FY 2015 Funding Opportunity Announcement for NGO programs benefiting Colombian Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).

This is a funding opportunity for NGO programs benefiting Colombian Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Panama, and Costa Rica. For Colombian refugees, PRM seeks proposals that fill critical gaps in humanitarian assistance and local integration support for particularly vulnerable asylum seekers and refugees, including women, Afro-Colombians, and indigenous populations. Proposals should aim to improve beneficiaries’ self-reliance and increase the capacity of government institutions to provide basic services to address refugees’ needs. Programs offering basic humanitarian assistance, protection mechanisms, capacity building and institution strengthening, livelihoods, integration, and infrastructure development will be considered. For Colombian IDPs, PRM is looking to fund proposals that present comprehensive programs addressing immediate and emergency humanitarian assistance; capacity building and institution strengthening at the local and national level; and the provision of protection mechanisms. Proposals should include phase-out indicators and knowledge-sharing strategies for local authorities/ organizations to continue initiatives beyond the programs’ timelines.Proposals should be submitted separately for each country. The full announcement provides detailed guidance on the objectives that PRM seeks to meet.