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U.S. Department of StateBureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) Notice of Funding Opportunity(NOFO): FY 2020 International Sports Programming InitiativeAnnouncement Type: New Cooperative AgreementFunding Opportunity Number: SFOP0006298Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 19.415Key Dates/Application Deadline: Thursday, February 27, 2020Program Description/Executive Summary: The Office of Citizen Exchanges, SportsDiplomacy Division, of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational andCultural Affairs (ECA) announces an open competition for the FY 2020 InternationalSports Programming Initiative (ISPI). U.S. public and private non-profit organizationsmeeting the provisions described in Internal Revenue Code section 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3)may submit proposals to manage sports exchange projects designed to reach underservedyouth and/or their coaches/sports administrators who manage youth sports programs.These exchanges between the United States and select countries will be reciprocalexchanges that employ sports to address the Sport for Social Change theme outlinedbelow. The International Sports Programming Initiative uses sports to help underservedyouth around the world develop important leadership skills, achieve academic success,promote tolerance and respect for diversity, and positively contribute to their home andhost communities. Sports Diplomacy programs are an important tool for advancing U.S.foreign policy goals through interaction with hard-to-reach groups such as at-risk youth,women, minorities, people with disabilities, and non-English speakers. The focus of allprograms must be on both male and female youth and/or their coaches/sportsadministrators. Programs designed to train elite athletes or coaches are ineligible underC.3. Other Eligibility Requirements below.ECA intends to issue approximately four Cooperative Agreements, for an estimated totalof 2,200,000, pending the availability of FY 2020 funds, to U.S. public and private nonprofit organizations meeting the provisions described in Internal Revenue Code section26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3) for the implementation and oversight of the exchange programs forsome of the eligible region groups, as outlined in A.3. Eligible Regions /Countries aslisted below. NOTE: No guarantee is made or implied that cooperative agreements willbe awarded in all Eligible Regions. Applicant organizations may submit only oneproposal under this competition. If multiple proposals are received from the sameapplicant, all submissions will be declared ineligible and receive no further considerationin the review process. Please see section B. Federal Award Information below foradditional details.A.Program Description:Overall grant making authority for this program is contained in the Mutual Educationaland Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, Public Law 87-256, as amended, also known as the
2Fulbright-Hays Act. The purpose of the Act is "to enable the Government of the UnitedStates to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and thepeople of other countries.; to strengthen the ties which unite us with other nations bydemonstrating the educational and cultural interests, developments, and achievements ofthe people of the United States and other nations.and thus to assist in the development offriendly, sympathetic and peaceful relations between the United States and the othercountries of the world." The funding authority for the program above is provided throughlegislation.A.1. Purpose: Sports Diplomacy enhances cross-cultural understanding and opens newavenues of dialogue and collaboration between individuals and nations. In support ofU.S. foreign policy objectives, ECA’s sports diplomacy programs create people-to-peopleand institutional linkages through sport. ECA’s Functional Bureau Strategy (2018-2022)details how programs, including sports diplomacy exchanges, advance the NationalSecurity Strategy. Two key goals that these programs will address from the FunctionalBureau Strategy is to Advance American foreign policy objectives through flexible,responsive exchange programs and to Increase Americans’ global competitiveness. TheOffice of Citizen Exchanges welcomes proposals that directly respond to the Sport forSocial Change theme outlined below.Applicant organizations are invited to submit one application to administer oneCooperative Agreement which consists of at least four two-way exchange programs (fourgroups of foreign participants traveling to the United States, and four groups of Americanparticipants traveling overseas), each lasting a minimum of two-weeks (inclusive oftravel), under the Sport for Social Change theme, as listed in Section A.2. EligibleTheme. Each of the approximately four cooperative agreements will supportapproximately 45 foreign youth, sports administrators, emerging leaders in the sportssector, and/or coaches from one of the regions listed (East Asia and the Pacific; Europeand Eurasia; Near East and North Africa; South and Central Asia; Sub-Saharan Africa; orWestern Hemisphere) and support approximately 45 American youth, sportsadministrators, emerging leaders in the sports sector, and/or coaches from all across theUnited States. Overall, the foreign participants can come from a designated country ormultiple countries from the same regional group. Final country selections will bedetermined after the award has been issued in consultation with the ECA Program Officerand the Department’s Regional Bureaus. See A.3 Eligible Regions /Countries and C.3.Other Eligibility Requirements in the NOFO for additional information.The award recipient organization may conduct up to two of the four two-way exchangeprograms. The award recipient organization must also oversee and monitor at least twoadditional subaward recipient organizations to conduct the remaining two-way exchangeprograms. Each of the two-way exchange programs are required to last approximatelytwo-weeks in duration, inclusive of travel, but can last longer, if possible. Through thecooperative agreement, the award recipient organization will be responsible for themanagement and oversight of the four two-way exchange programs and for the oversight
