Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) Uganda Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)

Uganda hosts the largest population of refugees in Africa, which currently includes over 1. 43 million people who have fled conflict, political instability, and human rights abuses.

Although the recent focus has been on South Sudanese and Congolese refugees, Uganda has hosted refugees from neighboring

countries for nearly 50 years and currently hosts refugees from over nine countries.

With the understanding that protracted crises often lead to increased challenges that cannot be tackled through a humanitarian lens alone, the Government of Uganda adopted the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF) in 201 7. The CRRF provides a framework for “a more systematic and sustainable response that benefits both refugees and the communities that host them.” The CRRF provides an organizing framework for advancing humanitarian-development nexus approaches.

Although lessons to improve implementation of the CRRF abound, the few programs that have sought to address the nexus space have not yielded enough data to build a convincing evidence base regarding what effective interventions within a nexus approach look like.

As the largest donor of humanitarian and development assistance in Uganda, USAID recognizes the need, as well as the opportunities under Uganda’s liberal refugee policies, for stakeholders to work together to further empower both refugees and their host communities and to find better long-term solutions that support displaced populations affected by protracted crises.

USAID's Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance has already provided more than $368 million for refugee emergency food assistance since 2016; however, it is acknowledged that indefinite emergency assistance is not a solution for longer-term needs.

Severe ration cuts, the COVID-19 pandemic, and other recent shocks have further demonstrated that new solutions are needed to help empower vulnerable refugee and refugee-hosting households to be able to better meet their own basic needs, and further engage in livelihoods and economic growth.

USAID plans to address these needs by exploring and contributing to evidence of how inclusive push-pull market strengthening approaches[1] can decrease vulnerability among refugees and host communities.

Without robust evidence-based models that demonstrate a pathway for self-reliance under a nexus approach, humanitarian assistance will continue to be needed in perpetuity in protracted crises.

Related Programs

USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas

Agency for International Development


Agency: Agency for International Development

Office: Agency for International Development

Estimated Funding: $4,500,000


Who's Eligible





Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
www.fema.gov

Additional Information of Eligibility:
The National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 prohibits the Director from providing flood insurance in a community unless that community adopts and enforces floodplain management measures that meet or exceed minimum criteria in 44 CFR Part 60.3.

These floodplain management measures can take the form of floodplain management ordinances, building codes, or zoning provisions.

The Act also directs FEMA to work closely with and provide any necessary technical assistance to States and communities participating in the NFIP.

CAP-SSSE, through its State partnering agreement, is designed to make State personnel available to assist and supplement FEMA Regions in providing technical assistance to NFIP communities and in monitoring, evaluating, and pursuing corrective actions taken by communities in the performance of local floodplain management responsibilities.

Under CFR 60.25, Governors have exercised their prerogative of designating a "State Coordinating Agency" that is best able to carry out the flood loss reduction activities of the NFIP.

State officials can be particularly effective in delivering these services to communities because of their knowledge and familiarity with State governing authorities and how these interrelate with local floodplain management ordinances, as well as their knowledge of related State programs.



Full Opportunity Web Address:
www.fema.gov

Contact:


Agency Email Description:
FY21.BHA.UgandaBAA@usaid.gov

Agency Email:


Date Posted:
2020-12-17

Application Due Date:


Archive Date:
2021-03-07



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