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The USAID/Uganda Combatting Wildlife Crime (CWC) Activity is a USAID funding opportunity focused on reducing wildlife crime in Uganda by strengthening how institutions prevent, detect, investigate, and prosecute wildlife trafficking and related offenses. The program is designed around the idea that wildlife crime is not just a conservation issue, but also a governance, security, and rule-of-law challenge that depends heavily on coordination across agencies, reliable information-sharing, and the ability of the justice system to follow cases through from interdiction to successful prosecution. The activity emphasizes a collaborative approach that aligns with the Government of Uganda's strategic priorities, leverages U.S. Government interagency partnerships, and complements the work of other actors such as civil society, the private sector, and other donors.
The activity is structured around three tightly connected outcomes. The first outcome centers on improving coordination and interagency cooperation, with a practical focus on creating new or strengthening existing mechanisms that allow relevant agencies to work together more effectively. This includes improving enforcement collaboration and building better systems for data-sharing so that different institutions can connect information, identify patterns, and respond faster. In practice, this outcome targets the common problem where agencies operate in silos, which traffickers exploit by moving across jurisdictions or taking advantage of gaps between enforcement and prosecution.
The second outcome targets institutional strengthening and capacity building, using a systems approach to improve deterrence, detection, enforcement, and prosecution. Rather than treating wildlife crime as a series of isolated incidents, this outcome is meant to increase the overall capability of institutions involved in the enforcement chain. That can include strengthening procedures, improving investigative and case-building skills, enhancing operational coordination, and supporting the institutions responsible for bringing cases to court and sustaining them through judgment. The intent is to make wildlife crime riskier and less profitable by raising the likelihood of detection and meaningful legal consequences.
The third outcome focuses on data quality and analytical capacity, recognizing that effective anti-trafficking work depends on accurate, timely, and actionable information. This outcome aims to ensure that high-quality data and analysis guide strategies and operations, which can include identifying trafficking routes, understanding criminal networks, tracking seizure and prosecution trends, and using evidence to target resources where they will have the most impact. Stronger data systems also support learning and adaptation during implementation, helping stakeholders refine approaches based on what is working.
A related and important feature is the planned coordination with a separate but complementary initiative called the Strengthening Systems and Public Accountability Activity (SSPA), being developed through a partnership between USAID/Uganda and DFID. While CWC focuses on the operational and institutional side of combating wildlife crime, SSPA is intended to address a fourth outcome: reducing corruption that enables wildlife crime. This includes promoting transparency, building constituencies for accountability, and applying other anti-corruption approaches that reduce the ability of traffickers to rely on bribery, influence, and institutional capture. The opportunity notes that CWC and SSPA will coordinate closely and engage in joint work planning throughout implementation, signaling that enforcement improvements are expected to be reinforced by accountability and governance reforms.
From a grant mechanics standpoint, this opportunity was issued by USAID/Uganda (USAID-Kampala) as a cooperative agreement, which typically means substantial involvement by the funding agency during implementation compared to a standard grant. The opportunity is listed under the Environment funding activity category and is associated with CFDA number 98.001. Eligibility is described as unrestricted, meaning it is open to a broad range of entity types unless the full request for applications (RFA) includes additional conditions. The opportunity anticipated a single award with an award ceiling of $4,000,000. The funding opportunity number is 72061719RFA00006, with an original closing date of October 21, 2019, and a creation date of September 18, 2019.Apply for 72061719RFA00006
- The Agency for International Development, Uganda USAID-Kampala in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "USAID/Uganda Combatting Wildlife Crime Activity" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 98.001.
- This funding opportunity was created on Sep 18, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Oct 21, 2019. (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 $4,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) - USAID/Uganda Combatting Wildlife Crime (CWC) Activity
1. What is the USAID/Uganda Combatting Wildlife Crime (CWC) Activity?
The USAID/Uganda Combatting Wildlife Crime (CWC) Activity is a USAID funding opportunity focused on reducing wildlife crime in Uganda by strengthening how institutions prevent, detect, investigate, and prosecute wildlife trafficking and related offenses.
2. What problem is this activity trying to solve?
The activity addresses wildlife trafficking as more than a conservation issue. It treats wildlife crime as a governance, security, and rule-of-law challenge that requires strong coordination across agencies, reliable information-sharing, and a justice system that can take cases from interdiction through successful prosecution.
3. Where will the activity take place?
The opportunity is focused on Uganda.
4. Why does the opportunity emphasize coordination across institutions?
A key premise is that traffickers benefit when agencies operate in silos. By improving coordination and interagency cooperation, institutions can share information, identify patterns, and respond faster, reducing the gaps between enforcement and prosecution that traffickers exploit.
