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##   Quincy Virtual U.S. Higher Education Fairs

07/25/2021

08/23/2021

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia – Embassy Riyadh Notice of Funding Opportunity Funding Opportunity Title: Quincy Virtual U.S. Higher Education Fairs Funding Opportunity Number: DOS-SAU-PD-04 Announcement Type: Cooperative Agreement Deadline for Applications: August 23, 2021 at 12:00 a.m. (EDT) Assistance Listing Number: 19.432 Award Ceiling: U.S. $50,000 Award Floor: U.S. $30,000 Federal Agency Contact: Mario Crifo, Grants Officer Email: RiyadhGrants@state.gov A. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The U.S. Department of State’s Mission to Saudi Arabia announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a program to conduct three virtual U.S. higher education fairs for students and other education stakeholders in Saudi Arabia. Please follow all instructions below. Program Objectives: Maintaining Saudi student mobility and access to the U.S. higher education system is a primary strategy for promoting long-term mutual understanding between the people of Saudi Arabia and the United States. It is also a key contributor to Saudi Arabia’s ambitions for economic transformation including youth and women’s workforce development. These policies promote regional stability and greater bilateral economic opportunities. During the COVID-19 pandemic, opportunities for Saudi students, parents, and education professionals to engage in-person with officials from U.S. higher education institutions (HEIs) have been severely restricted. The “Quincy Virtual U.S. Higher Education Fairs” program proposes to fill this gap by offering three virtual events that will allow Saudi students and other stakeholders to engage directly and individually with U.S. HEI representatives. This engagement is intended to provide education and career advising, and promote information exchange on undergraduate, graduate, and training programs available at individual institutions. The events also aim to provide virtual networking opportunities for U.S. HEIs with the leadership of Saudi government and private scholarship programs to learn about program requirements and promote diverse U.S. study opportunities for Saudi scholarship recipients. This program aims to offer three engagement opportunities in a virtual format during Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 with thematic focus on fields of study related to Saudi Arabia’s Vision2030 initiatives. A successful proposal will include the following activities: Program Elements · The grantee will offer three (3) college fairs for U.S. HEIs and Saudi students/education stakeholders scheduled in the Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 to include: o A general fair for approximately 75 U.S. HEIs offering programs in diverse fields of study scheduled in conjunction with International Education Week in November. o A sector specific fair for approximately 50 U.S. HEIs offering programs in fields of study related to tourism, hospitality management, culture and cultural preservation, arts management, and visual and performing arts practice. o A sector specific fair for approximately 50 U.S. HEIs offering programs in allied health sciences including nursing, dentistry, physical and occupational therapy, respiratory therapy, nuclear medicine, etc. · The grantee will offer a pre-fair program of workshops and panel discussions for each of three fairs. Topics may include: o The 5 steps to U.S study, o Financial aid opportunities for international students o Making the most of a virtual college fair; navigating the online fair platform, o Visa requirements and process, o Roundtable discussion for HEI representatives with Saudi scholarship program managers, and o Other topics proposed by the grantee or by HEI participants. · The grantee should identify speakers for the proposed workshops from among the conference HEI participants or from other sources as appropriate. Some speakers may be provided by the U.S. Mission. Technology Elements · The grantee will maintain a system for registering participants, including U.S. HEI representatives, Saudi students and other Saudi education stakeholders, and other participants. · The grantee will maintain a system for collecting registration fees by U.S. HEI representatives. · The grantee will maintain and manage a conference platform(s) that allows for restricted access by registered participants; moderated group meetings and workshops; and individual interaction between HEI representatives and Saudi participants. The platform will allow HEI participants to make data files available for download to conference participants. · Prior to each event, the grantee will schedule and manage a technical walk-through and test with conference speakers. · The grantee will record workshops and roundtable discussions and make these available for public review on a website or other publicly accessible platform for at least three (3) months following the last fair. Communications Elements · The grantee will design and draft promotional announcements for each of the fairs to solicit registrations by U.S. HEIs and Saudi stakeholders. These announcements may be distributed by the grantee, the U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia, the Department of State, a/o the EducationUSA program of the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs. · The grantee will design a social media and email communications campaign to generate interest leading up to each fair and maximize participation by Saudi stakeholders. The grantee will provide draft communications materials to the U.S. Mission for distribution through their channels. Reporting Elements · Through the registration data and post conference surveys, the grantee will collect data for use in reporting on the outcomes and effectiveness of the activity. · The grantee will provide short summary reports on participation following each event, and a fuller analysis report at the conclusion of the grant period. · The grantee will provide raw data collected to the U.S. Mission, including participant contact information. Plan for Disposition of Registration Fees · The primary purpose of the activity is not to generate revenue. However, fees to HEI registrants are appropriate to ensure selection of a limited number of participants most committed to recruitment of Saudi students. With this in mind, the proposal should recommend a fee structure for HEI participants and indicate approximately how much in fee revenue is expected. · Applicants may indicate brief outline ideas for how those funds may be used if they are not returned to the U.S. government. Participants and Audiences: · Prospective Saudi Arabian undergraduate and graduate students · Parents of prospective students · College counselors and advisors · Saudi Arabian education officials B. FEDERAL AWARD INFORMATION This notice is subject to availability of funding. Length of performance period: 9 – 12 months Number of awards anticipated: 1 award (dependent on amounts) Award amounts: awards may range from a minimum of $30,000 to a maximum of $50,000 Type of Funding: FY2021 Fulbright-Hays Anticipated program start date: August 1, 2021 Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative agreement. Substantial Involvement: The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia will be substantially involved in the execution of this program in the following ways: · Coordination and approval on the timing of the three fairs and the pre-conference workshops. · Coordination with Saudi institutional stakeholders and conference co-sponsors. · Approval of workshop session topics and speakers. · Approval of promotional materials and communications prior to release, including logos and branding. · Approval of fees assessed to HEI participants. · Coordination on participant data to be collected and reported through registration and surveys. Additional information is available in the Notice of Funding Opportunity in the Files section of this announcement.

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##   STEAM and Environment Summer Camp

08/30/2021

08/31/2021

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEWHA / U. S. EMBASSY NASSAUNotice of Funding OpportunityFunding Opportunity Title: STEAM and Environment Summer CampFunding Opportunity Number: SBF50021GR3004Deadline for Applications: August 31, 2021Assistance Listing Number: 19.040Total Amount Available: $10,000PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONThe U.S. Embassy Nassau / Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs of the U.S. Department ofState announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out aprogram to promote Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math (STEAM) andEnvironmental Education for at-risk Youth in the Bahamas. Please follow all instructions below.Program Objectives:In his inaugural address, President Biden stated, “We will repair our alliances and engage withthe world once again. Not to meet yesterday’s challenges, but today’s and tomorrow’s. We willlead not merely by the example of our power but by the power of our example.”The U. S. Department of State is working with international organizations, civil society, andother governments to support policies and programs that conserve and restore forests; promotesustainable agriculture and fisheries; stop illegal logging, mining, and fishing; and combatwildlife trafficking and marine plastic pollution. These policies and programs help preserve theplanet’s natural beauty and provide economic benefits for generations to come.Additionally, the U. S. Department of State executes public diplomacy programs that promotethe value of science to the general public. It also implements capacity-building programs thattrain young men and women to become science and technology entrepreneurs, strengtheninginnovation ecosystems globally. The Department’s efforts contribute to scientific enterprises thathasten economic growth and advance U.S. foreign policy priorities.The U. S. Embassy Nassau supports programs which empower youth and develop the cutting edgeskills essential to an efficient and capable workforce. As a result of these priorities listedabove, the objective of the STEAM and Environment Summer Camp Federal Assistance Award(Grant) is to empower and educate underserved Bahamian Youth to join the fight against climatechange and protect their natural environment by teaching them valuable STEAM skills.The recipient will develop a summer camp program for underserved youth (age 10-18) thatempowers young Bahamians to create solutions to the climate change challenge through STEAMinitiatives. The four goals of the STEAM and Environment Summer Camp are:1. Foster the positive development and education of at-risk youth through exposure toSTEAM in support of environmental conservation and sustainability.2. Inspire and empower youth to think, design, experiment and create skills and interest forenvironmental and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) careers.3. Encourage youth to pursue and create their own solutions to combating the climatechange at the local level within their communities.4. To promote environmental and STEAM entrepreneurship among Bahamian Youth.The selected recipient will develop a curriculum and execute a Summer Camp for at-riskBahamian Youth focused on developing solutions to combat Climate Change in theircommunities utilizing STEAM and Entrepreneurship.The camp activities must occur during the summer of 2021 and follow COVID-19 protocols toensure the safety of all participants. The funding provided for the award should cover allprogrammatic expenses including stipends, equipment, materials and food for all participants.Cost sharing and/or matching by partnering with other organizations to execute the program isrecommended but not required. Applications will be awarded additional points in the review andscoring process for partnering with other organizations for some aspect of the program. As aresult of participating in this program, all youth should gain a greater appreciation for theenvironment, for their role in combatting climate change, and for STEAM careers.The proposed program should include a group community service project for all participants atthe end of the program; the community service project should be focused on environmentalconservation or sustainability, and the role of STEAM in combatting climate change.Participants and Audiences:The Participant profile for this program is at-risk Bahamian youth ages 10 – 18.

