Grants / Department of State / U.S. Mission to Sri Lanka

PDS-COL-2023-YLS: Youth Forum Leadership Summit 2024

Closed Closed August 20, 2023 Opportunity PDS-COL-2023-YLS ☆ 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 Sri Lanka notices from 2023.

• Award ceiling$75,000
• Award floor$75,000
• Total funding$75,000
• 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)

Eligibility is open to all non-profit, non-governmental organizations in Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan Government entities and individuals are not eligible for an award under this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). Organizations may sub-contract with other entities, but only one, non-profit, non-governmental entity can be the local primary partner of the award. When sub-contracting with other entities, the responsibilities of each entity must be clearly defined in the proposal.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Public Diplomacy Programs awards averaged $26,570; this notice allows up to $75,000 per award.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The Public Diplomacy Section (PDS) of the U.S. Embassy in Colombo would like to work with a local partner to organize a four-day Youth Forum Leadership Summit, tentatively scheduled for February 2024. The Summit would bring together Youth Forum members representing the U.S. Embassy Colombo’s American Corners in Kandy, Jaffna, Matara, Colombo’s American Center, and the iHUB in Batticaloa (approximately 75 Youth Forum Members total from the five sites in Sri Lanka) as well as 20-25 Youth leaders from the South Asian region (nominated by the U.S. Missions to Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, and Maldives) for a three-day, in-person workshop of skill-building sessions intended to develop the skills and understanding of a new generation of Sri Lankan youth leaders. Through the Forum, participants will have opportunities to learn from each other as well as expert trainers and speakers, including alumni of U.S.-sponsored exchange programs and high-level Embassy and Government officials. The Summit’s sessions will focus on building the capacities of the Embassy’s American Spaces’ lead volunteers, and the Youth Forum members, through discussions about leadership skills, training opportunities, building understanding of U.S. policy goals and how those goals apply to programming in the American Spaces, and exposure to other young leaders in the region. The Summit will also allow the youth to consider their futures, including educational and professional pathways that will allow them to grow their careers and their communities. Following the workshops focused on professional skill building, the group will spend an additional day working together on a community service project that they have helped to design and organize. After the Summit, the organizer should provide participants with an opportunity for ongoing training, mentorship, and reflection to ensure the lessons from the Summit carry into the Youth’s lives after they have returned home. Working via a cooperative agreement, the primary award would go to a local organization who will be the local primary organizer of this event, working in tandem with the Embassy’s American Spaces team and volunteers at each American Corner, with reporting and monitoring requirements according to the grant regulations. Program Objectives: Through this program, the youth participants will gain understanding and capacities as youth leaders in their communities. They will explore U.S.

Category: Other.

Applying now

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

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