The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is seeking concept papers from international organizations working on family planning (FP) projects in countries prioritized by the agency. According to its Annual Program Statement (APS) released under the Support for International Family Planning Organizations (SIFPO), the purpose of this call is “to increase the use of FP services globally through strengthening selected international family planning organizations which have a global reach and an extensive, multi-country network of FP clinics, in order to achieve maximum program impact and synergies.” The proposed projects should work to achieve four results: Strengthened organizational capacity to deliver quality family planning services to target groups; internal quality assurance standards and results quantified and disseminated to strengthen FP performance at a global level ; increased organizational sustainability of country level programs, including internal South to South support and technical assistance; and gender-sensitive FP services targeting youth strengthened at a global level.
Both US-based and non-US organizations are invited to submit applications. However, all applicant organizations should have a wide presence of international FP clinics and a track record of providing FP services. Other criteria includes “have documented experience in implementing FP programs in developing countries, with FP being a central part of the organization’s mission; have the capacity to provide south to south training via networks of clinics in multiplecountries and regions; have links with community based support systems and non government organizations, and have a strong and documented track record in training these organizations in family planning; and be able to expand USAID’s reach by operating in countries in which USAID does not currently have programming, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.”
The total funding allocation for the program is around $40 million. USAID will conduct two rounds for accepting concept papers. The first round will end on 30 November 2009 and the second round will end of 4 February 2009. After reviewing the concept notes, USAID will seek detailed proposals from selected applicants. For more information, download the documents at this link. If this link does not work, then you can visit the search page of Grants.gov and type in “M-OAA-GH-POP-10-001″ in the ‘Search by Funding Opportunity Number’ field and click on SEARCH – you will be taken to the webpage from where the fulldocuments about this funding opportunity can be downloaded.
