Project Grant SAL60020GR0043

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $353,425 cooperative agreement to Instituti Per Demokraci DHE Ndermjetsim under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (CFDA 19.900) on April 1, 2022. The agreement aims to empower local communities in Albania for strengthening resilience and preventing radicalization leading to violent extremism through multi-sector engagement. The AEECA/ESF PD Programs provide $353k in funding to support civil society and democracy building public...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to Komuniteti Mysliman I Shqiperise to build capacities and skills among young people to prevent and counter extremism and radicalization in Albania. The grant was awarded under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia/European Stability Initiative Public Diplomacy Programs) and will support related civil society and democracy building public diplomacy efforts from...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded $354,000 under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (CFDA 19.900) cooperative agreement to Instituti Per Demokraci DHE Ndermjetsim in Albania from April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024. The award aims to transform an existing model for educational and countering violent extremism stakeholder engagement into a mainstream national approach, and deepen community implementation of the model with current and new stakeholders such as municipal...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded a $295,020 project grant to the International Center For The Study Of Violent Extremism on September 18, 2022 under the Financial Assistance for Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention program (CFDA 97.132). The grant will support the Center's work countering violent extremism by raising local community awareness of the signs that someone may be escalating towards violence or terrorism and of the threats of targeted violence and terrorism. The...

This $284,044 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program aims to assess the adaptability of resilience models across multiple scales to help communities facing disasters of increased intensity. The primary awardee, Northern Illinois University, will employ a mixed-method, multi-sited approach including public conferences, hazard mapping, risk perception surveys, and resilience plan workshops. The research aims to...

The International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism (ICSVE) will deliver training and resources to address hate crimes through a $400,000 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance. The grant was awarded on October 1, 2022 under the Community-Based Approaches to Advancing Justice program (CFDA 16.047). Over a three-year period concluding September 30, 2025, ICSVE will train law enforcement, community stakeholders, and victim...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $202,623 cooperative agreement to Co-Plan Instituti Per Zhvillimin E Habitatit of Albania under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (CFDA 19.900) to cultivate and boost the internal capacities of local civil society organizations and young activists in Albania. The project aims to support beneficiaries to monitor, analyze, and undertake concrete steps to advance democracy and civil society between January 1, 2022 and December 31,...

The University of Rhode Island was awarded a $1,403,224 project grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Financial Assistance for Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention grant program (CFDA 97.132). The grant will support URI's efforts to counter violent extremism in Kingston, Rhode Island through raising local community awareness of the signs that someone may be escalating towards violence or terrorism. Specifically, the University will conduct outreach educating the...

The Department of State Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs awarded a $296,001 cooperative agreement to the Institute For Strategic Dialogue under the Public Diplomacy Programs for Afghanistan and Pakistan federal grant program (CFDA 19.501). The agreement will fund efforts to build community resilience to extremism in Pakistan by increasing the capacity of youth influencers to leverage various mediums to counter extremist narratives in their local and online communities from September...

This Project Grant award of $2,000,000 from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Community-Based Approaches to Advancing Justice program (CFDA 16.047) will enable the Institute for Strategic Dialogue-U.S. (ISD-US), a woman-owned non-profit organization, to implement a 3-year initiative to strengthen community-based efforts to prevent and respond to hate crimes and incidents in five U.S. cities. Key activities include: Hosting an inaugural capacity-building workshop for...