3of the subaward recipient organizations that implement the programs. To ensure adiverse set of subaward recipients, award recipient organizations must solicit proposalsfrom other U.S. public and private non-profit organizations meeting the provisionsdescribed in Internal Revenue Code section 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3) that can provide subjectmatter expertise related to the programs proposed and implement the two-way exchangeprograms. The proposal should include a detailed plan to solicit subaward recipients’proposals as well as the types of organizations and/or institutions the applicant intends torecruit. The applicant organization may indicate specific organizations and/or institutionsthat it intends to work with in its proposal; however, the final selection of the subawardorganizations will be determined through a subaward competition in consultation with theECA Program Officer and the warranted Grants Officer after the award has been issued.Letters of support and/or letters of commitment are not required during the applicationphase as the selection of the subaward organizations will be determined after the awardhas been issued. The ECA Program Officer and the warranted Grants Officer reserve theright to review all subaward recipients’ proposals and to accept or refuse subawardrecipients recommended by the award recipient.All proposals under the Sports for Social Change theme should clearly indicate theregion and timeline for the two-way exchange programs, and should demonstratethematic expertise, as well as any country/regional expertise, if applicable.Please see the Project Objectives, Goals, and Implementation (POGI) document formore information.A.2. Eligible Theme:Sport for Social Change: Sports-based people-to-people exchanges build and promotevalues of inclusion and open opportunities for people to contribute fully to society, andcreate opportunities to establish the trust needed to build a more stable, secure, andprosperous world. Exchanges funded under the Sport for Social Change theme will focuson a broad range of audiences and address critical social issues overseas and within theUnited States, including effective ways that sport can play a role in promoting morestable and inclusive communities. With 2020 being the 30th anniversary of the landmarkAmericans with Disabilities Act (ADA), organizations are encouraged to proposeexchange programs with an emphasis on adaptive sport and the role of the ADA inpromoting inclusion and access for people with disabilities. In light of the Beijing 2022Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games taking place during the implementation phase,organizations are encouraged to propose exchange programs with an emphasis onParalympic and adaptive sports.Project goals include: Demonstrate how organized sports, through the principles of leadership,responsibility, teamwork, healthy living, and self-discipline, can encourage youthto stay in school, prevent substance abuse and violence, and mitigate extremistvoices.
4 Demonstrate the use of sport as a tool to promote tolerance and understandingthrough organized activities that appeal to youth and youth influencers and thatfocus on conflict prevention/resolution.Demonstrate how sports can improve the quality of life for persons withdisabilities by providing affordable, inclusive sports experiences that build selfesteem and confidence, enhance active participation in community life, and makea significant contribution to the physical and psychological health of people withdisabilities.Enable local youth sports organizations in the United States and their counterpartsoverseas to share best practices, emphasizing the importance of grassrootscommunity-based sports programs in a community’s development andsustainability.Share local community-based practices globally while learning from counterpartsin another community outside of the United States.Emphasize the responsibility of the broader community to support healthybehaviors and teach young people how to prevent and manage non-communicablediseases through sports programs.Proposals should clearly outline how proposed exchange programs will benefitparticipants and communities both overseas and in the United States.Proposals that address themes outside of the Sport for Social Change theme listed in theNOFO will be deemed technically ineligible under C.3. Other Eligibility Requirements.A.3. Eligible Regions/Countries: ECA anticipates that participants will be drawn fromthe following regions and countries: East Asia and the Pacific: (possible countries include: Australia, Brunei,Burma, Cambodia, China, Fiji, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Laos, Malaysia,Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Mongolia, Nauru, New Zealand, Palau, Papua NewGuinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Korea, Taiwan,Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Vietnam) Europe and Eurasia: (possible countries include: Albania, Armenia,Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus,(Czechia) Czech Republic, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Kosovo, Moldova,Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia,Slovenia, Turkey, and Ukraine) Near East and North Africa: (possible countries include: Algeria, Bahrain,Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, Oman, Palestinian Authority (West Bankand Gaza), Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, and United Arab Emirates)
5 South and Central Asia: (possible countries include: Bangladesh, Bhutan,India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Nepal, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, andUzbekistan) Sub-Saharan Africa: (possible countries include: Angola, Benin, Botswana,Cameroon, Côte d’Ivorie, Eswatini, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho,Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Republic of theCongo, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda,Zambia, and Zimbabwe) Western Hemisphere: (possible countries include: Antigua and Barbuda,Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia,Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Granada, Guatemala,Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts andNevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad andTobago, and Uruguay)Applicant organizations should propose specific countries within the region with theunderstanding that ECA reserves the right to amend or modify the list of participatingregions and countries should conditions change in the listed countries or if other countriesare identified as U.S. foreign policy priorities. Individual two-way exchange programscan be single-country or multi-country and may only include participants from within thatregion. Final country selection will be confirmed after the award has been issued inconsultation with the ECA Program Officer and the Department’s Regional Bureaus andPublic Affairs Sections at U.S. Embassies abroad.Proposals that include or target countries and regions that are not listed as eligible in theNOFO, or that address more than one region, will be deemed technically ineligible underC.3. Other Eligibility Requirements.A.4. Audience: The intended audiences are non-elite youth (approximately 15 years oldand above) and coaches and/or administrators (approximately 23 years old and above).Participants will include women, minorities, people with disabilities, and non-Englishspeakers. The program will work with coaches/sports administrators, emerging leaders inthe sports sector, and non-governmental organizations in communities in thecountries/regions specified to reach these intended audiences.A.5. Participant Selection: Proposals must clearly describe the types of persons thatwill participate in the program, as well as the participant recruitment and selectionprocesses. It is a priority of the Bureau to include female participants in all of itsprograms. In the selection of foreign participants, the Bureau would like the U.S.Embassies and/or U.S. Consulates (when possible) to be involved in the recruitment andselection processes and the proposal should state how the applicant organization intendsto accomplish this. The Bureau and U.S. Embassies and/or U.S. Consulates retain theright to review all participant nominations and to accept or refuse participants
