Building Capacity of Afghan Government Media Outreach

Post Date

July 17th 2013

Application Due Date

August 17th 2013

Funding Opportunity Number

SCAKAB-13-CA-034-SCA-07102013

CFDA Number(s)

19.501

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Other

Public Diplomacy media training

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Other

Eligibility is open to all U.S., Afghan, and international organizations or companies with direct experience in strategic communications and media relations training and public relations work, with a proven track record of success implementing projects in Afghanistan with the Afghan government. Afghan organizations must have a current country registration license. All applicants must demonstrate competent programmatic ability and be able to meet reporting requirements. Non-Afghan organizations or companies are required to partner with an Afghan organization or company.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $450000

• Award Range:

  $100000 - $450000

Grant Description

The Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan is pleased to announce an open competition for assistance awards through this Request for Grant Proposals (RFGP). PAS Kabul invites all eligible organizations (See Section III. Eligibility Requirements on page 5) to submit a proposal for a grant with the U.S. Embassy to enhance the capacity of three Afghan government media relations offices so that their media outreach increases in number and effectiveness and the gap between the Afghan public and their governemnt is narrowed. The grantуs goals will be achieved by strengthening the capacity of the ministries to engage in proactive, effective, and truthful outreach to both public and private media. The three ministry media relations offices that this grant will train and support are: the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Public Health, and the Independent Directorate for Local Governance. This will be a one-year project, focused on training and production of new stories for a variety of different media. The successful applicant must have strong experience in communications, media training and public relations, with a broad track record in developing and placing stories about the real and measurable progress in Afghanistan with the Afghan media. The successful proposal also must show strong project management experience that demonstrates success in meeting both short- and long-term milestones. Success for this project also will be measured by the number of media activities, the number and impact of stories placed in the media, and the ability of the ministry press office to sustain and carry on this work after the award performance period has been completed.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of State

• Office:

  U.S. Mission to Afghanistan

• 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