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Published on: 28 March, 2022
Granting Opportunity from the U.S. Department of State: WE-Champs: Strengthening the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem by Networking Regional Women’s Chambers of Commerce and Business Associations
Funding Opportunity Title: WE-Champs: Strengthening the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem by Networking Regional Women’s Chambers of Commerce and Business Associations.
Funding: $1,175,308 (not to exceed)
Period of Performance: No more than 36 months/ 3 years
Deadline for proposal submission: 11:59 PM EST May 13, 2022
Deadline for question submission: 11:59 PM EST April 4, 2022
Agency Name: Office of Global Womens Issues
Description: Project activities should strengthen women’s economic security by supporting women’s Chambers of Commerce (Chambers) and business associations through locally designed and led responses to building gender-responsive institutions. This project may also partner with existing Chambers and business associations not solely focused on supporting women members, but are conducting advocacy on behalf of women entrepreneurs and women in business to address member-identified concerns, potentially resulting in legal, social and/or institutional change through targeted advocacy.
Applicants must propose work equal to the planned funding amount ($1,175,308) in no fewer than four countries in the Europe and Eurasia region. Final country selection will be confirmed in consultation between the successful applicant and S/GWI. The following are countries in which this project may work: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, and Ukraine.
Eligible Applicants:
- Organizations submitting applications must meet the following criteria:
- Be a U.S.- or foreign-based non-profit/non-governmental organization (NGO); or
- Be a private, public, or state institution of higher education; and
- Have existing, or the capacity to develop, active and equitable partnerships with in-country partners, entities, and relevant stakeholders, including NGOs and private sector actors;
- Have capacity to carry out similar projects in up to three (3) global regions, should additional funding become available and upon proof of concept; and
- Have demonstrable experience administering successful and preferably similar programs in size, scope, and focus.
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