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##   Large Grants NOFO

11/22/2021

04/30/2022

*** PLEASE READ FULL ANNOUNCEMENT (see Related Documents) BEFORE APPLYING *** Submissions must be emailed to PretoriaGrants@state.gov, not uploaded to grants.gov. The Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Mission to South Africa of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out projects in one of six categories outlined in the Project Objectives below. All project proposals must strengthen ties and build relationships between the United States and South Africa and must have a strong, central, American element, or connection with American expert/s, organization/s, or institution/s (separate and beyond any involvement with the U.S. Mission or its American Corners or USG exchange program alumni) and have as a primary goal the promotion of increased understanding of U.S. values, perspectives, and policies and relationship building between Americans and South Africans. Priority Region: Project activities must take place in South Africa and be directed at South African audiences/participants. PAS welcomes proposals that reach multiple provinces or engage in areas outside the metropolitan areas of Pretoria, Johannesburg, Durban, and Cape Town, including townships and other historically underserved areas. American Content: Successful proposals will include a clear description of how American content will be substantively and meaningfully incorporated in projects. American content may include the use of curricula from a U.S.-based institution, collaboration with an American subject matter expert, or incorporation of U.S. culture, history, or society. We encourage proposals that explain how that American content builds ties with South African audiences. Project Objectives: PAS is seeking proposals in the following six categories. An organization may only submit one application and must identify the specific category. 1. Combatting Climate Change PAS seeks proposals that will create partnerships between Americans and South Africans to generate awareness and promote shared action/collaboration on climate change and the evolving climate crisis. Project proposals in this category should identify a specific audience – such as youth, students, educators, entrepreneurs, etc. – that it will reach as well as how the project plans to measure impact during the award’s performance period. Short-term impact may lay the groundwork for longer-term outcomes. Proposals should target a specific audience and clearly identify project participants. PAS welcomes proposals that exploit connections between governmental organizations, such as the U.S. National Park Service and the South African National Parks, or between U.S. and South African civil society, including higher education institutions. Priority project areas include: sustainable waste management and recycling; urban and peri-urban clean water solutions; countering wildlife trafficking; climate adaptation; urban greening, and; healthy oceans. 2. Improving Journalism Training PAS seeks proposals that strengthen journalism skills in fields such as investigative reporting, health/science/environmental journalism, and legal reporting, particularly among professional journalists, editors, and contributors to community media outlets. We will favorably note proposals that aim to establish partnerships between media outlets and non-governmental, educational, and/or civil society institutions in South Africa. Proposals should include: a series of engagements with participants that includes training in reporting skills such as critical thinking, sourcing, disinformation, and ethics; multiple “field” exercises to encourage these skills in real world settings; a focus on the program’s sustainability, including follow-up programming with participants and the possibility of expanding the program in the future. 3. Entrepreneurship and Intrapreneurship: Expanding Economic Opportunities for Youth PAS seeks proposals that break down barriers faced by South Africa’s promising young entrepreneurs by leveraging American business and management approaches to help youth develop the necessary networking, marketing, and investment skills to succeed in the economy. In addition to increasing the capacity of entrepreneurs to open new businesses, we are seeking applications that foster increased "intrapreneurship," a system wherein the principles of entrepreneurship are practiced within existing organizations. The development of intrapreneurs creates opportunities to innovate new ideas, products, and processes within an organization that can lead to the adoption of best practices, decreases in corruption, and increased growth while preparing emerging leaders for greater responsibility within their organizations or to launch startups in the future that will benefit U.S.-South African economic ties. 4. Promoting Equity, Social Justice, and Social Cohesion PAS seeks proposals that build on shared American and South African priorities to promote respect for the human rights and advance racial equity, social justice, and social cohesion. We encourage proposals that focus on outreach to historically marginalized groups. Preference will be given to proposals that foster dialogue, encourage civic engagement, and increase understanding about the historical injustices in the United States and South Africa to make concrete connections with contemporary applications of the lessons learned from those histories. Priority project areas include: conducting outreach to underscore connections between the struggle for equality of marginalized groups in the United States and South Africa’s liberation struggle; and exploring the literature, culture, and histories of marginalized groups in the United States with South African audiences. Intended audiences should include: high school and university students; professors; journalists; policy makers; or youth (ages 15-35). Proposals may incorporate use of sports or the art that addresses the American experience that is relevant to the South African experience. Competitive proposals will outline how the activities will resonate with South African audiences. 5. A Global Crisis: Trafficking in Persons South Africa is a country of origin, destination, and transit for victims of trafficking in persons (TIP). PAS seeks proposals that generate awareness of TIP-related issues in South Africa and of concerns noted in the U.S. Department of State’s 2021 Trafficking in Persons Report for South Africa, with the goal of increasing public knowledge, understanding, and calls for action on this challenging issue. Proposals should aim to improve the public’s ability to recognize and report TIP, to identify TIP risk factors, and to reduce demand for labor and sexual exploitation. Priority project areas include: the lack of public awareness of trafficking crimes; available resources for victims; cultural practices that increase trafficking vulnerability; the lack of reporting of trafficking crimes; and official indifference or complicity. Successful proposals will target clear audiences in South Africa and explain the relevance of those audiences to the issue at hand. Prospective grant partners will preferably have existing relationships with or the capacity to partner with relevant South African government agencies. 6. Expanding the University Partnership Initiative PAS seeks proposals that strengthen existing ties and foster new collaborations between U.S. and South African higher education institutions under the University Partnership Initiative (UPI). Proposals should address the option to scale to a greater level pending funds availability and should address potential significant involvement by PAS. Collaboration with existing U.S. Mission South Africa programs or alumni of USG-funded exchanges is encouraged. Priority project areas include: promoting U.S.- South Africa faculty and student exchanges, particularly the development of dual degree programs that have South Africans complete their studies locally and address South Africa’s shortage of qualified academic staff; developing the use of instructional technology to increase access to educational opportunities, including in the context of challenges like the COVID-19 pandemic; facilitating early-career training for academics; joint research, especially in agriculture, food security, health, and STEM; providing training and transfer skills in all aspects of university and community college administration through subject-matter exchange programs; exploring public-private partnerships, with an emphasis on commercialization, technology transfer, and job creation. Intended audiences should include: South African university and community college students; university administrators; or high school teachers and students who use materials developed by universities. Proposals should address how relationships between institutions will be sustained after U.S. government-funded efforts end. Proposals that develop linkages between South African technical universities and their American counterparts are strongly encouraged. PLEASE NOTE: The following types of projects are not eligible for funding: Projects relating to partisan political activity; Charitable or development activities; Construction projects; Projects that support specific religious activities; Fund-raising campaigns; Lobbying for specific legislation or projects; Projects intended primarily for the growth or institutional development of the organization; Projects that duplicate existing projects; Travel to the United States for family or social purposes; Travel to the United States for purposes of amplifying South Africa cultural initiatives; Travel to the United States for purposes unconnected to a larger project or initiative; Scholarships or tuition assistance; Events of a purely social nature; Prizes and competition awards without a programmatic linkage.

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##   U.S. Embassy-Bishkek Democracy Commission Small Grants Program

02/02/2022

03/20/2022

1) Priority Program Area One: Advancing Business Empowerment and Social Entrepreneurship This funding opportunity seeks to continue to support projects that strengthen the enabling environment for economic growth by addressing specific current challenges: high level of poverty in rural locations; lack of core competencies and skills needed in the modern workplace; and/or, lack of economic opportunities and resources. Project Objectives (Project proposals may address one or more of these objectives. While these numbers are suggestions, grantees may select different targets as they see fit.) Within 12 months: 1) Increase knowledge, skills, and available tools for at least 50 potential and current women entrepreneurs in a targeted field, such as information technology (IT), to start and/or improve their businesses; 2) Increase capacity of at least 20 young women and men (age 18-35) from rural communities to improve access to top IT professions through providing training, mentorship support and/or internship in local leading IT companies; 3) Improve understanding of sustainable business practices through mentorship/speakers/exchange programs for at least 30 small business owners to learn and apply innovative approaches in sustainable business development; 4) Improve and expand public-private collaboration and information sharing through events with participation of a minimum of 30 representatives of interested local state agencies and business associations; 5) Empower at least 50 potential entrepreneurs to use online digital resources or other new resources to promote their businesses through hands-on training. 2) Priority Program Area Two: Promoting Democratic Institutions This funding opportunity seeks to promote more inclusive and accountable democracy by addressing specific current challenges: limited information flow and low level of media literacy, especially among rural populations; limited knowledge of the importance of the rule of law, civic engagement, civil society, and advocacy; limited CSO capacity in strategic planning, project design and management, monitoring and evaluation, public relations and organizational communications, building partnerships, and organizational and financial sustainability, especially in rural areas; and/or limited cooperation between rural civil society and local government. Project Objectives (Project proposals may address one or more of these objectives. While these numbers are suggestions, grantees may select different targets as they see fit.) Within 12 months: 1) Increase awareness of the importance of civil participation among at least 200 secondary school students or university students through activities like debate, advocacy, speaker programs, and rule of law and leadership programs; 2) Increase media literacy and critical thinking skills of at least 150 young people from rural communities on how to recognize and respond to the dissemination of fake news; 3) Increase opportunities for youth decision-making and contribution to governance through supporting at least 7 regional youth leadership initiatives on environmental challenges and/or governmental accountability implemented with local self-governments and local councils; 4) Promote sustainable civic education practices, engagement, and leadership involving a minimum of 150 high school students so that youth more actively and positively participate in civic, social and economic life and contribute to the development of their families and communities through long-term partnerships with governing bodies and local civil society organizations; 5) Improve access to public services in rural communities through strengthened partnership between civil society and local government bodies to support the needs of underserved communities; 6) Establish robust communication plans and strategies for at least 8 rural (or relatively low-capacity) CSOs to improve their skills utilizing traditional and social media for outreach campaigns, in support of program goals; and/or 7) Engage a minimum of 8 rural NGOs working with youth, women, and other underserved groups to develop better connectivity with each other and with local government bodies, as well as better-formulated strategies resulting from associated networking and mentoring programs. 3) Priority Program Area Three Combatting Gender-Based Violence This funding opportunity seeks to build upon previous projects and strengthen the efforts to effectively prevent and respond to gender-based violence by addressing specific current challenges: entrenched gender stereotypes and prejudice; lack of economic resources and economic vulnerability; and/or, normalization and general acceptance of gender-based violence. Project Objectives (Project proposals may address one or more of these objectives. While these numbers are suggestions, grantees may select different targets as they see fit.) Within 12 months: 1) Increase awareness of positive masculinity, respectful relations, breaking stereotyped gender roles and discrimination through online informational campaigns; 2) Promote new notions of masculinity associated with non-violence, respect, and equality by engaging at least 100 men and boys in programs; 3) Improve access to economic empowerment resources/programs at least 100 vulnerable women and victims of GBV through personal development programs; 4) Support civil participation in shaping policy that counters gender-based violence through increasing the coordination between local authorities and other stakeholders, including at least 5 civil society organizations; and/or 5) Increase capacity of key decision-makers working in governmental bodies to address gender-based violence through improved implementation of existing laws on countering domestic violence. 4) Priority Program Area Four Preventing Violent Extremism (PVE) This funding opportunity seeks to build upon previous projects and expand PVE programming in the Kyrgyz Republic through strengthening individual and community resilience and local capacity by addressing specific current challenges: lack of sense of belonging to a community, along with low civic participation and proactivity; lack of media literacy and critical skills to recognize and reject violent extremist narratives; and/or low capacity of local government and civil society actors in PVE and lack of effective collaboration in prevention of radicalization and extremism. Project Objectives (Project proposals may address one or more of these objectives. While these numbers are suggestions, grantees may select different targets as they see fit.) Within 12 months: 1) Increase positive stories and messaging on tolerance, diversity, and inclusivity through at least 5 media messaging and alternative/counter-narrative information campaigns in social media and/or traditional media; 2) Promote media literacy and critical thinking skills in rural regions or new urban communities through training at least 50 young people (aged 14-28) in recognizing and critically assessing online extremist content and propaganda, while promoting narratives based on human rights, tolerance, and democratic values; 3) Using local expertise and credible voices within communities, increase community development opportunities for at least 25 young people (aged 14-28) in rural regions or new urban communities to promote intergroup trust and increase the identification with and sense of belonging to their communities 4) Increase capacity of local government and civil society actors to address PVE and more effectively collaborate on the prevention of radicalization and extremism. 5) Priority Program Area Five Countering Trafficking in Persons (CTIP) This funding opportunity seeks to build upon previous projects and expand trafficking-in-persons programming in the Kyrgyz Republic by addressing specific current challenges: lack of approved standard operating procedures (SOPs) for state bodies including local administrations and local self-governments to implement NRM; low capacity of local government officials, including regional TIP coordination council members, as well as NGO representatives, to implement NRM and identify victims based on four identification criteria; and/or limited public awareness on trafficking-related issues, risks of illegal migration and the legal rights of migrants. Project Objectives (Project proposals may address one or more of these objectives. While these numbers are suggestions, grantees may select different targets as they see fit.) Within 12 months: 1) Build capacity of 50 government officials working on countering trafficking-in-persons (CTIP) issues and members of the National Database of CTIP NGOs on the national referral mechanism, including relevant SOPs to clearly delineate the respective roles of the various agencies involved; 2) Establish a network of at least 5 civil society organizations working to combat trafficking in persons, who can provide expertise and coordinate with government officials on TIP issues; 3) Raise the awareness of at-risk youth and women, as well as current labor migrants, on trafficking-related issues, basic human rights, cyber-safety, and digital literacy, reaching at least 100 current and potential labor migrants; 4) Raise the awareness of the media by providing at least 5 journalists and media professionals with tools that will support their efforts to address and/or report on human trafficking in an ethical and professional way, including the technology-facilitated methods employed by traffickers and the risks to victims.

