Project Grant SBM80018GR0009

The Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded a $250,000 cooperative agreement to Cultural Vistas, Inc. to develop and implement a five-day Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative regional workshop in Malaysia. The workshop aims to foster the implementation of diversity and inclusion practices within ASEAN communities and organizations. The award was made under the agency's Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to support the achievement of U.S. foreign policy goals...

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor awarded a $987,654 project grant to BBC Media Action under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345). The goal of the project is to combat discrimination and intolerance on the basis of religion by confronting online hate speech and promoting positive narratives of social inclusion in media designed and created by adolescent girls and young women in Myanmar. The...

This cooperative agreement from the United States Agency for International Development Regional Development Mission for Asia (USAID - OM) awarded $13.3 million to DAI Global LLC to implement the "TOGETHER" activity in Thailand from August 2018 to May 2023. The goal of the activity is to improve meaningful engagement among targeted stakeholders to reduce drivers of latent and violent conflict in Thailand. Thirty subgrants were awarded to universities and non-governmental organizations...

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor awarded Internews Network $987,654 under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345) to counter pro-military propaganda and hate speech in Myanmar from September 2022 through September 2024. The goal of the project grant funding is to address discrimination and intolerance and support unity in Myanmar's pro-democracy movement by addressing human rights abuses. As...

The Project Grant award of $550,000 from the U.S. Department of State's Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) will support the "INSTITUTE FOR POLITICAL AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT (IPACE)" program delivered by World Learning Inc. from October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024. The program aims to advance U.S. foreign policy goals, national interests, and national security by informing and influencing foreign publics and strengthening relationships between the U.S. and citizens of other...

World Learning Inc. was awarded a $550,000 project grant from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs to support the IPACE RENEWAL program in Myanmar from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023. Under this award, World Learning Inc. will implement public diplomacy programs in Myanmar aligned with the goals of the Department of State's Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA No. 19.040). Specifically, the organization will conduct activities to inform and influence foreign...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $319,855 cooperative agreement to the Biji-Biji Initiative of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to design, implement, and oversee the 2022 Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative Summit in Brunei Darussalam. The summit, taking place under the federal Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants (CFDA 19.022), will gather alumni of the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative to discuss a green recovery...

The Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded a $250,000 Project Grant to Kenan Foundation Asia, doing business as Kenan Institute Asia, to bring youth leaders from the ASEAN region and Timor-Leste to Thailand for a multi-day workshop centered on environmental issues. The grant was awarded on September 15, 2022 under the Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants program (CFDA 19.022) to support the Bureau of Educational and Cultural...

The Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $470,664 Project Grant under the American History and Civics Education program (CFDA 84.422) to the non-profit organization See Stories, located in Anchorage, Alaska. The grant funding will support a project titled "Anchored Histories Teacher Professional Development: Digital Storytelling Tools for Alaska Native & English Language Learner Students to Engage History, Civics, & the Power of Place." The project aims to...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $164,911 cooperative agreement to support an American English Myanmar English language program throughout Fiscal Year 2022. Under the Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants program (CFDA 19.022), the partner organization will design and implement online English courses running through two U.S. Embassy sites in Myanmar: the American Center Yangon and Jefferson Center Mandalay. The...