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The Development Cooperation Partnership (DCP), Round 9 is a U.S. Department of State funding opportunity managed by the Office of the Assistance Coordinator for Europe and Eurasia (EUR/ACE) in coordination with the U.S. Mission to Ukraine. The core purpose is to deepen practical foreign assistance partnerships between the United States and 11 partner donor governments in Central and Eastern Europe (Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia). These partnerships are designed to co-finance joint assistance activities in Ukraine that draw directly on the partner donor governments transition and European Union integration experience, with the idea that Ukraine benefits from proven, regionally relevant lessons learned in reform, institution-building, and alignment with EU standards.
The program focuses funding on five priority areas. The first is energy and cyber security, where projects can support improvements to Ukraines energy legislation and regulation in line with EU and Energy Community requirements, strengthen energy diversification, and build the capacity to plan, implement, and sustain energy projects including clean tech and renewable initiatives. In the cyber space, eligible concepts include building critical cybersecurity capacity across public and private sectors, raising public awareness of cyber hygiene, improving detection and incident response, and developing cybersecurity education and training curricula. A second priority is access to Western markets, emphasizing increased integration with Western economies by supporting transparent and fair business practices, improving the ease of doing business, implementing EU and international standards, and boosting the ability of Ukrainian firms to compete abroad and increase exports, with a clear interest in expanding opportunities for U.S. investment and trade.
A third priority is strengthening resilience through democratic consolidation. Projects under this theme can focus on reinforcing independent media and civil society, countering disinformation, expanding media literacy, strengthening democratic institutions, and improving transparency and accountability. This includes support for e-governance and other practical anti-corruption measures that reduce opportunities for corruption by narrowing discretionary decision-making and improving oversight. A fourth priority addresses the secondary impacts of COVID-19 and preparation for future infectious disease outbreaks. This can include efforts to improve medical response capacity, mitigate economic and social disruptions such as food insecurity and education system breakdowns, address heightened risks of gender-based violence and unequal care burdens, provide technical assistance to help private sector livelihood recovery, strengthen preparedness and response systems, and reduce disproportionate harms to vulnerable groups including women, children, older adults, people with disabilities, migrants, and ethnic minorities. It also highlights support for access to accurate information and fair access to safe, effective, and affordable COVID-19 tests, treatments, and vaccines.
The fifth priority area is financial technology (fintech). The opportunity specifically signals interest in projects that help modernize software and technologies used by businesses offering automated and improved financial services, framed partly as a way to counter malign influence and unfair economic practices attributed to Russia and the Peoples Republic of China. Example activities include upgrades to crowdfunding platforms, blockchain and cryptocurrency exchanges, mobile payment applications, budgeting tools, and insurance-related technologies.
DCP awards are structured around joint, co-financed activities with partner donor governments. A typical project is implemented with one partner donor in Ukraine, with the U.S. cost share capped at 50 percent of total project costs. The U.S. contribution per project cannot exceed $100,000, and the opportunity anticipates making about 10 awards. Multiple partner donor governments may contribute to the same activity, and implementers can include government entities, research institutions, and non-governmental organizations. While the program generally expects co-financing of new projects, the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv may consider co-financing existing U.S. or partner donor activities or enhancing ongoing U.S. assistance by facilitating participation of partner donor officials or experts. A consistent requirement is that selected activities should include substantial content and expertise sourced from institutions or advisors in the partner donor countries, since the transfer of transition and EU integration experience is central to the program design.
Eligible applicants include not-for-profit organizations (such as think tanks and NGOs), public and private educational institutions, research institutions, public international organizations, and governmental institutions. Applicants must be able to meet standard U.S. government award requirements, including having a Unique Entity Identifier (noted in the notice as DUNS) and an active SAM.gov registration to receive an award. Proposals must be submitted in English, budgets must be in U.S. dollars, and pages should be numbered. The application package is expected to include a cover or summary sheet (with basic administrative details like applicant name, program title, total budget, proposed period of performance, and purpose), a clearly written proposal that explains the problem, goals and measurable objectives, activities, methods and design (with a logic model as appropriate), timeline, staffing, partners, monitoring and evaluation approach, and sustainability or future funding plan. Required attachments include one-page CVs for key personnel, letters of support from partners clarifying roles, the organizations NICRA documentation if indirect costs are charged under a negotiated rate, and any official permission letters needed for the planned activities.
For this round, applications were due by Monday, January 31, 2022 at 11:59 PM EEST, and submissions were accepted by email to HetunYI@state.gov and OliverRC@state.gov. The opportunity is listed under CFDA 19.700, administered by the Department of State, U.S. Mission to Ukraine, as a grant instrument with an award ceiling of $100,000 per U.S. contribution.Apply for 9
- The Department of State, U.S. Mission to Ukraine in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Development Cooperation Partnership (DCP), Round 9" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.700.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jan 06, 2022.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jan 31, 2022. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $100,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 10 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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