Rozwój międzynarodowy · 27.01.1998

Environmental Partnership Program in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the New Independent States (NIS) of the Former Soviet Union

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) seeks applications from qualified U.S. organizations or consortia of organizations for award of a three to five-year Cooperative Agreement in support of a program to promote market-oriented solutions to environmental problems facing local governments and industries in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the New Independent States (NIS) of the former Soviet Union. The successful applicant will coordinate a partnership grants program that will facilitate linkages among organizations within the CEE and the NIS and between U.S. entities and partners within the region, and promote CEE/NIS business opportunities for U.S. firms in the environmental sector. USAID seeks an organization with demonstrated capability to identify opportunities for partnering, as well as the capacity to nurture and facilitate such partnerships. Applicants must be prepared to contribute non-USAID resources toward meeting the overall cost of the program; all partnership grants within the program will also be made on a cost-sharing basis. This competitive RFA will be awarded as a component of a new initiative, entitled ``Environmental Partnership Program (EPP),