi-national secretariats, U.S. and foreign non-profits, non-governmental organizations, community and Indigenous organizations, and U.S. and foreign public and private institutions of higher education.
Description: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service&#8217;s (Service) mission is to work with others to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. The International Affairs Program delivers this mission through its financial assistance programs by supporting strategic projects that deliver measurable conservation results for priority species and their habitats around the world. The Central Africa Program is administered by the Service&#8217;s Africa Branch and focuses on developing the capacity of protected area and conservation managers, at all levels of implementation, in order to sustain healthy wildlife populations and benefit those communities with which they co-exist. Applications awarded under this announcement will be funded through a Participating Agency Program Agreement (PAPA) between the US Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Central Africa Regional Program for the Environment (CARPE). The Activity Title of the Agreement is Strengthening Conservation Management in Central Africa, signed on May 17, 2021. Section 632(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (FAA), 22 U.S.C section 2392 (b).
GrantorContactEmailDescription: olivia_anton@fws.gov
GrantorContactText: Olivia Anton&lt;br/&gt;olivia_anton@fws.gov
CloseDateExplanation: Applications must be submitted electronically through GrantSolutions&#160;by 11:59 PM ET on September 30, 2023.Late applications will not be accepted. Applications must be submitted in English. A confirmation email containing an assigned application number beginning with &#8220;FWS-&#8221; will be sent to applicants upon submission.&#160;If you do not receive this email within five days of the opportunity closing date, contact&#160;wwb_africa@fws.gov.DO NOT SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION MORE THAN ONCE. Duplicate applications will be discarded. Please see more information about submission requirements in section D7: Other Submission Requirements. Applicants must have an active registration in SAM to apply.&#160;