Opportunity Information: Apply for 72030624RFA00002
The Afghanistan Integrated Youth Activity (AIYA) is a USAID-supported grant opportunity designed to strengthen the education-to-employment pathway for Afghan youth, with a clear emphasis on girls and young women. The core idea is practical: give young people market-relevant technical skills and the soft skills employers and value-chain actors actually look for, so they can improve their incomes, strengthen household food security, and build economic resilience in difficult conditions. The overall objective is framed around better learning outcomes and stronger livelihood opportunities for both young women and young men, but the opportunity highlights girls and young women as a priority group.
Programmatically, AIYA is centered on post-secondary learning and workforce preparation, particularly technical and vocational education and training (TVET) that connects directly to the agricultural sector and related value chains. Rather than focusing on education in the abstract, the activity is expected to support skills-based learning that matches real labor market needs. That can include technical training linked to agriculture and agribusiness, and it also implies wraparound competencies such as communication, problem-solving, teamwork, basic business skills, and other employability or entrepreneurship skills that help graduates translate training into livelihoods.
The solicitation lays out two headline outcomes. First, youth should gain improved post-secondary technical and vocational education or learning opportunities, especially opportunities that are market-relevant and tied to agriculture and its connected value chains. Second, youth, especially girls and young women, should leave the program with market-relevant skills that allow them to improve their livelihood prospects and participate in climate-resilient agricultural value chains. The climate-resilience element signals that the activity is not only about earning potential, but also about preparing youth to work in agricultural practices and value chains that can hold up better under climate stress, shifting seasons, water constraints, and other environmental pressures that affect rural and peri-urban livelihoods.
From a funding and administrative standpoint, this opportunity is issued by USAID (Agency: Afghanistan USAID-Kabul) as a discretionary award using a cooperative agreement, which typically means substantial engagement by the funding agency during implementation compared with a standard grant. The funding opportunity number is 72030624RFA00002 and it is categorized under the Education funding activity area, with CFDA number 98.001. Eligibility is listed as unrestricted, meaning a broad range of applicants may apply if they meet the solicitation requirements. USAID anticipates making a single award, with an award ceiling of USD 62,000,000. The opportunity was created on 2024-05-30, and the original closing date is 2024-07-12. Additional design and implementation details are referenced in the materials noted as Attachment 1, AIYA Program Descriptions, which would typically provide the operational approach, target groups, geographic focus, and specific activities expected under the award.Apply for 72030624RFA00002
- The Afghanistan USAID-Kabul in the education sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Afghanistan Integrated Youth Activity (AIYA)" 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 2024-05-30.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-07-12. (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 $62,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted.
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