Project Grant AID167F1700001

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $388,124 Project Grant under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (CFDA 19.900) to unite five Kosovo Serbian language media partners for independent news creation and sharing. The grant period runs from September 1, 2021 to June 30, 2023. The funding will support the partners to develop innovative technology solutions to increase the reach of their independently produced news content and jointly counter misinformation. The...

The Kosovo United States Alumni (KUSA) received a $200,000 cooperative agreement award from the Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia/Europe and Eurasia Support Fund Public Diplomacy Programs). The award will facilitate and manage the University Support Grant Program on behalf of the U.S. Embassy in Kosovo from the opening of the application period through the end report, covering June 15, 2022...

The Kosovo United States Alumni (KUSA) received a $200,000 cooperative agreement award from the Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs to facilitate and manage a university support grant program from April 22, 2021 through October 31, 2022. The award falls under the Agency for International Development's Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia Public Diplomacy Programs (AEECA/ESF PD Programs, CFDA #19.900), which provides civil society and democracy building public diplomacy...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $249,380 Project Grant under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (CFDA 19.900) to implement a project keeping five Kosovo Serbian language media partners, one Bosnian partner, and one Roma partner in a joint fight against misinformation. The grant period runs from September 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023. The AEECA/ESF PD Programs aim to provide civil society and democracy building public diplomacy programs in Europe, Eurasia, and Central...

The Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $145,190 Project Grant under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (CFDA 19.900) to Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees, a foreign for-profit organization, to implement a one-year project that will keep five Kosovo Serbian language media partners engaged in the joint fight against misinformation, as well as create and share accurate, unbiased, and independent news. This grant, awarded on October 16, 2023, supports civil society and democracy building public...

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $641,975 Project Grant to Udruzenje Centri Civilnih Inicijativa through the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345). The grant will support efforts from October 1, 2022 to December 31, 2024 to increase the role and capacity of the judiciary and enforcement agencies in Bosnia and Herzegovina to protect electoral integrity and engage civil society...

The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) awarded a $180,751,259 Project Grant under the MCC Foreign Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.002) to support global development initiatives in Kosovo. The funding aims to reduce poverty through economic growth by promoting policy reform, institutional capacity building, infrastructure development, and delivery of social services across sectors such as agriculture, transportation, education, and healthcare. These initiatives seek to strengthen...

This two-year Project Grant from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement, under the Criminal Justice Systems program (CFDA 19.703), provides $799,500 to Instituti I Kosoves Per Drejtesi to increase citizen demand for justice and improve legal awareness in Kosovo. The grant aims to institutionalize rule of law by developing and expanding criminal justice systems to strengthen partner country law enforcement and judicial effectiveness. Funding will support...

This $106,626 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's AEECA/ESF PD Programs (CFDA 19.900) is designed to help high school students from the Roma Ashkali, Egyptian, Bosnian, and Turkish communities in Kosovo learn how to protect themselves from misinformation spread through various media and internet platforms. The grant, which will be administered by the for-profit organization Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees, will support activities focused on media literacy and...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded $100,000 under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (CFDA 19.900) federal grant program to Birn to fight fake news and misinformation. The one-year project grant, awarded September 1, 2021, will provide hands-on training for aspiring journalists and improve public awareness regarding professional journalism. Specifically, Birn will establish a platform utilizing public data and fact-checking resources to deliver these services in...