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PAS-USASEAN-FY23-02: 2024 U.S.-ASEAN Women’s Leadership Academy for YSEALI

Closed Closed July 21, 2023 Opportunity PAS-USASEAN-FY23-02 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: Austrian-American Partnership Fund (AAPF) (OFOP0002825). Status: Closes January 1, 2099 (26353 days left). It is in our archive of U.S. Mission to ASEAN notices from 2023.

• Award ceiling$300,000
• Award floor$100,000
• Total funding$300,000
• Expected awards1
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

● U.S. public and private educational institutions;● U.S. not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks;● Foreign public and private educational institutions; and● Foreign not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Public Diplomacy Programs awards averaged $26,570; this notice allows up to $300,000 per award.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

A. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Mission to ASEAN of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for a cooperative agreement to develop and implement the 2024 U.S.-ASEAN Women’s Leadership Academy for YSEALI (YSEALI WLA) titled “The Next Meal: Ensuring Food Security for a Combined One Billion People,” to be located in one of the ASEAN member states, pending the availability of funding. Carefully follow all instructions below. Priority Region: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Laos, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and Timor-Leste. YSEALI Background: YSEALI (yseali.state.gov) is the U.S. government’s signature initiative to engage emerging leaders in Southeast Asia. The program aims to create a network of young Southeast Asian leaders who work across national borders to solve common problems. Through a variety of programs and engagements, YSEALI seeks to build the leadership capabilities of youth in the region, strengthen ties between the United States and Southeast Asia, and nurture a community of leaders who work across borders to solve shared issues. YSEALI is open to young leaders ages 18 to 35 who are both citizens and residents of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries (Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam) or Timor-Leste. Responding to priorities from youth in the ASEAN region, YSEALI programs focus on four themes (Civic Engagement, Economic Empowerment and Social Entrepreneurship, Education and Environmental Issues). One component of YSEALI is annual regional workshops held across Southeast Asia on strategic topics. Program Objectives: The U.S. Mission to ASEAN has hosted nine leadership academies for women and will host another academy in 2024. The 2024 YSEALI WLA will advance the YSEALI theme of Economic Empowerment and Social Entrepreneurship and Environmental Issues and the U.S. Mission to ASEAN’s strategic goals: Sub-objective 3.2.1. ASEAN recognizes the contribution of women in the economic recovery of the region and strives to promote DEIA principles across its economic community pillar. Sub-objective 3.2.2. The United States creates a program to promote the role of women across ASEAN in contributing to peace and security across the region.

Category: Education.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, OFOP0002825, which is open now.

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