Cooperative Agreement SECAGD22CA0091

This $374,860.00 Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs through the Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges (CFDA 19.415) program, will support Vital Voices Global Partnership Inc., a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit organization, in delivering programs that advance women's economic empowerment globally. The award, effective from September 13, 2024 to April 23, 2025, will fund initiatives such as...

The Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded a $199,400 project grant to support a sports mentorship program for emerging Pacific women leaders. The grant, awarded January 31, 2023 under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) will support piloting a program modeled after the U.S. Department of State ESPN Global Sports Mentoring Program. The program will provide mentorship to 10 emerging women leaders from the Pacific region through January 31, 2028. The Public...

The Sun Yat-Sen Management Education Foundation will implement the second year of the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) program in Taiwan under a $160,610 project grant from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs. The grant was awarded on March 8, 2022 to support entrepreneurship training through January 31, 2023. As part of the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040), the foundation will recruit a new cohort of early-stage women entrepreneurs to provide online...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $110,236 cooperative agreement to LKH Consulting of New Zealand to implement an Academy for Women Entrepreneurs for Pacific women in New Zealand. Under this award, LKH Consulting will provide business networking, launch and graduation events, and participate in the Pasifika Festival event from June 2022 through June 2023. This cooperative agreement supports the agency's Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to advance...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $116,937.72, provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs under the Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants (CFDA 19.022) program, will fund a 5-month long Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) program in South Africa, Lesotho, and Eswatini. The program will equip 100 women entrepreneurs with business skills and mentorship to scale their enterprises. The awardee, the Africa Women...

This $223,365.00 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs supports the Associacao Grupo Mais Unidos (Grupo + Unidos), a foreign-owned non-profit organization in Brazil, to provide leadership, entrepreneurship training, and economic empowerment for Brazilian women entrepreneurs. The award, funded through the Department of State's Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040), will deliver practical skills development, networking opportunities,...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $203,778 project grant to support implementation of the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs Phase 4 in Zambia. The grant was awarded on June 30, 2022 under the Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants program (CFDA 19.022) to support entrepreneurship training for women in Zambia through May 31, 2023. Funding will support delivering entrepreneurship skills development workshops and...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs has awarded a $110,000 Cooperative Agreement to Universidad Rafael Landivar, a private non-profit educational institution in Guatemala, to support the Academy of Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) program. The program aims to improve management skills, increase sales and hiring, and facilitate women's participation in the Guatemalan economy across 7 departments. The grant will fund activities such as specialized entrepreneurship...

The Department of State Bureau of African Affairs awarded a $100,000 cooperative agreement to Ascend International Studios Services LIMITED to facilitate a 2022 Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) program in Nigeria. Under the agreement, Ascend will conduct a five-month AWE Academy for 250 women currently operating small and medium enterprises across southern Nigeria. The goal is to support the achievement of U.S. public diplomacy goals through the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040)...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded Vital Voices Global Partnership Inc. a $338,169 cooperative agreement under the Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges (CFDA 19.415) federal grant program. The award supports the organization's FY21 Fortune Mentorship Program by providing $334,238 in funding from May 18, 2021 through March 31, 2023. The cooperative agreement will allow Vital Voices Global Partnership Inc. to deliver mentoring...