[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 120 (Wednesday, June 23, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35033-35034]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-14175]


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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: [email protected].
    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: [email protected].

    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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