FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR SMALL-SCALE INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM IN ARMENIA
By Quintin Cepeda

Targeted News Service

July 15, 2009 Wednesday 7:16 PM EST

WASHINGTON, July 15 – The U.S. Agency for International Development,
Armenia USAID-Yerevan, has on discretionary cooperative agreement
opportunity for implementing the Small-Scale Infrastructure Program
in Armenian villages.

The award ceiling for this funding opportunity is $2,307,928.

This funding opportunity is open to any entity, such as state, county,
city, township or special district governments; Native American tribal
governments and organizations; independent school districts; public,
state and private institutions of higher education; Historically
Black Colleges and Universities; Tribally-Controlled Colleges and
Universities; nonprofits; for-profits; small businesses; and eligible
agencies of the federal government.

A funding opportunity notice from USAID states: "The objective of this
program is to create short-term employment through implementation
of small-scale infrastructure projects which will rehabilitate
social/economic infrastructure, improve public-communal services in
the selected villages working on the projects."

The funding opportunity number is RFA-111-09-000001 (98.001). It was
posted on July 10 and has an application closing date of Aug. 17.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress