Closed · DFOP0010739 · CFDA 19.500 · Discretionary

Economic Empowerment in Dakhla and Laayoune Regions

Federal grant opportunity posted by Assistance Coordination, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$200K-$500K
Award range
Closed
Status
May 17, 2024
Close date
2
Expected awards

The verdict

Economic Empowerment in Dakhla and Laayoune Regions is a closed discretionary listing from Assistance Coordination that offered $200,000 -- $500,000 across 2 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 114 other opportunities from Assistance Coordination.

$200K-$500K
award range
Closed
application status
2
expected awards
19.500
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Economic Empowerment in Dakhla and Laayoune R… is closed (last close May 17, 2024). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Assistance Coordination still indexes 114 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed May 17, 2024

Posted Mar 18 Closes May 17

Est. Total Funding

$1,500,000

Expected Awards

2

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

An undiversified economy and inequitable participation in the labor force are two economic challenges facing the Dakhla and Laayoune regions. Largely dependent on agriculture, fisheries, renewable energy, tourism, and phosphate mining for income, the region is susceptible to a disconnect between citizens and the government when the primary source of revenue is from a natural resource rather than the citizens themselves.  Overreliance on those industries also limits private sector growth and contributes to a low rate of women’s participation in the labor market. Competitive proposals will support activities targeting underserved communities, to include women, youth, and People with Disabilities (PWD). The beneficiaries should receive some combination of soft- and job-skills along with entrepreneurship training.  Proposals which have an innovative approach and/or have concrete outcomes such as jobs obtained, or businesses created will be looked on favorably.  Proposals can reference relevant prior experience.   This project will support civil society in the Dakhla and Laayoune regions by developing the professional skills of the participants.  Incremental progress in these areas is made possible through an informed and empowered population.  The project will also help create the economic conditions that, in turn, allow associations and businesses to organize and approach local officials on questions and issues important to them, whether resource allocation or gender equity.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · DFOP0010739

Grants.gov marks Economic Empowerment in Dakhla and Laayoune R… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Employment, Labor and Training (ELT). This eligibility-code string dominates the Assistance Coordination book (69 peers, 60% of 115).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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