LS 11-087 Making Space: Places for Youth Expression in Cuba
Funding Amount:Up to $2 million per year |
Project Duration:3 years |
UC Davis Pre-Proposal Deadline:Jun. 30, 2011 at 11:59 pm |
Letter of Intent Deadline:
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Sponsor Deadline:Jul. 18, 2011 |
Program Website:http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=99173 |
Funding Areas
**Please read Program Guidelines Carefully to Determine Application Requirements.** The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), represented by the Bureau of Latin America and the Caribbean (USAID/LAC), Office of Cuban Affairs is seeking applications for Cooperative Agreements for a three-year Civil Society program entitled "Making Space: Places for Youth Expression in Cuba." The program objective of "Making Space: Places for Youth Expression in Cuba" is to focus activities on Cuba's youth (ages 12 to 24) to increase opportunities for youth-to-youth interaction in Cuba, allowing the country's young citizens to experience freedom of association and freedom of expression in social spaces organized outside state authority. Program activities should encourage participation from marginalized and vulnerable populations, which would include Afro-Cubans, rural and inner-city youth, disabled youth, orphans, and at risk youth (from broken families and single-parent households). Applicants should also integrate gender considerations into their activity design and implementation to allow and inspire both boys and girls and young women and men to participate in and benefit from the program. In the independent social spaces created through "Making Space," Cuban youth will be able to share common interests, participate in group activities, and ultimately develop the leadership and social skills necessary to function effectively in a democratic society. Cuban youth may also increase their understanding of the critical and inter-related roles that civil society, an independent media, and the rule of law (including human rights and fundamental freedoms) play in a democratic society.
Eligibility and Nomination Requirements
**Please read program guidelines carefully and/or contact the program officer to determine your eligibility.** Any individual(s) with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed training program as the PD/PI is invited to work with his/her organization to develop an application for support.
Notes
Standard Office of Research Pre-Proposal Requirements can be found at:
http://research.ucdavis.edu/pgc/fo/ls/i
