Community Support Program (CSP) - RFA# CSP-TO4-21-003/ Request for Applications

Chemonics International is an international development company based in Washington, D.C. Our mission is to promote meaningful change around the world to help people live healthier, more productive, and more independent lives. Since 1975, we have worked in 150 countries around the world, and we are currently implementing 118 projects in 84 countries. Our main partner is the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and we also work with foreign donors such as the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and the Global Fund. We have more than 4,000 staff in our project offices around the world, and more than 500 staff based in our headquarters in Washington, D.C.

USAID’s Community Support Program (2018 – 2025) is designed to improve the delivery of essential services and enhance economic opportunities, primarily in Lebanon’s North, South, and Beqaa regions. Through its support of municipalities and underserved and vulnerable communities, CSP aims to improve lives and reduce tensions that contribute to conflict and violence in the country.

Under its workforce development component, CSP aims to provide technical assistance to improve labor skills and job placement opportunities for beneficiaries from vulnerable communities. To this end, CSP establishes partnerships with TVETs, the private sector, municipalities, and other public sector entities in order to shift perceptions in favor of the TVET sector in Lebanon, whilst simultaneously improving the structure of TVET institutions, course content, as well as increasing opportunities for TVET graduates.

Through this Request for Application (RFA), CSP seeks to identify registered private Lebanese TVETs to educate students that have been selected to receive USAID-CSP Jobs, Education and Training (JET) scholarships, and support them in acquiring internships and employment opportunities.