Opportunity Information: Apply for USMAS 17 YSEALI 001
The YSEALI TechCamp grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number: USMAS 17 YSEALI 001) is a U.S. government-funded cooperative agreement offered through the Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Mission to ASEAN (USASEAN), under the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs. It supports the design and delivery of a two-day TechCamp workshop to be held in Jakarta, Indonesia during the week of August 21, 2017, plus structured follow-on support for participant projects over the months that follow. The overall purpose is to strengthen the ability of young Southeast Asian leaders to build effective, issue-based advocacy campaigns using digital tools and modern communications strategies, with a particular focus on transnational crime and security challenges affecting the region.
The program theme is "A Generation of Advocates - Developing Issue-based Campaigns." The workshop is meant to convene 40 emerging leaders from across all ten ASEAN member states (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam) who are already active in civil society or community efforts related to the target issue areas. Participants must be members of the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) network, be between 20 and 35 years old, be citizens of an ASEAN country, and be proficient in spoken and written English. During the two-day TechCamp, participants will build practical digital literacy, communications, and campaigning skills that can be applied immediately to advocacy and community organizing work.
Substantively, the TechCamp focuses on transnational crime and security. On the transnational crime side, the emphasis is on human trafficking, wildlife trafficking, and emerging humanitarian crises. On the security side, the emphasis is on countering violent extremism. The workshop content is expected to provide hands-on training in digital and technical tools that improve participants' ability to communicate clearly, reach audiences online, organize supporters, and create issue-based campaigns that can influence attitudes, behaviors, and policy discussions. The specific agenda is not fully predetermined; instead, it will be shaped collaboratively with the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Information Programs (IIP) and USASEAN, and informed by a pre-event participant survey that IIP will conduct. This structure signals that the implementer must be able to design a flexible, participant-responsive program while still meeting the grant's policy and performance expectations.
A major component of the award is what happens after the Jakarta workshop. Participants are expected to design follow-on projects during the TechCamp and then implement them over a six-month period after returning home. These projects are intended to translate training into concrete community impact and can take many forms, such as launching public awareness or advocacy campaigns, creating online movements, training others locally to multiply skills, running in-country workshops, offering webinars or online courses, developing mobile applications, or using the broader YSEALI network (noted as over 100,000 members) to amplify collaboration and reach. The implementer is therefore not only responsible for the event itself, but also for supporting continuity, momentum, and accountability as participants execute their projects.
Eligibility is limited to not-for-profit organizations and social enterprises, reflecting an intention to work with mission-driven implementers that have program delivery experience and the capacity to handle U.S. federal award compliance. The award is a cooperative agreement, which typically implies more substantial involvement and coordination with the U.S. government compared to a standard grant, including alignment on program design and deliverables. The total funding amount is USD 100,000, and implementing partner administrative fees are capped at USD 10,000. The expected period of performance runs from July 10, 2017 through March 31, 2018, with most partner involvement concentrated through August 31, 2017, consistent with intensive preparation and delivery around the workshop date and then continued lighter-touch support for follow-on work.
The opportunity is categorized as discretionary funding and is associated with CFDA number 19.040. Applicants are expected to be familiar with the federal requirements in 2 CFR Part 200 (the Uniform Guidance governing administrative requirements, cost principles, and audit requirements for federal awards). Applications had a stated closing date of June 23, 2017, and the opportunity anticipated a single award. The solicitation emphasizes that incomplete applications or those failing to meet eligibility rules and deadlines will not be reviewed, and it directs applicants to consult the full Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) package for detailed instructions and required materials.Apply for USMAS 17 YSEALI 001
- The Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs in the community development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "YSEALI TechCamp" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.040.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2017-06-06.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2017-06-23. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): YSEALI TechCamp (USMAS 17 YSEALI 001)
1) What is the YSEALI TechCamp grant opportunity?
The YSEALI TechCamp grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number: USMAS 17 YSEALI 001) is a U.S. government-funded cooperative agreement offered through the Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Mission to ASEAN (USASEAN), under the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs. It funds the design and delivery of a two-day TechCamp workshop in Jakarta, Indonesia, plus structured follow-on support to help participants carry out projects after the event.
2) Who is offering and funding this opportunity?
The opportunity is offered through the Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Mission to ASEAN (USASEAN), under the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs. Program development is expected to be coordinated with the Department of State's Bureau of International Information Programs (IIP) and USASEAN.
3) What is the overall purpose of the program?
The purpose is to strengthen the ability of young Southeast Asian leaders to build effective, issue-based advocacy campaigns using digital tools and modern communications strategies, with a focus on transnational crime and security challenges affecting the region.
