Cooperative Agreement SSF75025CA0017

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...

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. Exchange Alumni Network and Capacity Building Program, a cooperative agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (CFDA 19.452 - International Exchange Alumni Programs), will provide $1,305,000 in funding to equip American exchange alumni with tools to leverage their talent, experience, and international networks in promoting American interests overseas and encouraging citizen diplomacy. The program, which runs from September 30, 2025 to...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs has awarded a $2,246,259 Cooperative Agreement to World Learning Inc. under the ECA U.S. Speaker Program (CFDA 19.440). This program facilitates international cultural exchanges by connecting American experts with global audiences to promote understanding of U.S. policy priorities, institutions, and cultural contexts. The funding will support the deployment of approximately 530 American participants from all 50 states to...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $14,377 project grant to support the 2023 Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Mandela Washington Fellowship program in Zimbabwe. The grant was awarded on May 1, 2023 with a completion date of December 31, 2023. Under the Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants program (CFDA 19.022), the funding will support the YALI Mandela Washington Fellowship, which provides leadership training,...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded a $250,000 Cooperative Agreement to Cultural Vistas, Inc., a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C., to manage all aspects of the Young Pacific Leaders Alumni Roadshow in 2025. This award is funded under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040), which supports U.S. foreign policy goals by informing and influencing foreign publics and expanding bilateral relationships through cultural, educational,...

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...

Partners of the Americas, Inc. was awarded a $830,492 project grant from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to support the organization's FY 2022 Traditional Public Private Partnership Program. Funded under the agency's Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges program (CFDA 19.415), the award will support Partners of the Americas' exchange activities from June 2022 through October 2023. As described under the CFDA, the project aims to...

The University of Alabama will administer the Six-Week Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative for $436,277 under a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The funding supports the University's implementation of the "Learn, Liberate, and Lead (LLL): Applying Gandhi-King Strategies to Intentional Leadership Training" program. As authorized under the Academic Exchange Programs - Undergraduate Programs (CFDA 19.009) federal...

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...