Cooperative Agreement SKZ10023CA0040

This cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs provides $400,000 to increase institutional, teaching, and research capacities in renewable energy, STEM/environmental studies/air quality, and higher education reform efforts to support student mobility between the United States and Kazakhstan. The funding supports the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (CFDA 19.900) to provide civil society and democracy building public diplomacy programs within Europe,...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $353,880.00 from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs (CFDA 19.900 - AEECA/ESF Public Diplomacy Programs) aims to train 16 Kazakh researchers and administrators to improve research commercialization outcomes, cultivate workforce development initiatives, and enable more partnerships for Kazakh higher education institutions. The project will take place in Kazakhstan and is scheduled for completion by February 27, 2025. The...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $100,000 from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program, is intended to support the internationalization of educational institutions in Turkmenistan. The award will fund activities such as workshops, seminars, visits of experts from Kent State University and other institutions to Turkmenistan, as well as visits of Turkmenistan Ministry of Education officials...

This $122,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs supports the Kazakhstan Amcorners Network, OO in improving the administrative and operational capacities of American Spaces coordinators in Kazakhstan over a 12-month period. The funding is provided under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program, which aims to inform and influence foreign publics and expand bilateral relationships through cultural,...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs awarded a $170,000 Cooperative Agreement to the American University of Central Asia (AUCA) in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan under the AEECA/ESF Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.900). This grant, with a performance period from October 1, 2024 to January 31, 2026, aims to support projects and initiatives that will strengthen local communities in Kyrgyzstan, foster positive relationships between the United States and the Kyrgyz...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs (CFDA 19.040 Public Diplomacy Programs) provides $265,680 to strengthen the administrative and operational capacities of the American Space & Makerspace Almaty and American Corner Shymkent in Kazakhstan during FY 2025. The non-profit organization Assotsiatsiya Organizatsii Sotsialnoi Ivent-Industrii (AOSII) will manage these educational and cultural diplomacy programs, which focus...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under the AEECA/ESF PD (Public Diplomacy) Programs (CFDA 19.900) to Next Level English, a for-profit organization based in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The grant aims to "INCREASE DIVERSE, HIGH-QUALITY MEDIA CONTENT IN KAZAKHSTAN THROUGH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVED ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLS AMONG JOURNALISTS AND CONTENT CREATORS." The grant, effective from October 1, 2024, to...

The American Councils For International Education: Actr / Accels, Inc. will implement the Small Grant Awards Program for Alumni of U.S. Government-Sponsored Exchange Programs (USG Alumni) in Kyrgyzstan through a $160,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Department of State Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs. Funded under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (CFDA #19.900) to support civil society and democracy building in Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia, the program will provide funding for...

This $2,350,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program will support a 5-year project to strengthen civic engagement in Kazakhstan. The award recipient is the Eurasia Foundation, a Washington, DC-based non-profit organization that specializes in international development, democracy promotion, and cross-cultural exchange programs. Through this project, the Eurasia...

The Department of State Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs awarded a $100,000 cooperative agreement to Zeraina, Of under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (CFDA 19.900) to provide a foundation of English language skills and EL teaching methodology to 18-20-year-old students from economically disadvantaged families in Nur-Sultan, Semey, Karaganda, and Atyrau, Kazakhstan. The two-year award beginning June 14, 2021 aims to deliver civil society and democracy building public diplomacy programs...