6recommended by the award recipient. Priority for foreign participants will be given tothose who have not previously traveled to the United States. The applicant is responsiblefor providing professional interpretation as needed for each exchange. In the selection ofAmerican participants, the ECA program office should be involved in the final selectionprocess and the proposal should state how the applicant organization intends toaccomplish this. When participants are selected, the award recipient must provide to theECA program office participant names and biographical data, including a briefbiography.A.6. Program Administration: ECA is seeking detailed proposals from U.S. publicand private non-profit organizations meeting the provisions described in Internal RevenueCode section 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3) and based on the eligibility requirements outlinedunder Section C below. After an award has been issued, award recipient organizationswill be required to ensure that all subaward arrangements include clearly outlined dutiesand responsibilities of the subaward recipient(s), ideally in the form of subawardproposals that include detailed line-item budgets.Applicants must designate/identify in their proposal narrative and accompanying budget,a project director to oversee all of the programs, coordinate logistical and administrativearrangements, ensure an appropriate level of continuity between the award recipient andthe subaward recipient(s) and serve as ECA’s primary point of contact. In addition,project directors or coordinators must be designated at each subaward recipientorganization, once those organizations have been determined in consultation with theECA Program Officer and the warranted Grants Officer and after the award has beenissued, to help facilitate the supervision of the program participants, budgetary, logistical,reporting, and other administrative arrangements.ECA also reserves the right to reduce, revise, or increase proposal budgets and participantnumbers based on program needs and the availability of U.S. government funding.A.7. Organizational Capacity: Applicant organizations must demonstrate theircapacity for conducting international exchanges, focusing on three areas of competency:(1) provision of projects that address the purpose and theme outlined in this document;(2) age-appropriate programming for youth and/or coaches and sports administrators; and(3) previous experience working on programs in the identified region groups/countries.Award recipients will be required to identify, with the help of subaward recipientorganizations and the U.S. Department of State, a local in-country partner organizationthat will help facilitate the in-country aspects of the program. The roles andresponsibilities of the proposed in-country partners will need to be delineated as part ofthe overall terms and conditions of the cooperative agreements.
7Competitive proposals for the International Sports Programming Initiative should includethe following: Organizations that have never been ECA award recipients or have not received agrant or cooperative agreement from ECA in the last three years must submit thefollowing attachments to the application: (a) a copy of their Charter OR Articlesof Incorporation; (b) a list of the current Board of Directors; and (c) currentfinancial statements. Note: The Bureau retains the right to ask for additionaldocumentation; A detailed description of the recruitment and selection process for the foreign andAmerican participants; A detailed description of U.S.-based activities, including workshops, seminarsand/or other activities conducted by the Americans for the foreign participants; A detailed description of overseas activities, including workshops, seminarsand/or other activities conducted by the Americans and the role of returnedforeign participants in each of these proposed activities; A detailed description of the planned activities for each group (American andforeign) that will take place over the approximately two-week exchange (inclusiveof travel); A proposed timeline detailing all planned activities and how each activitysupports the program goals and objectives; A detailed plan to solicit subaward recipients’ proposals, through their ownnetwork and through the help of the ECA program office, as well as the types oforganizations and/or institutions the applicant intends to recruit. The applicantorganization may indicate specific organizations and/or institutions that theyintend to work with in their proposal; however, the final selection of the subawardorganizations will be determined through a subaward competition in consultationwith the ECA Program Officer and the warranted Grants Officer after the awardhas been issued. Letters of support and/or letters of commitment are not requiredduring this phase as the selection of the subaward organizations will bedetermined after the award has been issued. The ECA Program Officer and thewarranted Grants Officer retain the right to review all subaward recipients’proposals and to accept or refuse subaward recipients recommended by the awardrecipient; Resumes of experienced staff who have demonstrated a commitment toimplement and monitor international exchange projects and ensure outcomes; A comprehensive plan to evaluate how the program’s outcomes will achieve thespecific objectives described in the proposal narrative that includes a datacollection strategy to demonstrate the program’s effectivenes
Sports Programming Initiative (ISPI). U.S. public and private non-profit organizations meeting the provisions described in Internal Revenue Code section 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3) may submit proposals to manage sports exchange projects designed to reach underserved youth and/or their coaches/sports administrators who manage youth sports programs.
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