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 U.S. Department of State, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, awarded a $250,000 Cooperative Agreement to Kenan Foundation Asia in Thailand to implement the 2025 YSEALI Women's Leadership Academy, a leadership workshop for female professionals working in the tech industry. The program aims to advance U.S. foreign policy goals and objectives, promote national interests, and enhance national security by informing and influencing foreign publics and expanding relationships between the...
This Cooperative Agreement award for $300,000 from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs will fund the 2025 YSEALI Seeds for the Future Program. Under this program, up to 25 projects from Southeast Asia will receive small grants to implement community-based initiatives. The award period runs from October 1, 2024, to January 31, 2026. This funding supports the Department of State's Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040), which aim to advance U.S. foreign...
The U.S. Department of State, through the Public Diplomacy Programs grant under CFDA 19.040, has awarded a $250,000 Cooperative Agreement to The Asia Foundation to conduct the 2024 YSEALI Regional Workshop in Indonesia. This one-year award, effective October 1, 2023, will support the achievement of U.S. foreign policy goals by engaging with young Southeast Asian leaders and strengthening people-to-people ties. The Asia Foundation, a non-profit international development organization, will deliver...
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 U.S. Department of State's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded a $314,457 Cooperative Agreement to the Sun Yat-Sen Management Education Foundation in Taiwan under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040). The funding supports the fifth year of the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) program, which equips early-stage women entrepreneurs in Taiwan with training, networks, and know-how to grow their businesses globally, with a focus on expanding into the U.S. market. The award...
The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded a $250,000 Cooperative Agreement to Guam Community College to manage all aspects of the Young Pacific Leaders Academy for Women Entrepreneurs. This includes an in-person "train the trainer" conference as well as ongoing virtual engagements. The award is funded through the Department's Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040), which supports U.S. foreign policy goals by informing and influencing foreign...
The Sun Yat-Sen Management Education Foundation will implement the second year of the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) program in Taiwan under a $160,610 project grant from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs. The grant was awarded on March 8, 2022 to support entrepreneurship training through January 31, 2023. As part of the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040), the foundation will recruit a new cohort of early-stage women entrepreneurs to provide online...
The Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded a $199,400 project grant to support a sports mentorship program for emerging Pacific women leaders. The grant, awarded January 31, 2023 under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) will support piloting a program modeled after the U.S. Department of State ESPN Global Sports Mentoring Program. The program will provide mentorship to 10 emerging women leaders from the Pacific region through January 31, 2028. The Public...
The Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded a $600,000 cooperative agreement to The Asia Foundation to support implementation of the Cambodia YSEALI Summit 2022 under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program. The Asia Foundation will plan and organize the Cambodia YSEALI Summit in December 2023 to advance the program's goals of informing and influencing foreign publics and expanding relationships between people to support U.S. foreign...