Cooperative Agreement SINLEC23CA4006

The Department of State Office of the Secretary of State awarded American University a $1,017,704 cooperative agreement to enhance the impact of Colombia's Special Jurisdiction for Peace through a holistic transitional justice approach. The two-year award, made under the International Justice and Accountability Programming federal grant program (CFDA 19.990), will support increased justice and accountability worldwide through delivering services to strengthen Colombia's transitional justice...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement (CFDA 19.704 Counter Narcotics program), will support the staffing needs and operational readiness of the Colombian Army. The $402,000 award, effective January 9, 2025 through July 1, 2026, aims to increase recruitment of qualified applicants from economically disadvantaged rural populations, including women, Afro-Colombian, and indigenous communities in...

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 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,...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement awarded a $964,337.10 Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 19.703 - Criminal Justice Systems) to Avocats Sans Frontieres Quebec on September 4, 2024 to support and equip emerging leaders, including law students and young professionals, to develop into competent and objective prosecutors, public defenders, judges, and public officials committed to strengthening the rule of law in Guatemala. The project aims to...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement (CFDA 19.703 - Criminal Justice Systems) provides $3,950,000.00 to the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) to assist with travel, training programs, and operational support for Dominican law enforcement, justice personnel, military, civil society, and government. The project is expected to run from Aug 5, 2024 to Jul 31, 2026. NCSC, a non-profit organization, will leverage its...

Corporacion Colombia Joven (CCJ) received a $331,310 project grant award from the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) to reduce violence and promote sustainable development among Afro-Colombian youth in Northern Cauca Province, Colombia. Funded under IAF's Assistance for Overseas Programs, the grant will support CCJ's work with youth-led organizations from September 2023 to September 2025. Key activities include programs to decrease family and gender violence, increase food security, and...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $615,700 Project Grant to Asociacion Para El Desarrollo Campesino (ADC) through the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA #85.750) to support environmental conservation and diversified livelihoods initiatives in rural Colombia from April 2022 to April 2024. ADC will establish natural reserves and sustainable food production and local market systems to provide rural communities in Colombia's Narino Department with alternatives to deforestation...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded a $3,000,000 Project Grant under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program to Doctors of the World USA, Inc. to implement a humanitarian health assistance program in the departments of Nariño, Cauca, and Chocó in Colombia. The goal of the award is to improve access to primary healthcare for populations affected by the armed conflict in prioritized municipalities within these regions. The project will run...

This $107,150 federal Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement (INL) under the Criminal Justice Systems program (CFDA 19.703) will support the creation of an independent parallel selection panel with civil society and academia members to oversee the formal selection process for Ecuador's new Attorney General. The grant, awarded on December 9, 2024, with a completion date of June 8, 2025, will enable the non-profit organization...