Data Analytics Center Project in Côte d’Ivoire, DCLI
The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is pleased to launch this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for an innovative, market-driven, sustainable and results-based project, herein called “Data Analytics Center Project in Côte d’Ivoire.” This project is one of two proposed
investments in Côte d’Ivoire to leverage the data revolution and empower stakeholders to use data to improve lives through better decisions, budgetary alignment and optimization and citizen engagement.
Specifically, this NOFO reaches out to organizations with an interest in receiving seed capital to rapidly stand up a data science services and training center.
This entity will initially be expected to achieve specific outcomes related to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and MCC Côte d’Ivoire Compact data-related needs, while concurrently coordinating with a parallel investment in order to develop the data ecosystem, build and diversify client base and assure its sustainability beyond the period of funding.
The “Data Analytics Center” Project in Côte d’Ivoire falls under a broader Data Collaboratives for Local Impact Program (DCLI) program that has been successfully operating in Tanzania since 201 6.
Specifically, this NOFO reaches out to organizations with an interest in receiving seed capital to rapidly stand up a data science services and training center.
This entity will initially be expected to achieve specific outcomes related to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and MCC Côte d’Ivoire Compact data-related needs, while concurrently coordinating with a parallel investment in order to develop the data ecosystem, build and diversify client base and assure its sustainability beyond the period of funding.
The “Data Analytics Center” Project in Côte d’Ivoire falls under a broader Data Collaboratives for Local Impact Program (DCLI) program that has been successfully operating in Tanzania since 201 6.
Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
FY 2018 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program RFA
Additional Information of Eligibility:
To be eligible as an Applicant under this Cooperative Agreement, an organization must be an non-USG Federal Entity per 2 CFR 200.69.
(“Non-Federal entity” means a state, local government, Indian tribe, institution of higher education (IHE), or nonprofit organization that carries out a Federal award as a recipient or sub-recipient.) Only Ivorian (local organizations based in Côte d’Ivoire, see below) organizations are eligible to be a “Prime” under this NOFO.
International and African (regional) organizations are therefore NOT eligible to serve as the Prime Applicant under this NOFO.
However, they may partner with the prime.
Full Opportunity Web Address:
https://nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/beginning-farmer-and-rancher-development-program-bfrdp
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Date Posted:
2017-11-24
Application Due Date:
Archive Date:
2018-03-01
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