APS-OAA-21-00001 Addendum Jordan

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APS-OAA-21-00001 Addendum Jordan: Through this Addendum to the 2020-2023 Global Development Alliance (GDA) Annual Program Statement (APS) No. APS-OAA- 21-00001 (the GDA APS), USAID/Jordan is making a special call for the submission of Concepts that will advance the Development Objectives (DOs) and Intermediate Results (IRs) of the USAID/Jordan Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS) 2020-2025. The purpose of this Addendum is to further encourage and facilitate partnerships with Jordanian private sector firms and to establish and describe criteria for partnering with USAID/Jordan. USAID seeks to develop new and innovative public-private partnerships (GDAs) with the private sector that are based and built upon the complementary or overlapping interests and objectives of USAID and the private sector toward the achievement of the following Development Objectives (DOs): ● DO1: Inclusive Private Sector-Led Growth ● DO2: Jordan's Ability to Improve its Water Security Strengthened ● DO3: Equitable, Democratic Governance Strengthened ● DO4: Human Potential Accelerated ● DO5: Agency and Leadership of Women and Youth Enhanced Proposed partnerships may target one or more of these objectives. The specific objective(s) that the partnership will support must be explicitly stated. USAID will prioritize innovative, cost-effective, private-sector driven concepts. For the purposes of this Addendum and in accordance with the PSE GDA APS, the private sector is considered to be the following: 1) Private for-profit, commercial entities such as a business, corporation, small or medium enterprise or private firm; 2) Private foundations affiliated with private for-profit, commercial entities; 3) Private equity or private financial institutions, including banks, private investment firms, mutual funds, private equity funds and insurance companies; 4) Private business or industry associations, including but not limited to chambers of commerce and related types of entities; or 5) Cooperatives.