FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: PROMOTING HUMAN RIGHTS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

USAID-SAF released a discretionary funding opportunity titled "Promoting Human Rights in Southern Africa" (Funding Opportunity Number 674 16 00001) to support projects that can move quickly to address urgent, unexpected, or fast-emerging human rights needs in the region. The core idea is to fund interventions that respond to sudden human rights challenges or take advantage of short-lived windows of opportunity where timely action could meaningfully protect people, prevent abuses, or strengthen respect for rights. Because the solicitation emphasizes the time-sensitive nature of the work, it is geared toward applicants that can mobilize rapidly, adapt to changing conditions, and deliver targeted results without long lead times.

The award mechanism is a Cooperative Agreement, which typically indicates a more hands-on partnership with USAID compared to a standard grant. Under this type of instrument, USAID generally expects to have substantial involvement during implementation, such as collaborating on technical direction, coordinating with other actors, and shaping key program decisions as conditions evolve. The activity category is Law, Justice and Legal Services, aligning the opportunity with human rights protection, accountability, rule of law, and related legal or justice-sector interventions that can be deployed in response to real-time needs.

USAID indicates that proposed activities should align with the Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance (DRG) Bureau's Human Rights Division framing, which is described as three pillars of programming that support human rights promotion and protection. While the notice references an attachment for the detailed explanation of those pillars, the intent is clear: applications should be grounded in recognized human rights programming approaches and should show how the proposed rapid-response work fits within those pillars and advances human rights outcomes. In practice, this can include efforts that help safeguard people at risk, strengthen accountability mechanisms, support documentation and reporting, reinforce legal protections, improve access to justice, or enable civil society and human rights defenders to respond effectively when threats or opportunities arise, provided the programming is consistent with the solicitation's emphasis on urgency and short time horizons.

The opportunity anticipated up to two awards, with an award ceiling of $750,000. This suggests USAID was looking for a small number of focused projects with clear, compelling objectives and feasible implementation plans rather than a large portfolio of many small grants. The application window was tied to a specific deadline: the opportunity was posted on November 2, 2015, created the same day, and closed on November 23, 2015, signaling the rapid turnaround consistent with the theme of responding quickly to unfolding human rights situations.

Eligibility is listed broadly as "Others," with clarification to be found in the opportunity's additional eligibility text. That kind of designation often means USAID is open to a range of applicant types beyond a single category, potentially including non-governmental organizations, civil society organizations, local and international entities, or other qualified organizations, depending on the detailed eligibility language in the full announcement. Overall, the solicitation is best understood as a rapid-response human rights funding mechanism for Southern Africa: limited in the number of awards, capped at a moderate funding level, and designed for applicants capable of delivering timely, rights-focused interventions under a cooperative partnership model with USAID.

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