USAID/Pakistan Inclusive Water Governance Activity (IWGA)
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- 72039125RFA00002
- Agency
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US Mission in Pakistan
Overseas Missions, US Agency for International Development
- Applications due
- Award size
- $2,990,000 to $14,000,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Category
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- Other
- Eligible applicants
- Not on record
- Points of contact
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- Sufyan Javed sjaved@usaid.gov
- Muhammad Ali Bilal mbilal@usaid.gov
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About this opportunity
The USAID/Pakistan Inclusive Water Governance Activity (IWGA) is a $14 million, 5-year cooperative agreement opportunity focused on addressing Pakistan's critical water management challenges. The program aims to improve resilience to floods and droughts by strengthening governance systems around integrated hill torrent management, urban groundwater recharge, and rural water storage. Key requirements include demonstrating ability to operate effectively in Pakistan, registering with the host government, and hiring qualified personnel including a Chief of Party, Water Resources Management Specialist, and Governance/Community Engagement Specialist. The evaluation will assess technical approach, management plan, past performance, and cost reasonableness. The opportunity has a question submission deadline of December 20, 2024 and an application closing date of February 6, 2025.
The award will be issued under CFDA 98.001 (USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas) and is restricted to local Pakistani organizations, with international entities only eligible as sub-awardees. Construction costs cannot exceed 10% of the project budget, and small grants are limited to 3% of total costs. The program will be implemented in one hill torrent basin, one city including peri-urban areas, and one selected rural area in Pakistan.
Synopsis
Background and Problem Analysis
Pakistan's water management sector simultaneously faces the immediate and dual risks of frequent floods and water scarcity. Climate change is further stressing the fragile water balance due to unpredictable variations in the intensity and frequency of rainfall and runoff. As discussed below, hill torrents, urban groundwater recharge, and rural water storage are three critically-important yet under-resourced areas of work.
Governance is an integral element that underpins these three water sector challenges. Literature review shows that the "the real bottlenecks often are related to governance challenges such as narrow mandates and capacities of main organizations, ineffective operational procedures besides institutional fragmentation, lack of systematic planning and inadequate financial systems." The absence of locally-led inclusive and robust policy and implementation mechanisms, lack of systemic coordination among key stakeholders, limited and unreliable data, inadequate water service delivery and financial unsustainability of water systems are some of
the major causes that lead to mismanagement of flood water.
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