Opportunity Information: Apply for 72088720 PACIFIC RFI 00001
The "RFI - Pacific Sustainable Coastal Fisheries Management Project" is a USAID Request for Information (RFI) issued by USAID/Philippines (USAID-Manila) to gather ideas and practical recommendations from a wide range of potential partners on how to better address illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing in the Pacific. The central problem the RFI highlights is that IUU fishing is driving the decline of coastal fisheries and biodiversity, which in turn harms local livelihoods that depend on fishing and weakens maritime security. Because this is an RFI rather than a finalized solicitation, the purpose is primarily market research and program design: USAID is trying to learn what approaches, partnerships, and interventions organizations think would be most effective before moving forward with a potential funded activity.
The opportunity is categorized as a discretionary environment-related action (CFDA 98.001) and is open to essentially any qualified entity, including US and non-US organizations. Eligible respondents may include nongovernmental organizations, universities, consortia, and for-profit organizations, with eligibility described as "unrestricted" unless further limitations were stated in the full RFI text. This broad eligibility suggests USAID was intentionally casting a wide net to capture diverse technical perspectives, from community-based coastal resource management and marine conservation to monitoring, enforcement, governance reform, and maritime domain awareness.
The RFI points to a project concept focused on "Pacific Sustainable Coastal Fisheries Management," with an indicated potential award ceiling of up to USD 15,000,000 and an expectation of a single award. While an RFI does not guarantee future funding, the presence of a ceiling and expected number of awards signals that USAID was considering a relatively substantial, consolidated project rather than multiple smaller grants. The requested input likely centered on identifying the main drivers of IUU fishing in the target context, proposing interventions to reduce those drivers, and recommending implementation models that can produce measurable improvements in fisheries sustainability, biodiversity conservation, coastal economic resilience, and rule of law at sea.
Administratively, the opportunity is listed under Funding Opportunity Number 72088720 PACIFIC RFI 00001, created February 10, 2020, with an original closing date of February 28, 2020. The funding instrument type is labeled "Other," which is common for information-gathering notices like RFIs that are not yet procurement contracts or assistance awards. In practical terms, organizations interested in this space would have been expected to submit concept-level feedback, lessons learned, evidence-backed recommendations, and possibly suggestions on geographic focus, stakeholder engagement (including local communities and government agencies), and monitoring and evaluation approaches that could help USAID structure a future competitive solicitation aimed at reducing IUU fishing and strengthening sustainable coastal fisheries management in the Pacific.Apply for 72088720 PACIFIC RFI 00001
- The Agency for International Development, Philippines USAID-Manila in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "RFI -Pacific Sustainable Coastal Fisheries Management Project" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 98.001.
- This funding opportunity was created on Feb 10, 2020.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Feb 28, 2020. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $15,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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