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Opportunity Summary:

The Anti Corruption Civic Organizations Unified Network (ACCOUNT) grant opportunity was a USAID-funded, three-year program designed to strengthen the role and influence of civil society in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) by helping anti-corruption organizations coordinate more effectively and speak with a more unified voice. The core idea behind ACCOUNT was that a streamlined, better-connected civil society sector could apply sustained public pressure on BiH government institutions to implement, enforce, and maintain anti-corruption reforms tied to the country s European integration process. In practice, the program focused less on funding isolated projects and more on building durable coordination mechanisms that would help local organizations work together strategically, avoid duplication, and increase their collective impact.

USAID planned to make a single award, structured as a Cooperative Agreement, with total estimated funding up to USD 1,050,000 (the award ceiling matched the total program amount). A Cooperative Agreement typically implies ongoing collaboration and substantial involvement from the funding agency during implementation, which aligns with the program s emphasis on technical assistance, capacity building, and active support for developing functional NGO networks rather than simply issuing a grant and stepping back. The funding activity categories associated with the opportunity included community development, law/justice/legal services, and a specified focus described as anti-corruption civil society networking, reinforcing that the central deliverable was a stronger ecosystem of cooperating watchdog and advocacy groups.

Eligibility was limited strictly to local Bosnian non-governmental organizations. The selected NGO was expected to act as a coordinator and or secretariat for other local NGOs already engaged in anti-corruption work in BiH. This lead organization would not only manage program activities but also serve as an organizing hub: connecting groups, facilitating joint planning, and enabling collective action. A major expectation was that the coordinator would promote the formation and growth of larger informal networks or consortia organized around specific thematic anti-corruption issues, which could include sector-based concerns, policy reform priorities, monitoring and accountability themes, or other targeted areas where joint advocacy and shared evidence would be more persuasive than fragmented efforts.

The program also emphasized hands-on support to strengthen networking capacity across the civil society landscape. That included technical assistance and capacity building aimed at improving how organizations collaborate, communicate, and coordinate campaigns, research, monitoring, and advocacy. The implicit goal was to help NGOs move from parallel efforts to shared strategies, with clearer roles, stronger internal systems for cooperation, and better ability to mobilize around reform opportunities tied to EU accession requirements. By investing in the connective tissue between organizations, ACCOUNT sought to make anti-corruption advocacy more consistent, credible, and difficult for public institutions to ignore.

Administratively, the opportunity was posted on October 27, 2011, with a closing date of December 12, 2011, and it was archived on January 11, 2012. It was listed under CFDA 98.001, which covers USAID foreign assistance for overseas programs. The issuing entity was USAID Budapest, and the public listing referenced Grants.gov for full announcement details, with a point of contact provided for applicants who had trouble accessing the materials.

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