Improved Counternarcotics Training Capacity for Excise, Taxation, and Narcotics Control-Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan | INL22CA0012 PAKISTAN

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The grant opportunity titled "Improved Counternarcotics Training Capacity for Excise, Taxation, and Narcotics Control-Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan" is a U.S. Department of State initiative managed by the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL). It was released as an open competition for qualified organizations to design and deliver a structured training program that strengthens the criminal interdiction capabilities of the Excise, Taxation, and Narcotics Control Department in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (ETNC-KP). The core idea is straightforward: build a practical, standardized counternarcotics curriculum and then implement training courses that improve how ETNC-KP detects, investigates, and disrupts drug trafficking and related criminal networks.

This opportunity is rooted in the reality that Pakistan, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in particular, sits along a major narcotics corridor connected to Afghanistan. UNODC estimates that roughly 45 percent of Afghan heroin transits through Pakistan on its way to international markets. That flow fuels local addiction, strengthens organized crime, and can provide funding streams to anti-government elements. Because Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is both geographically and operationally sensitive in terms of trafficking routes and some cultivation activity, improving the province's interdiction capacity is positioned as a meaningful way to reduce the movement of illegal narcotics from Afghanistan, through KP, onward to other provinces, and potentially out to global markets.

The provincial authority at the center of the project, ETNC-KP, has a formal counternarcotics mandate under the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Control of Narcotic Substances Act, 2019, which created the Narcotics Control Wing. The Act emphasizes controlling narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances to reduce the social and economic harms these substances cause. INL is effectively seeking partners that can translate that mandate into operational capability by professionalizing skills and procedures through training that supports interdiction and stronger case outcomes.

The solicitation highlights several specific gaps the project is meant to address. These include weak public trust between communities and law enforcement, limited coordination between investigators and prosecutors, and insufficient investigative capacity to successfully prosecute complex trafficking cases or dismantle criminal enterprises rather than just make low-level seizures. It also calls out an underdeveloped skills base for handling narcotics-related cases more broadly, implying a need for improved competency across the case lifecycle, from interdiction and evidence handling to investigative methods that can stand up in court.

From a program design perspective, the funding is intended to support two linked deliverables: (1) development of a training curriculum tailored to ETNC-KP's role and operational environment, and (2) delivery of training courses using that curriculum. The overarching outcomes are increased interdiction effectiveness, stronger criminal investigations, better collaboration across the justice chain, and improved professionalism that can contribute to public confidence. The opportunity frames these outcomes not only as law enforcement improvements, but also as public safety and community wellbeing benefits, given the social damage associated with addiction and drug-driven crime.

Administratively, this is a discretionary grant action using a cooperative agreement, meaning the U.S. government typically expects a higher level of engagement or collaboration during implementation than a standard grant. The Funding Opportunity Number is INL22CA0012, with a CFDA/Assistance Listing reference of 19.704. The posting indicates an award ceiling of $350,000 and an original closing date of January 31, 2022, with the opportunity created on December 1, 2021. While the listing notes "ExpectedAwards:" without a number, the ceiling provides a sense of the maximum anticipated funding for a single award under this competition.

Eligible applicants include both U.S.-based and foreign-based non-profit/non-governmental organizations and educational institutions, including U.S. 501(c)(3) entities. In practical terms, the competition is open to organizations with demonstrated ability to design law enforcement or justice-sector training, develop curriculum and training-of-trainers approaches, and operate in complex environments where coordination with local institutions and sensitivity to community trust issues are central to success.

• The Bureau of International Narcotics-Law Enforcement in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Improved Counternarcotics Training Capacity for Excise, Taxation, and Narcotics Control-Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.704.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2021-12-01.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2022-01-31. (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 $350,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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