Project Grant SBH20017GR0016

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $2.5 million cooperative agreement to the Democracy Works Foundation to build the capacity of Angolan civil society to champion democratic governance and contribute to credible local government elections from September 2022 through September 2024. Under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345), the Foundation will provide training and technical...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $300,000 cooperative agreement to Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees to strengthen Albanian democratic processes through increasing citizenry and student capacities in media and information literacy. Funded under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (CFDA 19.900) to provide civil society and democracy building in Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia, this June 14, 2021 award will support interventions for media and information literacy...

The Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded a $250,000 Project Grant to Accountability Lab to collectively improve accountability and service delivery in Belize by supporting the government to create a competent civil service. This award falls under the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA) Grant Programs (including Energy and Climate Partnership for the Americas) federal grant program (CFDA 19.750), which supports the foreign assistance goals and objectives of...

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $740,740 project grant to Ne Hallgassunk Nonprofit Kft. to strengthen conscious media consumption among Hungarian youth from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024. The funding supports the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345), which addresses human rights abuses and supports open political spaces globally. Specifically, Ne Hallgassunk Nonprofit Kft. will...

The U.S. Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $199,350 Project Grant to Centrum Edukacji Obywatelskiej Polska-Bialorus through the General Department of State Assistance federal grant program. The grant will support independent media in improving and developing mechanisms for reaching Belarusian recipients of information via the internet from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022. As the sub-awardee, Centrum Edukacji Obywatelskiej Polska-Bialorus will deliver products...

The Internews Network will receive $1 million through a two-year Project Grant from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor to expand access to information and freedom of expression in Cambodia. Under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (CFDA 19.345) program, Internews will implement activities from September 2022 through September 2024 aimed at opening political space and supporting civil society in Cambodia. Specifically, the...

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor awarded Internews Network $740,740 under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345) to create healthier information ecosystems in Bolivia, El Salvador, and another Latin American and Caribbean country. The two-year project beginning September 7, 2022 will build societal resilience to disinformation among vulnerable communities through Internews and local...

This Project Grant award from the Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs, under the Africa Regional Democracy Fund (CFDA 19.225), seeks to strengthen fiscal transparency in Burundi. The $100,000 award, made on October 2, 2023, will fund efforts to promote citizen participation in financial debates, conduct sensitization campaigns, strengthen audit institutions, and develop and disseminate key budgetary documents. The project aims to advance democratic processes and promote strong...

The federal Project Grant award SSL20024GR0017, provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs under the Fiscal Transparency Innovation Fund (CFDA 19.662) program, is intended to strengthen fiscal transparency and public participation in the budget process in Sierra Leone. The $308,874 award to the Institute for State Effectiveness, a non-profit organization, will fund the development of performance and budgetary monitoring systems to provide citizens with access and...

The Department of State Office of the Secretary of State awarded a $250,000 cooperative agreement to Institute For War And Peace Reporting -US to increase the abilities of professional Mexican journalists to recognize and counter disinformation and produce evidence-based content from September 27, 2022 through September 30, 2023. This award falls under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) which supports informing and influencing foreign publics and expanding relationships between...