Cooperative Agreement SMK80021CA3057

The US Agency for International Development Macedonia awarded a $4 million cooperative agreement to the International Foundation For Electoral Systems to strengthen oversight mechanisms and improve transparency in governance in North Macedonia. Funded through the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas program (CFDA #98.001), the award period is from December 19, 2022 to December 18, 2023. Key activities to be implemented under the award include collecting data on corruption, informing...

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 Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $140,183 cooperative agreement to Future Society Center to fund management of American Corners operations, strategic programming, and technology purchases for expansion of American Corners in Georgia from September 30, 2021 through April 30, 2023. This award supports the ECA - American Spaces program (CFDA 19.441), which authorizes the establishment of cultural and information centers worldwide to provide free public...

The Department of State Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs awarded a $250,000 Project Grant to American Councils For International Education: Actr / Accels, Inc. to support the American Corners Operational Grant program in Turkmenistan from October 1, 2021 through March 31, 2023. Under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040), the grantee will operate American Corners in Turkmenistan to inform and influence foreign publics, expand relationships between the U.S. and Turkmenistani...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs provides $300,000.00 in funding to Kosovo United States Alumni (KUSA), a non-profit organization, to improve Kosovo's higher education institutions and address social and economic development challenges through research, development, and extension services. The funding supports KUSA's efforts to strengthen ties between the United States and Kosovo by empowering young leaders, combating...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded $121,460 under the Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants (CFDA 19.022) federal grant program to ZG Dig-Ed Skopje, a non-profit organization, for a cooperative agreement providing a TechCamp focused on training teachers in media literacy and cybersecurity skills. The TechCamp will deliver training to teachers from across the United States from June 2023 to January 2025, with the goal of...

The Macedonian Judges Association (MJA) was awarded a $221,520 project grant by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement to support its program "Supporting Judicial Transparency and Promoting Public Trust in the Justice System in North Macedonia." The grant period runs from June 1, 2022 through May 31, 2025. Under this award, MJA will deliver products and services aimed at institutionalizing rule of law by developing and expanding North Macedonia's...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $117,665 cooperative agreement to Future Society Center of Georgia to support American Corner activities from September 30, 2021 through April 30, 2023. The award complements support provided by the Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Office of American Spaces under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to inform and influence foreign publics and strengthen relationships between the...

The U.S. Department of State, through its Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040), awarded a $130,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Kazakhstan Amcorners Network, OO to support the administrative management of nine American Corners cultural and information centers across Kazakhstan. The funding will cover stipends and training for the coordinators, as well as programming at these American Corners locations. The award period runs from Sep 29, 2023 to Sep 30, 2024. The American Corners network...

The Department of State Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs awarded a $113,350 cooperative agreement to Kazakhstan Amcorners Network, OO to support the American Corners Network with supplementary salaries, annual training for coordinators, general programming, and a redesign of the Oskemen makerspace. This funding supports the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program's goals of informing and influencing foreign publics to advance U.S. foreign policy and national...