The U.S. Department of State awarded a $250,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership (TSCTP) program (CFDA 19.222) to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on September 27, 2024. The goal of this award is to initiate a process of meaningful dialogue between different parts of the community in Mauritania to appease tension and strengthen social cohesion. As a global organization focused on combating international crime, terrorism, and illicit...
<p>The U.S. Department of State, through its Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership (TSCTP) program (CFDA 19.222), awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to build the conflict resolution skills of community leaders, particularly female leaders, in the Upper West Region of Ghana. The purpose of this award is to counter violent extremism by empowering these leaders to help address root vulnerabilities in their communities. The grant is set to be completed by September 30, 2025.</p>
This $249,999.92 Cooperative Agreement was awarded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant. The award supports the STARTECH Climate Action Lab (ST-CAL) project, which aims to provide Tunisian youth interested in starting climate action businesses with entrepreneurship and soft skills training. The project involves several key components delivered through sub-awards to EFE-Tunisie and International...
This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs under the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership (TSCTP) program (CFDA 19.222), provides $100,000.00 to amplify the contributions of women as active agents in peacebuilding and resilience efforts, and ensure their meaningful inclusion in decision-making processes in six communities of the Southwest and Northwest regions of Cameroon. The award period runs from September 30, 2024 to February 27,...
The Tunisian Scouts received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs. The grant was awarded under the Public Diplomacy Programs federal grant program (CFDA 19.040) to support the Tourath-Scouts Cultural Heritage Project. The project will engage 70,000 youth scouts and non-scouts in all 24 regions of Tunisia in the preservation and protection of historic and cultural monuments. The project aligns with the grant program's goals of informing...
This cooperative agreement from the Department of State Bureau of Counterterrorism (DOS BCT), which operates under the Global Counterterrorism Programs, provided $2,078,646.11 to Creative Associates International Inc. to provide technical assistance to the International Counterterrorism and Countering Violent Extremism Capacity-Building Clearinghouse Mechanism from September 30, 2015 through October 31, 2017. The place of performance for this technical assistance was within the United States....
The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs (DOS) awarded a project grant totaling $749,938 to Democracy International, Inc. to strengthen civil society organizations' legal framework in Tunisia as part of the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs federal grant program. The grant was awarded on October 2, 2017 to be performed in Tunisia from October 2, 2017 through July 31, 2020. The scope of the grant appears to be focused on strengthening the legal framework for civil society organizations...
The Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement awarded a $1,455,419 Cooperative Agreement to the University of Massachusetts Office of Research Administration to reduce human trafficking in Tunis, Tunisia from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2026. The award is part of the International Programs to Combat Human Trafficking program (CFDA 19.019), which aims to prevent trafficking, protect victims, and prosecute traffickers. Under the award, the University of...
The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded a $202,518 Project Grant under the Middle East Partnership Initiative (CFDA 19.500) to Open Tunisia, a non-profit organization, to increase awareness and knowledge of digital entrepreneurship among 90 university students and women researchers from marginalized regions in northern and southern Tunisia. The goal is to create a pipeline of youth-led innovative projects. The award period is from January 1, 2025 to December 31,...
The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded a $144,479 Project Grant to the University of Southern California under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program. The grant will support training Arab television writers and producers and developing a network of Arab television professionals from March 2023 to November 2023 in Saudi Arabia. Through this funding, USC will provide professional development opportunities for Arab television writers and...