Project Grant SGH10024GR0017

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs (CFDA 19.979 - Regional Peace and Security) provides $225,000 to enhance media literacy, counter extremist narratives, and foster social cohesion through community engagement, digital creativity, and the active participation of religious and cultural leaders. The award, effective September 30, 2024, will be executed by Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees, a for-profit organization registered in the System for Award...

This Project Grant award of $150,000.00 from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, under the AEECA/ESF Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.900), was provided to the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA) to implement a "Youth Journalism Development Program" focused on multimedia literacy skills and civic development for ethnic minority youth in Georgia. The project aimed to build media capacity, support independent journalism, and develop...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs (CFDA 19.979 - Regional Peace and Security) provides $250,000 to fund a series of workshops, community dialogues, and a final symposium focused on promoting diversity and non-violence among youth. The main objective is to engage youth through this structured framework. The award includes a no-cost amendment to incorporate the certification provision for Executive Order 14173, ensuring compliance with federal...

This federal Project Grant award of $120,000.00 from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (CFDA 19.022 - Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants) will support the organization Association Villageois 2.0 in Guinea to host a "TechCamp" event. The event aims to enhance the fact-checking skills of journalists, bloggers, and influencers to combat disinformation. The grant will enable a hybrid newsroom environment with...

The U.S. Department of State Bureau of African Affairs awarded a $443,375 Cooperative Agreement to Partnersglobal, a non-profit organization, to implement online and in-person training programs in Ghana. The goal was to increase the capacity of youth, community leaders, and young professionals to resolve and de-escalate community conflicts, thereby reducing the risk of extremist violence. This award was made under the Regional Peace and Security program (CFDA 19.979), which supports...

This Project Grant award of $174,681.04 from the U.S. Department of State's Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) aims to engage vernacular journalists of five Indian languages to enhance their ability to identify and counter disinformation in their respective newsrooms. The award was granted to Pacific Forum International, a non-profit foreign policy research institute based in Honolulu, Hawaii, on September 30, 2024. The project has an ultimate completion date of March 4, 2025. The goal of...

This Project Grant award of $140,000.00, issued by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs on September 30, 2024, supports initiatives under the Regional Peace and Security (CFDA 19.979) federal grant program. The award aims to prevent radicalization, promote peaceful coexistence, and empower vulnerable populations to become self-reliant in the Central Region, specifically in Togo. The project activities focus on addressing underlying drivers of instability, such as poverty,...

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 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 award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs (CFDA 19.900 - AEECA/ESF Public Diplomacy Programs) aims to fortify Armenia's resilience against disinformation and hybrid threats. The $100,000 award supports a comprehensive three-day conference in Yerevan that will foster deeper Armenia-U.S. professional conversations, experience and knowledge sharing. The project, which runs from October 1, 2024 to February 26, 2025, is being...