Countering Foreign Fighter Recruitment in Tunisia: A Government/Community Partnership

Funding Opportunity Number: CTP-CTAQM-15-003 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)CFDA Number: 19.701Eligible Applicants Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher educationAgency Name: DOS-SCTClosing Date: Jul 03, 2015Award Ceiling: $0Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: Jun 24, 2015Funding Opportunity Description: CT seeks programming that will give the Tunisian Government (GOT) a roadmap, toolkit, and strengthened ties at the community level to effectively counter/defuse the extremist recruitment narrative. This project should: 1) position GOT security organs/rule of law institutions to work with community representatives/grassroots organizations to diagnosis internal recruitment drivers and develop localized strategies for countering the recruitment narrative 2) connect GOT officials from security and non-law enforcement ministries with grassroots actors to strategize on how to jointly implement initiatives to counter the effectiveness of extremist recruitment 3) provide funding to defray CSO-incurred costs as they jointly implement CVE strategies with GOT.

Source: Grants.gov - June 26, 2015 Category: Research Tags: Other (see text field entitled Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity for clarification) Source Type: funding