Advocacy for Better Health

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Advocacy for Better Health: The goal of the Advocacy for Better Health program is to contribute to the improvements in quality, availability and accessibility of health services. The purpose of the program is to increase the citizens' voice for quality service delivery. The objectives are 1) to improve the capacity of communities to better identify and articulate their needs, and their ability to demand for quality services; 2) to build the capacity of civil society organizations to advocate and represent the community demands for better improved quality services; and 3)to support civil society to develop effective advocacy initiatives to achieve well defined goals or policy reforms. The Program Description describes the geographic scope and strategic approach of this project, its goal, objectives, and expected outcomes.
Federal Grant Title: Advocacy for Better Health
Federal Agency Name: Uganda USAID Kampala
Grant Categories: Health
Type of Opportunity: Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-617-12-000007
Type of Funding: Cooperative Agreement
CFDA Numbers: 98.001
CFDA Descriptions: USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas
Current Application Deadline: Oct 12, 2012
Original Application Deadline: Jul 06, 2012
Posted Date: May 29, 2012
Creation Date: Sep 27, 2012
Archive Date: Oct 31, 2012
Total Program Funding: $15,000,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award: $15,000,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award: $0
Expected Number of Awards: 1
Cost Sharing or Matching: No
Applicants Eligible for this Grant
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility
This is a limited regional competition, under which any type of organization, large or small, commercial (for profit) firms, faith-based, and non-profit organizations in partnerships or consortia from East African region, are eligible to compete. Eligibility for an award is limited to local (or regional) entities only. The local (or regional) organization must perform at least 51% of the work in direct support of the Advocacy for Better Health program. In accordance with the Federal Grants and Cooperative Agreement Act, USAID encourages competition in order to identify and fund the best possible applications to achieve program objectives. In order to be considered a "local organization/entity", an applicant must, - Be organized under the laws of the recipient country; - Have its principal place of business in the recipient country; - Be majority owned by individuals who are citizens or lawful permanent residents of a recipient country or be managed by a governing body, the majority of whom are citizens or lawful permanent residents of a recipient country; and - Not be controlled by a foreign entity or by an individual or individuals who are not citizens or permanent residents of the recipient country. The term "controlled by" means a majority ownership or beneficiary interest as defined above, or the power, either directly or indirectly, whether exercised or exercisable, to control the election, appointment or tenure of the organization's governing body by any means, e.g., ownership, contract or operation of law. "Foreign entity" means an organization that fails to meet any part of the "local organization" definition. Government controlled and government owned organizations in which the recipient government owns a majority interest or in which the majority of a governing body are government employees, are included in the above definition of local organization.
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