Cooperative Agreement SUZ80025CA0029

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, awarded a $600,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Institute of International Education Inc. (IIE) to administer the awards of 14 English Teaching Assistantships (ETAs) during the 2025-2026 academic year and 3 ETAs during the 2026-2027 academic year in Uzbekistan. This award is funded under the AEECA/ESF Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.900), which supports civil society and democracy building initiatives across Europe,...

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs awarded a $150,000 Cooperative Agreement to the University of Central Asia (UCA) to improve English language instruction in Tajikistan through professional development training. The project, funded under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (CFDA 19.900), aims to enhance modern pedagogical teaching and learning techniques for program participants. The award began on November 1, 2023 and is scheduled for completion by November 30, 2025....

The American Councils for International Education will use a $100,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs to conduct youth leadership conferences in Uzbekistan in 2023 and 2024. Funded through the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia) under CFDA number 19.900, approximately 50 youth from programs including the Fulbright Foreign Student Program, Global Undergraduate Exchange Program, Summer Schools and...

The U.S. Department of State, through its AEECA/ESF Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.900), awarded a $1,499,999 Cooperative Agreement to World Learning Inc. to prepare at least 200 early-career English-language teachers from Central Asian countries to teach quality English language programming for adult and youth audiences. The award date is July 31, 2024, with a completion date of July 31, 2026. Under this Cooperative Agreement, World Learning Inc. will manage the C5 + ONE (Opening Networks...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs (CFDA 19.900 - AEECA/ESF Public Diplomacy Programs) provides $122,562.00 in funding to support the implementation of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program in Tajikistan. Specifically, the award will fund three English Teaching Assistantships (ETAs) in Tajikistan for the 2025-2026 academic year and one ETA in Tajikistan for the 2026-2027 academic year. The Institute of International...

The U.S. Department of State Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs has awarded a $173,000 Project Grant to the Public Foundation For Innovation Education "Lingua", a non-profit organization in Kyrgyzstan, under the Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.900). The grant will fund the implementation of a teacher training program for English and STEM teachers in seven regions and Bishkek in 2023-2024. The program aims to strengthen democratic institutions,...

The Department of State Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs awarded a $195,790.94 cooperative agreement to Teachers Of English To Speakers Of Other Languages (TESOL) on September 30, 2021 to engage English trainers from state governments in India to use student-centered practices in their classrooms. The trainers will work to improve the quality of English instruction in government schools through September 30, 2022. This award supports the Department of State's Public Diplomacy Programs...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $203,200 Project Grant to the Consortium For Enhancement Of Ukrainian Management Education to develop and implement a pre-service English teacher methodology program in pilot pedagogical universities in Ukraine. This award was made under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (CFDA 19.900) to provide civil society and democracy building public diplomacy programs within Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia, including Ukraine. The grant...

This $283,000 Cooperative Agreement award from 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 support the "English Without Borders" program in Tajikistan from January 1, 2025 to December 1, 2026. The program aims to support English language teachers and learners across all educational levels in Tajikistan through peer-to-peer networking, development of pedagogical materials, and professional...

This $433,296.91 Cooperative Agreement award was granted by the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, part of the U.S. Department of State, under the AEECA/ESF Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.900). The award will fund the implementation of five multi-week intensive skills-building camps focused on improving the quality of English language instruction and providing training on new and existing IT-related technologies. The camps will take place in Uzbekistan and be delivered by the...