Opportunity Information: Apply for 72051422RFA00001
USAID/Colombia's Restoring Our Future Activity is a large-scale cooperative agreement opportunity focused on strengthening reconciliation and preventing a return to conflict-related violence in Colombia. The program is rooted in the country context of more than five decades of armed conflict that damaged community ties, deepened polarization, and left 9.1 million officially registered victims. While the 2016 Peace Accords with the FARC marked a formal end to that phase of conflict, the opportunity recognizes that full implementation of the Accords and meaningful national reconciliation require sustained effort over time. It also aligns closely with Colombia's 2011 Victims Law, which set out victims' rights and underscored the role of victim-centered support as a foundation for reconciliation.
The grant builds on more than ten years of USAID support to the Government of Colombia to create and strengthen the institutional systems needed to carry out the Victims Law. Prior USAID-backed efforts highlighted in the notice include helping establish the Victims and Land Restitution Unit, supporting a comprehensive national victims registry, and creating spaces where the Victims Unit and victims' organizations can engage in dialogue. These steps were intended to improve Colombia's ability to deliver land restitution, implement individual and collective reparations, and comply with Constitutional Court rulings related to victims. Restoring Our Future is positioned as the next phase that leverages those investments, shifting from primarily establishing systems toward deepening reconciliation outcomes and rebuilding the "social and community fabric" in a durable way.
Programmatically, the Activity is designed to increase Colombians' willingness and ability, including victims and affected communities, to confront the past and move toward coexistence. Its emphasis is on strengthening dialogue, resilience, and trust, with the explicit goal of advancing "guarantees of non-repetition" and making peace "irreversible and long lasting." The opportunity signals an intent to apply lessons learned from previous programs, use a territorial approach (meaning interventions tailored to local conditions and institutions in specific regions), and scale reconciliation capacities from the individual level up through communities. A key feature is the commitment to differential approaches, adapting strategies for different victim demographics, communities, and organizational types rather than relying on a single uniform model across the country.
From an administrative and eligibility standpoint, this is a USAID competitive funding opportunity issued by USAID-Bogota under the Agency for International Development, Colombia. The opportunity number is 72051422RFA00001, and it is labeled as a continuation category with a community development focus. The instrument type is a Cooperative Agreement, which typically indicates substantial involvement by the agency during implementation compared to a standard grant. Eligibility is described as unrestricted, meaning it is broadly open to qualified entities, subject to any clarifications in the NOFO's eligibility language. The CFDA number listed is 98.001.
In terms of timeline and scale, the notice was issued June 17, 2022. Questions were due by July 1, 2022 at 1700 Colombia local time, directed to the primary point of contact at elromero@usaid.gov. Concept papers were due July 22, 2022 at 1700 Colombia local time, and full applications were due 30 days after applicants received a Request for Full Application. USAID anticipated making a single award, with an award ceiling of up to $70,000,000, indicating a major, national-level initiative likely involving multiple regions and partners. The NOFO attachment is referenced as the definitive source for detailed requirements, selection criteria, and submission instructions.Apply for 72051422RFA00001
- The Agency for International Development, Colombia USAID-Bogota in the community development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Restoring Our Future Activity" 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 Jun 17, 2022.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 22, 2022 Issue Date June 17, 2022 Deadline for Questions July 1, 2022, at 1700 Colombia Local time.Closing Date amp Time for Concept paper July 22, 2022, at 1700 Colombia Local time.Closing Date amp Time for Full Applications 30 days after receiving Request for Full Application.. (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 $70,000,000.00 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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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) - USAID/Colombia Restoring Our Future Activity
1) What is the Restoring Our Future Activity?
Restoring Our Future is a USAID/Colombia cooperative agreement opportunity designed to strengthen reconciliation and help prevent a return to conflict-related violence in Colombia. It is framed as a large-scale, national-level effort to rebuild trust, resilience, dialogue, and the broader social and community fabric affected by decades of armed conflict.
2) What problem is this opportunity trying to address?
The opportunity is rooted in Colombia's context of more than five decades of armed conflict that weakened community ties, deepened polarization, and left 9.1 million officially registered victims. While the 2016 Peace Accords with the FARC formally ended that phase of conflict, the notice emphasizes that reconciliation and full implementation of peace-related commitments require sustained work over time to avoid recurrence of violence.
3) How does this activity relate to the 2016 Peace Accords?
