A. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Embassy in Santo Domingo announces an open competition to support effective partnerships that will bolster and leverage U.S. – Dominican Republic higher education research collaboration and capacity building focused on the U.S. Embassy integrated country strategy goals including gender-based violence, public health, environment, climate change, energy, democracy, transparency, citizen security, LGBTQI rights, and access to education for vulnerable populations. Proposals should include at least one U.S. higher education institution and one Dominican higher education institution as joint implementers. The proposal should support the development of a sustainable and long lasting partnership between U.S. and Dominican higher education institutions and training and capacity building for Dominican students, faculty, and researchers.
A. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Public Affairs Section (PAS), U.S. Embassy Bridgetown, of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for eligible candidates to submit applications to carry out a program to encourage young women in the Eastern Caribbean to increase their personal involvement in civic participation, including community organizing and elections. The program will comprise five (5) virtual sessions. Please follow all instructions below.
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In an effort to encourage greater female participation in politics and government in the Caribbean, PAS Bridgetown launched the Women In Politics Leadership Institute (WIPLI) in 2020. The program featured a series of five virtual training workshops for women, ages 18 to 35 years old. The weekly workshops presented by American and regional facilitators underscored the United States’ celebration of the 100
Funding Opportunity Number: S-DR860-21-NOFO-001
Assistance Listing Number: 19.040
A. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The U.S. Embassy Santo Domingo of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a program to share U.S. best practices in transparency mechanisms offered to civil society organizations. Please follow all instructions below.
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In 2019 the Dominican Republic was ranked 137/180 in the Corruption Perception Index. This index ranks countries and territories based on how corrupt their public sector is perceived to be. At the same time, in the Global Corruption Barometer 66% of people in the Dominican Republic thought corruption increased in the previous 12 months.
A. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The U.S. Embassy Podgorica/Public Affairs Office of the U.S. Department of State announces a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Democracy Commission Small Grants Program.
The Democracy Commission Small Grants Program is designed to support initiatives that contribute to open and competitive political systems and to the protection of human rights. For this NOFO, the Embassy is seeking project proposals that support tolerance, diversity and, inclusion within Montenegrin society.
Project proposals should address one of the priority areas stated below:
Protection of human rights and promotion of tolerance, especially among youth
Ethnic minority, LGBTQ, and gender equality
The U.S. Embassy Tokyo’s Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Department of State announces an
open competition for proposals to engage in the capacity building of U.S. government program alumni, through alumni-driven projects or programs that facilitate alumni leadership development and networks necessary to pursue and protect American interests abroad.
Program Objectives
The U.S. government selects incredible individuals to participate in a number of different U.S. government programs. Individuals learn and network with great minds from around the world. During and immediately after programs, participants are often energized to build on what they have learned; however, as time passes, the energy dies away and motivation is lost when alumni encounter hurdles to realizing their goals.