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FY 2024 Resilience of Information Space, Responsible Technology Practices, Responsible Cyberspace and Digital Ecosystems, and Points of Entry Security Statement of Interest Template

Instructions: Please use this form to submit statements of interest related to the announcement “Resilience of Information Space, Responsible Technology Practices, Responsible Cyberspace and Digital Ecosystems, and Points of Entry Security”. Please email this form as a word document to NEA-Grants@state.gov

Section 1: Administrative Data

Target Country/Countries

Project Summary (Max 3-4 sentences) Click or tap here to enter text.

Submitting POC Title, Name, Organization, Email, Telephone Click or tap here to enter text.

Organization Experience and Capacity Provide a brief description of the applying organization and any information relevant to the organizations capacity to complete the proposed project Click or tap here to enter text.

Section 2: Project Details

Problem Statement: Begin with a clear, one to two sentence problem statement identifying the problem the project will address.

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Context: Describe the causes and evolution of the problem, key stakeholders involved, and opportunities for change.

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SMART Objectives: Clearly state the desired project objective(s) (1-2 maximum), which should improve the situation and address the problems identified above. [Note: Project Objectives should use the SMART rubric: SPECIFIC: describe a desired result; MEASURABLE: able to be assessed; ACHIEVABLE: attainable within allotted time, resources, and context; RELEVANT: linked to the project goal; and TIME-BOUND: define a completion date for achieving results.] Please review Addendum 1 for definitions of monitoring and evaluation terminology.

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Theory of Change: Describes how and why a program is expected to achieve its stated objectives using if-then language.

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If [insert project outcomes] then [insert project objectives], because [insert rationale/ research/ reasoning for this intervention to achieve your objectives], so that [insert explicit connection to the Line of Effort selected for this project]

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Narrative Statement: In no more than two paragraphs, provide an overview of what the project proposes to do and how it will align with the LOEs identified in the call for SOIs.

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Background of Project Design: Please note here if this a follow-on to a previous project. If applicable, describe project studies, evaluations, or evidence used to inform proposal design.

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Timeline: Describe a realistic timeline of how long the project will take to achieve the project objective.

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Indicators: Describe any demonstrated actions and behavior that would signal either success with the proposed activity or the need to re-evaluate or refine the activity. Propose at least one outcome indicator that reflects achievement of each of the targeted project objective(s) previously identified. Include any considerations derived from the gender analysis exercise to demonstrate how gender and marginalized communities have been considered in program design. Propose a set of output and any intermediate outcome (between outputs and the objective) indicators that reflect the project results that are most critical for achieving the objective. These indicators will be updated later during the design process and once a final project logic model has been approved

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Assumptions: Describe the main assumptions that underpin the theory of change and on which success rests. Include any assumptions that are understood from the gender analysis exercise.

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Necessary Conditions: Describe any conditions that need to be in place before activities start. Conditions can include political (upcoming elections) or programming (must occur after rainy season) or baseline logistics and maintenance capabilities.

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Addendum 1 -

Key Terms and Definitions

Activity: A specific action or process undertaken over a specific period of time by an organization to convert resources to products or services to achieve results.

Evaluation: A systematic and objective assessment of an on-going or completed project, program or policy. Evaluations are undertaken to (a) improve the performance of existing interventions or policies, (b) assess their effects and impacts, and (c) inform decisions about future programming. Evaluations are formal analytical endeavors involving systematic collection and analysis of qualitative and quantitative information.

Gender Analysis Template: Designed to guide everyone – even those without gender expertise – through a gender analysis and next steps. A template can be found in Tab B.

Goal: The higher-order objective to which a project, program, or policy is intended to contribute.

Impact: A results or effect that is caused by or attributed to a project or program. Impact is often used to refer to higher level effects of a program that occur in the medium or long term and can be intended or unintended and positive or negative.

Inputs: Resources provided for program implementation. Examples are money, staff, time, facilities, equipment, etc.

Monitoring: Monitoring provides an indication of progress against goals and indicators of performance, reveals whether desired results are occurring, and confirms whether implementation is on track. In general, the results measured are the direct and near-term consequences of program activities, whereas evaluations document the achievement of outcomes and results and, in some cases, the value of continuing the investment.

Objective: A statement of the condition or state one expects to achieve.

Outcome: A results or effect that is caused by or attributed to the project, program, or policy. Outcomes may be short-term or long-term, intended or unintended, positive or negative, direct or indirect.

Outputs: The products, goods, and services which result from a project or program.

Performance Indicator: Performance indicators measure a particular characteristic or dimension of a project’s outputs or outcomes. Outputs are directly attributable to the project activities, while outcomes represent results to which a given program contributes but for which it is not solely responsible.

Program: A set of activities or projects that are typically implemented by several parties over a specific period of time and may cut across sectors, themes, and/or geographic areas.

Project: A project is a set of planned and then executed activities identified through a design process, which are together intended to achieve a defined result, generally by solving an associated problem or challenge. The term project does not refer only or primarily to an implementing mechanism, such as a contract or grant. A set of projects makes up the portfolio of a program. A project evaluation is often carried out within the framework of a broader program.

Theory of Change: A brief statement that ties your logic model together by summarizing why, based on available evidence and consideration of other possible paths, the particular changes described in your logic model are expected to occur.