Project Grant SSY40024GR0055

The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded a $115,120 Project Grant to Mgrt Mert Medya Radyo Televizyon Yayinciligi VE Reklamcilik Anonim Sirketi, a non-profit organization, under the Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa (CFDA 19.021) federal grant program. The purpose of the grant is to create, produce, and air a weekly news program entitled "Strengthen Social Cohesion, Development, Prevention, Intervention and Reintegration in Northern Syria" on...

The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded a $175,000 Project Grant to Blumont Global Development, Inc. to implement the Rehabilitating Security Forces Media Directorate program in Iraq from April 5, 2022 to September 30, 2022. This award was made under the Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa federal grant program (CFDA 19.021), which supports cultural, educational, alumni, information and media efforts to promote public diplomacy objectives in the...

The U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) awarded a $64,488,206 Project Grant to Middle East Broadcasting Networks, Inc. under the International Broadcasting Independent Grantee Organizations program (CFDA 90.500). The grant will fund planning and operations expenses related to international broadcasting in the Middle East. Middle East Broadcasting Networks, a non-profit organization based in Springfield, Virginia, will use the grant to create and disseminate multimedia content, including news,...

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $1.2 million Project Grant to the Institute For War And Peace Reporting -US to secure a sustainable future for Iraqi radio stations. Funded through the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor program (CFDA 19.345), the grant will support building the independence and resilience of Iraqi radio stations from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024. This will better equip stations to advance...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $108,450 Project Grant to Europejskie Radio DLA Bialorusi SP. Z O.o. to support increasing access of Belarusian society to independent news via daily news programs from September 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022. This award was made under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia/European Stability Initiative Public Diplomacy Programs, CFDA 19.900) to provide civil society and democracy...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $103,914 Project Grant to Media Alternativa of Moldova under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (CFDA 19.900) to support the project "Ensure TV8 Continuous Broadcast in Digital Multiplex" from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2022. The grant will fund efforts to provide continuous broadcasting services for TV8 in digital format within Moldova's public diplomacy programs in Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia aimed at...

The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to the International Republican Institute under the Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa federal grant program (CFDA 19.021). The award will fund a program to train a minimum of 16 youth from Deir Ezzor, Syria to counter radicalization in their home communities through in-person and virtual messaging campaigns from October 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024. Specifically, the training will empower...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $149,224 Project Grant to Europejskie Radio DLA Bialorusi SP. Z O.o. to support the program "Increasing Access of Belarusian Society to Independent Information through a Daily News Program Petarda" from July 1, 2021 to January 31, 2022. The grant funding will support the delivery of independent news and information to Belarusian citizens through a daily radio program. This aligns with the stated purpose of the...

The $80,000,000 Project Grant award from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Next Generation Warning System Grant Program (CFDA 97.138) supports the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) in modernizing public alert and warning systems. The funding enables CPB to implement advanced digital broadcasting technologies, such as the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) and ATSC 3.0 standard, to enhance emergency communication capabilities, particularly in underserved rural and...

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $493,827 cooperative agreement to The Atlantic Council of the United States, Inc. to develop the framework for a Syrian Victims Fund. The framework will include legislative proposals to enable victims of atrocities in Syria to apply for and receive reparations. The award period is from October 1, 2022 through March 30, 2024. This award supports the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor...