Solicitation of Input from Stakeholders on the priority country selection under the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education Program
McGovern-Dole Food for Education 10.608 · Opportunity USDA-2021-003
Written comments must be received by 5:00 pm EST on September 17, 2021 to be assured of consideration.
Who can apply
- Unrestricted
This is a Request for Information (RFI) only. This is not a notice of funding opportunity or a request for proposals.
About this opportunity
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), Office of Global Programs, International Food Assistance Division requests comments from the public to inform its future programming under the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program (McGovern-Dole). This Request for Information (RFI) offers the opportunity for interested parties to provide input on how issues such as effective governance, government commitment of school feeding programs and graduation, which may affect the future annual selection of priority countries for potential McGovern-Dole projects. Responses should include as much detailed data, research, and suggestions as possible to facilitate and bring to scale transformative breakthroughs in good governance, government commitment, and program graduation. This is not a notice of funding opportunity or a request for proposals.The link to the McGovern-Dole International Food For Education and Child Nutrition Program legislation is here: https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?hl=false&edition=prelim&req=granuleid%3AUSC-prelim-title7-section1736o-1&num=0&saved=%7CKHRpdGxlOjcgc2VjdGlvbjoxNzM2byBlZGl0aW9uOnByZWxpbSk%3D%7C%7C%7C0%7Cfalse%7CprelimRespondents should submit their comments to IFAD email inbox at PPDED@usda.gov, using “McGovern-Dole Request for Information – August 2021” in the subject line.
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