Cooperative Agreement 72048619CA00001

This Project Grant award from the United States Institute of Peace provides $149,721 to American University to support research on "WHOSE PEACE? HOW LOCAL-GLOBAL NETWORKS SHAPE THE SUCCESS AND FAILURE OF MULTILATERAL CONFLICT PREVENTION AND PEACEBUILDING EFFORTS" from September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2024. The grant is funded through the Priority Grant Competition program under the Conflict Management and Mitigation Assistance program (CFDA #91.005), which aims to increase the...

Nonviolent Peaceforce will receive $1.5 million from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative program (CFDA 16.045) from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. Key activities to be delivered by Nonviolent Peaceforce and its community partners in North Minneapolis include a community violence assessment, formalizing a community coalition, providing customized training in unarmed...

The Department of State's Office of Global Women's Issues awarded a $2.96 million cooperative agreement to the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders Inc. to support the Leadership of Local Women Including Young Women and Other Historically Marginalized Group in Preventing, Resolving, and Recovering from Conflict, Violent Extremism (VE) and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) is Amplified and Sustained program. This program, funded under the Office of Global Women's Issues' CFDA #19.801 program, will...

The U.S. Department of State Bureau of African Affairs awarded a $443,375 Cooperative Agreement to Partnersglobal, a non-profit organization, to implement online and in-person training programs in Ghana. The goal was to increase the capacity of youth, community leaders, and young professionals to resolve and de-escalate community conflicts, thereby reducing the risk of extremist violence. This award was made under the Regional Peace and Security program (CFDA 19.979), which supports...

The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded a $340,105 cooperative agreement to Generations For Peace under the Public Diplomacy Programs federal grant program (CFDA 19.040). The agreement aims to enhance media professionals' awareness of competencies in media ethics, critical thinking skills, conflict sensitivity, gender sensitivity, and peacebuilding principles through training and related services. To be performed in Jordan from September 15, 2021 through July 15, 2022, the...

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor awarded a $740,740 Project Grant to Stichting Vredesbeweging Pax Nederland under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345). The grant will fund AL NISAA GIDDAM WILL CONNECT WOMENS NETWORKS AND GROUPS ACROSS TWO STATES AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO ROLL OUT WOMENS LEADERSHIP INITIATIVES IN OTHER REGIONS IN SUDAN. Specifically, the grantee will use the award to...

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $1.2 million Project Grant to the Institute For War And Peace Reporting -US to secure a sustainable future for Iraqi radio stations. Funded through the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor program (CFDA 19.345), the grant will support building the independence and resilience of Iraqi radio stations from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024. This will better equip stations to advance...

The United States Institute of Peace awarded a $127,800 Project Grant to the United Nations University Centre for Policy Research to support the delivery of services under the REINVIGORATING MULTILATERAL CONFLICT PREVENTION AND PEACEBUILDING project from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2024. Under this award, the United Nations University Centre for Policy Research will provide analysis and policy recommendations to strengthen international cooperation and multilateral approaches for...

This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $200,000 awarded on February 1, 2022 will fund research to gather and analyze survey data on citizen perspectives regarding peace, security, and human rights in a post-conflict environment. Under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075), the University of Massachusetts will field three public opinion surveys in a post-conflict country using random domain intercept technology to collect anonymous samples. The...

The Nonviolent Peaceforce will receive a $15 million project grant award from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to provide children protection, prevent and respond to gender-based violence, and improve protection coordination and advocacy in South Sudan. The two-year award, issued on August 1, 2022 and concluding on July 31, 2024, will support the objectives of USAID's Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas program (CFDA #98.001). This program aims to promote...