Cooperative Agreement SSF75022CA0008

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $100,000 Project Grant (CFDA 19.022 - Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants) to the Alumni Exchange Association, a non-profit organization based in Zimbabwe. The grant is intended to facilitate the Southern Africa Regional Alumni Summit, a cultural and educational exchange program, with a performance period of September 30, 2024 to June 30, 2025. The grant supports activities...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs, under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040), provides $200,000 to address the gap in research collaborations and partnerships between Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in the U.S. and institutions in South Africa through a student-faculty exchange program. The award has been terminated in alignment with an Executive Order or ALDAC. The program aims to inform and influence...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $110,327 cooperative agreement to Global Ties South Africa to manage logistics for Fulbright grantees under the Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants program (CFDA 19.022). Global Ties South Africa will provide logistical support services for Fulbright Foreign Student and Fulbright South African Research Scholar Program grantees in South Africa from May 2022 through March 2024. As part...

The Department of State Bureau of African Affairs awarded a $249,640 cooperative agreement to Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees to develop, market, manage, implement, and monitor a small grants program that will fund 100 alumni projects. The award was made under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program to support the achievement of U.S. foreign policy goals and objectives through informing and influencing foreign publics. The cooperative agreement recipient will deliver a...

The Department of State Bureau of African Affairs awarded a $105,736 project grant to Found Sound Nation Inc. under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program. The grant will fund a project to visit South Africa from September 2021 through October 2022 to document and highlight the shared and distinct experiences of America and South Africa's struggles against racial injustices through music and filmmaking. Specifically, the awardee and its collaborators will use music and...

The Department of State Bureau of African Affairs awarded a $109,360 project grant under the Public Diplomacy Programs federal grant program (CFDA 19.040) to conduct workshops in the Eastern Cape region of South Africa. The workshops, taking place from October 2021 through January 2023, will address the underlying causes of sexual- and gender-based violence by drawing on expertise from the U.S. and South Africa. The Public Diplomacy Programs aim to inform and influence foreign publics to advance...

The U.S. Department of State, through its Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040), awarded a $222,300 Cooperative Agreement to the Youth Tamdoult Association For Culture And Development, a non-profit organization in Morocco. The purpose of this award is to implement a series of alumni capacity building and networking events under the "Alumni Connect" brand. The funding will support these professional development and civic engagement activities over a 2-year period from October 1,...

The purpose of this $400,000 cooperative agreement awarded by the Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (DOS/ECA) to Creative Associates International Inc. under the parent Educational Exchange, American Studies Institute federal grant program was to implement a United States-Algeria School Linkages Program in Algeria from December 31, 2007 to December 31, 2008. The US-Algeria School Linkages Program was a virtual exchange program that aimed to establish partnerships...

The Department of State Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs awarded a $228,524 cooperative agreement to National Alumni Network to provide alumni outreach and collaboration with alumni across Kazakhstan from July 8, 2022 to June 30, 2023. This award was made under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to support the achievement of U.S. foreign policy goals and objectives through informing and influencing foreign publics and by expanding and strengthening the relationship between...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $116,937.72, provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs under the Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants (CFDA 19.022) program, will fund a 5-month long Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) program in South Africa, Lesotho, and Eswatini. The program will equip 100 women entrepreneurs with business skills and mentorship to scale their enterprises. The awardee, the Africa Women...