CAN BE
ALTERNATIVE
INVESTMENT

95332419N0001
Yembeka Kapakasa Grantor
Opening date 26 Mar 2019, 12:00AM
Closing date N/A
Funding Opportunity Number: 95332419N0001
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Category Explanation: MCC Foreign Assistance for Overseas Programs
CFDA Number(s): 85.002 -- MCC Foreign Assistance for Overseas Programs
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: Yes
Posted Date: Mar 26, 2019 12:00:00 AM EDT
Closing Date: N/A
Closing Date Details: The anticipated period for submissions under this annual program statement is 24 months. Current Partnership Opportunity Statement Concept Paper due dates are listed below under the Description section of this Synopsis. At its discretion, MCC may issue addenda or updates to this APS, such as when new partnership opportunities arise, and when existing partnership opportunities close.
Eligible Applicants: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Eligible applicants that may participate in this NOFO include but are not limited to:• U.S.-based organizations • Non-U.S.-based organizations• For-profit entities • Non-profit entities An individual cannot apply as an applicant for MCC funding under this APS.U.S. Government agencies (Federal, state and local) and host country government entities are not eligible to apply for MCC funding under this APS, neither as a prime nor as a consortium member. Furthermore, cost applications may not contain level of effort or other related costs for host country government staff.All applicants must be legally recognized organizational entities under applicable law. In order to be eligible to receive U.S. Government funding, organizations must meet certain requirements. While these requirements do not have to be met in order to submit a concept paper under the APS, they will need to be met if the applicant is requested to submit a full application. Details of these requirements can be found under Section D. APPLICATION AND SUBMISSION INFORMATION.Public or government entities of current MCC partner countries, including Millennium Challenge Accounts (MCAs), are not eligible for award consideration under this APS. However, government entities of MCC partner countries may become eligible after their Compact/Threshold Program has been formally closed for at least one year before the Phase I Concept Papers are due.
Agency Name: Yembeka Kapakasa Grantor
Description:
MCC is issuing this APS in order to develop partnerships with organizations that share compact and threshold program and MCC institutional goals and align with the needs of MCC’s current portfolio. MCC partnerships take many forms and benefit both MCC and our partner organizations by increasing our respective access to cutting-edge research, knowledge, data, technologies, networks and expertise, as well as co-funding. Partnerships can help open new markets, scale programs, drive innovation, and transform the lives of people around the world. Successful partnerships are expected to involve collaboration between MCC and partner staff and support MCC’s ability to achieve its mission and programmatic goals.
Partnerships must concentrate on priority development activities which fall within MCC’s mission of poverty reduction through economic growth and align with its core principles of results, good policies, and accountability. MCC funds activities in the public sector where the government role is clear and preeminent, but through partnership hopes to draw more broadly on non-governmental partners to stimulate additional investment and innovative development practices.
MCC is seeking concept papers for the following partnership opportunities:
1. Empowering African Women through Data Skills – Due Date: Closed
2. Environmental Economics Partnership – Due Date: Closed
3. Women’s Entrepreneurship Partnerships – Due Date: Closed
4. Collaborative for Data Science in Africa – Due Date: Closed
5. Geospatial and Earth-Observation Analyses for Africa – Due Date: Closed
6. Strengthening Evidence and Economic Modeling Partnership – Due Date: Closed
7. Fiscal Analysis Partnership – Due Date: Closed
8. Community Engagement to Achieve Social License Agreements with Tourism Investors in the Solomon Islands – Closed
9. Increasing Access to Rural Infrastructure – Closed
10. Women’s Data Lab and Network (WDLN) project in Côte d’Ivoire – Closed
11. Partnership on Integrated Environmental-Economic Modeling – Closed
12. Shared Learning Agenda and Multistakeholder Collaboration in the Areas of Financial Inclusion for MSMEs and Transportation Infrastructure in Indonesia - Due Date: Closed
13. Nature-based Solutions Manual of Practice Partnership – Due Date: March 22, 2024, at 12:00 pm EST
Questions and responses are attached in this Amendment 0014.
Additional partnership opportunities may be added over the course of the APS announcement period and partnership opportunities will be closed and removed as MCC’s partnering interests are met.
The APS uses a four-stage, competitive application process for partnership formation that fits within the parameters of USG assistance awards:
Stage I: Concept
Stage II: Co-Creation
Stage III: Application
Stage IV: Award
Grantor Contact Information: Terri Tutt Daniel Agreement Officer 1099 14th Street NW, Suite 700 Washington, DC 20005 E-mail: tuttt@mcc.gov (202) 521-3600 Alicia Allen Agreement Specialist 1099 14th Street NW, Suite 700 Washington, DC 20005 E-mail: allenal@mcc.gov (202) 521-3600
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