This Annual Program Statement (APS) invites applications for grant funding to support implementation of the CR WASH Activity.
The APS seeks to engage grantee partners from the government, private sector, universities, institutes, local non-government organizations (NGOs), civil society organizations (CSOs), technical service providers and financial institutions such as micro-finance and banks.
Categories
Grants will fall into three broad categories:
feasibility support (e.g., assessments, research, targeted studies);
catalytic (e.g., pilot activities, innovation promotion); and
scale-up (e.g., market development, system establishment, knowledge management). The round two grants under this APS are intended to support impactful activities and build local capacity.
Objectives
The Activity facilitates catalytic investments, piloting and scaling of innovative service and business models, strategic partnerships, and stakeholder collaborations to achieve the following four objectives or Intermediate Results (IRs):
IR1: Professionalize and expand quality climate-resilient water services.
IR2: Increase sustainable access to and use of sanitation and hygiene products and services, including for menstrual health and hygiene (MHH)
IR3: Improve gender power dynamics.
IR CC: Strengthen the enabling environment for climate-resilient water and sanitation services.
Funding Information
$25,000 USD
Eligibility Criteria
Applicant must be registered and formally constituted with the GoE at the national or regional level (attach the business/or organization registration license/certificate and/or the TIN for legally registered business)
Applicants may only submit one application per prime organization under this APS.
Applicants must demonstrate presence or experience working in the Ethiopia lowland regions of Afar, Southern Somali, Oromia and South Ethiopia.
Not appear on the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) and Blocked Persons List maintained by the U.S. Treasury for the Office of Foreign Assets Control, or “OFAC List.”
Not appear in the System for Award Management (SAM) as ineligible to receive U.S. government funds.
Not listed in the United Nations Security designation list.
International organizations such as International NGOs, UN agencies, CGIAR institutions are not eligible for these grants.
Be willing to sign and submit the required certifications before awarding the grant
