Afghanistan Is Getting Better Website and Story Corps

Post Date

February 21st 2013

Application Due Date

March 25th 2013

Funding Opportunity Number

SCAKAB-13-CA-011-SCA-02212013

CFDA Number(s)

19.501

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Other

Public Diplomacy

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Other

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.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $250000

• Award Range:

  $100000 - $250000

Grant 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 didnуt exist before, and offering messages of hope for the countryуs 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.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of State

• Office:

  Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs

• Agency Contact:

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

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Inquiries & Submissions

• Agency Email Address:

  KabulPDProposals@state.gov