Opportunity Information: Apply for RFI 388 18 0001
This opportunity is a USAID/Bangladesh Request for Information (RFI) focused on skills development for Bangladeshi youth to help them secure new or improved employment. It is explicitly not a solicitation for funding and should not be read as a Request for Applications (RFA). Instead, USAID is using the RFI to gather ideas, evidence, and practical input for planning future programming. The central theme is employability: what skills young people need, how they can access better-paying jobs, and what interventions might close the gap between what employers require and what training systems currently deliver.
The RFI invites input from any interested public or private party, with eligibility listed as unrestricted. That means organizations, companies, training providers, NGOs, academic institutions, industry associations, and other stakeholders are all potential contributors, as long as they meet any conditions described in the full announcement. The intent is broad market and stakeholder research, not selecting a grantee at this stage. The funding details reinforce that point: the award ceiling is listed as 0, and while the record notes an “expected awards” number of 1 and references a “Cooperative Agreement” as the funding instrument type, these fields do not change the fundamental nature of the notice as an information-gathering exercise rather than an active funding competition.
Substantively, USAID is seeking information on “programming gaps” that affect youth employability and labor market outcomes in Bangladesh. The focus is on two economic areas where employers reportedly face shortages of skilled and semi-skilled workers: agricultural value chains and the light engineering sector. In practical terms, this suggests USAID is interested in understanding where the bottlenecks are across the skills-to-jobs pipeline, such as shortcomings in technical and vocational education and training, weak alignment between curricula and real workplace needs, limited access to apprenticeships or on-the-job learning, inadequate job placement services, barriers faced by disadvantaged youth, and constraints that prevent employers from recruiting and retaining appropriately trained workers. The mention of “better paying jobs” signals that the goal is not only employment in general, but improved job quality and earnings, potentially including progression pathways, productivity gains, and more formal or stable work.
The opportunity is administered by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Bangladesh mission (USAID-Dhaka), under the broader activity category of Education and the CFDA number 98.001. The Funding Opportunity Number is RFI 388 18 0001. The notice was created on March 21, 2018, and the deadline for submission of information was April 10, 2018. Overall, the RFI is best understood as a consultation and fact-finding step: USAID is mapping needs and solutions related to youth skills and workforce development in targeted sectors, likely to shape the design of a future project or solicitation aimed at reducing skilled labor shortages and improving employment outcomes for young Bangladeshis.Apply for RFI 388 18 0001
- The Agency for International Development, Bangladesh USAID-Dhaka in the education sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "USAID/Bangladesh Request for Information on Skills Development of Bangladeshi Youth to acquire New or Improved Employment" 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 Mar 21, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 10, 2018 Closing Date for Submission of Information April 10, 2018. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- 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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