Connecting Women and Markets Program

The summary for the Connecting Women and Markets Program grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Connecting Women and Markets Program: The U.S. Embassy Kabul Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce funding is available for programs of various scale to encourage collaboration between existing Afghan businesses with similar market positions. This funding opportunity is to supportive collaborative efforts to bring existing small-scale women-owned and/or majority women-employing businesses together under cooperative umbrellas. Funds can provide support for training, product design, marketing, industry networking, central business advocacy support, and/or virtual and physical retail space for domestic and/or overseas markets. More than one project can be funded, depending on the scale, but all proposals should demonstrate how they plan to select beneficiaries. Projects that benefit a single business will not be considered.

Federal Grant Title:	Connecting Women and Markets Program
Federal Agency Name:	Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs
Grant Categories:	Business and Commerce
Type of Opportunity:	Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number:	SCAKAB-12-AW-010-SCA-05232012
Type of Funding:	Grant
CFDA Numbers:	19.501
CFDA Descriptions:	Public Diplomacy Programs for Afghanistan and Pakistan
Current Application Deadline:	Jul 30, 2012
Original Application Deadline:	Jul 30, 2012
Posted Date:	May 23, 2012
Creation Date:	May 23, 2012
Archive Date:	Aug 29, 2012
Total Program Funding:
Maximum Federal Grant Award:	$1,000,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award:	$10,000
Expected Number of Awards:
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: The U.S. Embassy Kabul Public Affairs Section encourages applications from all sectors: committed and organized civil-society organizations, private sector companies, local representatives of civil society, think tanks, non-governmental organizations, academic institutions, and individuals. U.S. NGOs may apply but preference is given to local NGOs or to partnerships that develop capacity with Afghan NGOs or employees and include plans to transfer programs to sustainable local management.
Grant Announcement Contact: cynthia Rafferty, Grants Manager Public Affairs Section U.S. Embassy, Kabul, Afghanistan

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