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##   FY2022 EducationUSA Opportunity Funds Program

02/18/2022

03/31/2022

PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONThe Public Diplomacy Section of the U.S. Embassy Kenya of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a project focused on promoting U.S. higher education opportunities for high-achieving, financially disadvantaged Kenyan students. Please carefully follow all instructions below. Priority Region: Project activities must take place in Kenya and the United States and be directed at Kenyan high school students. Program Objectives: The grantee will work in coordination with the U.S. Embassy’s Education Outreach Coordinator and the EducationUSA Advisor grantee in Nairobi in support of the EducationUSA Opportunity Funds program. This program assists highly qualified students who are likely to be awarded full financial aid from U.S. colleges and universities but lack the financial resources to cover the up-front costs of required standardized admission tests, application fees, international and domestic airfare, visa fees, SEVIS fees, and settling-in allowance. The U.S. Embassy in Nairobi will select the EducationUSA adviser who will and the EducationUSA adviser will advise the Opportunity Funds students. This program supports the U.S. Embassy objectives to achieve inclusive, market-driven, environmentally sustainable economic growth, strengthen health and human capacity, and advance new activities that promote trade, economic cooperation, and legitimate travel.Individuals and institutions interested in bidding on this cooperative agreement are asked to submit a proposal to administer the Opportunity Funds program, EducationUSA student assistant stipend disbursement, and coordination of the Phase I Orientation, College Application Boot Camp to take place in June and July 2022 and the Phase II Graduation and Pre-Departure Orientation to take place in July 2022. The successful grantee will demonstrate an ability to effectively handle funds, coordinate logistics, and finalize payments in a timely manner. The grantee must have an international credit card to which SAT registration fees can be charged. Key Program Components:Opportunity Funds Program Phase IIn the first phase, the Opportunity Funds scholarship will pay for approximately 40 students to take the SAT, SAT subject tests, and/or the ACT. The grantee will arrange payment and registration for these tests. The estimated scholarship amount for phase one is $110 per student. The institution will manage the logistics of test registration for each student and will oversee that students take the test on various test dates at various testing centers in Kenya. It is expected that students will take the tests between May and July 2022Opportunity Funds Program Phase II In the second phase, the Opportunity Funds scholarship will pay for at least 12 students to travel to the United States to matriculate at a U.S. institution of higher education. The scholarship will pay for visa and SEVIS fees, required immunizations, international airfare, domestic airfare (if required), and a settling-in allowance (if required). The estimated scholarship amount for phase two is approximately $2,200 per student. The institution will communicate with the students and EducationUSA adviser, coordinate visa appointments, make travel arrangements for domestic and international travel, and coordinate payment to the students of settling-in and other related allowances. Phase II students will receive admission decisions between December 2021 and April 2022 and will need to be ready to start classes in the United States with start dates from July to September 2022.Student StipendThe grantee will manage monthly stipend payments to students who will assist the EducationUSA adviser in the implementation of the programmatic aspects of EducationUSA. The EducationUSA adviser will select two qualified students who have previously participated in the EducationUSA scholars’ program to help administer the required training for new scholars. The grantee will disburse a monthly stipend of $200 per month per student to offset travel expenses.Boot Camp and Pre-Departure OrientationThe grantee will manage the logistics of a College Application Boot Camp to take place in July 2022 for at least 60 students. This will be five consecutive days of activities for students preparing their college applications to study in the United States. The institution will coordinate in-country travel for all students and provide a venue, meals, refreshments, lodging, material reproduction services, and supplies and stationery. Proposals should also include plans in case the boot camp must be held virtually instead of in-person.The grantee will also manage the logistics of a Pre-Departure Orientation to take place in July 2022 in Nairobi, for three consecutive days for at least 12 students, although likely more. The institution will coordinate in-country travel for all students and provide a venue, meals, refreshments, lodging, material reproduction services, and supplies and stationery. Proposals should also include plans in case the orientation must be held virtually instead of in-person.Participants and Audiences: The participants are Kenyan EducationUSA scholars, selected by the EducationUSA adviser grantee and the US Embassy Education Outreach Coordinator. EducationUSA scholars are highly qualified students who are likely to be awarded full financial aid from U.S. colleges and universities but lack the financial resources to cover the up-front costs.

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##   Georgian Media Education Program - “Strengthening Journalism Education in Georgia”

03/10/2022

05/16/2022

The Public Diplomacy (PD) Section of the U.S. Embassy in Tbilisi, Georgia encourages U.S. organizations to apply for the Media Education Program – “Strengthening Journalism Education in Georgia” for media educators and administrators. Applicants must have a demonstrated expertise in developing and implementing programs related to journalism training, designing and carrying-out study tours for university administrators and media professionals, and organizing trainings at U.S. schools of journalism/mass communication. Expertise and established relationships with higher education institutions/journalism schools in Georgia will be considered favorably. The grantee is expected to coordinate the solicitation process of the program participants, including placement at a U.S. school of journalism/mass communication, with PD Section. To mitigate risk because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, grantee will be asked to work with PD Section Tbilisi to enable alternate or supplemental virtual delivery of certain segments of the program in the event of COVID-19 travel restrictions. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Public Diplomacy Section (PD) of the U.S. Embassy in Tbilisi is pleased to announce an open competition for a Media Education Program (MEP) – “Strengthening Journalism Education in Georgia.” U.S. non-profit/non-governmental organizations and accredited American higher education institutions may submit proposals to manage a year-long project to support the professional development of Georgian media educators from public and private higher education institutions through a robust professional study tour at U.S. schools of journalism, media and mass-communication, with complementary site visits to U.S.-based media organizations and journalism education associations, e.g., Journalism Education Association, etc.. Additional means for achieving objectives of the program may include participation in annual conventions or conferences promoting excellence in journalism education and media literacy. Proposals should include a component to engage approximately 40 MEP alumni through the MEP Alumni Association. This might include a micro-grant opportunity to encourage alumni projects that advance journalism education and media literacy. The applicant should work closely with PD Section throughout the grant period to identify Georgian participants. The project will award $249,900 to defray the costs of a two- week intensive study tour for up to 10 participants. Applicants should include provisions for non-English speaking participants and secure international travel insurance for duration of the study tour. OBJECTIVES The purpose of the Georgian Media Education Program is to support the professional development of media educators, strengthen journalism programs in Georgian HEIs through adopting the best practices of journalism education in the United States, and establish collaborative linkages between Georgian and U.S. schools of journalism. These visits should also demonstrate the important role quality journalism education plays in establishing and maintaining a vibrant press corps and accountable democracy. The program should focus on introducing MEP participants to the latest trends in journalism education, multimedia and media literacy. In today’s consumer-driven and media saturated world, it’s becoming increasingly important for teachers to understand how to teach media literacy. Media educators can play a significant role in helping students understand the differences in media outlets, the messages they receive and ethical methods for producing their own content. Apart from consultation meetings with professors and media administrators, campus tour and intensive hands-on trainings at a selected U.S. school of journalism/communication, participation in events and workshops organized by professional journalism organizations should help achieve the program objectives. Exposure to emerging media tools, instruments, and digital platforms would enable selected Georgian media educators to learn modern practices in journalism education and to successfully adopt them in their professions. The program will also enable media professionals to examine technological advances in an American university and the influence it has on expanding academic opportunities for the educational achievement. The MEP has provided professional development to three previous cohorts comprising about 40 journalism educators, who remain active through a newly developed alumni association. MEP proposal may entail a component that ensures continued alumni engagement. Funds up to $15,000 can be encumbered to support a micro-grant competition through which alumni may submit proposals that will strengthen their programs. The program envisages exchanges in both directions – a combination of trips to the United States for Georgian participants and trips to Georgia of American partners, who will be engaged in active trainings on specific topics identified in consultation with MEP participants. For the visits to Georgia, activities should focus on completing those activities conducted in the United States and increasing the professional capacity of the Georgian participants and their colleagues who may not travel to the United States. EXPECTED RESULTS The program should emphasize hands-on experience that will build the professional expertise of Georgian media educators and contribute to strengthening journalism education in Georgia. It will also help journalism professors get acquainted with strategies for teaching media literacy and supporting students in developing skills that allow them to effectively evaluate content from a variety of media sources. The program may include such topics as: · Curriculum and instruction (including course design and curriculum development for BA and MA programs in journalism and mass communication, multimedia journalism, digital media and strategic communications); · Assessment of student learning outcomes; · Course evaluation and accreditation of media programs; · Modern textbooks, journalism coursework and curriculum designs, e-libraries; · Media Literacy teaching/ resources and increasing digital literacy skills; · Social media and Multimedia teaching; · Online programs for journalism, development of online course design; · Faculty development; Journalism Education Association: JEA mission and standards of media education; · Student internship and support; · Teaching academic writing for journalism students; · Media school partnerships and student exchanges; · Multidisciplinary teaching and use of integrated methods (academic research combined with practical work); · Current trends and “hot button” issues in journalism education Applicants may propose other project topics/activities not specifically mentioned in this solicitation if the activities reinforce the impact of the project. A detailed program timeline for the entire grant period that outlines how components unfold and complement each other must be included in the proposal. The names of proposed Georgian participants must be reviewed and approved in advance of U.S. travel by the Public Diplomacy (PD) Section of the U.S. Embassy in Tbilisi. PD Section anticipates that the majority of Georgian participants will not have working-level competency in English. The applicant should describe the provisions (interpretation, international travel insurance, visa B1/B2 fee, meals and incidental expenses) that will be made for the proposed study tour participants.

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##   FY2022 EducationUSA Opportunity Funds Program

04/28/2022

05/31/2022

A. PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONThe Public Diplomacy Section of the U.S. Embassy Kenya of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a project focused on promoting U.S. higher education opportunities for high-achieving, financially disadvantaged Kenyan students. Please carefully follow all instructions below. Priority Region: Project activities must take place in Kenya and the United States and be directed at Kenyan high school students. Program Objectives: The grantee will work in coordination with the U.S. Embassy’s Education Outreach Coordinator and the EducationUSA Advisor grantee in Nairobi in support of the EducationUSA Opportunity Funds program. This program assists highly qualified students who are likely to be awarded full financial aid from U.S. colleges and universities but lack the financial resources to cover the up-front costs of required standardized admission tests, application fees, international and domestic airfare, visa fees, SEVIS fees, and settling-in allowance. The U.S. Embassy in Nairobi will select the EducationUSA adviser who will and the EducationUSA adviser will advise the Opportunity Funds students. This program supports the U.S. Embassy objectives to achieve inclusive, market-driven, environmentally sustainable economic growth, strengthen health and human capacity, and advance new activities that promote trade, economic cooperation, and legitimate travel.Individuals and institutions interested in bidding on this cooperative agreement are asked to submit a proposal to administer the Opportunity Funds program, EducationUSA student assistant stipend disbursement, and coordination of the Phase I College Application Boot Camp, Phase II Graduation and Pre-Departure Orientation to take place in July 2022. The successful grantee will demonstrate an ability to effectively handle funds, coordinate logistics, and finalize payments in a timely manner. The grantee must have an international credit card to which SAT registration fees can be charged. Key Program Components:Opportunity Funds Program Phase IIn the first phase, the Opportunity Funds scholarship will pay for approximately 40 students to take the SAT, SAT subject tests, and/or the ACT. The grantee will arrange payment and registration for these tests. The estimated scholarship amount for phase one is $110 per student. The institution will manage the logistics of test registration for each student and will oversee that students take the test on various test dates at various testing centers in Kenya. It is expected that students will take the tests between August and October 2022Opportunity Funds Program Phase II In the second phase, the Opportunity Funds scholarship will pay for at least 12 students to travel to the United States to matriculate at a U.S. institution of higher education. The scholarship will pay for visa and SEVIS fees, required immunizations, international airfare, domestic airfare (if required), and a settling-in allowance (if required). The estimated scholarship amount for phase two is approximately $2,200 per student. The institution will communicate with the students and EducationUSA adviser, coordinate visa appointments, make travel arrangements for domestic and international travel, and coordinate payment to the students of settling-in and other related allowances. Phase II students will receive admission decisions between December 2021 and April 2022 and will need to be ready to start classes in the United States with start dates from July to September 2022.Student StipendThe grantee will manage monthly stipend payments to students who will assist the EducationUSA adviser in the implementation of the programmatic aspects of EducationUSA. The EducationUSA adviser will select two qualified students who have previously participated in the EducationUSA scholars’ program to help administer the required training for new scholars. The grantee will disburse a monthly stipend of $200 per month per student to offset travel expenses.Boot Camp and Pre-Departure OrientationThe grantee will manage the logistics of a College Application Boot Camp to take place in July 2022 for at least 60 students. This will be five consecutive days of activities for students preparing their college applications to study in the United States. The institution will coordinate in-country travel for all students and provide a venue, meals, refreshments, lodging, material reproduction services, and supplies and stationery. Proposals should also include plans in case the boot camp must be held virtually instead of in-person.The grantee will also manage the logistics of a Pre-Departure Orientation to take place in July 2022 in Nairobi, for three consecutive days for at least 12 students, although likely more. The institution will coordinate in-country travel for all students and provide a venue, meals, refreshments, lodging, material reproduction services, and supplies and stationery. Proposals should also include plans in case the orientation must be held virtually instead of in-person.Participants and Audiences: The participants are Kenyan EducationUSA scholars, selected by the EducationUSA adviser grantee and the US Embassy Education Outreach Coordinator. EducationUSA scholars are highly qualified students who are likely to be awarded full financial aid from U.S. colleges and universities but lack the financial resources to cover the up-front costs.