5. What are the main outcomes of the CWC Activity?
The activity is structured around three tightly connected outcomes:
- Improved coordination and interagency cooperation
- Institutional strengthening and capacity building across the enforcement chain
- Improved data quality and analytical capacity to guide operations and strategy
6. What does Outcome 1 (coordination and interagency cooperation) involve?
Outcome 1 focuses on creating new or strengthening existing mechanisms that allow relevant agencies to work together more effectively. It also emphasizes better systems for data-sharing so institutions can connect information, identify patterns, and respond more quickly to wildlife crime.
7. What does the opportunity mean by agencies operating "in silos"?
"Silos" refers to institutions working separately, without effective coordination or information exchange. The opportunity notes that traffickers can exploit this by moving across jurisdictions or using gaps between enforcement agencies and the prosecution process.
8. What does Outcome 2 (institutional strengthening and capacity building) focus on?
Outcome 2 uses a systems approach to improve deterrence, detection, enforcement, and prosecution. Rather than addressing wildlife crime as isolated incidents, the intent is to increase the overall capability of institutions involved in the enforcement chain, including improved procedures, investigative and case-building skills, operational coordination, and the ability to sustain cases through judgment.
9. How is the activity expected to make wildlife crime less profitable?
The opportunity describes an intent to make wildlife crime riskier and less profitable by raising the likelihood of detection and creating meaningful legal consequences through stronger enforcement and prosecution capacity.
10. What does Outcome 3 (data quality and analytical capacity) involve?
Outcome 3 recognizes that effective anti-trafficking efforts depend on accurate, timely, and actionable information. It aims to ensure high-quality data and analysis guide strategies and operations, including analysis of trafficking routes, criminal networks, and trends in seizures and prosecutions, as well as supporting learning and adaptation during implementation.
11. What kinds of analysis does the activity highlight as important?
The opportunity specifically notes analysis such as identifying trafficking routes, understanding criminal networks, tracking seizure and prosecution trends, and using evidence to target resources where they will have the most impact.
12. Does this activity address corruption related to wildlife crime?
Corruption is addressed through planned coordination with a separate, complementary initiative: the Strengthening Systems and Public Accountability Activity (SSPA). While CWC focuses on operational and institutional improvements, SSPA is intended to address a fourth outcome focused on reducing corruption that enables wildlife crime.
13. What is the Strengthening Systems and Public Accountability Activity (SSPA)?
SSPA is a separate but complementary initiative being developed through a partnership between USAID/Uganda and DFID. It is intended to focus on reducing corruption that enables wildlife crime by promoting transparency, building constituencies for accountability, and applying anti-corruption approaches that reduce reliance on bribery, influence, and institutional capture.
14. How will CWC and SSPA work together?
The opportunity notes that CWC and SSPA will coordinate closely and engage in joint work planning throughout implementation, reflecting an expectation that enforcement improvements will be reinforced by accountability and governance reforms.
15. What type of funding instrument is this opportunity?
This opportunity was issued as a cooperative agreement.
16. What does it mean that this is a cooperative agreement?
The opportunity notes that a cooperative agreement typically involves substantial involvement by the funding agency during implementation compared to a standard grant.
17. Which USAID office issued this opportunity?
The opportunity was issued by USAID/Uganda (USAID-Kampala).
18. What is the funding activity category for this opportunity?
The opportunity is listed under the Environment funding activity category.
19. What is the CFDA number associated with this opportunity?
The opportunity is associated with CFDA number 98.001.
20. Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is described as unrestricted, meaning it is open to a broad range of entity types unless the full request for applications (RFA) includes additional conditions.
21. How many awards were anticipated?
The opportunity anticipated a single award.
22. What is the maximum award amount (award ceiling)?
The award ceiling listed for the opportunity is $4,000,000.
23. What is the funding opportunity number?
The funding opportunity number is 72061719RFA00006.
24. What was the original closing date for the opportunity?
The original closing date was October 21, 2019.
25. When was the opportunity created?
The creation date listed is September 18, 2019.
26. What is the overall approach behind the CWC Activity?
The approach emphasizes collaboration aligned with the Government of Uganda's strategic priorities, leveraging U.S. Government interagency partnerships, and complementing the work of other actors such as civil society, the private sector, and other donors.
27. What kinds of partners or stakeholders does the opportunity expect to complement?
The opportunity highlights complementing and coordinating with the Government of Uganda, U.S. Government interagency partners, civil society, the private sector, and other donors.
28. How are the three outcomes meant to work together?
The opportunity describes the outcomes as tightly connected: stronger coordination supports better case handoffs and information flow; stronger institutional capacity improves enforcement and prosecutions; and better data and analysis inform decisions, targeting, and adaptation during implementation.
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