Tunisian Correction’s Standard Operating Procedures | INL17CA0057 AMETUNISIA CORRSOP 071317

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The Tunisian Correction's Standard Operating Procedures grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number INL17CA0057, AMETUNISIA CORRSOP 071317) is a discretionary cooperative agreement offered by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL). It sits within the Law, Justice, and Legal Services category (CFDA 19.703) and is designed to support INL's long-running partnership with the Government of Tunisia, which has focused since 2011 on strengthening the country's criminal justice system across policing, corrections, and the justice sector more broadly.

At its core, the opportunity aims to advance corrections reform in Tunisia by improving the performance and operational capacity of Tunisian corrections institutions. The emphasis is on building a more professional and sustainable corrections system that can consistently deliver humane, safe, and secure imprisonment. In practical terms, this means helping Tunisian correctional authorities move toward clearer, standardized, and more reliable ways of running facilities and managing inmates, with the broader objective of improving safety and security while also ensuring dignified treatment and respect for basic rights.

The opportunity is structured as a cooperative agreement, which generally indicates that INL expects to have substantial involvement during implementation rather than simply providing funds with minimal engagement. The program description ties the corrections component to a larger rule-of-law framework: improving civilian law enforcement's ability to provide citizen security, strengthening corrections so inmates are treated safely and humanely, and enhancing the justice sector so people have access to justice and the rule of law is maintained nationwide. The corrections reform project described here is one piece of that larger effort, focused specifically on institutional performance and the operational standards that underpin day-to-day prison management.

Eligibility is open to a range of organizational types, including public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations both with and without 501(c)(3) status. INL anticipated making a single award under this announcement, with an award ceiling of $150,000. The opportunity was posted on July 13, 2017, with an original application closing date of August 11, 2017, reflecting a relatively short application window and a targeted, single-award approach meant to fund a focused intervention rather than a broad multi-recipient program.

• The Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics-Law Enforcement in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Tunisian Correction’s Standard Operating Procedures" 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 Jul 13, 2017.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 11, 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 $150,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, 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, Private institutions of higher education.

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