Cooperative Agreement 72016521CA00003

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040), provides $200,000 to train 160 youth as "Youth Master Trainers" (YMTs) to teach digital literacy, critical thinking, and online safety. The YMTs will conduct 320 training sessions, and 100 of them will become social media influencers to expand the program's reach. The award was made on September 30, 2024, with a...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $300,000 cooperative agreement to Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees for the project "MEDIA AND INFORMATION LITERACY FOR FUTURE TEACHERS" from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023. The project aims to provide civil society and democracy building public diplomacy programs within Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (CFDA 19.900) federal grant program. Specifically, the funding will...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $8,250,000 and awarded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program, aims to strengthen the resilience of civil society and independent media actors globally to digital repression. The prime awardee, Internews Network, will deliver technical assistance, training, communication support, and capacity-building programs to enhance media quality, counter...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs provides $249,999.00 to support the project "Countering Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference in Moldova." The award, made under the AEECA/ESF Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.900), aims to support Moldova's Center for Strategic Communication and combat disinformation through monitoring activities. The prime awardee, the Atlantic Council of the United States, Inc.,...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs awarded a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement to Youth Innovation Lab, a non-profit organization based in Kathmandu, Nepal. The funding supports a nine-month program under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to combat misinformation and disinformation in Nepal. The program will focus on Nepal-specific case studies and address misconceptions about U.S. assistance and its implications. Key activities include creating a...

The Department of State Office of the Secretary of State awarded a $1,499,939 cooperative agreement to Techsoup Global doing business as TECH Soup to establish several disinformation response networks in Romania from September 2022 through September 2024. The networks will increase the resilience and response capacities of cross-sector frontline workers to address and counter general and specific anti-Ukrainian disinformation threats. This award supports the Department of State's Public...

This $100,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs aims to bolster Armenia's resilience against disinformation and hybrid threats. Awarded to the Public Journalism Club, a non-profit organization based in Yerevan, the project will facilitate a comprehensive three-day conference in Armenia to foster deeper professional conversations, experience sharing, and knowledge exchange between Armenia and the United States. The project is...

The Department of State Office of the Secretary of State awarded a $250,000 cooperative agreement to Institute For War And Peace Reporting -US to increase the abilities of professional Mexican journalists to recognize and counter disinformation and produce evidence-based content from September 27, 2022 through September 30, 2023. This award falls under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) which supports informing and influencing foreign publics and expanding relationships between...

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...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $250,000 from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs is for the "Public Diplomacy Programs" (CFDA 19.040) to convene a five-day workshop in the Philippines for emerging content creators, journalists, and advocates from ASEAN member nations and Timor-Leste. The purpose is to advance their knowledge and skills in critical media literacy. The award period is from September 30, 2024 to April 30, 2026, and the...