The United States Agency for International Development mission in the Philippines (USAID or USAID/Philippines) is pleased to announce the Natural Resource Security and Governance Annual Program Statement (APS). Through this APS, USAID is soliciting concept notes that propose effective and innovative approaches and interventions that contribute to achieving the mission’s Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS), and explicitly, the development objective of “Environmental and Community Resilience Enhanced.”
USAID priorities under the development objective, Environmental and Community Resilience Enhanced, will contribute to self-reliance both in the commitment to resilience through policy making and planning; and the capacity for stronger enforcement, prevention, and implementation to enhance environmental and community resilience. In the natural resource sector, USAID will promote transparent government policies, regulations and transactions that foster adherence to internationally-accepted standards, including environmental safeguards, and mitigate the entry of predatory players. Supporting legal and sustainable fishing and forest products, efforts to combat transnational crime associated with wildlife and wildlife products, and mitigation of climate change will also remain a high priority.
Awards made through this APS are expected to build upon past USAID support in biodiversity conservation, fisheries management, combating wildlife trafficking, and climate change mitigation in the land sector. The total estimated cost of this APS is $38 million, subject to the availability of funds.
Under this APS, the Mission will issue Addendums where specific objectives, expected results, funding ceilings, and other requirements shall be detailed. These Addendums will be separately posted on Grants.gov.
An organization may not submit more than one concept paper/application as a prime or as a consortium leader under an Addendum. However, local organizations participating in one consortium may elect to participate in another consortium under the same Addendum, but under a different application and not as a prime or consortium leader.
Closing Date: Feb. 2, 2021