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Afghanistan Is Getting Better Website and Story Corps

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Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: SCAKAB-13-CA-011-SCA-02212013
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Feb 21, 2013
Creation Date: Feb 21, 2013
Original Closing Date for Applications: Mar 25, 2013   
Current Closing Date for Applications: Mar 25, 2013   
Archive Date: Apr 24, 2013
Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity: Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)
Category Explanation: Public Diplomacy
Expected Number of Awards: 1
Estimated Total Program Funding: $250,000
Award Ceiling: $250,000
Award Floor: $100,000
CFDA Number(s): 19.501  --  Public Diplomacy Programs for Afghanistan and Pakistan
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

Eligible Applicants

Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
 

Additional Information on Eligibility:

Eligibility is open to all U.S., Afghan, and international organizations or companies with direct experience in website design, video recording and editing, and media or public relations campaigns, and a proven track record of success implementing projects in Afghanistan. Afghan organizations must demonstrate current country registration license, competent programmatic ability and be able to meet reporting requirements. U.S. organizations or companies are required to partner with an Afghan organization or company.

Agency Name

Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs

Description

The Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan invites all eligible organizations to submit a proposal for a cooperative agreement with the U.S. embassy to create and design a stand-alone website or dedicated channel on YouTube.com that allows individuals from within Afghanistan and across the globe to upload short (no more than three-minute long) personally recorded videos describing why and how the individual is contributing to the betterment of Afghanistan and/or the ways in which the Afghanistan of today has provided opportunities that didn’t exist before, and offering messages of hope for the country’s future. In addition to ensuring that others can upload videos to the site, the recipient will also be responsible for recording and uploading an initial set of videos.

Link to Additional Information

If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

Pedro Palugyai, Grants Manager, Public Affairs Section, U.S. Embassy, Kabul, Afghanistan Inquiries & Submissions

Synopsis Modification History

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