Agriculture and Rural Empowerment (ARE) Activity - Request for Application (RFA) #003- MOD#002 is now available.

Chemonics International is an international development company based in Washington, D.C. Our mission is to promote meaningful change around the world to help people live healthier, more productive, and more independent lives. Since 1975, we have worked in 150 countries around the world, and we are currently implementing 118 projects in 84 countries. Our main partner is the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and we also work with foreign donors such as the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) and the Global Fund. We have more than 4,000 staff in our project offices around the world, and more than 500 staff based in our headquarters in Washington, D.C.

About the USAID-Funded Agriculture and Rural Empowerment (ARE) Activity in Lebanon: 

The USAID-funded Lebanon Agriculture and Rural Empowerment (ARE) Activity, implemented by Chemonics International, aims to develop rural economies in Lebanon through support to the agri-food sector and other industries to unlock local and export sales potential while also creating jobs and increasing farmers' and workers' incomes. 

The USAID-funded Agriculture and Rural Empowerment (ARE) Activity, implemented by Chemonics International, is seeking grant applications for implementation of Piloting “Forage Intercropping Production Systems” Intervention. ARE intends to award one or more grants that will be implemented in accordance with USAID and US Government regulations governing grants under contracts and ARE’s internal grant management policies. To be delivered via one or more grants to one or more eligible partner organizations.

Please refer to the full RFA#003 found under “Related Documents” Section.

How to apply

Applications (technical and budget proposals and supporting documentation specified in the Annexes) should be submitted in electronic copy only to the ARE grant email address: [email protected] and should reference RFA No.003. Deadline for submitting applications is modified, the new date is May 10, 2021 at 12PM Beirut Local time . Late or unresponsive applications will not be considered. Only electronic submissions to [email protected] will be accepted. No hard copy applications will be accepted.

ARE will hold a non-mandatory pre-application virtual workshop, the Pre-Application Workshop date and time was modified, the new date is April 26, 2021 on MS Team from 2PM to 4PM. Interested applicants that meet the eligibility requirements defined in Section III of the RFA and would like to attend this workshop must confirm their attendance by sending the participant’s name and the organization’s name to [email protected] by April 20, 2021 at 5PM.

Applicants may also submit questions to [email protected] prior to the virtual workshop. Deadline for submission of clarification questions is April 20, 2021 at 5PM. 

UPDATE #1:

RFA#003 was modified on April 16, 2021- please refer to Modification #001 of the RFA in the "Related Documents" Section.  All changes are highlighed in yellow for easier reference. 

 

UPDATE #2:

RFA#003 was modified on May 5, 2021- please refer to Modification #002 of the RFA in the "Related Documents" Section.  All changes are highlighed in yellow for easier reference. 
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Expired
Deadline
Monday, 10. May 2021
Type of Call
Call for Proposals
Intervention Sector(s):
Agriculture