This $100,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's AEECA/ESF PD Programs (CFDA 19.900) is intended to contribute to the development of journalism in Slovenia, including supporting student and junior reporters, and assisting with the internationalization of higher professional standards in Slovenian media. The grant was awarded on September 15, 2023 to Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees, a for-profit organization registered to do business with the U.S. government. Through this...
The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $100,300 Project Grant under the AEECA/ESF Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.900) to Slovenska Tiskovna Agencija D.o.o., a for-profit limited liability company based in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The goal of the project is to sensitize people to disinformation, empower them to identify and fight disinformation, and improve political discourse. The award also requires the addition of a "Certification Regarding...
The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $249,819 Project Grant to Acamedia, Z. U. of Çekya under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to support countering disinformation through researching problematic PRC influence from September 27, 2021 through October 31, 2022. As part of the Public Diplomacy Programs, which aims to support U.S. foreign policy goals through informing and strengthening relationships with foreign publics, the grantee will conduct...
The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under the AEECA/ESF Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.900) to the Albanian Center For Quality Journalism. This grant supported the organization's "Investigative Journalism Laboratory 9 and 31-Minutes Season 7" initiative, which trains young journalists in Albania in ethical investigative journalism practices and adds multimedia skills development. The project includes production...
The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $150,053 Project Grant to the Liga Rozvytku Zhurnalistyky, Go to combat disinformation and malign narratives spread via social and traditional media in Ukraine. The grant was awarded on September 30, 2021 under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (CFDA 19.900) with a completion date of November 30, 2022. The AEECA/ESF PD Programs provide $150K in civil society and democracy building public diplomacy programs within Europe, Eurasia...
This Project Grant award of $129,925.00 from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs under the AEECA/ESF Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.900) aims to build the capacity of civil society organizations in Croatia for research, monitoring, advocacy, and watchdog activities in support of democracy, human rights, and the rule of law. The award has been terminated in alignment with an Executive Order or ALDAC. The project was scheduled to run from November 1, 2024...
This Project Grant award of $200,000.00 from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs under the AEECA/ESF Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.900) aims to improve the English language skills of 20 Albanian journalists and immerse 12 of them in American media practices. The goal is to help these journalists better understand the ethics, values, and latest techniques in the media field, resulting in better-trained and more globally aware journalists. The award was...
The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $15,000 Project Grant to American Councils For International Education: Actr / Accels, Inc. under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program. The grant will support engagement of Slovak youth aged 15-18 from rural and urban areas in active learning about the role of civically engaged youth. American Councils For International Education: Actr / Accels, Inc. will deliver programming in Slovakia from...
The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $180,000 Project Grant to support developing local production capacity to deliver independent news and fight propaganda in Moldova. The grant funding supports the project from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022 under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia/Economic Support Fund Public Diplomacy Programs, CFDA 19.900). The AEECA/ESF PD Programs aim to provide civil society and democracy...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs under the AEECA/ESF Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.900), was intended to build a pipeline of journalists capable of producing quality reporting in Armenia and contribute to regional peace and integration into the global journalism network. The $111,900 award, granted to the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA), a private non-profit educational institution in Tbilisi,...