Project Grant SSZ35023GR0013

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded $349,880 to Love Politics under the Public Diplomacy Programs federal grant program (CFDA 19.040) to support the pilot project "Love Politics - A Nonpartisan Political Leadership Training Program for the Next Generation of Responsible Politicians." The project will provide political leadership training to participants through classes starting in January 2023, with applications accepted starting in fall 2022. The...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $125,000 Project Grant under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) to the Young Americas Business Trust (YABT) to launch the Innovation in Action Challenge Fund (INNOVACTION 2.0). INNOVACTION 2.0 will provide business training to hundreds of youth throughout Latin America and the Caribbean to create youth-led entrepreneurship initiatives that support reducing environmental impacts, climate risks, emissions, and energy use. YABT...

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to World Learning Inc. on June 26, 2023 to support the Middle East Partnership Initiative (CFDA 19.500). This program aims to foster a new generation of civically engaged leaders and social entrepreneurs in the Middle East and North Africa region. Through this Cooperative Agreement, World Learning will administer the Leadership Development Fellowship (LDF) program, which provides academic...

The Organisation Pour LE Developpement Socio-Culturel De Petit-Goave Odscp will provide logistic coordination for two journalism trainings in Haiti with $255,983.20 in funding from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs under the Public Diplomacy Programs federal grant program (CFDA 19.040). The grant award period is from July 21, 2022 through May 31, 2023 to support training for a total of 24 reporters and media directors from Haiti. The Public Diplomacy Programs...

The Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded a $250,000 cooperative agreement to Cultural Vistas, Inc. to develop and implement a five-day Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative regional workshop in Malaysia. The workshop aims to foster the implementation of diversity and inclusion practices within ASEAN communities and organizations. The award was made under the agency's Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to support the achievement of U.S. foreign policy goals...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded $106,410 to Garage48 SA under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to arrange a European Regional Space Hackathon for young space experts and university students interested in pursuing space-related careers. The Hackathon is intended to support the achievement of U.S. foreign policy goals and objectives through expanding and strengthening relationships between people as outlined in the Public Diplomacy Programs....

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 Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded a $250,000 cooperative agreement to the Wedu (Thailand) Foundation to implement the 2023 U.S.-ASEAN Women's Leadership Academy for YSEALI for Southeast Asian young leaders working on environmental issues. This award will support the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) objective of informing and influencing foreign publics and expanding relationships between people to advance U.S. foreign policy goals from October 1,...

The American Councils for International Education will use a $100,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs to conduct youth leadership conferences in Uzbekistan in 2023 and 2024. Funded through the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia) under CFDA number 19.900, approximately 50 youth from programs including the Fulbright Foreign Student Program, Global Undergraduate Exchange Program, Summer Schools and...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $124,200 Project Grant to Associacao Aventura De Construir (ADC) under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean program (CFDA #85.750). The grant will support ADC's development of a training program for displaced Venezuelans migrants in Sao Paulo, Brazil to equip them with skills for employment and entrepreneurship in the food service sector. Specifically, ADC will offer migrants training in financial education,...