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Description of Modification
Revised Eligibility Information
Document Type:
Modification to Previous
Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:
NEAPI-09-CA-015-MENA-092409
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Posted Date:
Sep 24, 2009
Creation Date:
Sep 29, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications:
Oct 23, 2009
Current Closing Date for Applications:
Oct 23, 2009
Archive Date:
Nov 22, 2009
Funding Instrument Type:
Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity:
Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)
Category Explanation:
Leveraging new technologies to enchance civil society capabilities.
Expected Number of Awards:
5
Estimated Total Program Funding:
$5,000,000
Award Ceiling:
$2,500,000
Award Floor:
$500,000
CFDA Number(s):
19.500
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Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI)
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
No
Eligible Applicants
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Private institutions of higher education
For profit organizations other than small businesses
Small businesses
Additional Information on Eligibility:
Eligible applicants include any U.S. or foreign non-governmental organization, and U.S. or foreign private institutions or commercial entities. Applicants should have proven success operating with various interlocutors in the region, or, in the alternative, should have a logical business plan for doing so that draws on the proven success in this regard of a partner organization or private sector entity. Applicants must have proven expertise working with existing technologies that they propose to develop or leverage, including strategy and product development, content engagement and deployment.
Agency Name
Middle East Partnership Initiative
Description
On June 4 in Cairo, President Obama called for a broader engagement and a “new beginning” to relations between the United States and Muslim communities around the world. As part of that commitment, the President outlined expanded U.S. support for online learning, networking, and partnership among a range of stakeholders. In support of the President’s vision, the Office of the Partnership Initiative (NEA/PI) announces an open competition seeking pilot proposals that will leverage innovative new technologies to connect people – particularly youth – in order to expand civic participation, increase new media capabilities for civil society, and enhance online educational opportunities in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).Innovative technologies that enable, encourage and build social connections, especially those operating on mobile platforms and the internet, have created new opportunities for promoting democratic practices, civic participation, and learning. In the MENA region, these new technologies offer means to effectively engage youth and difficult to reach or previously unengaged populations. NEA/PI seeks implementers to educate, train, organize, and empower audiences and interlocutors through technologies such as, but not limited to, social networking, digital video conferencing, interactive online learning, widgets, Wiki-functions, mobile applications, and blogging. These efforts should promote civic and political participation; women’s and youth empowerment; or economic and social entrepreneurship. Priority will be given to applications that maximize the capability and reach of existing resources, including human, knowledge, infrastructure, technology, and other resources and tools. Partnerships between or among public sector, private sector and nongovernmental entities that meld capabilities to address the announcement’s objectives are particularly welcomed. NEA/PI is seeking applications that are innovative and test technological boundaries by developing or scaling cutting-edge tools to engage, inspire, and motivate. Proposals may address one of the following three priority areas: • Social networking – platforms, training, applications, or program modules.• Increasing new media capabilities of civil society – development of information technology capacity among civil society, including individuals, civil society organizations (CSOs), non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and independent media outlets.• Enhancing online learning – improved access to and dissemination of online curricula, training, and information, including for NGOs and civil society, especially activists and thought leaders.
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