The USAID Economic Development, Governance, and Enterprise Growth Project (EDGE) is requesting grant applications from qualified applicants from the Western Balkan countries of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia; the Caucasus countries of Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan; and the Western Newly Independent States (NIS) countries of Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus (UMB).
The financial allocation under this request for applications (RFA) is USD 500,000, to be awarded to 5-7 Grantees. The grant performance period will be limited to 12 months and Grant awards will start on April 1, 2022 and end March 30, 2023.
Applications are due by October 31, 2021 at 16:00 CET. Interested applicants can download the full Request for Application and Annex 1 Concept Note Application.
Update on October 15, 2021: The answers to questions received by the Q&A deadline can be found here.
About the EDGE Project
The USAID Economic Development, Governance and Enterprise Growth Project (EDGE) implemented by International Development Group LLC (IDG), is a 3 to 5 year regional activity in Europe and Eurasia (E&E) that aims to create inclusive, sustainable economic growth and to support intra-regional and Euro-Atlantic integration. EDGE aims to generate synergies among the USAID projects working in economic growth and bring together stakeholders across countries to work on mutual problems, giving the USAID E&E portfolio a regional dimension. EDGE activities are designed to promote regionalization, reduce barriers to trade, and support the growth of SMEs in identified value chains in (1) Agriculture and ag processing; (2) Light manufacturing; and (3) Tourism; and to help SMEs in those value chains adopt and use modern information and communication technology. Read more about EDGE and its successes thus far in this infographic.