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##   Youth and Climate Entrepreneurship Exchange

05/10/2022

06/30/2022

Program Objectives: This exchange will focus on entrepreneurship and innovation in the climate change sphere, including renewable energy; energy efficiency and sustainability; environmental engineering; climate adaptation; resilient and clean technologies; carbon reduction; food production; design; or other innovative fields addressing climate challenges today and in the future. The goal is to provide university students, business start-up leaders, and founders between 20 and 25 residing permanently in Austria with intensive, hands-on entrepreneurship education and leadership development training, as well as a greater understanding of U.S-Austrian collaboration on business-focused climate change solutions. Entrepreneurs help countries respond to specific problems, demands, or gaps in the market by identifying and pursuing new business opportunities; entrepreneurs and startups generate economic value, create jobs, and accelerate development, while often delivering social and environmental benefits for the customers and communities they serve.[A1] As such, this program should give participants first-hand and theoretical knowledge of founding, financing, and growing a startup in climate change-focused sectors, as well as how to maintain momentum and spur additional growth through programming, promotion, and networking opportunities. This program, which would take place between July and September 2023, should highlight the U.S. entrepreneurial ecosystem of a particular U.S. city or region that excels in climate change entrepreneurship. The program should include an in-person component in the United States that will expose participants to American culture, values, and business practices and highlight the United States as a destination for future business partnerships, investment, and ongoing education. The U.S. component should be preceded and followed by a substantial programming and educational component in Austria (in-person and virtual, as local health regulations allow) to include networking with Austrian leaders in the business and climate sectors; team building; pre-departure orientation, and knowledge and sector expertise-building elements. This component should also include engagement and mentoring opportunities with alumni from previous U.S. entrepreneurship exchange programs. As this will be a cooperative agreement, U.S. Embassy Vienna will have substantial involvement in this effort including participant selection and approval of the program structure and content of the U.S. component. The Public Diplomacy Section of the U.S. Embassy is providing maximum flexibility for applicant organizations to offer program models that effectively meet the overall goals of the program. In addition to those listed above, required elements of the program are as follows: - Participants should learn about the essential elements of an entrepreneurial ecosystem and how these elements inter-relate. Participants should have the opportunity to experience these elements in a local U.S. community through interactive, hands-on training, which might include, for example: presentations, meetings with entrepreneurs, social events, or business pitch presentations. Internships or practicums in businesses, NGOs, innovation hubs, or economic/business-related organizations could also be included. - Participants, specifically those with already established start-ups, participants should have interaction with top companies, founders, incubators, and venture capitalists in both countries. - Social entrepreneurship: Participants should learn how entrepreneurial principles can be addressed to remediate social ills, and how entrepreneurial concepts can spur civic action. - The program should include elements for post-program engagement with the Austrian participants that includes mentoring and supporting participants as alumni of this and other similar programs. - The recipient will identify specific and measurable outputs and outcomes based on the project specifications provided in the solicitation. Additional program goals include: - Promote the awareness of future Austrian entrepreneurs of the entrepreneurial ecosystem as practiced in the United States. - Encourage identification of the United States as a destination for future business partnerships, investment, and ongoing education. - Foster professional and personal ties with local entrepreneurs and U.S. citizens in the local community. - Promote mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of Austria. Participants and Audiences: Target audience and participants are students, business start-up leaders, and founders between 18 and 29 residing permanently in Austria, including aspiring entrepreneurs or youth actively engaged in a start-up. [A1]Pulled from https://www.state.gov/connecting-climate-entrepreneurs-cce/

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##   Youth Ambassadors for Community Service 2023

05/20/2022

07/18/2022

Program Description The U.S. Embassy France Public Diplomacy Section of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for U.S. and French organizations to submit applications to implement an exchange program for 30 to 40 French high school students, in the United States, for ten to fifteen days in July and/or August 2023. Through the Youth Ambassadors for Community Service program, 30 to 40 young adults from France between the ages of 15 and 18 will develop the knowledge and leadership skills necessary to become more engaged in their communities, learn about the U.S. education system, and will further their understanding of the United States. Please carefully follow all instructions below. Purpose of the Youth Ambassadors for Community Service Program: Established in 2008, the Youth Ambassadors for Community Service Program selects high-school participants from underserved backgrounds across France, including the French Caribbean, to participate in a yearlong leadership training program that encourages volunteerism, self-confidence, intercultural sensitivity, and independence. Participants will attend pre-departure training sessions before the travel to the U.S., as well as a debriefing upon their return, organized by a different French implementing NGO, in coordination with the organization awarded the overall grant. In partnership with the U.S. Embassy in Paris, the recipient organization will design the two-week U.S. exchange program, in July and/or August 2023[2], which will enhance participants’ understanding of American democratic institutions and volunteer initiatives. Participants will travel to Washington D.C. for initial programming. After spending time in Washington D.C., they will be divided into subgroups in different cities/host communities, where they will be placed with American host families and meet American students their age. They will then return to Washington D.C. for debriefing and evaluation, as well as visits to the Department of State and the French Embassy to the U.S. Participants will engage in a variety of activities, including but not limited to workshops on leadership and community service, community site visits related to program themes, interactive training and discussion groups, volunteer opportunities, visits to educational facilities, local cultural activities, homestays, and other activities designed to achieve the program’s stated goals. The exchange must include multiple opportunities for participants to have significant, meaningful interactions with their American peers. Follow-on activities with the participants are an essential part of the program, and the exchange activities should prepare participants to apply the knowledge and skills that they will have acquired during their time in the United States in the planning of concrete projects in their home communities. Program Objectives: • Promote equal opportunities for all and encourage knowledge-sharing and intercultural dialogue between French and American youth; • Raise awareness about civic engagement and volunteerism among young people; • Strengthen Franco-American friendship and understanding through soft diplomacy; • Offer French youth the chance to represent their peers and participate in civic initiatives abroad; • Build leadership skills, encourage volunteerism, self-confidence, intercultural sensitivity, and nurture excellence and civic engagement among young leaders from underserved communities; • Allow participants to become pillars of community organization, keeping their peers involved in positive social activities and promoting tolerance and achievement; and • Provide participants with tools to build alliances with American counterparts and to produce positive change in underserved communities. Program Outline: Applicants must demonstrate their capacity for conducting international exchanges in the U.S.; administering exchanges focused on youth that involve different geographic regions; implementing exchange projects that address specific policy challenges; and providing substantive programming and leadership training for youth. The award recipient will be responsible for the oversight and management of performance of all sub-award recipients under the award. U.S. Embassy France reserves the right to reduce, revise, or increase proposal project configurations, budgets, participating countries and regions, and participant numbers in accordance with the needs of the program and the availability of funds. The budget should include international travel to and from the U.S. for 30 to 40 participants (including domestic travel for 20 to 30 metropolitan participants to and from Paris and their French city of residence). One staff member must accompany participants for the international travel (France-U.S.-France). The budget should include the in-country travel and local transportation, lodging, activities, food, insurance, and ESTA costs for 30 to 40 participants. As participants are under 18, they must be accompanied by facilitators and the host families must be validated by the recipient organization. Participants and Audiences: 30 to 40 outstanding French high school students, between the ages of 15 and 18, from underprivileged backgrounds with leadership potential and commitment to civic engagement. For more information, eligibility, and deadlines please read the Notice of Funding Opportunity PDS-France-FY2022-04 and/or refer to the U.S. Embassy in France website (Grants Programs). Questions can be directed to GrantsFrance@state.gov. Please note: We do not provide any pre-consultation for application related questions that are addressed in the Notice of Funding Opportunity

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##   Saudi Young Leaders Exchange Program (SYLEP)

07/13/2022

08/15/2022

Funding Opportunity Title: Saudi Young Leaders Exchange Program (SYLEP) Funding Opportunity Number: DOS-SAU-PD-2207 Deadline for Applications: August 15, 2022 Total Amount Available: $350,000 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The U.S. Embassy Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Office of Public Affairs (PAS) of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a program to support English-speaking undergraduate students and recent graduates from Saudi Arabia in a three-week U.S.-based exchange program in Summer 2023 that explores the themes of community engagement to promote peace and prosperity, leadership development, respect for diversity, tolerance of religious beliefs, and a mutual cultural understanding. The program should continue after the U.S.-based exchange with follow-on activities in the participants’ home communities, including through alumni activities focused on social entrepreneurship and projects promoting peaceful coexistence with other members of society and the world at large. A total of 30 participants would travel to the United States in up to two delegations from Saudi Arabia in the summer of 2023. U.S. Embassy Riyadh funding will support the planning and implementation of U.S.-based programming, including a period of homestays with American families, and participant international travel. The U.S. Embassy Riyadh and the U.S. Consulates in Jeddah and Dhahran will recruit, screen, and select the participants and support program alumni, in coordination with the award recipient. Pending the availability of funds, it is U.S. Embassy Riyadh’s intent to award one cooperative agreement for an estimated total amount of $350,000 for a one-year program. Please follow all instructions below. Program Objectives: The U.S. Mission’s support of this youth leadership exchange, SYLEP, which seeks to build leadership, civic responsibility, respect for diversity, and community engagement among Saudi university students and recent graduates through a three-week summer exchange started in the summer of 2014. This successful program is being revised to strengthen additional components such as promotion of peace and prosperity, as well as tolerance and cultural understanding. The goals and objectives of the program are to: Promote mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of Saudi Arabia. Prepare youth leaders to become involved in sowing the seeds of tolerance and cross-cultural understanding in their own communities. Inspire youth leaders to become actively engaged in social entrepreneurship programs that help their communities in areas such as addressing the needs of persons with disabilities, developing opportunities for those facing unemployment and underemployment, and assisting the underprivileged in their own society. Teach students techniques for conflict analysis and resolution. Participants and Audiences: Applicants should propose to implement a three-week U.S.-based exchange for 30 recent graduate and undergraduate students. Applicants may propose a plan to break the delegation into smaller cohorts for some of the exchange activities. This is to ensure all participants benefit from exchange activities and to increase the effectiveness of monitoring and evaluation, including the participants’ safety and well-being while on the U.S.-based program. Participants will be recent graduate and undergraduate university students, who have demonstrated leadership abilities in their schools and/or communities, are able to demonstrate fluency in English, and are Saudi citizens residing in Saudi Arabia. FEDERAL AWARD INFORMATION Length of performance period: 9 to 12 months Number of awards anticipated: 1 award. The Public Affairs Section, U.S. Embassy Riyadh reserves the right to award less or more than the amount above in the absence of suitable applications or under such other circumstances as PAS may deem to be in the best interest of the U.S. Government. Award amounts: awards may range from a minimum of $300,000 to a maximum of $350,000 Total available funding: $350,000 Anticipated program start date: June 2023 This notice is subject to availability of funding. Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement The U.S. Embassy in Riyadh and the U.S. Consulates in Jeddah and Dhahran will help recruit, screen, and nominate participants beginning in early 2023. The award recipient will conduct an initial screening of applications and recommend approximately 50-75 top candidates for consideration to the Public Affairs Sections of the U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Saudi Arabia. The Embassy and Consulates will select the final participants for the exchange. In addition to recruitment, the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh and the U.S. Consulates in Jeddah and Dhahran will provide pre-departure briefings, facilitate visa application processes, and oversee follow-on alumni projects. The award recipient must consult regularly with the Public Affairs Section at the U.S. Embassy to implement the project and coordinate participants’ international travel. The award recipients will also be responsible for preparing materials for the pre-departure briefings and providing follow-on support to participants. Program Performance Period: Proposed programs should be completed in 12-months or less. ELIGILIBITY INFORMATION The following organizations are eligible to apply: public and private non-profit organizations meeting the provisions described in Internal Revenue Code section 26 USC 501 (c)(3). In order to be eligible to receive an award, all organizations must have a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number issued via www.SAM.gov as well as a valid registration on www.SAM.gov. Please see Section D.3 for more information. Individuals are not required to have a UEI or be registered in SAM.gov. Organizations should have significant experience working with international audiences, particularly youth. Additionally, they should have a history of successful program implementation and a proven capacity for designing effective exchanges in fields such as economics, entrepreneurship, healthcare, STEAM, volunteer and community services, and capacity-building and fostering leadership skills. Applicants are only allowed to submit one proposal per organization. If more than one proposal is submitted from an organization, all proposals from that institution will be considered ineligible for funding. COST SHARING OR MATCHING There is no minimum or maximum percentage required for this competition; however, PAS encourages cost sharing, contributions in-kind, and other forms of cost participation. APPLICATION AND SUBMISSION INFORMATION For assistance with the requirements of this solicitation, contact Brittani DiPaolo, Deputy Cultural Attaché, U.S. Embassy Riyadh at: Email: dipaolobm@state.gov Phone: +966-11-835-4000 ext. 4522 SUBMISSION DEADLINE Applications are due no later than midnight Eastern Standard Time on August 15, 2022. APPLICATION REVIEW INFORMATION Each application will be evaluated and rated on the basis of the evaluation criteria outlined below. Applicants should note that the following criteria (1) serve as a standard against which all proposals will be evaluated, and (2) serve to identify the significant matters that should be addressed in all proposals. The USG will award grants to the applicant whose offers represent the best value to the USG on the basis of technical merit and cost. The evaluation criteria have been tailored to the requirements of this NOFO: Project Goals/Implementation Plan (70 points): Applicants should describe what they propose to do and how they will do it. The proposed activities must directly relate to meeting the goals and objectives, and applicants should include information on how they will measure activities’ effectiveness and provide milestones to indicate progress toward NOFO-stipulated goals. The review panel will be viewing the implementation plan in terms of how well it addresses the goals and objectives, feasibility of the proposed activities and their timeline for completion, and the extent to which the impact of the project will continue beyond the conclusion of the funding period. Organizational Capability (15 points): Proposals should demonstrate the ability to develop and implement youth exchanges. Applicants must demonstrate how their resources, capabilities, and experience will enable them to achieve the stated goals and objectives. Appendices (15 points): Budget: Costs shall be evaluated for realism, control practices, and efficiency. PAS must determine that the costs paid for this award are reasonable, allowable, and allocable to the proposed project activities. This will consist of a review of the budget to determine if the overall costs are realistic for the work to be performed, if the costs reflect the applicant’s understanding of the allowable cost principles established by OMB Circular A-122, and if the costs are consistent with the program narrative. Resume: The review panel will consider the appropriateness of the selected project director; in view of the role and responsibility that person will play in guiding the project through implementation to completion. Position descriptions submitted in lieu of the resume will be reviewed for the appropriateness of the qualifications and skills identified. Review and Selection Process: A review committee will evaluate all eligible applications. Each application will be evaluated by a peer review committee of Department of State and U.S. Embassy Riyadh and other experts, as deemed appropriate. In accordance with the Executive Order on Advancing Racial Equity and Underserved Communities, proposals should demonstrate how the program advances equity with respect to race, ethnicity, religion, income, geography, gender identity, sexual orientation, and disability. The proposal should also demonstrate how the program will further engagement in underserved communities and with individuals from underserved communities. Proposals should demonstrate how addressing racial equity and underserved communities will enhance the program’s goals and objectives, as well as the experience of participants. The support of underserved communities will be part of the review criteria for this opportunity. Therefore, proposals should clearly demonstrate how the program will support and advance equity and engage underserved communities in program administration, design, and implementation. Anticipated Announcement and Federal Award Dates: By September 1, 2022 This information is provided as a summary reference. Please see the full Notice of Funding Opportunity located in the documents section for complete eligibility and submission requirements. All application materials must be submitted by email to RiyadhGrants@state.gov and applications may be submitted electronically through www.grants.gov.

