Cooperative Agreement SINLEC15CA0015

The Fundacion Patria Unida Fundacion Para La Conciencia Ciudadana will provide logistics support to the police in El Salvador to implement the Gang Resistance Education and Training (GREAT) program. This $799,855 cooperative agreement from the Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement will support GREAT programming for at-risk youth in elementary and middle schools through February 2025. The Trans-National Crime program aims to minimize the impact of transnational...

This $393,900 project grant from the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) will support the Fondo Comunitario Guanacaste (FCG) in strengthening local philanthropic organizations and promoting collaboration to channel resources and technical support to community-based organizations in Costa Rica's Nicoya Peninsula. As the primary grantee, FCG will invest in locally-rooted organizations in the impoverished Guanacaste region and work to include community...

The National Center For State Courts will assist the Judicial Branch of Costa Rica (Poder Judicial) to implement an institutional ethics training program through a $200,000 cooperative agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement on February 21, 2023. The goal of the project is to increase the Poder Judicial's capacity to combat corruption within its ranks by delivering an ethics training program for all its personnel through February 28,...

This two-year, $250,000 project grant from the Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs aims to establish an innovative fisheries governance mechanism in Costa Rica. Funded under the Bureau's Grant Programs (CFDA 19.750) to support the Bureau's foreign assistance goals in the Western Hemisphere, Conservation International Foundation will work with government institutions to strengthen coordination for small-scale fisheries in the Gulf of Nicoya. The project seeks to coordinate...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $125,000 Project Grant to the Union Regional De Pescadores Artesanales Del Golfo De Fonseca (URPAGOLF) under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA #85.750) to support community-led economic development initiatives in Honduras. URPAGOLF will work with women's and youth organizations in the municipalities of Amapala and Marcovia to develop environmental tourism and seafood processing enterprises. The grant will also help these organizations...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $168,000 project grant to Asociacion De Pescadores Artesanales Del Caribe SUR (ASOPACS) under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA #85.750) to address challenges facing artisanal fisherfolk along Costa Rica's Caribbean coast exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and invasive lionfish populations. ASOPACS will work with its member fisherfolk to establish a cooperative business model for seafood sales to overcome hurdles to income generation...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earthquake Science Center, through the U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808), awarded $110,134 to Universidad Nacional (OVSICORI-UNA) under a Cooperative Agreement dated February 23, 2026. The primary deliverable is the development and implementation of a high-resolution seismic monitoring system in Costa Rica comprised of nodal sensors and auxiliary instrumentation, designed to mirror...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded $5,040,000 in total obligated funding through the Coastal Zone Management Administration Awards program (CFDA 11.419) to the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, effective October 1, 2025 through March 31, 2027. This cooperative agreement supports the ongoing administration and implementation of Puerto Rico's federally approved Coastal Zone Management Program...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $5,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 11.012) to the Caribbean Coastal Ocean Observing System, Inc. (CARICOOS), a non-profit organization in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. The purpose of this five-year award, effective August 1, 2024 through July 31, 2029, is to enhance CARICOOS's observational capacity to: 1) continue providing water column structure data for...

This $1,999,470 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Office for Coastal Management (CFDA 11.473) program aims to expand community-based monitoring efforts and create a regional "Guardians" network in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska. The project will be implemented by The Nature Conservancy and focus on activities such as training opportunities, incorporating Indigenous and local knowledge into natural resource management...