Community and Organizational Resilience and Empowerment to Reduce, manage, and mitigate the risk (of emerging and re-emerging) Infectious Diseases (CORE2RID) | 72048624R00003

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The Community and Organizational Resilience and Empowerment to Reduce, manage, and mitigate the risk (of emerging and re-emerging) Infectious Diseases (CORE2RID) opportunity is a USAID Regional Development Mission for Asia (USAID/RDMA) effort focused on strengthening how communities and organizations in Thailand prepare for, respond to, and reduce the risks posed by infectious diseases, including both new outbreaks and diseases that return after periods of decline. The notice is not a full call for proposals at this stage. Instead, it is a Request for Information (RFI) meant to collect public input that will help USAID shape and finalize the design of a future activity under the CORE2RID name. In practical terms, USAID is signaling an intention to invest in health security and resilience in Thailand and is asking local stakeholders and other interested parties to review an attached activity description and provide feedback before the program is formally competed.

From the source details, this opportunity is listed as an earmark and is expected to be implemented through a cooperative agreement, which typically means USAID plans to have substantial involvement in the activity during implementation rather than funding a project at arm's length. The funding activity category is Health, and it is associated with CFDA 98.001, which is commonly used for USAID foreign assistance. The listing emphasizes local organizations in Thailand, indicating that USAID is specifically interested in perspectives from Thai entities that are close to communities and health systems and that can realistically operationalize preparedness and response measures on the ground. Even though the eligibility field is broad ("Others"), the narrative points clearly toward local Thai organizations as key intended participants in shaping the design.

CORE2RID, based on its title and framing, is centered on resilience and empowerment as strategies for infectious disease risk management. That generally implies a focus beyond clinical care alone and into community-level capacities such as disease prevention behaviors, risk communication, trust-building, early warning and reporting linkages, and the ability of local civil society, community groups, and service organizations to sustain protective practices during and between outbreaks. It also suggests an emphasis on organizational resilience, meaning that local institutions involved in health, social services, community development, and emergency response can continue functioning during shocks, coordinate effectively, and adapt to evolving risks. Because the scope explicitly includes emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, the design may consider preparedness for a range of threats, potentially including respiratory pathogens, vector-borne diseases, zoonotic spillover risks, and outbreak amplification in high-mobility or high-density settings, though the RFI text itself does not name specific diseases.

The posting provides several important administrative markers. The Funding Opportunity Number is 72048624R00003, and the agency is identified as Thailand USAID-Bangkok (within USAID/RDMA). The original closing date shown is 2024-09-20, which in the context of an RFI is best interpreted as the deadline for submitting comments and recommendations on the activity description rather than a deadline for a formal application. The award ceiling is listed as 0 and the expected awards field is blank, both of which are common indicators that the government is not yet announcing a specific funding amount or number of awards because the activity is still in design. The creation date is 2024-09-06, which suggests a short window between announcement and the feedback deadline and reinforces that this is an information-gathering step rather than a finalized solicitation.

What USAID is effectively seeking through this RFI is actionable feedback that can improve feasibility, clarity, and impact of the future CORE2RID activity. For local Thai organizations, this is an opportunity to shape how USAID defines priorities, target populations or geographies, partnership models, capacity strengthening approaches, coordination mechanisms with government and health authorities, and how success should be measured. Submissions in response to RFIs often help USAID understand what is already working locally, where the biggest bottlenecks are (for example, last-mile risk communication, surveillance reporting gaps, community trust barriers, workforce constraints, data sharing challenges, or continuity of essential services), and what kinds of support would actually strengthen resilience rather than create short-term parallel systems.

In summary, CORE2RID is a USAID health-focused, Thailand-relevant initiative in the concept and design stage, using an RFI to gather feedback from the public, especially local organizations, before launching a more formal funding competition. It signals planned support for community and organizational capacity to prevent, reduce, manage, and mitigate infectious disease threats, with USAID intending to implement the eventual activity through a cooperative agreement and to define funding levels and award structure later, after incorporating stakeholder input.

• The Thailand USAID-Bangkok in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Community and Organizational Resilience and Empowerment to Reduce, manage, and mitigate the risk (of emerging and re-emerging) Infectious Diseases (CORE2RID)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 98.001.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-09-06.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-09-20. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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