Project Grant SHR90020GR0052

The Department of State Bureau of African Affairs awarded a $100,000 cooperative agreement to Ascend International Studios Services LIMITED to facilitate a 2022 Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) program in Nigeria. Under the agreement, Ascend will conduct a five-month AWE Academy for 250 women currently operating small and medium enterprises across southern Nigeria. The goal is to support the achievement of U.S. public diplomacy goals through the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040)...

The U.S. Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs provided $115,627 through its Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to support the U.S.-Croatia Forum taking place in Croatia. The Ekonomski Fakultet-Zagreb, a sub-awardee of Sveuciliste U Zagrebu, will organize and host various panel sessions from October 2021 through June 2022 to illustrate and build upon 30 years of bilateral relations. Topics of shared interests between Croatia and the United States will be discussed to...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $110,236 cooperative agreement to LKH Consulting of New Zealand to implement an Academy for Women Entrepreneurs for Pacific women in New Zealand. Under this award, LKH Consulting will provide business networking, launch and graduation events, and participate in the Pasifika Festival event from June 2022 through June 2023. This cooperative agreement supports the agency's Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to advance...

The Universidad Del Pacifico in Peru received a $130,000 project grant award from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to design and implement the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs. Through this award made under the Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants (CFDA 19.022) program, the university will deliver soft skills training, mentoring sessions, and host a nation-wide congress for graduates of the entrepreneurship academy. The...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded $149,786 under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (CFDA 19.900) cooperative agreement to Network 20/20, Inc. to deliver an intensive academic and practical entrepreneurship and leadership training program for 16 students or recent graduates aged 18-25 in Serbia. The program will provide in-depth entrepreneurship and leadership training through a U.S.-based program and support participants to launch ventures and impact their...

The Department of State Office of the Secretary of State awarded a $1,610,705 cooperative agreement to Asian University for Women (Auw) Support Foundation, Inc. to support the economic empowerment of Afghan women through scholarships for pre-undergraduate and undergraduate education. The award is being administered under the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues (S/GWI) federal grant program (CFDA 19.801), which promotes the empowerment of women and girls in U.S. foreign policy through...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $116,937.72, provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs under the Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants (CFDA 19.022) program, will fund a 5-month long Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) program in South Africa, Lesotho, and Eswatini. The program will equip 100 women entrepreneurs with business skills and mentorship to scale their enterprises. The awardee, the Africa Women...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $183,889 cooperative agreement to Network 20/20, Inc. to implement an entrepreneurship and leadership training program in Bosnia and Herzegovina under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia/Europe and Eurasia Support for Transition Programs) CFDA number 19.900. The two-year program, beginning October 1, 2021 through September 29, 2023, will provide in-depth entrepreneurship and practical...

The Department of State Bureau of African Affairs awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to the Centre D’insertion DES Filles En Deperdition Scolaire under the Africa Regional Democracy Fund program (CFDA 19.225). The grant will support the organization's EMPOWERING CHADIAN WOMEN AND GIRLS project from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. The project aims to advance civil and political rights as well as freedom of expression, association, and access to information for women and girls in Chad,...

The Department of State's Office of Global Women's Issues awarded a $2.96 million cooperative agreement to the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders Inc. to support the Leadership of Local Women Including Young Women and Other Historically Marginalized Group in Preventing, Resolving, and Recovering from Conflict, Violent Extremism (VE) and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) is Amplified and Sustained program. This program, funded under the Office of Global Women's Issues' CFDA #19.801 program, will...