Cooperative Agreement SGG80017CA0027

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $125,000 Project Grant to the Georgian Foundation For Strategic And International Studies, a non-profit organization, to implement the project "The Advancing National-Security Discourse in Georgia". The grant falls under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (CFDA 19.900), which provides civil society and democracy building public diplomacy programs within Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia. The project aims to advance...

The Department of State's Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation awarded a $200,000 cooperative agreement to the Georgian Center for Strategy and Development from October 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023. The funding supports projects under the Global Threat Reduction program, which aims to counter the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction through capacity building and technical assistance initiatives. Specifically, the cooperative agreement will enhance the capabilities...

The Department of State Office of the Secretary of State awarded a $149,410 cooperative agreement to Atlantski Savet to increase local and cross-border collaboration and social cohesion among smaller and larger media organizations in North Macedonia and Serbia. The award aims to support the achievement of U.S. foreign policy goals through the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) by informing and expanding relationships between people in the targeted countries. Specifically, Atlantski Savet...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $200,000 cooperative agreement to American Councils For International Education: Actr/Accels, Inc. to create a network of Georgian universities linking practical research output to industry under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (CFDA 19.900) federal grant program. The award, made on September 23, 2021 with a completion date of December 30, 2022, will support increasing innovation and economic growth in Georgia by developing...

This Project Grant award of $22,455,639.68 from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), under the State Digital Equity Planning and Capacity Grant Program (CFDA 11.032), aims to implement the Georgia Digital Equity Plan. The key initiatives funded include: Developing digital skills training, 2) Establishing a device ecosystem to improve access to digital resources, 3) Enhancing data and building local capacity, and 4) Conducting targeted outreach to unserved and...

The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded a $431,952 cooperative agreement to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation from June 2022 through April 2023 to support the Regional Democracy Program. Under the award, the Georgia Tech Research Corporation will provide services in Iran aligned with the official program objective of the Regional Democracy Program (CFDA 19.221) to support democracy and human rights in the Near East region. Key services may include capacity building,...

The Georgia Department of Transportation received a $4.2 million Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration on July 25, 2022. The funding supports the SIGNAL COMMUNICATIONS; SERVICE & SUPPORT project under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205). This project provides for signal communications and maintenance services that support Georgia's transportation infrastructure. The Highway Planning and Construction program...

The Georgia Tech Research Corporation will receive $1.2 million from the Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345) to provide improved geographic granularity of internet shutdowns and greater visibility into internet throttling as a form of censorship. The project aims to enhance the global internet freedom community's understanding of these issues from...

The State of Georgia received a $522,475.13 cooperative agreement award from the Department of the Army Georgia Army National Guard to support operations and maintenance activities for the period of October 1, 2021 through March 3, 2023. The funding supports the National Guard Military Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Projects federal grant program (CFDA #12.401), which provides cooperative agreements to States for supporting Army and Air National Guard facility operations and maintenance as...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to support independent news production and counter propaganda efforts in Moldova. The grant funding will support the project "PRO TV Capacity Development" under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia/European Security Fund Public Diplomacy Programs) between May 25, 2022 and June 30, 2023. The AEECA/ESF PD Programs, identified by CFDA #19.900, provide...