4) What is the theme of the TechCamp?
The program theme is "A Generation of Advocates - Developing Issue-based Campaigns."
5) Where and when will the workshop take place?
The two-day TechCamp workshop is to be held in Jakarta, Indonesia, during the week of August 21, 2017.
6) How many participants will the TechCamp convene?
The workshop is meant to convene 40 emerging leaders.
7) Which countries are represented among participants?
Participants are expected to come from all ten ASEAN member states: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
8) Who is eligible to participate in the TechCamp as a participant?
Participants must be members of the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) network, be between 20 and 35 years old, be citizens of an ASEAN country, and be proficient in spoken and written English.
9) What kinds of leaders is the program trying to recruit?
The program targets emerging leaders who are already active in civil society or community efforts related to the TechCamp's issue areas (transnational crime and security).
10) What skills and outcomes are expected from the two-day TechCamp?
During the TechCamp, participants are expected to build practical digital literacy, communications, and campaigning skills that can be applied immediately to advocacy and community organizing work. Training is expected to be hands-on and focused on tools and strategies that help participants communicate clearly, reach audiences online, organize supporters, and create issue-based campaigns that can influence attitudes, behaviors, and policy discussions.
11) What are the main issue areas covered by the TechCamp?
The TechCamp focuses on transnational crime and security challenges. On the transnational crime side, the emphasis is on human trafficking, wildlife trafficking, and emerging humanitarian crises. On the security side, the emphasis is on countering violent extremism.
12) Is the workshop agenda predetermined?
No. The agenda is not fully predetermined. It is expected to be shaped collaboratively with the Bureau of International Information Programs (IIP) and USASEAN, and informed by a pre-event participant survey that IIP will conduct.
13) What does the flexible agenda mean for the implementing organization?
It means the implementer needs to be able to design a flexible, participant-responsive program while still meeting the grant's policy and performance expectations, and while coordinating on program design and deliverables with U.S. government partners.
14) What happens after the Jakarta TechCamp ends?
A major component of the award is post-workshop support. Participants are expected to design follow-on projects during the TechCamp and then implement them over a six-month period after returning home. The implementing partner is expected to support continuity, momentum, and accountability during this period.
15) How long do participants have to implement their follow-on projects?
Participants are expected to implement their projects over a six-month period after returning home from the TechCamp.
16) What kinds of follow-on projects are participants expected to implement?
The follow-on projects are meant to translate training into concrete community impact. Examples listed in the opportunity include launching public awareness or advocacy campaigns, creating online movements, training others locally to multiply skills, running in-country workshops, offering webinars or online courses, developing mobile applications, or using the broader YSEALI network to amplify collaboration and reach.
17) How large is the broader YSEALI network referenced in the opportunity?
The opportunity notes the YSEALI network as having over 100,000 members.
18) Who is eligible to apply for the funding (as the implementer)?
Eligibility is limited to not-for-profit organizations and social enterprises.
19) What type of award is this?
This opportunity is a cooperative agreement. That typically implies more substantial involvement and coordination with the U.S. government compared to a standard grant, including alignment on program design and deliverables.
20) How much funding is available?
The total funding amount is USD 100,000.
21) Is there a cap on administrative fees for the implementing partner?
Yes. Implementing partner administrative fees are capped at USD 10,000.
22) What is the period of performance for the award?
The expected period of performance runs from July 10, 2017 through March 31, 2018.
23) When is the heaviest implementation workload expected?
Most partner involvement is expected to be concentrated through August 31, 2017, reflecting intensive preparation and delivery around the workshop date, followed by continued lighter-touch support for follow-on work.
24) What federal assistance category is associated with this opportunity?
The opportunity is categorized as discretionary funding and is associated with CFDA number 19.040.
25) What federal compliance requirements are applicants expected to understand?
Applicants are expected to be familiar with the federal requirements in 2 CFR Part 200 (Uniform Guidance), which governs administrative requirements, cost principles, and audit requirements for federal awards.
26) How many awards are expected to be made?
The opportunity anticipated a single award.
27) What was the application closing date?
Applications had a stated closing date of June 23, 2017.
28) What happens if an application is incomplete or misses eligibility rules or deadlines?
The solicitation emphasizes that incomplete applications or those failing to meet eligibility rules and deadlines will not be reviewed.
29) Where should applicants look for detailed instructions and required materials?
Applicants are directed to consult the full Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) package for detailed instructions and required materials.
30) What is the primary deliverable the award supports?
The award supports (1) the design and delivery of a two-day TechCamp workshop in Jakarta during the week of August 21, 2017, and (2) structured follow-on support over the months that follow to help participants implement their projects.
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