New Partnerships Initiative Conflict Prevention and Recovery Program | 7200AA22APS00006

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The New Partnerships Initiative (NPI) Conflict Prevention and Recovery Program (CPRP) is a USAID funding framework meant to bring in new, nontraditional, and local organizations to work in places that are at risk of conflict or violence, or that are actively recovering from it. The core idea is not just to fund projects, but to broaden who USAID partners with and to strengthen how those partnerships work, with an emphasis on accountability, partner capacity, and local leadership. This is labeled as the Year 4 round of the NPI/CPRP, and it is structured to align with current Administration and USAID priorities around working more effectively with local and emerging actors.

A key point is that this announcement is an umbrella Annual Program Statement (APS), not a standalone solicitation for project ideas. Organizations are not supposed to send concept notes directly in response to the main APS. Instead, USAID Missions, Bureaus, or Independent Offices (collectively called Operating Units) will release separate, targeted Addenda under this umbrella. Those Addenda are the documents that actually request Concept Papers and spell out the specific country, region, or technical focus, along with any eligibility details, review criteria, and submission instructions. USAID describes this as the first step in a three-step process that may lead to funding, but it also makes clear it can choose to fund any, all, or none of the concepts received.

What USAID wants to support through this program is intentionally broad, as long as the work connects to conflict prevention, conflict mitigation, or recovery in the relevant context described by an Addendum. Operating Units have wide flexibility to define what "prevention" and "recovery" mean for their situation, so applicants should treat each Addendum as the real source of direction. Within that flexibility, USAID provides a shared baseline definition: prevention includes efforts to disrupt likely pathways to escalating violence by building the capacity and willingness of local actors to manage disputes constructively. It distinguishes between primary prevention (before significant violence emerges beyond normal levels) and secondary prevention (stopping emergent violence from spreading or escalating). Conflict mitigation is framed as stopping the escalation or spread of large-scale violence, including helping local actors protect civilians and engage in peacebuilding processes. Recovery is described as responding to shocks and rebuilding after violence or instability, such as restoring livelihoods, reestablishing citizen security, rebuilding trust in institutions, pursuing accountability for violence, and helping societies move forward. USAID also notes that COVID-19 response activities can qualify when they fit within prevention or recovery objectives.

In practical terms, USAID signals that projects do not have to be limited to traditional "peacebuilding" programming. Operating Units may request, and applicants may propose, work in sectors like health, education, and livelihoods if the proposed activities clearly contribute to preventing conflict or supporting recovery from it. The APS also emphasizes partner-driven solutions, diversifying the partner base, and leveraging private sector resources where appropriate, reflecting USAID's broader push to work with a wider mix of organizations and financing approaches.

Administratively, eligible applicants are listed as unrestricted, meaning the program is open broadly, but the real gatekeeping happens through each Addendum's requirements. Questions about an application are meant to go to the point of contact listed in the relevant Addendum, while general questions about the overall APS can be emailed to Natalie Blackburn (nblackburn@usaid.gov) with a copy to Jaclyn Humphrey (jhumphrey@usaid.gov). The opportunity is identified as Funding Opportunity Number 7200AA22APS00006 under USAID (CFDA/Assistance Listing 98.001), categorized under community development, with an original closing date shown as 2023-04-03. The source data also lists an award ceiling of $49,999,000, which reflects the scale of potential funding under the umbrella mechanism, though actual award sizes and the number of awards are determined through the individual Addenda and USAID's decision-making.

• The Agency for International Development in the community development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "New Partnerships Initiative Conflict Prevention and Recovery Program" 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 2022-04-14.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2023-04-03. (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 $49,999,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted.

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