COMPETITION TYPE: 
Grants
DETAIL DESCRIPTION: 
Counterpart International’s Civil Society in Action project, in partnership with Urban Foundation for Sustainable Development through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is seeking a Request for Applications (RFA) from Armenian civil society organizations to implement advocacy activities focused on the following thematic clusters to improve civil society’s financial viability:
- Mechanisms for promoting civil society-public-private partnership
- Domestic philanthropy
- Innovative and/or sustainable financing mechanisms for civil society organizations
- Other initiatives that will ultimately contribute to civil society financial viability.
More information and submission instructions are available in the documents attached.
APPLICATION PROCEDURES: 
Application package shall be submitted electronically in Armenian or in English to: ******.***@***********.***. The deadline for applications is October 31, 2024, 18:00 (Yerevan time).
Please clearly mention in your application letter that you learned of this announcement through Career Center and mention the URL of its website - www.careercenter.am. Thanks.
ABOUT: 
In October 2022, The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded Counterpart International (CI) a Cooperative Agreement (CA) to implement the Civil Society in Action (CSA) Program. The goal of this activity is to enhance civil society sustainability through improved financial viability, organizational capacity, and policy engagement.
The objective of the program is to equip civil society organizations pursuing democratic consolidation with institutionalized mechanisms and strengthened skills to become more sustainable and to engage in a more effective public policy dialogue with the Government of Armenia. The goal of this activity will be achieved through the following four objectives:
Objective 1: CSO financial viability improved,
Objective 2: Organizational capacity of CBOs enhanced,
Objective 3: CSO and government dialogue on public policy enhanced,
Objective 4: Locally-led development promoted.
ATTACHMENTS:
Request fօr Applications - Armenian - RFA-CSA-RFA-CSO-2024-002-CSOs-Financial-Viability-ARM.pdf
Application form - Armenian - RFA-FORMAT-CSA-RFA-CSO-2024-002-Financial-Viability-ARM.docx
Budget form - Armenian - Budget-Template-CSA-RFA-CSO-2024-002-ARM.xlsx
Application form - English - RFA-FORMAT-CSA-RFA-CSO-2024-002-Financial-Viability-ENG.docx
Budget form - English - Budget-Template-CSA-RFA-CSO-2024-002-ENG.xlsx
ABOUT COMPANY: 
In October 2022, The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded Counterpart International (CI) a Cooperative Agreement (CA) to implement the Civil Society in Action (CSA) Program. The goal of this activity is to enhance civil society sustainability through improved financial viability, organizational capacity, and policy engagement.
The objective of the program is to equip civil society organizations pursuing democratic consolidation with institutionalized mechanisms and strengthened skills to become more sustainable and to engage in a more effective public policy dialogue with the Government of Armenia. The goal of this activity will be achieved through the following four objectives:
Objective 1: CSO financial viability improved,
Objective 2: Organizational capacity of CBOs enhanced,
Objective 3: CSO and government dialogue on public policy enhanced,
Objective 4: Locally-led development promoted.