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##   2023 Brazil Youth Ambassadors Program

07/15/2022

08/15/2022

Mission Brazil seeks for institutional assistance to support the development and implementation of the Brazil portion of 2023 Youth Ambassadors program for up to 50 selected students and 2 adult escorts. The Youth Ambassadors exchange program offers outstanding, yet underprivileged, high school students from the public education system a short-term full immersion in U.S. culture and society, as well as skill-building opportunities for the 21st Century work environment. Awarded students get to visit the capital of the United States, attend meetings with public and private institutions, visit schools and social projects, participate in training sessions to help improve communication skills, leadership, teamwork, entrepreneurship and innovation, as well as to develop a creative action plan to help address a key issue in their respective communities. Since its inception in 2003, Mission Brazil’s Youth Ambassadors program (YAP) has evolved from a small exchange program for a dozen high school students to Brazil’s internationally recognized – and hemisphere-wide replicated – flagship youth engagement initiative. The YAP brand is easily recognizable throughout the country and reaches audiences from the dense urban centers of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro to the most remote parts of rural Brazil. Beyond the exchange itself, this program has become the catalyst for the Mission to build on strategic and lasting partnerships with the government of Brazil by pursuing complementary policy goals in the areas of education, English language teaching, strengthening civil society, as well as by keeping the U.S. as the top destination for Brazilians interested in studying abroad. As a result of its positive impact, since 2010, State Department started funding the program throughout Latin America. Therefore, this funding opportunity will allow the implementing organization to help Mission Brazil: screen and pre-select Brazilian candidates, coordinate and purchase participants' in-country travel, book and purchase round-trip international tickets traveling in the same flights for the participants going to the U.S. and back, include travel insurance during pre-departure orientation in Brazil, as well as for the day of the group’s return to Brazil and their return flights back home, include travel allowance (in dollars) for minor incidental expenses during the program, include a COVID-19 mitigation plan and specific measures, develop and implement a comprehensive pre-departure orientation for participants so that they can feel confident and ready for their first exchange experience in the U.S. Provide advice/support for the participants as they try to implement the action plans developed during the exchange program in the U.S. Participants and Audiences: This funding opportunity aims at supporting the full and positive participation of up to 50 Brazilian public high school students selected for this 2023 Youth Ambassadors program, as well as 2 adult escorts selected from the pool of Partner Institutions spread all over the country.

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##   Strength in Partnership: Call for Proposals

11/22/2022

04/30/2023

Strengthen the Relationship: The Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Mission to South Africa of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for Federal financial assistance to support projects that strengthen ties and build relationships between the United States and South Africa. PAS welcomes proposals from South African organizations with a U.S. partner. U.S. organizations may also submit proposals, so long as they have a South African partner. Project Objectives: PAS is seeking proposals that address one or more of the following challenges from a public diplomacy perspective. Public Diplomacy (PD) seeks to promote partnerships and information/knowledge exchange between the Americans and South African publics and institutions to enable more effective, mutually beneficial cooperation with the United States globally, benefitting the U.S. national interest and the national security as well as South Africa. PD aims to identify and fund programs and projects that broaden and deepen dialogue and empower cooperation between American citizens and institutions – including civil society and educational organizations – and their South African counterparts. 1. Adapting to Climate Change and Implementing a Just Green Energy Transition The Challenge: Mitigating and adapting to climate change is a key policy priority for the global community. Climate change is already altering ecosystems, economies, and livelihoods. Floods, drought, and water shortages, driven by climate disruptions, have been severe over the last few years, with parts of the world facing water scarcity issues and others suffering devastating floods. As we move from fossil-fuel based energy production to renewables, livelihoods based on fossil fuels will shift, requiring social safety nets and reskilling to build resilience in these communities. A just transition aims to realize a quality life for those impacted by a transition from fossil fuels to renewables. PAS seeks proposals that will create exchanges of information and experience, as well as partnerships between Americans and South Africans. Projects may generate awareness and promote shared action/collaboration on mitigating and adapting to climate change. Projects may also facilitate the response to the evolving climate crisis with an emphasis on identifying shared challenges and solutions in implementing a just transition to green energy sources. Project proposals should identify a primary audience that the project seeks to influence. An audience related to a just energy transition in South Africa might be, for example: vocational students; secondary school or university educators; start-up entrepreneurs; leadership in community organizations; civil society representatives or government officials working on climate and energy issues. While a project may mention or incorporate multiple groups of people, a proposal must identify a single countable primary audience composed of human beings. Proposals should estimate how many people are in the primary audience. Note that short-term impact may lay the groundwork for longer-term outcomes. Priority project areas include: fostering economic opportunity and facilitating a green energy transition; sustainable waste management and recycling; urban and peri-urban clean water solutions; climate change adaptation; or urban gardening and greening. 2. Promoting Equity, Social Justice, and Social Cohesion The Challenge: The Black Lives Matter protests in the United States in 2020 quickly grew into mass protests in the United States and around the world, including Africa. Citizens and civil society organizations raised concerns about social injustice that had manifested as racial violence, economic inequality, and non-inclusive historical narratives. The United States has since seen increases in anti-Black, anti-Asian, and anti-Semitic violence but also efforts by government, business, and civil society to address questions of inequity and discrimination within American society. In South Africa, violent social unrest in July 2021, centered predominantly in KwaZulu Natal and Gauteng, led to the loss of two million jobs and a substantial contraction in the South African economy. These events have highlighted continued racial and social cleavages within South Africa, raising important questions around social and economic inequality in the current post-Apartheid era. In response to these events, PAS would like to create safe spaces for dialogue and exchange on topics that address equity, racial justice, and social inclusion in an effort to create greater social and economic security for all citizens. PAS seeks proposals that build on shared American and South African goals to promote respect for human rights and advance racial equity, social justice, and social cohesion. Proposals should align with the U.S. Government’s commitment to acknowledge and protect members of marginalized racial and ethnic communities, including indigenous communities, in keeping with White House Initiatives to advance racial equity and the U.S. Department of State’s Equity Action Plan. Project proposals should complement existing equity efforts, particularly those focused on women and girls, as well as LGBTQI+ persons, persons with disabilities, persons belonging to religious minorities, and members of other marginalized communities. Preference will be given to proposals that engage audiences and help them address the existing disparities and unique circumstances faced by members of marginalized communities, including those who experience compounded discrimination due to multiple and intersecting social identities. Proposals should foster dialogue, encourage civic engagement, and increase understanding about the historical injustices in the United States and South Africa to make concrete connections with contemporary applications of the lessons learned from those histories. Project proposals should identify a primary audience that the project seeks to influence. An audience related to the promotion of equity, social Justice, and social cohesion might be, for example: secondary school or university educators; leadership in community organizations; religious leaders; journalists or editors; civil society representatives; or government officials. While a project may mention or incorporate multiple groups of people, a proposal must identify a single countable primary audience composed of human beings. Proposals should estimate how many people are in the primary audience. Note that short-term impact may lay the groundwork for longer-term outcomes. Priority project areas include: Outreach to underscore connections between the struggle for equality of marginalized groups in the United States and South Africa’s liberation struggle; Exploration of the literature, culture, and histories of marginalized groups in the United States with South African audiences; or Facilitation of dialogues and exchanges which increase connections between individuals and communities in the United States and South African committed to increasing equity and social inclusion in both countries, sharing challenges and best practices from contemporary scholarship. Proposals may incorporate use of sport or art that addresses the American experience that is relevant to the South African experience. Competitive proposals will outline how the activities will resonate with South African audiences. 3. A Global Crisis: Trafficking in Persons The Challenge: Through force, fraud, and coercion, human traffickers violate the most basic right of people everywhere to freedom. Traffickers’ exploitative practices negatively impact countries like South Africa and the United States by diminishing and destroying communities, a sense of security, and the global economy. How can we use public diplomacy to combat human trafficking in South Africa, especially in the most at-risk communities? PAS seeks proposals that aim to improve the public’s ability to recognize and report TIP, to identify TIP risk factors, and to reduce demand for labor and sexual exploitation. Proposals should facilitate awareness of and generate grass-roots action on TIP-related issues in South Africa. Proposals should address recommendations in the most recent U.S. Department of State’s Trafficking in Persons Report for South Africa with the goal of increased public knowledge, understanding, and calls for action to prevent this abuse of human rights. Project proposals should identify a primary audience that the project seeks to influence. An audience related to the fight against trafficking in persons might be, for example: members of a vulnerable population (children, LGBTQI+ persons, refugees, migrants, or commercial sex workers); university educators; leadership in community organizations; religious leaders; journalists or editors; civil society representatives; or government officials. While a project may mention or incorporate multiple groups of people, a proposal must identify a single countable primary audience composed of human beings. Proposals should estimate how many people are in the primary audience. Note that short-term impact may lay the groundwork for longer-term outcomes. PAS welcomes proposals incorporating South African government entities as partners. Priority project areas include: Increasing the public’s understanding of trafficking in persons; Increasing TIP awareness among populations vulnerable to trafficking and exploitation; Reducing demand for labor and sexual exploitation; or Increasing the public and civil society’s reporting of TIP offenses and official complicity to appropriate South African authorities. 4. Expanding Cooperation in Higher Education and Vocational Training The Challenge: Universities, colleges, community colleges, and vocational schools are important community institutions in both the United States and South Africa. Economically, they have a role to play in identifying and addressing gaps in skills and other needs. Socially, they can effect positive change in relation to pressing political, social, and economic problems – from youth unemployment to countering gender-based violence to climate change and adaptation. Ties between American and South African institutions should enable societies in both countries to look around the corner at the challenges of tomorrow. PAS seeks proposals that strengthen existing ties and foster new collaborations between U.S. and South African higher education institutions under the University Partnership Initiative (UPI). Proposals should address the option to scale up the scope and reach of the project pending funds availability and should address potential significant involvement by PAS. Collaboration with existing U.S. Mission South Africa programs or alumni of USG-funded exchanges is encouraged. Project proposals should identify a primary audience that the project seeks to influence. An audience related to cooperation in higher education might be, for example: South African university and Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) students; South African government officials in positions responsible for funding and programmatic decisions linked to South African higher education institutions; Leadership of NGOs working to improve access to higher education and higher education outcomes; Out of school and other historically underserved individuals and groups who can benefit from restored linkages to educational and vocational opportunities; or Administrators of university, TVET, or community education training centers. While a project may mention or incorporate multiple groups of people, a proposal must identify a single countable primary audience composed of human beings. Proposals should estimate how many people are in the primary audience. Note that short-term impact may lay the groundwork for longer-term outcomes. Priority project areas include: Promoting U.S.- South Africa faculty and student exchanges, particularly the development of dual degree programs that have South Africans complete their studies locally and address South Africa’s shortage of qualified academic staff and that facilitate collaboration on addressing shared challenges in the United States and South Africa; Sharing best practices and expertise in curriculum development and aligning curricula to address job market needs and skills gaps; Developing the use of instructional technology to increase access to educational opportunities, including in the context of challenges like the COVID-19 pandemic; Facilitating early-career training for academics; Joint research, especially in agriculture, food security, health, and STEM; Providing training and transfer skills in all aspects of university and TVET college administration through subject-matter exchange programs; Sharing best practices for student recruitment, retention, and job placement while battling misconceptions about the utility of TVET and community college education; or Exploring public-private partnerships, with an emphasis on commercialization, technology transfer, and job creation as well as post-graduate job placement. Proposals should address how relationships between institutions will be sustained after U.S. government-funded efforts end. Proposals that develop linkages between South African technical universities and their American counterparts are strongly encouraged.

