Cooperative Agreement AID118A000700039

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $299,999.75 cooperative agreement to the Eurasia Foundation to support a 12-month English Language Exchanges Support Program. The program will engage teachers and alumni of the Access and Advance programs across Russia to participate in U.S.-based exchange activities from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023. This award is being provided through the Department of State's Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to...

The Eurasia Foundation will receive $849,000 through a Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs to support person-to-person collaboration and connection between the United States and Russia in areas of mutual interest. The award, made under the Advancing and Exchanging Civic Engagement and Civil Society program (AEECA/ESF PD Programs, CFDA #19.900), will fund public diplomacy programs within Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia from October...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $118,272.40 Project Grant under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program to Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees for a project taking place in Russia from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023. The grant will fund efforts to strengthen people-to-people ties by sharing knowledge about the cultures and ways of life of indigenous peoples, specifically the Ojibwe in Minnesota and Karelians in Karelia. The...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $322,200 cooperative agreement to Forum For Cultural Engagement, Inc. from October 1, 2022 through March 31, 2024 to provide technical and logistical support for U.S. arts and cultural programming with Russian audiences. This award was made under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to support the achievement of U.S. foreign policy goals and objectives through informing and influencing foreign publics. Funding...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $275,320 project grant to CEC Artslink Inc. under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program. The grant will support ART PROSPECT, a project bringing together U.S. and Russian artists to explore their respective nations' complicated histories through two intensive creative residencies in Georgia and Kyrgyzstan from October 2022 to December 2023. The project aims to advance U.S. foreign policy goals...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded $286,165 under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant to A.s.e. Global Bridges, Inc. from October 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023. The project grant funding will support the Sports for All Program, which will engage U.S. experts to share best practices with the goal of using sports as a platform to expand inclusive youth environments in Russia. Specifically, American leaders in diversity, inclusion, and...

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded $592,590 under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345) to empower civil society organizations working on issues of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Russia. The Friends of the Helsinki Movement Foundation, operating as Friends of the Helsinki M, will use the two-year project grant funding from Oct. 1, 2022 to Sept. 30, 2024 to protect civil society...

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, awarded a $250,000 Cooperative Agreement to Cultural Vistas, Inc. to run a Young Pacific Leaders Regional Workshop on sports leadership in California, with virtual activities and post-workshop follow-on activities. This award falls under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040), which supports U.S. foreign policy goals by informing and influencing foreign publics and expanding relationships between Americans and global...

The Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded $105,048.24 under the Public Diplomacy Programs federal grant to Pacific Forum International. The award period is from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023. Under this Project Grant, Pacific Forum International will plan and implement a youth virtual program for approximately 15 Japanese, South Korean, and American participants aged 22 to 35. The goal is to foster U.S. engagement with Asian allies and partners. This will...

The Forum For Cultural Engagement, Inc. will provide technical and logistical support for the US Expert Speakers Program under a $322,200 cooperative agreement award from the Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs. The award is part of the Agency's AEECA/ESF PD Programs (CFDA 19.900) which provides civil society and democracy building public diplomacy initiatives in Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia through March 2024. Specifically, the Forum For Cultural Engagement, Inc....