Opportunity Information: Apply for INL AFGHANISTAN 17GR0026 04072017
The Afghanistan Access to Justice Legal Aid Project is a U.S. Department of State initiative run through the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) that aims to expand and strengthen legal aid in Afghanistan, with a particular emphasis on access to criminal defense services. The opportunity is designed to build on and complement INL's existing programming that already works alongside Afghan legal aid organizations and justice-sector institutions. At its core, the project focuses on improving practical access to justice for people who are least able to navigate the legal system on their own, while also supporting broader reforms that make the overall legal aid framework more effective and sustainable.
A central purpose of the project is to increase access to quality legal representation for indigent and other vulnerable populations. This includes ensuring that individuals who cannot afford counsel, or who face heightened barriers due to social, economic, or security-related vulnerabilities, have meaningful opportunities to obtain defense services and legal support. The project also emphasizes improving the quality of those services, not just the number of people reached, which implies attention to professional standards, case handling practices, and the effectiveness of representation.
Beyond individual representation, the opportunity is framed around achieving systematic change and strengthening the rule of law. That language signals an interest in reforms that outlast the grant period and influence how legal aid is delivered across the justice system, including how institutions coordinate and how policies or procedures support fair access to defense services. Another major objective is to strengthen the capacity and effectiveness of the Afghan government legal aid system, indicating that the project is not only about direct service delivery through non-governmental providers, but also about improving governmental structures, systems, and competencies that underpin legal aid nationwide.
The grant is a discretionary funding opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number INL AFGHANISTAN 17GR0026 04072017) and supports awards through either a cooperative agreement or a grant, meaning recipients may receive either standard grant funding or a cooperative agreement with more active involvement from the funding agency. The opportunity was created on April 7, 2017, and originally closed on May 23, 2017. The total funding approach includes an award ceiling of USD 1,350,000 per award, with an expectation of up to four awards, suggesting INL anticipated supporting multiple implementers or multiple complementary efforts rather than relying on a single nationwide project.
The program is listed under CFDA 19.703 and is categorized in the funding activity category as "Natural Resources" in the source data, although the substance of the opportunity is clearly justice-sector and legal aid focused. Eligibility is described broadly as "Others," with further clarification intended to be found in the opportunity's additional eligibility information field, which typically means that applicants could include certain types of organizations beyond standard categories, depending on the detailed eligibility language in the full notice.
In practical terms, this opportunity targets interventions that combine immediate support for criminal defense and legal aid access with longer-term institutional strengthening. The stated outcomes emphasize both service delivery (more and better legal representation, especially for the indigent and vulnerable) and structural improvements (systemic change, rule-of-law strengthening, and increased capacity of the Afghan government legal aid system), making it a blended program that seeks both direct impact on beneficiaries and durable improvements to justice-sector functioning.Apply for INL AFGHANISTAN 17GR0026 04072017
- The Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics-Law Enforcement in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Afghanistan Access to Justice Legal Aid Project" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.703.
- This funding opportunity was created on Apr 07, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 23, 2017. (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 $1,350,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 4 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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