Cooperative Agreement 72011518CA00001

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs awarded a $800,000 Cooperative Agreement to the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) to support the Central Asia Design Hub (CADH) program. The CADH program empowers local voices, facilitates cross-cultural collaboration between Central Asian and U.S. content creators, and strengthens regional collaborations in Central Asia. The program aligns with the AEECA/ESF Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.900), which...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs awarded a $637,499 Cooperative Agreement to Obshtestvennyy Fond Mezhdunarodnaya Obrazovatelnaya Assotsiatsiya Debatov V Tsentralnoy Azii, a non-profit organization in Kyrgyzstan. The funding, provided under the AEECA/ESF Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.900), will support the implementation of the Central Asian Go Viral Festival and Network across Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a $2,246,280 Cooperative Agreement to Internews Network to implement the "CAMBODIA MEDIA DEVELOPMENT (CMD) ACTIVITY" under USAID's Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program. The five-year project, running from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2029, aims to strengthen Cambodia's media ecosystem through technical assistance, training, communication support, and capacity building for media outlets and civil...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded $121,460 under the Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants (CFDA 19.022) federal grant program to ZG Dig-Ed Skopje, a non-profit organization, for a cooperative agreement providing a TechCamp focused on training teachers in media literacy and cybersecurity skills. The TechCamp will deliver training to teachers from across the United States from June 2023 to January 2025, with the goal of...

The Department of State Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs awarded a $125,000 project grant to Eurasianet Inc. to monitor Chinese influence in Central Asia and develop counter-messaging capacity from September 15, 2021 to September 30, 2022. This award falls under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) which supports the achievement of U.S. foreign policy goals through informing and influencing foreign publics while strengthening relationships between people. Under this grant,...

This $500,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs (under CFDA 19.040 Public Diplomacy Programs) is intended to balance and diversify the Central Asian media landscape. The key objectives are to increase access to licensed American content for Central Asian audiences and enhance the skills of local media content producers. The primary awardee, the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX), will implement this program in...

This $107,662 cooperative agreement from the Department of State Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs to Kloop Media Public Foundation supports the delivery of satellite building trainings and development of satellite building curriculum in Kyrgyzstan from October 1, 2021 through December 31, 2022. As part of the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) grant program, the foundation will conduct hands-on trainings to teach satellite construction techniques and develop accompanying...

The Internews Network will receive $1 million through a two-year Project Grant from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor to expand access to information and freedom of expression in Cambodia. Under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (CFDA 19.345) program, Internews will implement activities from September 2022 through September 2024 aimed at opening political space and supporting civil society in Cambodia. Specifically, the...

This $433,296.91 Cooperative Agreement award was granted by the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, part of the U.S. Department of State, under the AEECA/ESF Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.900). The award will fund the implementation of five multi-week intensive skills-building camps focused on improving the quality of English language instruction and providing training on new and existing IT-related technologies. The camps will take place in Uzbekistan and be delivered by the...

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor awarded Internews Network $740,625 under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345) to enable journalists, media outlets, and civil society to build capacity across ethnic divides in communities along the Tajikistan-Kyrgyz Republic border from September 16, 2022 through March 31, 2024. This project grant funding will support Internews Network's efforts to...