Vacancy: Annual Program Statement USAID’s Feed the Future Ghana Fisheries Recovery Activity

Job Description

Feed the Future Ghana Fisheries Recovery Activity (GFRA)

Annual Program Statement (APS)

Background

Tetra Tech ARD, the implementing partner for USAID’s Feed the Future Ghana Fisheries Recovery Activity (GFRA) Program pursuant to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, and in accordance with USAID Contract No. 72060520C00001, is authorized to provide Grants under Contract (GUC) to meet its program objectives. GFRA is seeking concept papers from qualified organizations to implement programs within the GFRA framework that will complement GFRA’s five key strategic approaches and that will ultimately contribute to GFRA’s goal to establish a durable basis for the ecological recovery of Ghana’s small pelagic fisheries sector. GFRA employs an approach that reduces fishing overcapacity and increases controlled access over Ghana’s small pelagic fisheries sector in order to encourage ecological sustainability while enhancing the socio-economic wellbeing and local resilience of artisanal fishing communities.

This Annual Program Statement (APS) is a two-tier process in which USAID’s Feed the Future Ghana Fisheries Recovery Activity Program will review concept papers on a rolling basis and if the application is deemed to be responsive to the solicitation and demonstrates a link to GFRA objectives, the applicant will be asked to submit a full application. Submission of a full application constitutes the second tier. The final selection for an award will be made on the basis of the second-tier applications, which will be evaluated and scored by the Review and Evaluation Committee (REC).

Purpose and Objectives

GFRA’s goal is to support the government and local communities to implement fisheries management measures that reduce overcapacity in the small pelagic fishing sector to encourage ecological sustainability while at the same time enhancing socioeconomic well-being and local resilience of artisanal fisherfolk and their communities through the following set of interdependent strategic approaches:

• Strategic Approach 1: Align fisheries capacity with the ecological carrying capacity of the small pelagic fisheries while enhancing the socio-economic well-being and resilience of artisanal fisherfolk (Livelihoods).


• Strategic Approach 2: Increase the quality and value of artisanal fish products to maintain household income and enhance the availability of nutritious foods for local and regional markets (Post Harvest).


• Strategic Approach 3: Strengthen transparency, accountability, and co-management in


• governance practices for fisheries policymaking, regulation, and enforcement (Fisheries Management, Governance, and Addressing illegal, unreported, and unregulated [IUU] Fishing).


• Strategic Approach 4: Strengthen constituencies to promote and implement sustainable fisheries management (Fisheries Advocates, Gender and Child Labor).


• Strategic Approach 5: Improve the use of science and research for policy and management decisions (Science for Decision-Making).

The achievement of GFRA’s five strategic approaches requires a diverse set of partnerships. One method that GFRA will utilize to engage partners is through grants. It is the expectation of GFRA that the grantee activities will address at least one of the five GFRA strategic approaches noted above. In certain instances, grantee activities may address multiple strategic approaches concurrently. GFRA grantees must share a commitment to GFRA objectives, and their activities must be based on a proven methodology and/or successful program that has already been underway. All grant activities must either be national in nature or take place within GFRA’s priority sites as identified in the Geographic Focus section.

Geographic Focus

Some proposals can include activities that are national in nature, for example, scientific research.  Proposals with a livelihoods focus should cover as much of the coastal areas as possible. Other proposals that present activities that target fisheries communities must limit activities to the following GFRA sites: 

Award information

GFRA anticipates awarding approximately five to ten (5–10) awards as a result of this APS. Awards are anticipated to range from $20,000 to $100,000. The value to a US organization will not exceed $250,000. The number and value of awards are dependent on the quality of the concept papers received, and their link to USAID GFRA’s strategic approaches and the available funding. The applying organization may submit no more than two (2) Concept Papers in the first review cycle. GFRA and USAID reserve the right to award none, one, or multiple grants as a result of this solicitation. 

It is anticipated that the duration of the grants will be twelve to eighteen (12–18 months but may be shorter or longer depending on the technical proposal. The applicant shall specify the period of performance of the project being proposed.