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##   FY2023 U.S. Embassy Tokyo: The U.S.-Japan Diplomacy Academy for University Students in Northern Japan

12/21/2022

02/19/2023

The U.S. Consulate General in Sapporo’s Public Affairs Section announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out The U.S.-Japan Diplomacy Academy for University Students in Northern Japan.Youth in predominantly rural, agricultural communities throughout northern Japan are less likely to graduate from university and study in foreign countries than their peers elsewhere in the country. However, with rising geopolitical tensions involving the Northern Territories, DPRK missile launches, and PRC and Russian naval activity in the waters around Hokkaido and Tohoku, as well as increasing economic reliance on international trade, it has never been more important for the future leaders of northern Japan to be equipped with the knowledge and skills to help navigate these and other critical issues in the decades ahead. This project will arrange fictional but realistic, diplomatic scenario-based “Diplomacy Academy” seminars for students at major universities in Hokkaido and the four northernmost prefectures of Tohoku. Participants will assume the role of U.S. and Japanese diplomats to study, negotiate and solve fictional but realistic issues in the realms of at least one of the following; 1. security/defense, 2. trade/economic security, 3. energy security/climate solutions, and 4. human rights. Preferably the applicant attaches a sample scenario of one of the 4 categories above. The amount $40,000 should cover the travel costs for facilitators/teachers. The applicant must identify and arrange the participants and the venue(s).The program can be conducted in Japanese and/or English.Expected participants will be university students who are interested in international politics, diplomacy, negotiation, or SDGs in northern Japan (defined as Hokkaido, Aomori, Akita, Iwate, and Miyagi Prefectures).

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##   Women in STEM Mentorship Program

03/10/2023

04/24/2023

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY DESCRIPTION U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE U.S. MISSION IN MOROCCO PUBLIC DIPLOMACY GRANT PROGRAM Notice of Funding Opportunity for Fiscal Year 2023 Funding Opportunity Title: Women in STEM Mentorship Program Funding Opportunity Number: PAS-MOROCCO-FY23-05 Deadline for Applications: April 24, 2023 Assistance Listing Number: 19.040 Email: Rabatgrants@state.gov A. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The U.S. Embassy Morocco is pleased to announce an open grant competition to award a cooperative agreement to organize a Women in STEM Mentorship Program. The Embassy’s Public Affairs Office invites proposals from established Moroccan associations, committed, and organized civil-society organizations to implement a Women in STEM mentorship program, an initiative designed to address the underrepresentation of women in the STEM fields. The program will foster a community of women in STEM and will provide a platform for young women to connect with each other, share their experiences and support one another. Please follow all instructions below. Priority Region: Morocco Program Objectives The program’s goals and objectives are to: 1. Increase the representation of women in STEM fields: The program aims to increase the number of women pursuing careers in STEM by providing mentorship support and resources to young women interested in these fields. 2. Promote gender equality in STEM: The program aims to address the barriers and biases that prevent women from participating in STEM fields and to create a more inclusive and equitable environment for women in STEM. 3. Enhance the employability of young women in STEM: The program aims to provide young women in STEM with the skills and experiences needed to succeed in the workforce and to increase their chances of getting hired in STEM fields. 4. Promote STEM education and awareness: The program aims to promote STEM education and awareness among young women and to encourage more girls to pursue studies in STEM fields. The applicant must meet the specific criteria below: - Project design and preparation: The Recipient will define, in consultation with the U.S. Embassy, the project scope, main outcomes and outputs including participants, projects, and participants’ profiles. The recipient will also handle all project logistics including venues, training dates, facilitators, trainers, and volunteers. - Call for applications: The Recipient will advertise the application to become a mentor and mentee using social media and direct engagement and outreach through their own youth networks. The Recipient will also develop and implement a competitive established recruitment process to select 200 female university students, create mentor-mentee teams, and make sure each team of mentor’s recruits and works with 15 mentees to develop pertinent technology projects. - Design of training: The Recipient will provide continuous training and support to the teams and complement the trainings with team building and leadership activities. - Program delivery: The Recipient will organize a three-day training of trainers for a selected number of mentors. Four months later, the recipient will organize regional and national events where teams will benefit from additional training and will pitch their projects. - Program locations and logistical support: The Recipient will select target (under-represented, under-served and at-risk) cities/regions/populations for recruitment and delivery of the training in coordination with the Public Affairs Section. The Recipient will be responsible for all logistics for the trainings including securing training facilities, hotel accommodation for staff and trainers, and arranging for the procurement of meals and supplies. - Monitoring and evaluation: The Recipient will develop a monitoring and evaluation plan. This M&E plan will consist of pre-training and post-training surveys to measure the impact of the program on the beneficiaries in consultation with PAS. The recipient will be responsible for sending an update about the participants’ projects six months after the national competition. - Sustainability: The Recipient will develop a sustainability plan to maintain close contact with participants and provide mentorship to the beneficiaries and include them in future events. Applicants are encouraged to submit proposals that use a mix of interactive activities and learning experiences to help participants develop their skills. All proposals should contain a proposed syllabus covering the title and content of sessions and how each relates to the overall program objectives. Proposals should also include a detailed explanation of how applicants will be recruited and a description of how program activities will bring about the intended results. All program activities should have a strong American focus. Curriculum modules should include U.S. models, examples, and precepts. GUIDELINES: B. FEDERAL AWARD INFORMATION Length of performance period: 10 to 12 months Number of awards anticipated: 1 award Award amounts: The award may range from a minimum of $60,000 to a maximum of $70,000 Type of Funding: FY23 Smith Mundt Public Diplomacy Funds Anticipated program start date: October 2023 This notice is subject to availability of funding. Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative agreement. The Public Affairs Office will be actively involved in the award implementation. U.S. Embassy staff will: a. Provide standardized logos/branding guidelines for promotional materials b. Approve marketing materials and participating in promotional activities of the program and utilizing the U.S. Mission’s social media platforms and media contacts. c. Approve the selection of the venue. d. Approve participant and trainer recruitment and selection plans. e. Assist in identifying and contacting alumni of U.S. government exchange program, representatives of U.S. companies, and U.S. Mission personnel as potential speakers or trainers. f. Review and approve proposed program speaker and trainer rosters and activity/workshop/site visit topics and formats. Program Performance Period: Proposed programs should be completed in twelve months or less. The Department of State will entertain applications for continuation grants funded under these awards beyond the initial budget period on a non-competitive basis subject to availability of funds, satisfactory progress of the program, and a determination that continued funding would be in the best interest of the U.S. Department of State. C. ELIGILIBITY INFORMATION 1. Eligible Applicants The following organizations are eligible to apply: - Only Moroccan associations and committed and organized civil-society organizations with full SAM registration and experience executing youth STEM programs will be eligible to receive funding. - U.S. organizations and NGOs are not eligible. 1. Cost Sharing or Matching There is no minimum or maximum percentage required for this competition. 2. Other Eligibility Requirements To be eligible to receive an award, all organizations must have a unique entity identifier as well as a valid registration on www.SAM.gov. Please see Section D.3 for information on how to obtain these registrations. D. APPLICATION AND SUBMISSION INFORMATION • Applications are due by April 24, 2023. • The proposal should be $60,000-$70,000. • Acquisition of a UEI number and a SAM.gov registration is required. • The project should not have an intended start date before October 2023. • All proposals must adhere to the policy explained in the Women in STEM Mentorship Program Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) including the “eligibility requirements.” Please review these requirements carefully. Upload, complete, and return these required forms: •SF424 (Application for Federal Assistance) •SF424A (Budget Information) •SF424B (Assurances) •Project Narrative Form (in English) •Applicant Organizational Information Form •Detailed proposed program •Budget Proposal (in USD) (please use $1 = 10 MAD as exchange rate) •CVs for Director and key project personnel •Final registration papers for the organization (وصل نهائي) Submit all forms in electronic format to Rabatgrants@state.gov no later than April 24, 2022, at midnight. All questions about this NOFO should be addressed to: Rabatgrants@state.gov

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##   2023 -2025 English Access Microscholarship Program (Access)

