Workshops for Promoting Womens Full Participation in Community Consultations with Oil and Gas Companies | ENAQ ENRAQM 16 006

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Workshops for Promoting Womens Full Participation in Community Consultations with Oil and Gas Companies (Funding Opportunity Number: ENAQ ENRAQM 16 006) is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Energy Resources (ENR). It was created on January 11, 2017, with an original application deadline of March 10, 2017. The program is framed as a new ENR initiative focused on community development and capacity-building in the context of planned oil and gas activities, with connections to employment and workforce issues, energy and natural resources governance, and related community decision-making processes. The opportunity is listed under CFDA 19.801 and anticipates making one award.

The central purpose of the program is to increase womens full and effective participation in community consultations with oil and gas companies. In many resource development settings, consultations can shape how revenue, jobs, local procurement opportunities, community benefits, and mitigation measures are distributed. This grant is intended to help women participate directly in those consultations so they can represent their own priorities, advocate for an equitable share of benefits, and have a meaningful role in local decision-making rather than being represented indirectly or excluded altogether. The underlying assumption is that when women are equipped with knowledge, confidence, and support, consultations become more representative of the whole community and outcomes are more sustainable and broadly beneficial.

The funded activities are structured around practical training and the spread of skills within and across communities affected by oil or gas development. One core activity is training for women in communities that are the sites of planned oil or gas activity. This training is meant to help women understand consultation processes and engage effectively with companies and other stakeholders, including by identifying community priorities and articulating requests related to benefits, employment, and revenue-sharing. Another key element is a training-of-trainers approach: the program supports identifying and training women from nearby communities who can return home and train their peers, which is designed to extend the reach of the program beyond a single workshop and build local capacity that can persist after the grant period ends.

The opportunity also emphasizes investing in future leadership by providing training or other resources to adolescent girls in the community. This component is described as being designed to highlight their rights and encourage future leadership, recognizing that long-term change in participation often depends on preparing younger community members to navigate civic processes, advocate for themselves, and take on leadership roles over time. Alongside work with women and girls, the program includes outreach to men through training or other resources intended to emphasize the benefits to the whole community of womens participation in consultations. This reflects a strategy of reducing resistance and building broader community buy-in by showing that inclusive consultation can improve community outcomes overall, not only for women.

In terms of funding structure, the opportunity lists an award ceiling of $205,867 and an expectation of a single award, suggesting a relatively focused project of limited scale but potentially replicable design. Eligible applicants are nonprofit organizations, including both 501(c)(3) nonprofits and nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status, as long as they are not institutions of higher education. Overall, the grant is aimed at practical, on-the-ground workshops and related capacity-building that help women and girls participate meaningfully in oil and gas consultation processes, while also engaging men to support a community-wide shift toward more inclusive decision-making.

• The Department of State, Bureau of Energy Resources in the community development, employment, labor and training, energy, natural resources, other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Workshops for Promoting Womens Full Participation in Community Consultations with Oil and Gas Companies" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.801.
• This funding opportunity was created on Jan 11, 2017.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Mar 10, 2017 No Explanation. (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 $205,867.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.

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