Nagorno-Karabakh De-Mining Activity

The summary for the Nagorno-Karabakh De-Mining Activity 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 Armenia USAID Yerevan, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Nagorno-Karabakh De-Mining Activity: USAID/Armenia intends to competitively award a grant for further humanitarian de-mining work in the Nagorno Karabakh (NK) region within the recognized borders of former Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan, to continue progress toward completing the de-mining of the territory. The grant will be for two years, with three, one-year option periods. Funding is at the rate of $450,000 per year for the first two years, a total of $900,000, with any option year funding to be determined.Specific activities are to include: continued survey work to maintain accurate information on mine clearance needs and help determine priority areas; sharing of this information with all relevant parties, in particular through the NK Mine Action Center; continued mine awareness activities in schools and affected communities; continued operations of manual mine clearance teams, large-loop detector teams, mechanical clearance teams, and BAC teams, the exact mix to be determined by needs and priorities; possible addition of other clearance means such as dog teams; continued provision of an emergency ?call out? services to respond to reports of possible mines or ordnance.The complete electronic version of the RFA will be posted at FedGrants web site on or about June 27, 2003