Call for Partnership Concept Papers in Support of Power Africa Initiative under Existing Global Development Alliance Annual Program Statement No. APS-OAA-14-000001

Post Date

November 19th 2015

Application Due Date

April 1st 2016

Concept papers are due no later than April 1, 2016, at 5:00 PM, Pretoria, South Africa Local Time. Concept papers will be accepted on a rolling basis. Note: Full applications should not be submitted until the authorized USAID personnel speci

Funding Opportunity Number

RFA-674-16-000002

CFDA Number(s)

98.011

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement
Grant
Other

Funding Activity Categories

Energy

Eligibility Categories

Unrestricted

Funding

• Award Range:

  $None - $None

Grant Description

USAID is making a special call for the submission of Concept Papers focused on advancing the success and achieving the goals of Power Africa. More specifically, Power Africa , USAIDмs Bureau for Africa, and other offices within USAID/Washington, and USAID Missions in sub-Saharan Africa countries, are seeking to engage with interested parties to develop activities or projects that can pool funds, talent, and resources from USAID, other government agencies, and private sector partners to support Power Africa. It is envisioned that alliances formed under this Power Africa Addendum to the GDA APS will focus primarily on the following programmatic areas: 1. Financing Strategies for Power Production 2. Late Stage Power Sector Transaction Support 3. Small-Scale Power Projects and Rural Electrification/Mini-Grids Support 4. Power Sector Regulatory and Institutional Strengthening and Policy Reform 5. Power Sector Training, Mentoring, Networking and Internships 6. Power Sector Risk Mitigation Strategies 7. Development or Piloting of Innovative Energy Technologies This Power Africa APS Addendum is designed to catalyze, facilitate and support such collaboration with the private sector and other key development partners which will further Power Africaмs goals. The GDAs formed as a result of this Addendum are envisioned to be inclusive of multiple partners, i.e., businesses, universities, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), government institutions, foundations, who are working within sub-Saharan Africa. The GDAs are also envisioned to serve as a way to enable programmatic coordination across many organizations that are involved in facilitating the generation of new power sources.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Agency for International Development

• Office:

  South Africa USAID-Pretoria

• Agency Contact:

  Justin DiVenanzo
  Agreement Officer
  Phone 2712452206

• Agency Mailing Address:

  jdivenanzo@usaid.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  jdivenanzo@usaid.gov