Cooperative Agreement SUSMAS19CA0005

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, awarded a $250,000 Cooperative Agreement to Kenan Foundation Asia in Thailand to implement the 2025 YSEALI Women's Leadership Academy, a leadership workshop for female professionals working in the tech industry. The program aims to advance U.S. foreign policy goals and objectives, promote national interests, and enhance national security by informing and influencing foreign publics and expanding relationships between the...

Under a $249,926 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Cultural Vistas, Inc. will implement a regional workshop on civic education for good governance engaging Youth for Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) members across Southeast Asia. The agreement was awarded on August 20, 2021 under the Department's Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to support the achievement of U.S. foreign policy goals through informing and...

This Cooperative Agreement award for $300,000 from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs will fund the 2025 YSEALI Seeds for the Future Program. Under this program, up to 25 projects from Southeast Asia will receive small grants to implement community-based initiatives. The award period runs from October 1, 2024, to January 31, 2026. This funding supports the Department of State's Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040), which aim to advance U.S. foreign...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, under the Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants program (CFDA 19.022), provides $550,000.00 in funding to the Biji-Biji Initiative, a non-profit organization based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The grant supports a four-day summit for 150 alumni of the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) from across Southeast Asia. The summit will focus on...

The Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded World Learning Inc. a $255,000 cooperative agreement under the Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants (CFDA 19.022) program. The funding supports World Learning to carry out the 2022 YSEALI Regional Workshop: Marine Warriors in Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa Province, Vietnam from October 1, 2021 through June 30, 2023. As part of the Bureau's mandate to support educational and cultural...

The US Agency for International Development Vietnam awarded an $11,028,000 cooperative agreement under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) federal grant program to Education Development Center, Inc. to establish a Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Mekong Program. The award period is from September 15, 2022 through September 14, 2025. Under this cooperative agreement, Education Development Center, Inc. will enhance the capacity of Vietnam National...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, totaling $2,116,078.00, was issued by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (CFDA 19.009 - Academic Exchange Programs - Undergraduate Programs) on September 1, 2024. The purpose of this award is to implement the FY2024 Study of the U.S. Institutes Madeleine K. Albright Young Women Leaders Program. The University of Kansas Center for Research Inc., a non-profit research administration entity, is the primary awardee....

This Project Grant award from the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs (CFDA 19.040 - Public Diplomacy Programs) supports the AWE 5.0 program, which promises a fully tailored scaling journey for an all-Emirati cohort of women leaders and entrepreneurs. The $148,402.80 award to New York University (NYU) will fund this program, which leverages a powerful network of over 150 UAE-based women leaders and entrepreneurs to provide specialized support. The program is scheduled to run from October 1, 2024...

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $750,000 Project Grant to the Asian University for Women (Auw) Support Foundation, Inc. under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345). The grant will provide a liberal arts and sciences university education and human rights leadership training to ten Pakistani women from unserved and marginalized communities at AuW. The training will be delivered from...

This Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of State under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) will fund the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik in Lebanon to conduct ten workshops on women, peace, and security (WPS) for 500 university-aged youth, as well as 50 interviews with young women and the production of a documentary embedding the workshop and interview outcomes. The total award amount is $123,382.00, with a performance period from September 28, 2024 to February 27, 2026....