Emerging Markets Program

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Expiration Date: xx/xx/xxxx

United States Department of Agriculture

Foreign Agricultural Service
Office of Trade Programs
Grant Programs Branch
Cornetto | September 2017

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1. Log in to the Unified
Export Strategy (UES) with
appropriate credentials.

This Guide
assumes you
have the
proper
credentials to
add Proposals
to the UES.

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2. After Selecting the appropriate
application year, click once on the EMP
or TASC Proposal link. This guide

demonstrates the EMP proposal
process. Significant differences
between the two proposal processes
will be addressed in this guide by blue
instruction captions.

The light green colored
boxes at the top of the
UES pages provide
instruction in completing
various areas in the
proposal.

3. Click once on the Create
New link. Existing proposals
within the same program
year will appear in the list.

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4. Click once on the Create/Edit Address or
Project Title link to enter the project title of
your proposal. Existing Participants will
notice their address and contact information
will carry over from previous UES Entry.
Address/DUNS information can always be
updated at this link when necessary. Click
the Save button when finished.

Yellow fields
with asterisks
are always
required fields
in UES.

5. Existing Participants will notice their
contact information will carry over from
previous UES Entry. If needed, Contact
information can be added or updated by
clicking once on the Create/Edit Contact
link. Click the Save button when finished.

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After each section
save, the user is
taken back to the
originating
EMP/TASC proposal
Create /Edit screen.

6. Click on the Edit link under the
Organization Details section to add
information.

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FOR TASC: also complete
the Technical Assistance
description input field.
Previous TASC award
information will appear
below this area.

After entering new
or appended text,
click the Save button
once.

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7. To add the
market, begin by
clicking the Add
Market link once.

7a. Existing markets will appear
here. To use an existing market
in the new proposal, click the
Select link once.

The existing
markets is
now added to
the new
proposal.

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7b. To create
a new market,
click the
Create new
Market
Definition link
once.

7c. Enter the
new Market Title
in the yellow
input field.

7d. Select
appropriate
countries from the
Available
Countries list and
move them to the
Selected Countries
list by clicking on
the single, rightpointing grey
arrow
. For
selecting multiple
available
countries, hold the
CTRL key while
clicking on the
desired countries.

7e. Click the Save
button when the
market definition is
complete.

The newly
created
market
definition is
now added to
the proposal.

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8. To add a
commodity,
click the Add
Commodity
link once.
8a. Select the
commodity
from the list.

9. After the
commodity
appears, click
once on the
Save button.
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10. With the Commodity section
complete, enter the market
assessment/current market
conditions. When complete, click
the Save button once. The
completed Targeted Market Section
appears.

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11. Click once on the Edit
Constraints/Performance Measures
link and enter the constraints and
quantifiable performance measures.

Are quantitative criteria for measuring activity’s success
included in proposal?

12. Click once
on the Save
button when
complete.

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13. Click the Edit
Proposal link to
complete this
section.

The Proposal section is comprised of the
following 7 input areas:
•
•
•
•

•
•
•

Proposal Activity Description/Summary
Project Benefit to Industry/Reduction of Trade
Barriers
Project Objectives
Justification for EMP-TIRF/QRMF (only
applicable when applying for TIRF/QRMF
funding)
Rationale
Benefit to Emerging Market(s) Food and Rural
Business System
Justification for Federal Funding

The TASC Proposal section is comprised of the
following 7 input areas:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Funding Request by year
Project Goals
Market Assessment
Strategy
Trade Impact
Justification for Federal Funding
Information on similar projects funded by
USDA

14. When finished
adding the
proposal
information, click
once on the Save
button to save the
entries.

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15. Click once on
the Create New link
to add Activity
information.

16. The activity code input field requests five
characters reserved for your organization's
specific use and they must be unique for each
activity.
17. Add a valid activity title. Titles like “EMP
Activity” or “TASC Project – Middle East” are not
recommended; don’t be vague.
18. Enter the requested amount per activity,
which may be different from the full Proposed
amount of requested funding. Do not add “$” or
“,” in this field.
19. Enter a specific description for the proposed
activity. Avoid copying the Proposal Activity
Description/Summary information from the Proposal
section. Here, the Activity Description should be a
concise and specific description of what will occur in
the activity, for example, include specific information
about who is providing technical assistance and how (if
applicable).

20. Enter the Activity Start and End Date. Avoid
delays in the proposal’s review by not leaving
these areas blank. These areas can always be
revised later.

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21. Enter information on
whether similar activities
have been previously
funded with USDA sources
in target country (ies).
For TASC, this area
appears in the
Proposal section,
not in the Activity
section as show
here for the EMP
proposal.

22. Click
once on
the Save
button
when
complete

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Previous EMP funding in agreement 2015-09 for activities
in Southeast Asia.

23. Click once on the
Create New link to begin
entering activity budget
line items.

24. Click the arrow to the left of the Cost Category
drop-down box and select the appropriate cost
category. Then, add an itemized, detailed
description, enter the requested amount and/or
related contribution amounts.

25. Click once on the
Save button.

Your newly created line item appears. You now
have 3 options: Edit or Delete the line item you
just created by clicking on the Edit or Delete link
to the right of the newly created line item, create
another line item for this same activity by clicking
on the Create New link and repeating steps 24 &
25, or click on the Back to Proposal link to
view/edit your activity information and submit
your proposal.

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To create additional activities and budgets, click on
the Create New link under the Activity/Activity List
and Budget Section and repeat steps 15 through
25. Click on the Edit link to edit previous
information.

26. If there is no more activity information to be
added in the Activity section, click once on the
Submit Proposal button to send competed proposal
to FAS.

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