COMPREHENSIVE IN-SCHOOL CIVIC EDUCATION PROGRAM | APP007BIHCE

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The COMPREHENSIVE IN-SCHOOL CIVIC EDUCATION PROGRAM (Funding Opportunity Number: APP007BIHCE) is a discretionary grant opportunity offered by the U.S. Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina under CFDA 19.900, focused on expanding and strengthening civic education across the entire country through the formal school curriculum. The program calls for proposals to implement a nationwide, in-school civic education initiative that reaches all administrative areas of Bosnia and Herzegovina, including all 10 Cantons in the Federation of BiH, Republika Srpska, and Brcko District. The intent is to ensure broad, consistent coverage rather than a limited pilot in a single region, and to embed the work within official curricular structures rather than treating it as an extracurricular add-on.

The proposed program is designed to run over roughly a year of instructional programming within an overall project period spanning June 2017 through December 2018. It targets students across multiple grade bands, explicitly including kindergartens, elementary schools, and secondary schools. Substantively, the program is expected to teach foundational concepts and practical understanding of democratic life and civic responsibility, with emphasis on democratic society, justice, human rights, tolerance, the Bosnia and Herzegovina constitution, and how government functions at the different levels within the country. In practice, this implies age-appropriate content that can be integrated into existing classroom instruction and that helps students understand both values (like rights and tolerance) and institutions (like constitutional order and multi-level governance).

Funding is capped at an award ceiling of $400,000, meaning proposals must be scoped realistically to fit within that limit. While the solicitation does not specify the exact number of awards expected, it frames the work as a comprehensive, country-wide effort, which typically requires strong coordination capacity, standardized materials adaptable to different contexts, and practical mechanisms to support implementation across diverse jurisdictions and school systems.

Eligibility is open to U.S. and Bosnia and Herzegovina non-profit organizations, educational institutions, and independent media. However, applicants are expected to demonstrate credible prior experience: proof of past performance is required specifically in developing civic education curricula, producing textbooks or comparable instructional materials, and delivering teacher professional development programs. This requirement signals that the funder is looking for implementers who can deliver not only content, but also the supporting systems that make content usable in real classrooms, including training teachers to teach the material effectively and consistently.

For U.S.-based applicants, there is an additional operational expectation: they must show they can work throughout all parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, either on their own or through a partnership with a qualified in-country organization. This is a practical requirement tied to the nationwide scope and the political and administrative complexity of BiH; it pushes applicants to plan for on-the-ground reach, local coordination, and implementation pathways that can function across the Federation cantons, Republika Srpska, and Brcko District. The application deadline listed for the opportunity was March 21, 2017, with the opportunity originally created on February 17, 2017, indicating a relatively short application window and the need for applicants to already have relevant expertise and implementation relationships in place.

• The U.S. Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina in the education sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "COMPREHENSIVE IN-SCHOOL CIVIC EDUCATION PROGRAM" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.900.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2017-02-17.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2017-03-21. (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 $400,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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