Cooperative Agreement 72069621CA00001

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $150,000 Cooperative Agreement (Award ID: SBK80024CA0155) under the AEECA/ESF Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.900) to Centar ZA Razvoj Obrazovnih I Kulturnih Resursa, a foreign-owned non-profit organization based in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The grant aims to bring together talented high school students from segregated and diverse schools with various ethnic and religious backgrounds in an intensive...

This $1,700,000 U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) project grant is intended to contribute to the prevention and mitigation of politically motivated violence in Sierra Leone through people-to-people peacebuilding approaches. The specific objective is to empower women and youth to have increased voice and leadership as peacebuilders and strengthen "peace infrastructure" at local and national levels. The project will...

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, awarded a $121,086 Project Grant under the AEECA/ESF Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.900) to the Imagine Center for Conflict Transformation, a non-profit organization based in Alexandria, Virginia. The grant, with a performance period from September 30, 2024, to December 31, 2025, will fund the organization's program to facilitate conflict transformation through storytelling and peace education initiatives. The...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $150,000 cooperative agreement to Centar ZA Razvoj Obrazovnih I Kulturnih Resursa to bring together high school students from segregated and diverse ethnic and religious backgrounds in Bosnia and Herzegovina for an intensive English language program from September 2022 through September 2024. This award was made under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia/European Stability Initiative...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs awarded a $400,000 Project Grant under the Africa Regional Democracy Fund (CFDA 19.225) to the Zimbabwe Peace Project. The grant supports the project "Challenging Impunity of Perpetrators of Politically Motivated Violence in Buhera and Bikita", which aims to help women, youth, and persons with disabilities who are survivors of human rights violations to speak out, access healing, and pursue justice. The project will run from...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs (CFDA 19.979 - Regional Peace and Security) provides $250,000 to fund a series of workshops, community dialogues, and a final symposium focused on promoting diversity and non-violence among youth. The main objective is to engage youth through this structured framework. The award includes a no-cost amendment to incorporate the certification provision for Executive Order 14173, ensuring compliance with federal...

The Department of State Office of the Secretary of State awarded a $1 million cooperative agreement to the International Coalition Of Sites Of Conscience to assist the UN Sri Lanka Accountability Project mandated by the Human Rights Council in Geneva. The two-year award, made under the International Justice and Accountability Programming federal grant program (CFDA 19.990), will support the UN project's efforts to collect, consolidate, analyze, and preserve information and evidence relating to...

The Department of State's Bureau of Conflict Stabilization Operations (CSO) awarded a $2,466,250 Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 19.121 - Conflict and Stabilization Operations) to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to build social cohesion between at-risk groups in northern Ghana and northern Cote d'Ivoire. The award aims to improve equitable access to livelihoods in communities hosting refugees and asylum seekers in these regions. This 12-month award, which replaces a prior grant, will...

This $250,659 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs under the AEECA/ESF Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.900) aims to strengthen the network of peace advocates in Armenia and Azerbaijan. The project, which runs from October 1, 2024 to February 28, 2027, seeks to broaden a cross-border professional network dedicated to fostering sustainable peace through traditional and innovative peacebuilding practices. The grant supports activities...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded $354,000 under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (CFDA 19.900) cooperative agreement to Instituti Per Demokraci DHE Ndermjetsim in Albania from April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024. The award aims to transform an existing model for educational and countering violent extremism stakeholder engagement into a mainstream national approach, and deepen community implementation of the model with current and new stakeholders such as municipal...