Opportunity Information: Apply for 72038819RFI00017
The USAID Bangladesh Protibesh Activity (Funding Opportunity No. 72038819RFI00017) is a USAID mission-led environmental initiative centered on reversing ecosystem degradation and biodiversity loss in Bangladesh while strengthening the country s long-term resilience and sustainable development prospects. The opportunity is presented as a Request for Information (RFI), meaning it is primarily a market and stakeholder consultation designed to gather ideas, evidence, and practical recommendations from interested organizations and individuals. In other words, the government is asking potential partners and experts to propose approaches and implementation concepts that could shape a future USAID-funded program, rather than immediately competing a finalized award.
The underlying problem statement is broad and urgent: Bangladesh s ecosystems and biodiversity have been significantly damaged by multiple, overlapping pressures tied to rapid economic growth and development. The notice highlights unplanned urbanization, severe pollution, weak environmental governance, major infrastructure development, insufficient land use policies and territorial management plans, and the over-exploitation of natural resources. Taken together, these pressures reduce ecological health and productivity, undermine biodiversity, and weaken the country s ability to absorb shocks and stresses such as climate impacts, disasters, and resource scarcity. The RFI frames environmental degradation not only as a conservation issue but as a direct threat to national resilience, self-reliance, and sustained economic and social progress.
The purpose of the RFI is to solicit recommendations on how to strengthen environmental management and governance across multiple levels of decision-making, specifically local, regional, and national. It also seeks ideas to improve ecosystem conservation, mitigate threats to biodiversity, and promote sustainable natural resource management. This emphasis on governance suggests USAID is looking beyond isolated technical projects and toward systems-level improvements such as better rules, enforcement, coordination among agencies, improved planning, stronger institutions, and practical mechanisms that help communities and authorities manage land, water, forests, wetlands, and other natural assets more sustainably.
The envisioned activity would take place in Bangladesh and is planned for a five-year period, indicating a medium-term program intended to build durable capacity and measurable outcomes rather than short, one-off interventions. While the RFI itself is not an award announcement, it signals USAID s anticipated scale of investment for a potential future activity, with an estimated budget in the range of USD 15 million to USD 20 million and an indicated award ceiling of USD 20 million. The opportunity is categorized as discretionary and falls under the environment sector (CFDA 98.001). Eligibility is listed as unrestricted, implying that a wide range of entities could provide input to the RFI and potentially compete later if a formal solicitation is released.
Administratively, the opportunity is issued by USAID Bangladesh (USAID-Dhaka), created on September 11, 2019, with an original closing date of October 15, 2019. The funding instrument type is listed as Other, which is consistent with the RFI format and signals that the immediate request is for information and recommendations rather than a standard grant competition. Overall, the Protibesh Activity concept is positioned as a national-scale effort to improve how Bangladesh manages and governs its environment, protects ecosystems and biodiversity, and reduces the drivers of degradation through stronger institutions, smarter planning, and sustainable natural resource practices.Apply for 72038819RFI00017
- The Bangladesh USAID-Dhaka in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "USAID Bangladesh Protibesh 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 2019-09-11.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2019-10-15. (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 $20,000,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted.
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