Opportunity Information: Apply for APS OAA 16 0000001
APS-OAA-16-000001/RFA-674-20-000123 is a USAID/Southern Africa funding opportunity issued as an addendum under USAID's Global Development Alliance (GDA) Annual Program Statement. The focus is on women’s economic empowerment, specifically by supporting transformational solutions that reduce or remove the economic, legal, and cultural barriers that prevent women from fully participating in the economy. The opportunity is designed to attract private sector partners and other organizations that can co-create and deliver high-impact activities with USAID/Southern Africa. The intent is to help women enter and succeed in the formal economy, or, where formalization is not immediately feasible, to improve the basic conditions and opportunities for women working in the informal economy.
A central feature of this opportunity is its partnership and co-creation approach rather than a traditional one-step grant application. USAID is explicitly looking for collaboration with the private sector to shape interventions that are practical, scalable, and capable of producing measurable outcomes for women. The activities envisioned can include efforts that improve women’s access to markets, finance, and decent work; strengthen legal and regulatory conditions affecting women’s ability to own assets or run businesses; and address cultural norms and constraints that limit women’s economic agency. While the solicitation does not prescribe specific interventions, it emphasizes solutions that are genuinely transformative and that tackle root barriers rather than only symptoms.
The application process is structured in two phases. First, organizations submit a short expression of interest limited to two pages. USAID/Southern Africa reviews these submissions and then selectively contacts organizations whose ideas best align with the addendum’s objectives. Those selected enter a co-creation process with USAID to refine the idea, clarify the partnership model, and determine whether the applicant will be invited to proceed. The second phase is the concept paper stage, submitted through the GDA APS mechanism. After reviewing concept papers, and depending on both technical merit and the availability of funds, USAID may request a full application or additional materials needed to finalize an award agreement. USAID also makes clear it can choose to fund any, all, or none of the submissions.
From an administrative standpoint, this is a discretionary opportunity with an "Other" funding instrument type and "Other" activity category, under CFDA (now Assistance Listing) 98.001. Eligibility is listed as unrestricted, meaning there is not a narrow applicant category defined in the notice, which is consistent with a partnership-oriented APS that aims to attract a broad range of capable entities, particularly private sector actors. The issuing office is USAID in Pretoria (USAID/Southern Africa). The opportunity was created on March 17, 2020, with an original closing date of April 20, 2020. The listed award ceiling is up to $3,000,000. The notice does not specify the expected number of awards in the provided data, reinforcing that final award decisions depend on the quality of submissions, co-creation outcomes, and funding availability.
Overall, this opportunity is best understood as an invitation to bring forward partnership-ready ideas that can be developed jointly with USAID into implementable, high-impact initiatives for women’s economic empowerment in Southern Africa. It prioritizes practical solutions with strong partner commitment and the potential to shift systems, incentives, or norms that currently limit women’s ability to participate equally and safely in economic life.Apply for APS OAA 16 0000001
- The South Africa USAID-Pretoria in the other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "APS-OAA-16-000001/RFA-674-20-000123" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 98.001.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2020-03-17.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2020-04-20. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $3,000,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted.
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