Project Grant SKZ10009GR034

This $2,350,000 cooperative agreement, awarded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program, is intended to strengthen civic engagement in Kazakhstan. The 5-year award, effective from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2029, will be implemented by the Eurasia Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit organization. Through this funding, Eurasia Foundation will deliver technical assistance, educational...

The Department of State Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs will provide $360,000 through March 2024 via a Cooperative Agreement to support five partnership projects under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (CFDA 19.900) between U.S. and Kazakhstani universities. Funded activities will focus on delivering products and services in the areas of good governance, financial planning and management, joint research publications, and curricula revision. American Councils For International Education: Actr /...

The Department of State Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs awarded a $200,000 Cooperative Agreement to Assotsiatsiya Organizatsii Sotsialnoi Ivent-Industrii (AOSII) on August 11, 2026, to administer operations and programming by a network of makerspaces in Kazakhstan in support of STEAM education for target audiences. The award funds work under the Public Diplomacy Programs assistance listing (CFDA 19.040), which supports U.S. foreign policy goals by informing and influencing foreign...

This cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs provides $400,000 to increase institutional, teaching, and research capacities in renewable energy, STEM/environmental studies/air quality, and higher education reform efforts to support student mobility between the United States and Kazakhstan. The funding supports the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (CFDA 19.900) to provide civil society and democracy building public diplomacy programs within Europe,...

The Department of State Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs awarded a $100,000 cooperative agreement to Zeraina, Of under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (CFDA 19.900) to provide a foundation of English language skills and EL teaching methodology to 18-20-year-old students from economically disadvantaged families in Nur-Sultan, Semey, Karaganda, and Atyrau, Kazakhstan. The two-year award beginning June 14, 2021 aims to deliver civil society and democracy building public diplomacy programs...

The Department of State Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs awarded $115,000 under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (CFDA 19.900) federal grant program to develop a comprehensive report analyzing existing Belt and Road Initiative projects in Kazakhstan. With a completion date of January 14, 2023, this Project Grant funding to Tsentr Prikladnykh Issledovani Talap, Of will promote good governance and transparency through systematically reporting on BRI projects in Kazakhstan. The grant's products...

The Department of State Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs awarded Assotsiatsiya Organizatsii Sotsialnoi Ivent-Industrii (AOSII) a $120,687.18 Project Grant to conduct do-it-yourself recycling challenges, Girls Who Code/STEM camp online programs, and pay rent for AOSII's office in Almaty, Kazakhstan from August 1, 2021 through December 31, 2022. The funding supports AOSII's implementation of public diplomacy programs consistent with the stated goals of the Public Diplomacy Programs...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $182,883 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) provides funding for a three-day NextGen TechCamp in Kazakhstan. The program will focus on 50-60 alumni from the TechWomen and TechGirls U.S. government-sponsored exchange programs, with a specific emphasis on developing women's leadership in STEM fields. The National Alumni Network,...

The Department of State Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs awarded a $113,350 cooperative agreement to Kazakhstan Amcorners Network, OO to support the American Corners Network with supplementary salaries, annual training for coordinators, general programming, and a redesign of the Oskemen makerspace. This funding supports the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program's goals of informing and influencing foreign publics to advance U.S. foreign policy and national...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded Kazakhstan Amcorners Network, OO a Cooperative Agreement valued at $128,070 under the ECA – American Spaces program (CFDA 19.441), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. The awardee will support operations and strategic programming across eight American Spaces locations in Kazakhstan, with targeted initiatives supporting America250 commemorative activities. These publicly accessible...