Cooperative Agreement SSF75023CA0001

This $159,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs (CFDA 19.040 - Public Diplomacy Programs) supports the Asociacion Centro Cultural Costarricense-Norteamericano (CCCN), a non-profit educational institution in Costa Rica, to organize the 2025 National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Conference, launch the 2025 Promising Youth Artists Program, create an empowering art workshop, and participate in the Afrodescendent Parade to...

The Council On International Educational Exchange Inc., doing business as Ciee High School Foundation, received a $530,000 cooperative agreement award from the Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs under the Special International Exchange Grant Programs (CFDA 19.451) federal grant program. The BridgeUSA Leadership Development Program will provide leadership training and exchange experiences to strengthen ties between the United States and exchange visitors. The program...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs, under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program, provides $178,360.65 to the non-profit organization Groupe Utalii Kwetu to organize and handle logistics for a regional conclave that will bring together stakeholders working to preserve the Congo Basin and support economic opportunities for local communities. The award period is from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024. The...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $123,999 Cooperative Agreement (SCI80024CA0011) to Fundacion Instituto Chileno Norteamericano De Cultura De Santiago, a Chilean non-profit organization, to lead and manage the Chile American Spaces (AS) network engagement with emerging voices and established opinion leaders through annual strategic planning, no-cost public programming on American Spaces pillars and shared priorities, and content distribution....

The Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement awarded Strategic Capacity Group, Inc. a $153,332 cooperative agreement under the Criminal Justice Systems federal grant program (CFDA 19.703) to provide logistical support services for foreign assistance training programs in Kenya from March 29, 2023 through September 30, 2023. The awardee will deliver seamless and flexible logistical support to enable effective INL training programs, including expeditious responses to...

This Cooperative Agreement award in the amount of $443,924.99 was made by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Conflict Stabilization Operations (CSO) under the Conflict and Stabilization Operations program (CFDA 19.121). The award is intended to build economic resilience among Pacific partner nations by utilizing tabletop exercises (TTXs) to identify gaps and create action plans to address them. The awardee, the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), is a Washington...

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) was awarded a $1,251,011 project grant by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation under the Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) program. The grant will fund implementation of the Container Control Program (CCP) in Jordan from October 2022 through December 2025. The EXBS program aims to enhance export controls and secure borders through cooperation with partner countries. The CCP...

The U.S. Department of State, through its Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, awarded a $150,137.76 Cooperative Agreement to the Meridian International Center to "CONNECT U.S. EXPERTS WITH CANADIAN AUDIENCES AND INSTITUTIONS ON TOPICS OF STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE TO THE UNITED STATES THROUGH IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING PLATFORMS." The award, with a performance period from Sep 27, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025, is funded under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) grant program, which...

This $433,296.91 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs under the AEECA/ESF Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.900) will fund the implementation of five multi-week intensive skills building camps focused on improving the quality of English language proficiency as well as new and existing IT-related technologies. The award recipient, American Councils for International Education: ACTR / ACCELS, Inc., is a non-profit organization...

This $316,000 cooperative agreement from the Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs will support a three-day TechCamp on combating climate change and developing climate resilience to natural disasters. The TechCamp will bring together 40 emerging science leaders and science communicators from the Pacific region. Cultural Vistas, Inc., doing business as Cultural Vistas, will deliver the TechCamp as a sub-awardee under the agreement. This award is being made through the...