Opportunity Information: Apply for INL19CA0006 WHPMEXICOTRANSPARENCY1182018
The grant opportunity titled "Enhancing Transparency and Accountability in Prosecutors' Offices" is a U.S. Department of State initiative run through the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) in Mexico. It offers a single Cooperative Agreement award with a ceiling of up to USD 3,000,000 to support a civil society organization in carrying out a multi-year transparency and oversight project focused on state-level prosecutors' institutions in Mexico. The program is categorized under law, justice, and legal services (CFDA 19.705) and was posted on November 8, 2018, with an original application deadline of January 7, 2019.
The central purpose of the project is to strengthen transparency and accountability within state Attorneys General's Offices (AGOs) by creating sustained, practical oversight rooted in direct engagement with the institutions and the public they serve. Rather than relying on purely desk-based assessments, the project emphasizes direct interaction, on-the-ground monitoring, and evaluation of prosecutorial services. The grantee is expected to observe and assess how public prosecution authorities and officials behave in practice, including the quality of services provided, the openness of processes and information, and the integrity and conduct of personnel. In plain terms, the project aims to move beyond general anti-corruption messaging and into measurable, real-world improvements in how prosecutor offices operate and how the public experiences them.
A major operational focus is the criminal complaint-filing process. The opportunity calls for developing and implementing a complaint intake approach that is well-informed and high quality, meaning it should be designed around a clear understanding of what complainants face, what procedural and institutional bottlenecks exist, and where misconduct tends to occur. The intention is for this improved complaint-filing process to do more than collect reports; it should help produce concrete outcomes such as identifying, removing, and sanctioning official misconduct, including corrupt acts. The grant also anticipates that the oversight and complaint-process improvements will feed into broader institutional change, leading to documented and measured enhancements in AGO policies, procedures, and internal structures. In effect, the project is designed to create a feedback loop: monitor real performance, document gaps and abuses, support credible complaint pathways, and translate findings into reforms that can be tracked over time.
The period of performance is three years, indicating the Department expects enough time for the grantee to establish field presence, build working relationships, gather evidence across multiple jurisdictions, and demonstrate sustained improvement rather than one-off activities. Implementation is geographically broad, spanning Baja California Sur, Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Puebla, Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Queretaro, Estado de Mexico, and Mexico City. This multi-state footprint suggests the program is intended to compare performance across different prosecutorial environments, encourage adoption of better practices across jurisdictions, and generate lessons that can travel between states while still adapting to local realities.
Structurally, the award is a Cooperative Agreement, which typically signals closer involvement by the funding agency than a standard grant. That generally means the Department of State may coordinate with the recipient on key aspects of implementation, such as refining workplans, aligning monitoring and evaluation expectations, and ensuring activities remain consistent with program objectives. Only one award was expected, implying the chosen organization would likely serve as the primary implementing partner responsible for managing project delivery across all target locations and ensuring results are consistent, credible, and measurable.
Overall, this opportunity is aimed at empowering an independent civil society actor to function as a systematic monitor and evaluator of prosecutorial performance, with a practical emphasis on improving how criminal complaints are filed and handled, deterring and addressing misconduct (including corruption), and achieving observable institutional reforms in transparency, accountability, and service delivery across multiple Mexican states over a three-year timeframe.Apply for INL19CA0006 WHPMEXICOTRANSPARENCY1182018
- 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 "Enhancing Transparency and Accountability in Prosecutors’ Offices" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.705.
- This funding opportunity was created on Nov 08, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jan 07, 2019. (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 $3,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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