Project Grant SUP30020GR0222

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $285,000 Project Grant to support independent media as a key element of democracy consolidation in Moldova. The grant was awarded on July 1, 2021 with a completion date of July 31, 2022 under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia/European Security Fund Public Diplomacy Programs, CFDA 19.900). The AEECA/ESF PD Programs aim to provide civil society and democracy building public...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $8,250,000.00 and effective from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2029, is provided by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program. The award aims to strengthen the resilience of civil society and independent media actors globally to digital repression. The primary awardee, Internews Network, will deliver a range of technical assistance, training,...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $145,000 Project Grant under the Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs Appropriation Overseas Grants (CFDA 19.022) program to Digital Communication Network Global (DCN Global), a non-profit organization and community development corporation. The grant, awarded on September 29, 2023, will support a program to empower Ukrainian refugees through digital technologies and digital storytelling. The program, to...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $104,641.20 Project Grant to Societatea CU Raspundere Limitata News Maker, doing business as NM, located in Moldova. The grant period runs from June 16, 2021 through November 30, 2022 to support the Sustainability Growth of Independent Media Outlet Newsmaker.md. This award is provided through the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia/European Security Fund Public Diplomacy Programs) under...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of State Bureau of Counterterrorism, under the Global Counterterrorism Programs (CFDA 19.701), provides $493,827 to encourage university students in Moldova, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia to promote social cohesion in communities where refugees from Ukraine reside and counter anti-Ukraine/Ukrainian narratives both online and offline. The award period runs from September 28, 2023 to March 28, 2025, with the prime recipient being the...

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded $691,355 under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345) to the A.o. Asociatia Reporteri De Investigatie Si Securitate Editoriala Din Moldova. The funding supports the delivery of quality investigative journalism services at the national and regional levels in Moldova from October 1, 2022 to May 30, 2025. Specifically, the grant will help raise the...

The Department of State Bureau of Conflict Stabilization Operations awarded a $4.9 million cooperative agreement to the International Research and Exchanges Board Inc. (IREX) under the Conflict and Stabilization Operations federal grant program. The two-year award through September 2023 aims to advance stabilization in Ukraine by fostering integration of internally displaced persons within the country in line with Ukraine's IDP Integration Strategy and reducing IDP vulnerability to exploitation....

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a $8,500,000 Cooperative Agreement under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program to Internews Network. The award, dated January 6, 2025, supports the Media Viability Initiative, which aims to improve the quality and credibility of media reporting, support media commercial viability, advance media freedom and freedom of expression, and counter misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation in...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $396,131.38 Project Grant to Media Alternativa through the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia/European Security Fund Public Diplomacy Programs) to support advancing the professional setting for TV8 Digital, financial and operational capacities in Moldova from July 1, 2021 through July 31, 2022. The AEECA/ESF PD Programs CFDA #19.900 aims to provide civil society and democracy building...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to the International Centre for Defence and Security Studies located in Estonia. The grant funds the project "Strengthening Societal Resilience through Building Regional Expertise and Analytical Capacity in Civil Security Issues in Ukraine" from July 2, 2021 through October 31, 2022. The General Department of State Assistance program (CFDA 19.700) supports this effort to build expertise and...