Peacebuilding Through Economic Resilience in Host Communities in Northern Cote d'Ivoire and Northern Ghana

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Opportunity number
SFOP0010339
Agency
Applications due
Award size
$1,973,000

Opportunity facts

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Funding instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Category
  • Other
Eligible applicants
  • For Profit Organizations

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About this opportunity

The Department of State's Bureau of Conflict Stabilization Operations is seeking applicants for a cooperative agreement to build social cohesion between at-risk groups in northern Ghana and northern Cote d'Ivoire. The program aims to improve equitable access to livelihoods in communities hosting refugees and asylum seekers by strengthening inclusive management of land and water resources, increasing equitable economic exchange, and building conflict management skills. Eligible applicants include for-profit organizations. Key objectives are to be evaluated on include responsiveness to the overall program goals, existing partnerships with regional institutions, and ability to leverage the diverse perspectives of persons with disabilities. The application deadline is June 11, 2024.

The funding amount for this 12-month program is $1,973,000, with the possibility of up to 2 additional years of funding. The program must be implemented in the northern regions of Ghana and/or Cote d'Ivoire, focusing on communities hosting refugees and asylum seekers.

Synopsis

This program to build social cohesion between at-risk groups in northern Ghana and northern Cote d'Ivoire by improving equitable access to livelihoods in communities hosting refugees and asylum seekers in these regions. Impoverished host communities demonstrate resentment and hostility towards growing refugee/asylum seeker populations in this region as they compete for land, resources, and support from the state and from nongovernmental organizations. Through strengthening inclusive, equitable, and sustainable communal management of land and water resources in communities hosting refugees/asylum seekers, increasing equitable economic exchange between host communities and refugees/asylum seekers, and building conflict management skills in these communities, this program will improve equitable access to livelihoods for at-risk communities, thereby contributing to strengthened social cohesion between these groups in keeping with Objective 1 of the 10-Year Plan to implement the Strategy to Prevent Conflict and Promote Stability in Coastal West Africa.

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