03/22/2023

04/30/2023

A. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The US Embassy, Public Diplomacy Section (PDS Nairobi) invites interested applicants to submit proposals from implementing partners for 2023 -2025 English Access Microscholarship Program (Access). Those interested in applying should carefully read the description below and the Access handbook: https://Handbook.Access-Program.org. Those interested should send their proposals to the Public Diplomacy Section, U.S. Embassy, Nairobi no later than midnight, April 30, 2023, via email at nairobigrants@state.gov. Further steps include drafting a detailed proposal to be entered into the Access proposal portal, which is overseen by FHI-360, the U.S. Department of State's U.S.- based Access grantee. The period of performance is to begin in September 2023.Priority Region: Kilifi and/ Nyanza RegionProgram Objectives: The goal of the Access Program is to provide participants with improved skills that contribute to building more resilient, engaged, and prosperous communities that are more aware of, and better connected to, U.S. culture. While the direct recipients of the scholarships are the students, the impact of the Access program should extend to families, communities, educators, and institutions.During the life of the program, Access students will:1 Be given a foundation of English language skills.Equipping students with English language skills can increase their competitiveness in the job market, allow them to expand their network, build people-to-people connections, empower them to read and understand a wide variety of sources, and make students more competitive for future U.S. Department of State and other exchanges.2. Gain an appreciation for U.S. culture and democratic valuesA key element of the Access Program is to familiarize students with important features of U.S. culture and democratic values to encourage mutual understanding between the U.S. and the host country. Students are encouraged to develop respect for and interest in other cultures, customs, and beliefs. Partners are encouraged to thoughtfully design their curriculum to integrate the following topics: global citizenship, critical thinking, environmental awareness, human rights, U.S. democracy and government, U.S. civil society, diversity and tolerance, U.S. History, U.S. education system, U.S. family and relationship values, U.S. and global gender issues, U.S. and global health, and other STEM subjects.3. Develop digital literacy skillsIn addition to learning general computer skills, using, and understanding a wider variety of informational technologies has become essential to a young person’s personal and academic future. Applicants must demonstrate that they can prepare program participants for an ever-changing digital world by improving participants’ ability to;a) find, evaluate, and critically analyze online information for its trustworthiness and accuracy,b) to connect and collaborate with others in and outside their Access group, andc) create and share content. The underpinning of this effort should focus on gaining the appropriate skills to build a positive online identity and understanding the features of a safe and secure online identity.4. Participate in personal development activitiesThe Access Program seeks to foster students’ personal development by building balanced intellectual and emotional capabilities to better prepare them for future academic and professional endeavors. Students should be introduced to topics such as lifelong learning, career development and employable skills, critical thinking, self-confidence, leadership skills, emotional literacy and self-awareness, higher education and employment tracks and trajectories, and U.S. government-sponsored exchange program options.5. Take part in Service-Learning activitiesService-learning is a teaching approach that combines specific learning objectives with service to the community to provide a learning experience in which students develop new skills and a deeper understanding of their community and environment. Students must be actively involved in the service-learning project planning process and should;a) lead the assessment of community and environmental needs,b) design the project to address the community and environmental need, andc) reflect before, during and after the service experience.In addition, service activities should be designed to meet specific learning objectives as well as empower the students with the skills of researching, planning, implementing, monitoring, and reflecting. It is important for students to use English as much as possible while completing their service-learning project.CORE PROGRAM COMPONENTSThe Access program should be a model of excellence for host communities in several ways. In terms of the learning experience for the participants, partnering institutions should ensure that classes be learner-centered, making full use of modern approaches that maximize the participants’ hands-on usage of language (in contrast to a more passive learning experience that is teacher-centered and lecture-driven). Such innovations as project-based and task-based learning are well-suited to this overall approach. Classes should be no larger than 20 students and aim for gender balance.1. After-School/Weekend Instruction (mandatory)The Access Program must deliver 360 hours of total instruction reasonably distributed over the two-year period. Providers are required to complete (at minimum) 180 or more hours of instruction per academic year. The first component of the 360 hours should be in English classes meeting at least twice per week. The majority of the program’s hours will be in this component. Each After School class should be at least 60 minutes (not shorter “academic” hours) and not longer than 120 minutes. After School classes should take place at least two days a week and ideally not more than 3 days a week. Please note that additional justification in the proposal is needed if the program plans for students to attend the Access Program for more than 10 hours per week. It is the responsibility of the Provider to consider the schedule of the students, especially during the initial recruitment phase, to ensure that Access classes do not interfere with students’ regular school schedule. Access Programs should also include computer instruction to complement English language classes and enhancement activities. Computer classes, multimedia learning, or social media activities during after-school Instruction and/or intensive sessions should be included in the proposal. 2. Enhancement Activities (Mandatory)The second component of the 360 total hours will be enhancement activities. These activities are aimed at fostering Kenyan-U.S. cross-cultural understanding, as well as developing other key global citizenship skills, such as community service and leadership. These activities are an opportunity for educators and students to be creative and extend the language learning experience beyond the classroom walls. The hours used for such activities will be counted as part of the total 360 hours of the program. Enhancement activities are usually between 1.5 to 4 hours and must occur regularly throughout the two years of the program, including during after-school Instruction. Topics to include U.S. History, U.S. Popular Culture, U.S. Education, Gender Issues, the Environment, Ethnic Tolerance, Democracy, and Civil Society. Activities that are designed to provide hands on and interactive opportunities for students to engage in discussions, games, trips to museums, workplaces, theaters, celebrations of U.S. holidays such as hosting a Thanksgiving dinner or a Fourth of July picnic; writing and producing skits about key events in U.S. History; talent shows in which Access students perform songs by U.S. musicians; science-themed activities relating to environmental issues; and inviting guest speakers to discuss aspects of life in the U.S. such as ethnic diversity and tolerance. Other possibilities include civic outreach activities such as volunteering at nearby orphanages, homes for the elderly, or organizing the cleaning of a nearby park or forest. In-school activity possibilities include filming role-plays, hosting a visiting speaker from the U.S. Embassy or local community, creating a web page in the computer lab, creating a program newspaper, or celebrating a key U.S. holiday such as Martin Luther King Day. Access students should also be involved in community service activities to increase their awareness of social and environmental issues facing their respective communities while also gaining an understanding of the ways they can positively contribute to civil society. Access programs must improve the students’ digital and critical media literacy skills. Possibilities include making use of guest experts to teach students about these topics, asking students to take turns reviewing tools and resources that may help them better understand an issue in their community, allowing students to create their own websites, such as a Google site, or e-portfolios, volunteering at a nearby senior citizens home, tutoring primary school students in English, and organizing the cleaning of a nearby park or forest.Where possible, appropriate, and relevant, partners should:· Find ways to ensure that activities have a long-lasting impact (through multiple visits over several months) rather than taking a once-and-done approach.· Collaborate with U.S. Embassy personnel, U.S. English Language Fellows, Fulbright exchange participants and/or Peace Corps volunteers.In addition to these learner-focused components, two additional components are as follows:§ Professional Development for English Educators (encouraged)Access partners are to ensure that the educators chosen to work with the Access students are professional English teachers who are well-equipped with a strong understanding of - and experience using - the most recent approaches in the field. In addition, Access implementing teams should be dedicated to lifelong learning and work collaboratively with the U.S. Embassy and other Access sites to continue learning about, trying, and sharing new ideas. In addition to providing professional development opportunities to the Access teachers, partners should provide ongoing opportunities to share best practices with a wider community of teachers. Two main groups consist of the English teachers at the schools from which the Access students are recruited, and future teachers enrolled in nearby teacher training schools or universities with majors related to English language teaching. § Community OutreachThe Access Program site should serve as a model classroom. Efforts should be made to reach parents and other English teachers in the community, as well as include teachers of other subject matters, administrators, English Language Fellows, alumni, etc. in the Access experience, where appropriate. While it is understandable that such efforts should not interrupt instructional hours, a plan should be made to reach out several times during the Access program to key groups that stand to gain from being informed about the unique program. Examples include holding a workshop for parents addressing how to support a child during the Access implementation period, a workshop for future teachers at a nearby English language teaching department or for current teachers at the schools from which Access students have been recruited, and a meeting for administrators to better understand how to create stronger foreign language programs in their own schools.3. Intensive Sessions The third component of the 360 hours of program instruction are two-week long intensive sessions that should not exceed 8 hours per day or 40 hours a week. Intensive sessions are immersive experiences that provide students with time to fully experience an English-medium environment outside of the classroom for a sustained period. These should be conducted at an off-site to create more opportunity for students to bond with their classmates. Intensive Sessions are typically between four-day to four-week long programs. Intensive Sessions can occur three (minimum) to eight (maximum) hours a day, and can be held at the beginning, middle, and/or end of the Access Program. In Kenya, students usually sleep over at the intensive session site and meals are provided. The aim of these sessions is to provide students with time to fully experience an English-medium environment outside of the classroom for a sustained period. A typical day should combine English Language learning instruction with US cultural activities such as drama, computers, art, music, games, team building, peace building, problem solving, and creative activities that allow the students to gain confidence in English and to consolidate the global citizenship skills that they have been learning during the entire program. All intensive sessions should provide students with a window on U.S. culture and values, and their activities as much as possible should incorporate invited speakers (e.g., U.S. exchanges alumni, Embassy personnel, and other native and non-native English-speaking partners, etc.). The most successful immersion experiences are those run primarily by the implementing partner itself, with outside individuals included as needed to support the Access teachers. In collaboration with the US Embassy, it is also possible to include an English Language Fellow, Specialist, Peace Corps Volunteer, Fulbright English Teaching Assistant, Access alumni, or other support.Note that the total number of hours dedicated to enhancement activities and intensive sessions must not exceed 30% of the total time allotted to instruction (see Access Handbook for guidance).Opening and Closing Ceremony The date and time of both the opening and closing ceremony must be approved by the U.S. Embassy/Consulate. The opening ceremony should occur after the agreement has been signed and either before instruction begins or within 3 months of instruction starting. The closing ceremony usually occurs after instruction has finished and must be held before the end date of the agreement. The ceremony should be no longer than 2 - 3 hours.

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##   Youth Ambassadors for Community Service 2024

03/24/2023

05/25/2023

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The U.S. Embassy France Public Diplomacy Section of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to implement an exchange program for up to 30 French high school students, in the United States, for fifteen days in July and/or August 2024. Through the Youth Ambassadors for Community Service program, up to 30 young adults from France between the ages of 15 and 18 will develop the knowledge and leadership skills necessary to become more engaged in their communities, learn about the U.S. education system, and will further their understanding of the United States. Please follow all instructions below. Purpose of the Youth Ambassadors for Community Service Program: Established in 2008, the Youth Ambassadors for Community Service Program selects high-school participants from underserved backgrounds across France, including the French Caribbean, to participate in a yearlong leadership training program that encourages volunteerism, self-confidence, intercultural sensitivity, and independence. Participants will attend two pre-departure training sessions between January 2024 and June 2024, as well as a debriefing upon their return, organized by a different French implementing NGO, in coordination with the organization awarded the overall grant. In partnership with the U.S. Embassy in Paris, the recipient organization will design the two-week U.S. exchange program, in July and/or August 2024, which will enhance participants’ understanding of American democratic institutions and volunteer initiatives. Participants will travel to Washington D.C. for initial programming. After spending time in Washington D.C., they will be divided into subgroups in three different cities/host communities, where they will be placed with American host families and meet American students their age. They will then return to Washington D.C. for debriefing and evaluation, as well as visits to the Department of State and the French Embassy to the U.S. Participants will engage in a variety of activities, including but not limited to workshops on leadership and community service, community site visits related to program themes, interactive training and discussion groups, volunteer opportunities, visits to educational facilities, local cultural activities, homestays, and other activities designed to achieve the program’s stated goals. The exchange must include multiple opportunities for participants to have significant, meaningful interactions with their American peers. Follow-on activities with the participants are an essential part of the program, and the exchange activities should prepare participants to apply the knowledge and skills that they will have acquired during their time in the United States in the planning of concrete projects in their home communities. Program Objectives: Promote equal opportunities for all and encourage knowledge-sharing and intercultural dialogue between French and American youth. Raise awareness about civic engagement and volunteerism among young people. Strengthen Franco-American friendship and understanding through soft diplomacy. Offer French youth the chance to represent their peers and participate in civic initiatives abroad. Build leadership skills, encourage volunteerism, self-confidence, intercultural sensitivity, and nurture excellence and civic engagement among young leaders from underserved communities. Allow participants to become pillars of community organization, keeping their peers involved in positive social activities and promoting tolerance and achievement. Provide participants with tools to build alliances with American counterparts and to produce positive change in underserved communities. Program Outline: Applicants must demonstrate their capacity for conducting international exchanges in the U.S.; administering exchanges focused on youth that involve different geographic regions; implementing exchange projects that address specific policy challenges; and providing substantive programming and leadership training for youth. The award recipient will be responsible for the oversight and management of performance of all sub-award recipients under the award. U.S. Embassy France reserves the right to reduce, revise, or increase proposal project configurations, budgets, participating countries and regions, and participant numbers in accordance with the needs of the program and the availability of funds. The budget should include international travel to and from the U.S. for up to 30 participants (including domestic travel for up to 25 metropolitan participants to and from Paris and their French city of residence). One staff member must accompany participants for the international travel (France-U.S.-France). The budget should include the in-country travel and local transportation, lodging, activities, food, insurance, and ESTA costs for up to 30 participants. As participants are under 18, they must be accompanied by facilitators and the host families must be validated by the recipient organization. Participants and Audiences: Up to 30 outstanding French high school students, between the ages of 15 and 18, many from underprivileged backgrounds with leadership potential and commitment to civic engagement. For more information, eligibility, and deadlines please read the Notice of Funding Opportunity PDS-France-FY2023-03 and/or refer to the U.S. Embassy in France website (Grants Programs). Questions can be directed to GrantsFrance@state.gov We do not provide any pre-consultation for application related questions that are addressed in the Notice of Funding Opportunity.

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##   Youth Ambassadors Program

04/06/2023

05/31/2023

A. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The U.S. Embassy Brasília, Brazil / Bureau of WHA of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a program to implement the pre-departure and travel to the U.S. for Brazilian public school students selected to participate in the 2024 Youth Ambassadors Program. Please follow all instructions below. Priority Region: WHA/Brazil ﻿Program Objectives: Mission Brazil seeks for institutional assistance to support the development and implementation of the Brazil portion of 2024 Youth Ambassadors program for up to 50 selected students and 2 adult escorts. The Youth Ambassadors exchange program offers outstanding, yet underprivileged, high school students from the public education system a short-term full immersion in U.S. culture and society, as well as skill-building opportunities for the 21st Century work environment. Awarded students get to visit the capital of the United States, attend meetings with public and private institutions, visit schools and social projects, participate in training sessions to help improve communication skills, leadership, teamwork, entrepreneurship and innovation, as well as to develop a creative action plan to help address a key issue in their respective communities. Since its inception in 2003, Mission Brazil’s Youth Ambassadors program (YAP) has evolved from a small exchange program for a dozen high school students to Brazil’s internationally recognized – and hemisphere-wide replicated – flagship youth engagement initiative. The YAP brand is easily recognizable throughout the country and reaches audiences from the dense urban centers of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro to the most remote parts of rural Brazil. Beyond the exchange itself, this program has become the catalyst for the Mission to build on strategic and lasting partnerships with the government of Brazil by pursuing complementary policy goals in the areas of education, English language teaching, strengthening civil society, as well as by keeping the U.S. as the top destination for Brazilians interested in studying abroad. As a result of its positive impact, since 2010, State Department started funding the program throughout Latin America. Therefore, this funding opportunity will allow the implementing organization to help Mission Brazil: Screen and pre-select Brazilian candidates, Coordinate and purchase participants' in-country travel, Book and purchase round-trip international tickets traveling in the same flights for the participants going to the U.S. and back, Include travel insurance during pre-departure orientation in Brazil, as well as for the day of the group’s return to Brazil and their return flights back home, Include travel allowance (in dollars) for minor incidental expenses during the program, Include a COVID-19 – and/or other pandemic diseases – mitigation plan and specific measures, In collaboration with the Embassy, develop and implement a comprehensive pre-departure orientation for participants so that they can feel confident and ready for their first exchange experience in the U.S. Follow-on three-month post-program support for the participants as they try to implement the action plans developed during the exchange program in the U.S. Participants and Audiences: This funding opportunity aims at supporting the full and positive participation of up to 50 Brazilian public high school students selected for this 2024 Youth Ambassadors program, as well as 2 adult escorts selected from the pool of Partner Institutions spread all over the country.