The notice positions Restoring Our Future as supporting the longer-term work needed to make peace durable by strengthening reconciliation and advancing conditions that help ensure non-repetition of conflict-related violence. It acknowledges that the Peace Accords marked a formal end to a phase of conflict, but that meaningful national reconciliation requires continued implementation and engagement.
4) How does this opportunity align with Colombia's 2011 Victims Law?
The opportunity aligns closely with Colombia's 2011 Victims Law, which established victims' rights and emphasized victim-centered support as a foundation for reconciliation. Restoring Our Future builds on more than a decade of USAID support to institutions and systems developed to implement the Victims Law.
5) What prior USAID-supported investments does this activity build on?
The notice describes prior USAID-backed efforts that helped establish and strengthen the institutional systems to carry out the Victims Law, including supporting the creation of the Victims and Land Restitution Unit, supporting a comprehensive national victims registry, and creating spaces for dialogue between the Victims Unit and victims' organizations.
6) What is changing in this "next phase" compared to earlier efforts?
Earlier efforts highlighted in the notice focused on establishing and strengthening systems and institutions to implement the Victims Law. Restoring Our Future is described as the next phase that leverages those investments and shifts toward deepening reconciliation outcomes and rebuilding the social and community fabric in a more durable way.
7) What are the main program goals?
The activity is designed to increase Colombians' willingness and ability, including victims and affected communities, to confront the past and move toward coexistence. It emphasizes strengthening dialogue, resilience, and trust, with an explicit goal of advancing guarantees of non-repetition and making peace irreversible and long lasting.
8) Who is intended to benefit from the activity?
The opportunity explicitly includes victims and affected communities, and more broadly aims to support Colombians in strengthening coexistence and reconciliation. The notice also references engagement between institutions (such as the Victims Unit) and victims' organizations as part of the broader ecosystem supporting reconciliation.
9) What does the notice mean by a "territorial approach"?
The notice indicates an intent to use a territorial approach, meaning interventions are tailored to local conditions and local institutions in specific regions rather than applying a single uniform model nationally. This suggests the activity is expected to adapt to differing regional contexts across Colombia.
10) What does the notice mean by "differential approaches"?
The opportunity highlights a commitment to differential approaches, meaning strategies should be adapted for different victim demographics, communities, and organizational types rather than relying on one standard approach for all participants and locations.
11) What is meant by "guarantees of non-repetition" in this context?
In the framing of the opportunity, guarantees of non-repetition relate to strengthening conditions that reduce the risk of returning to conflict-related violence. The activity emphasizes dialogue, trust, resilience, and reconciliation as pathways toward making peace durable.
12) What type of funding instrument is being used?
The instrument type is a Cooperative Agreement. The notice notes that this typically indicates substantial involvement by the agency during implementation compared to a standard grant.
13) Who is issuing this opportunity?
This is a competitive USAID funding opportunity issued by USAID-Bogota under the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Colombia.
14) What is the opportunity number?
The opportunity number listed is 72051422RFA00001.
15) What is the CFDA number for this opportunity?
The CFDA number listed in the notice is 98.001.
16) What is the program category and focus described in the notice?
The notice labels the opportunity as a continuation category with a community development focus.
17) Is eligibility limited to certain types of organizations?
Eligibility is described as unrestricted, meaning it is broadly open to qualified entities, subject to any clarifications contained in the NOFO's eligibility language.
18) Is USAID planning to make one award or multiple awards?
USAID anticipated making a single award for this opportunity.
19) What is the maximum award amount (ceiling)?
The award ceiling is up to $70,000,000, indicating a large-scale initiative likely designed to operate across multiple regions and potentially through multiple partners.
20) When was the notice issued?
The notice was issued on June 17, 2022.
21) What were the deadlines for questions and submissions?
According to the notice: questions were due by July 1, 2022 at 1700 Colombia local time; concept papers were due by July 22, 2022 at 1700 Colombia local time; and full applications were due 30 days after applicants received a Request for Full Application.
22) Where were questions supposed to be sent?
Questions were directed to the primary point of contact listed as elromero@usaid.gov.
23) What is the application process described in the notice?
The timeline indicates a staged process: applicants submit a concept paper first, and then full applications are due 30 days after receiving a Request for Full Application. The notice also references that the NOFO attachment provides definitive details on submission instructions and requirements.
24) Where can applicants find the definitive requirements and selection criteria?
The notice states that the NOFO attachment is the definitive source for detailed requirements, selection criteria, and submission instructions.
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