Title: Call For - Annual Program Statement
DAI/ Feed the Future Tanzania Advancing Youth
Job Summary
Job Summary
All applicants are encouraged to propose a mix of approaches and/or
activities that will achieve the results indicated under the projects
objectives, outputs and technical scope.
- Minimum Qualification: Unspecified
- Experience Level: No Experience
- Experience Length: No Experience/Less than 1 year
Funding Opportunity Number: AY-APS-002
Issuance Date: November 11, 2019
Deadline for Questions: Ongoing basis
Deadline for Submission of Concept Papers: See the below- Submission Deadlines
Submit Concept Papers to: AYGrants@DAI.com
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To Interested Applicants:
The
United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through DAI
is pleased to announce applications for funding to implement Feed the
Future Tanzania Advancing Youth
project. Feed the Future Tanzania
Advancing Youth (AY) aims to implement activities that will empower
young people in Tanzania to enhance their employability,
entrepreneurship, leadership,
community engagement and healthy
life skills. Interventions for this project will be implemented in
Iringa (Kilolo, Iringa DC, Mafinga and Mufindi), Mbeya (Kyela and Rungwe
DC) and Zanzibar
(Unguja and Pemba).
This annual program
statement (APS) outlines the priority areas for application, expected
results, funding type, application process, procedures and format
required for submitting concept notes and applications. All
applicants are encouraged to propose a mix of approaches and/or
activities that will achieve the results indicated under the project’s
objectives, outputs and technical scope.
Note that two types of grants will be awarded:
1.
Small grants: An amount not exceeding $25,000 will be awarded to small,
community or youth led entities that are still in their infancy.
2.
Major Grants: An amount not exceeding $150,000 will be awarded to large
organizations with previous experience in implementing projects in the
related activity area and showing tangible results and impact. This
category includes non-governmental organizations, faith-based
organizations (FBOs), CBOs, academic institutions, private
organizations, professional associations and consortium of the above.
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The grants facility will enhance income-generating potential across agricultural and other rural value chains and facilitate access to information, skills, and opportunities to ensure their success
in business start-ups and sustained employment. Feed the Future Tanzania Advancing Youth is both market and demand driven; it connects youth with opportunities while providing them with
life skills, an entrepreneurial mindset, and basic job seeking capabilities and skills in areas demanded by private sector employers.
AY focuses on developing and delivering training and mentoring in the three ‘L’s – Life skills, Livelihoods, and Leadership - designed to offer youth choices and to facilitate their journey along a pathway to richer, fuller, healthier and productive lives. The approach capitalizes on youth’s passion, energy, and positive attitude. Furthermore, the program builds youths’ capacity to contribute effectively to the economic development of Tanzania by creating examples of lawful, responsible, and accountable leaders. The program is focused on increasing incomes and employability skills across agriculture value chains and includes the recently initiated industrialization program.
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AY intends to achieve success through three Intermediate Results (IRs):
- IR1: Entrepreneurship and workforce-readiness skills of youth increased;
- IR2: Leadership and positive community engagement by youth strengthened; and
- IR3: Life skills for healthy living enhanced.
activities that will empower young people in Tanzania to enhance their employability, engage in business, learn leadership skills, health life skills, and civic engagement.
Step 1; Concept Note: Interested organizations should submit concept papers, in English and with a five-page limit, summarizing proposed activities that will detail how a grant will contribute
to more employability skills, actual employability, better life skills and new or expanding business opportunities.
Concept paper submission deadlines
Round one - 13th December 2019
Round two - 28th February 2020
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How to Apply?
Please manually apply for this job using the details below:
The full detailed Annual Program Statement (APS), including all terms and conditions for interested organizations can be obtained in the link at the end of this advert. The detailed APS also contains more information on eligibility, direction and guidance on what is expected in the concept note.
The full detailed Annual Program Statement (APS), including all terms and conditions for interested organizations can be obtained in the link at the end of this advert. The detailed APS also contains more information on eligibility, direction and guidance on what is expected in the concept note.
