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10BRIDGETOWN166
2010-02-18 19:02:00
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Embassy Bridgetown
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S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL SUBMISSION - DOMINICA

Tags:  PREL PHUM KWMN KPAO AID CDC COM TRSY DO XL 
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UNCLAS BRIDGETOWN 000166 

SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/CAR - KAREN JO MCISAAC

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PHUM KWMN KPAO AID CDC COM TRSY DO XL
SUBJECT: S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL SUBMISSION - DOMINICA

REF: 10 STATE 12531

UNCLAS BRIDGETOWN 000166

SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/CAR - KAREN JO MCISAAC

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PHUM KWMN KPAO AID CDC COM TRSY DO XL
SUBJECT: S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL SUBMISSION - DOMINICA

REF: 10 STATE 12531


1. U.S. Embassy Bridgetown received a vigorous response to the U.S.
Secretary of State's request for proposals under the "Women's
Global Issues" small grants initiative. A total of 65 proposals
were received by the early deadlines established by Embassies
Bridgetown and Grenada, with at least an additional 30 turned away
in order to allow for internal review and evaluation of those
received by said deadlines.




2. Embassy Bridgetown is unique in that it is responsible for
diplomatic activities in seven separate island nations:
Antigua-Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada (which has a single
American officer Embassy),St. Kitts-Nevis, St. Lucia, and St.
Vincent and the Grenadines. Hence, seven (7) individual project
proposals are being submitted separately under the auspices of the
aforementioned grant program, which represent the best submitted
from each nation with respect to the program's criteria as well as
the Mission's Strategic Plan (MSP) objectives. In order to address
the widest range of issues that complement program criteria and the
MSP, the seven proposals can be grouped into the following
categories: food security and economic opportunity (St. Kitts-Nevis
and Dominica),democracy and political empowerment (St. Lucia),and
gender-based violence (Antigua-Barbuda, Barbados, Grenada, St.
Vincent and the Grenadines). In compliance with reftel
instructions, which indicate a limitation of one submission per
country, Embassy Bridgetown submits the following for Dominica.



Dominica

Organization: Dominica Organic Agricultural Movement (DOAM)

Project Management: Vanessa Prevost, Executive Director

Amount requested: $92,203.13

Objective: Training 45 women in organic farming techniques, civic
education, and (business) leadership skills. 25 of these women will
then be targeted for small micro-finance loans. Fifteen of these
women will then go on to establish small, start up businesses in
the agricultural products sector. DOAM is a past recipient of USAID
funding, has a strong organizational structure, and successful
track record of utilizing aid funds competently.
HARDT