Dear Friends and Colleagues,
With so many global events unfolding, May was a busy month for CFOI. Below you'll see just a sampling of recent developments.
Thank you to everyone that joined us last week for the virtual roundtable discussion, "COVID-19 Practical Innovations and Ongoing Lessons Learned." The event included
presentations from Dr. Kenneth Staley, Executive Director of USAID's COVID-19 Task Force, as well as field-based organization leaders who have developed practical innovations to address COVID-19 while maintaining their core functions under quarantine.
Here's a recording of the discussion.
Blessings and best wishes to you as together we work to keep communities around the world healthy and thriving.
Warm Regards,
Kirsten Evans
Director
USAID Center for Faith and Opportunity Initiatives
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Evidence, Research, and Learning
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Apply Now: USAID Evidence Summit Call for Presentation Proposals
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We invite individuals or groups to submit
abstracts for consideration to present at USAID's Evidence Summit on Strategic Religious Engagement. The Summit is scheduled for October 6th - 8th, 2020, in Washington, DC.
The event will examine research evidence related to the role of religious community engagement and faith-based organizations in global development and humanitarian assistance, and implications for USAID policy and practice
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Learn more about the call.
Deadline to apply:
July 17th, 2020 at 5:00pm EST.
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NPI Celebrates its One Year Anniversary
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This month, USAID's New Partnerships Initiative (NPI) celebrated its one year anniversary. NPI's mission is to change the way the Agency does business through a more streamlined and inclusive awards process.
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Webinar: How to Work with USAID
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Watch the "Doing Business with USAID 101" webinar
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which explains USAID's mission and provides guidance for organizations seeking to develop and navigate partnerships and secure funding.
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Video: Message from USAID Acting Administrator
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In case you missed it: USAID Acting Administrator Barsa shared a message emphasizing the Agency’s commitment to the safety of its partners during COVID-19 and the importance of the New Partnerships Initiative.
Watch the video.
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NPI Funding Opportunities
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Higher Education for Leadership, Innovation, and Exchange (HELIX) Annual Program Statement
Today’s youth understand and care more about development than ever before, inspired by the chance to drive meaningful change, peace and prosperity, and eager to use their skills to better their communities. Recognizing the need to harness the potential of the more than 1.5 billion youth around the world, USAID has released the
Higher Education for Leadership, Innovation, and Exchange
(HELIX) Annual Program Statement.
This will support the Agency’s higher education programming across sectors by promoting solutions, including:
- scholarships, exchanges, and fellowships for individuals
- institutional capacity building and partnerships (i.e., policy reform)
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Supporting Holistic and Actionable Research in Education Addendum (SHARE)
Meaningful progress on partner countries’ Journey to Self-Reliance in education requires timely, relevant, context-specific, and robust data and evidence. Commitment to evidence-based programming, continuous learning, accountability, a deep understanding of context, and focus on results are the central principles that will drive evidence and data priorities. Development actors need timely, relevant, and robust data and evidence. Such data and evidence are frequently unavailable, inaccessible, of poor quality, or in need of translation for policy and practice. Additional research is therefore needed to fill these gaps. When such data and evidence are available, their use is frequently undermined by the inability of decision-makers to access them and to use them appropriately.
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Youth Excel Addendum
As described in
YouthPower 2 Annual Program Statement (YP2 APS)
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USAID has a long-standing history of investing in youth development through initiatives in multiple sectors, including education, agriculture, environment, economic growth, and democracy, human rights and governance. Yet there is still a need for increased effort to incorporate youth as valuable partners in development activities.
Previous USAID youth programming has supported small scale youth-led learning and implementation grants in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) that have provided on-the-ground insights into
Positive Youth Development
(PYD) programming. However, the local youth organizations involved in the research had limited capacity, specifically, knowledge and skill gaps in how to conduct research, analyze data, and apply findings to future programming.
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Women's Global Development and Prosperity
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USAID's Updated COVID-19 FAQS for Implementing Partners
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U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services: COVID-19 Faith Resources
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Center for Faith and Opportunity Initiatives compiled the following resources for faith and community groups:
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ACAPS Report:
Vulnerability to COVID-19 Containment Measures
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ACAPS, a USAID-supported non-profit,
published a report
that examines how low- and middle-income countries are impacted by COVID-19 containment measures. This report is the first step in a series of ACAPS country and regional case studies.
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World Bank Group:
Understanding COVID-19 through Data
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The World Bank Group
launched a site
that provides real-time data, statistical indicators, and other types of data that are relevant to the pandemic. These data are drawn from the World Bank’s data catalog and other authoritative sources.
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Berkley Center: COVID-19 Repository of Faith-based Resources
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USAID's
2020 Digital Development Awards
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USAID launched the
2020 Digital Development Awards (The Digis)
to recognize and celebrate USAID-funded projects and activities that use digital technology to sustain open, secure, and inclusive digital ecosystems that improve measurable development and humanitarian aid outcomes.
Deadline to apply:
June 3, 2020.
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