The Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor awarded $1,283,590 to Friends of FAFG Inc. under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345) to strengthen investigation protocols, forensic capacity, interinstitutional collaboration, and civil society engagement with truth and justice mechanisms in Colombia addressing crimes of enforced disappearance from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024. The funding will...
The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, awarded a $230,000 Project Grant under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to Partners of the Americas, Inc., a non-profit organization, to expand Colombia-U.S. higher education climate cooperation and inclusive education exchanges through the 100,000 Strong Americas initiative. The grant funding supports technical assistance, training, research, program implementation, and collaborative initiatives between U.S. and...
This $216,778 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program supports a collaborative research study to assess how the design of transitional justice institutions in post-conflict and post-authoritarian countries affects public opinion and long-term national outcomes like regime type and conflict recurrence. The research team will employ a mixed-methods approach, combining survey experiments in Colombia,...
This $288,747 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program will support a collaborative research study on the legitimacy and efficacy of transitional justice institutions in Colombia, Iraq, and Ukraine. The principal investigators will employ a mixed-methods approach, combining survey experiments, qualitative evidence from focus groups and interviews, and original cross-national data, to investigate three key...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) provides $470,000 in funding to the Centro Colombo Americano De Medellin, a nonprofit educational organization in Medellin, Colombia. The award supports the "MLK Program" which aims to expand access for Afro-Colombian and indigenous minority university students to professional opportunities, with the goal of developing them as...
This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (CFDA 19.040 Public Diplomacy Programs) provides $571,481 to the Centro Colombo Americano, a non-profit organization in Bogota, Colombia. The funding will support the organization's efforts to foster cultural empowerment for underserved groups in Colombia, amplifying the voices of emerging artists and leaders. Specifically, the grant will enable the Centro Colombo Americano to...
The American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education (ABA FJE) was awarded a $1,007,407 project grant by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor to strengthen regional capacities for coordinated interventions to respond, protect, and prevent human rights violations of environmental defenders in Colombia. This funding supports the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345), which funds targeted...
The U.S. Department of State, through its Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to Centro Colombo Americano De Medellin, a nonprofit educational organization in Colombia. The grant, under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program, will provide 40 Afro-descendant and indigenous university students in Colombia with two years of intensive English and leadership training, complemented by cultural immersion and community service activities. The...
This federal Project Grant award, funded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040), provides $116,202 to Centro Colombo Americano De Medellin, a nonprofit educational organization based in Medellin, Colombia. The grant aims to support 60 students, with goals that 70% (42 students) achieve a low-intermediate English proficiency level and 60% (36 students) report participation in cultural exchange activities. The...
The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $149,203 project grant to Fundacion Centro Colombo Americano, doing business as Centro Colombo Americano Bogota, to implement American Spaces activities from May 3, 2021 to May 30, 2022. Under the Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants program (CFDA 19.022), the awardee will deliver programs and services to support the purpose of the bureau's appropriation for direct assistance awards...