[Federal Register: June 23, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 120)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[Program Announcement 04153]
Building National Monitoring and Evaluation Capacity in the
Caribbean; Notice of Intent To Fund Single Eligibility Award
A. Purpose
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the
intent to fund fiscal year (FY) 2004 funds for a cooperative agreement
program to increase the capacity for National AIDS Programs (NAP) to
implement an effective monitoring and evaluation (M&E) framework. The
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number for this program is
93.941.
B. Eligible Applicant
Assistance will be provided only to the Caribbean Health Research
Council (CHRC). CHRC is the most appropriate and qualified agency to
conduct a specific set of activities supportive of CDC's M&E goals in
the region because of CHRC's:
Historical presence in the region for over 50 years.
Support of key regional institutions to be the M&E
technical lead in the region with support coming from:
--Caribbean Community Secretariat (CARICOM)
--Caribbean Epidemiology Centre (CAREC)
--Caribbean Regional Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (CRN+)
--United Nations Joint Program in AIDS (UNAIDS)
--University of the West Indies (UWI)
Note: All partners listed to be in support of CHRC technical
leadership are all currently working in collaboration and/or direct
partnership with the CDC/GAP Caribbean Regional Office.
Endorsement by the Caribbean Coalition of National AIDS
Program Coordinators as technically leading the Monitoring & Evaluation
Technical Working Group in collaboration with CAREC and UNAIDS.
Experience in extending technical assistance for
monitoring and evaluation in eight countries in the region.
Publication of the ``Caribbean Indicators and Measurement
Tools for the Evaluation of National AIDS Programmes (CIMT)''. This was
the product of two workshops that included persons involved in the NAP
in a number of Caribbean countries, other key stakeholders and M&E
consultants.
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C. Funding
Approximately $500,000 is available in FY 2004 to fund this award.
It is expected that the award will begin on or before July 1, 2004, and
will be made for a 12-month budget period within a project period of up
to five years. Funding estimates may change.
D. Where To Obtain Additional Information
For general comments or questions about this announcement, contact:
Technical Information Management, CDC Procurement and Grants Office,
2920 Brandywine Road, Atlanta, GA 30341-4146, Telephone: 770-488-2700.
For program technical assistance, contact: Ken Hunt, Project
Officer, 8-9 Alexandra Street, St. Clair, Port of Spain, Trinidad,
Office: 868-622-3651, Cell: 868-685-7751, E-mail: khunt@cdc.gov.
For financial, grants management, or budget assistance, contact:
Diane Flournoy, Contract Specialist, International Territories
Acquisition & Assistance, 2920 Brandywine Road, Atlanta, GA 30341,
Telephone: 770-488-2072, E-mail: dflournoy@cdc.gov.
Dated: June 16, 2004.
William P. Nichols,
Acting Director, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-14175 Filed 6-22-04; 8:45 am]
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