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##   Civic Education Project

04/18/2023

07/15/2023

Funding Opportunity DescriptionThe Public Diplomacy Section of the U.S. Embassy Port Moresby (PD Port Moresby) announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry implement and manage the youth civic education project program on Papua New Guinea’s constitution for participants in Hela and Morobe Provinces.The Constitution of Papua New Guinea is the core framework document that must guide all legislative, executive, and social principles moving forward. The document is visionary and provides a template for an ideal and humane way of life for all Papua New Guineas. The Constitution must be analyzed and fully understood by youth, translated into local languages, and spread from one village to another so that all Papua New Guineans can have a better understanding of what can be given a full transition to a society ruled by law. The Constitution of Papua New Guinea is a unifying statement in a country with 100 tribes and 850 languages. To bridge the gap between these varied and diverse cultures, the Constitution outlines rights to which all citizens can and should agree to: the right to health, education, and employment; to cultural identity, and the right for women and men to live as equals. An implementing organization will be chosen to create and execute a long-term program that teaches the foundations of Papua New Guinea’s constitution and delivers an interactive mock legislative experience for youth in in Hela and Morobe Provinces. The Civic Education Project will promote the foundations of PNG’s democratic values and participatory citizenship through activities such as mock legislative sessions, mock trials, legislative training sessions, legal workshops, debates, discussions, community service, and cultural events. The Civic Education Project should include meetings with political representatives, such as provincial, regional, and national government officials, judges, health officials and law enforcement officers. The applicant organization should propose a long-term hands-on participatory youth program that teaches the tenants of PNG’s constitution, promotes the democratic practices of proposing legislation solutions followed by discussion, debate, and compromise, and how the most successful participants of the program can lead subsequent iterations of the program in new regions. Civic Education Project should also highlight America’s own constitutional system and post-colonial history, teach the basics of our federal and state structure, and demonstrate the role of the three branches of power. The applicant should indicate the resources to be used for the proposed activities, including partner organizations the applicant wishes to involve in conducting them.In order to successfully implement the project, the grantee must collaborate closely with village, provincial, and national leaders, as well as with the U.S. Embassy Port Moresby and organizations organizing similar youth legislative programs such as UNFPA and others. Proposals that feed into or build off of existing youth legislative programs will have priority. The implementer will be expected to plan for transportation, accommodation, meals and incidentals with attention to all health and safety requirements as well as to cost efficiency, legal and administrative requirements for minors’ participation in educational programs, as well as adult supervision. Cost sharing and in-kind contributions by the applicant organization and partners are welcome but not required, and may include: provision of space or securing a venue on a partner organization’s premises for the camp activities; provision of equipment; obtaining a discounted price for accommodation, room rental, etc., providing transportation and/or meals, etc. The applicant organization should provide details on their experience organizing such events and indicate possible challenges to the proposed activity and how they would address them. The partner must include an evaluation and follow-up metric as part of the program. Applications must follow the instructions outlined below.Priority Region:Project activities may take place in Hela and/or Morobe Provinces.Program Objectives:The objective of the project is to: · Engage at least 4,000 youth in Hela and Morobe Provinces over three years in a long-term (at least six month) program that teaches young adults the basics of PNG’s constitution and legal system. · Youth learn the ability to interpret the constitution and draft basic laws.· Youth improve their ability to debate, reason, and compromise. · Successful participants are given the opportunity take the program to other communities. · Youth have a better understanding of the American constitution and the U.S. federal and state framework.· Youth have a better understanding of the role of the legislative and judicial system, have better access to local and national government officials, and are advocates of PNG’s constitutional framework.· The most active participants are given the opportunity to take part in broader youth legislative programs (such as national youth parliament programs in Port Moresby or model UN programs in the United States). · Participants create their own preamble to the youth constitution in Tok Pisin. · Participants create a written or recorded playbook of legislative best practices for future parliamentarians. Project RequirementsThe project proposal must clearly state how the project beneficiaries (applicants) will be selected, the mode of training and activities, how the project implementer will deliver the proposed curriculum, a sample curriculum, and a clear timeline for implementation. The implementing partner should aim at selecting at least 2,000 participants per province. The following criteria must be met by the participants to be considered for this program:• Young adults between 15-25 years of age;• In good social standing;• Demonstrated leadership and commitment to public service. Criteria for the selection of the implementing partner will include but is not limited to the following:• Established track record for organizing educational activities;• Implementer’s ability to partner with government officials, local leaders, and multinational organizations;• The implementer host civic education programs for youth that address the powers and authorities of local governments and the central government;• Project participants are at least 60 percent female;• The program should teach the participants the basic tenants of civic engagement and assist the participants in designing a civic engagement project within their local community;• Top participants are expected to teach skills to new cohorts of participants and travel to Port Moresby or the United States for participant in nation-wide or international legislative programs. Participants and Audiences: The target audience for the program should be boys and girls with an enthusiasm for leadership and civic engagement ages 15-25 living in Hela and Morobe provinces. Participants must be energetic and available to commit up to participating in the program designed by the grantee, participating in discussions and debates, meeting with officials, taking part in networking opportunities and other events as part of the program.The civic education program must be implemented both in Hela and Morobe Provinces under this award. The budget may include travel for top participants to take part in events in Port Moresby or the United States, or to bring subject matter experts to Papua New Guinea. Proposed Project ScheduleThe grant will be awarded in September 2023. The grantee will hire and train staff in the fall of 2023. The first cohort of civic education programs in Hela and Morobe will begin in February through October 2024. Top participants will take part in nation-wide or international legislative programs in November. Top participants will lead new cohorts in Hela and Morobe February through October 2025. Follow-on activities and the small grants programs should be ongoing through the period of the grant.FEDERAL AWARD INFORMATIONLength of performance period: A maximum of 36 months. Number of awards anticipated: 2 Number of Participants: 2,000 minimum. Total available funding: $250,000 (Subject to availability of funds). Type of Funding: FY2023, funding authority rests in the Fulbright-Hays Act. Anticipated program start date: Fall 2023.This notice is subject to availability of funding.Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement.

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##   Advancing Arts for Youth in Pemba and Metuge

06/13/2023

07/17/2023

The U.S. Embassy in Mozambique of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit proposals to advance U.S. government stabilization goals through support for the youth arts program at the Provincial Cultural Center in Pemba in Cabo Delgado Province. This support is essential to providing the growing number of children and young adults living in the provincial capital with life skills and a safe outlet for self-expression, in the face of violent extremism ongoing in the region. This award will support the existing music, dance, and visual arts classes for youth in Pemba and will expand the classes to youth in Metuge. Part of the support includes furnishing the center to ensure proper equipment and conditions are in place for programming. A grant for up to $400,000 U.S. Dollars (USD) will be awarded (pending availability of funds) for work that will support program objectives. The period of performance is 18 months. Funding authority rests in Global Fragility Act (U.S. Strategy to Prevent Conflict and Promote Stability). Contact Person: For questions on the application and technical content please contact MaputoPDproposals@state.gov Priority Region: Cabo Delgado - Pemba Background: The U.S. Embassy in Mozambique is accepting proposals to equip the Cabo Delgado Provincial Cultural Center with necessary support to expand its arts program for youth in Pemba and to implement the local government’s Mobile Artist initiative in Metuge. The Cultural Center is managed by the Provincial Directorate for Culture and Tourism in the province and serves as the main cultural center for residents in and around the provincial capital, Pemba. It also oversees a district cultural center in Chiure and is responsible for implementing cultural programs in Metuge. The ISIS-Mozambique insurgency has committed heinous acts of violence in Mozambique’s northern provinces, displacing nearly one million people, mainly women and children. The number of young people has increased exponentially in Pemba. Many are battling trauma from the violence they experienced in their communities of origin, struggling to settle in their new home, and living with limited employment opportunities, education, and other social services. Program Description & Objectives: The overarching long-term goal of the U.S. Government’s Strategy to Prevent Conflict and Promote Stability (SPCPS) is: Mozambican individuals, communities, and institutions are strengthened and empowered to foster enduring stability through the development of open political participation and governance, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, accountable security and justice sectors, and resilient social cohesion. To achieve this goal, this award seeks to increase the number of young Mozambicans aged 7 to 21 years old who participate in the Cultural Center’s arts classes, which teach life skills, offer a path towards economic self-sufficiency, promote self-expression for all, and use arts as a way to help heal from trauma. The Provincial Cultural Center currently accommodates children and youth between the ages of 7 and 21 for various cultural activities and lessons including: music, dance, and visual arts. However, the Center is facing the following challenges: shortage of musical instruments for music lessons, shortage of materials for lessons of visual arts and crafts, lack of a recording studio, damaged classroom furniture, no access to internet, and no proper storage facility for books and equipment. Interventions should respond to these challenges, to include training for staff to maintain the updated spaces and new equipment. This award would cover the costs to: · Refurbish outdoor seating. · Refurbish the stage platform. · Outfit three arts classrooms, a storage room, and recording studio with the equipment needed to improve arts teaching. · Launch the “Artistical Movel” initiative that allows already-trained Center staff to conduct art therapy activities for the thousands of internally displaced children and young adults in Metuge. Note: Detailed plans for these three projects are available to interested applicants. Please email MaputoPDproposals@state.gov to request these documents. Applicants are expected to present clear and detailed description of all the activities they expect to do within the total amount available listed. Applicants should take into consideration that this Provincial Cultural Center caters mostly to children, teens, and young adults. As such, all safety measures should be taken into consideration. We highly recommend the involvement of local labor, implementing partners, and service providers. Inclusion of American culture and expertise is strongly encouraged. The Embassy will not cover pre-award costs incurred by applicants when doing the initial work survey to prepare an application. Participants and Audiences: Children and youth aged 7-21 who frequent the Provincial Cultural Center in Cabo Delgado.

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##   Trinidad and Tobago Youth Development and Diversion Grant

07/19/2023

09/30/2023

Overview: The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a project providing a community-based solution to counter gang recruitment in selected communities of Trinidad and Tobago (TT). Countering the spread of criminal gangs is an INL Priority goal under mission goal 1, “Enhanced Citizen Security and Rule of Law’, objective 1.2 ‘Institutions support at-risk communities to address the underlying drivers of crime, gang involvement and violent extremism’, Sub Objective 1.2.1 ‘TT expands youth development and diversion programs to disincentivize gang involvement, strengthens juvenile justice systems, and improve relationships between law enforcement and at-risk communities’ Criminal gang activities drive violent crime and homicides in TT. This undermines public safety, negatively impacting livelihood, consumer confidence, foreign investment, and the ability of every citizen to enjoy peaceful and friendly communities. Lack of sustainable economic opportunities creates a climate for recruiting vulnerable youth into criminal gangs, leading to a decrease in the productive capacity of the young adult population between the ages of 18-35, especially males. Youth between the ages of 10 and 18 are more susceptible to societal and cultural ‘push’ factors, and ‘pull’ factors within the gang itself. Familial factors such as parental drug and alcohol abuse, violence at home, and parental criminality or gang membership are amongst the strongest predictors or delinquency and gang involvement. Community ‘push’ factors linked to joining gangs include social disorganization, availability of firearms, access to drugs and cultural norms supporting gang behavior. Youth may be pushed towards gang culture to resist structural violence they experience in their own community. In addition, the presence of pre-existing gangs correlates strongly with furth

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