Pre-solicitation Notice - Moderate Voices of Peace

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This is a pre-funding opportunity announcement only. No applications are requested at this time. Please hold all questions/requests for information as they will not be responded to until the full announcement (RFA) is issued. This notice in no way obligates USAID to release a solicitation or award. Issuance of a RFA will be subject to internal USAID approvals and the availability of funds. The request is expected to be available for the public in the next few weeks. Due to the competitive nature of the procurement, unsolicited applications will not be considered. All applications have to be submitted in response to the RFA. USAID/West Africa anticipates awarding a five-year cooperative agreement (CA) for a messaging and communications project to counter violent extremism and promote democracy, human rights and governance in West Africa. The project will aim to amplify moderate voices of peace and tolerance as part of a broader effort to reduce vulnerability to violent extremism in the Sahel. The project will seek to achieve this goal by: 1) strengthening positive local narratives; 2) increasing dialogue and exchange on CVE and peace concepts; 3) expanding access to information; 4) promoting citizen/government dialogue, and; 5) enhancing regional collaboration among media actors. Learning from interventions, communities, and events and adapting new approaches based on that learning will be a critical aspect of the 5-year effort. The approach of the project will blend media-development approaches with strategic communications and behavior change programming, leveraging both new and traditional media to reach populations most at risk to violent extremism in West Africa. The geographic focus of the project will initially include Burkina Faso, Chad and Niger, with a planned expansion to Cameroon in the fall of 2017. However, this project will have built-in flexibility to modify its geographic targets, messaging and scope in order to adapt and respond to fluid security situations and continuously changing VEO narratives. Dun and Bradstreet Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number and System for Award Management (SAM) Please be advised that each applicant (unless the applicant is an individual or Federal awarding agency that is excepted from those requirements under 2 CFR §25.110(b) or (c), or has an exception approved by the Federal awarding agency under 2 CFR §25.110(d)) is required to: be registered in SAM before submitting its application; provide a valid DUNS number in its application; and continue to maintain an active SAM registration with current information at all times during which it has an active Federal award or an application or plan under consideration by a Federal awarding agency. The Federal awarding agency may not make a Federal award to an applicant until the applicant has complied with all applicable DUNS and SAM requirements and, if an applicant has not fully complied with the requirements by the time the Federal awarding agency is ready to make a Federal award.

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