# FY2022 U.S. Embassy Skopje Speaker Program

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/smk800-22-pas006-fy2022-u-s-embassy-skopje-speaker-program/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/341324

> U.S. Mission to North Macedonia offered grants of up to $30,000 (at least $25,000) to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make one award worth $30,000 in total. Applications closed on August 22, 2022.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | SMK800-22-PAS006 |
| Agency | U.S. Mission to North Macedonia |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | August 22, 2022 |
| Award ceiling | $30,000 |
| Award floor | $25,000 |
| Expected awards | 1 |
| Total funding | $30,000 |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 19.900 |

## Who can apply

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

• Not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations • Public and private educational institutions

## What the grant funds

The U.S. Embassy Skopje Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out its U.S. Speakers’ Program. The Speakers’ Program brings dynamic U.S. citizen experts to North Macedonia to engage professional and student audiences throughout the country on topics of strategic importance to the United States and North Macedonia. Specifically, the program seeks to engage local audiences on rule of law reforms; judicial independence; government accountability and transparency; modern journalism practices; combating disinformation; cybersecurity; climate and security issues; diversity, equity, and inclusion; and advancing women’s economic empowerment through the shared knowledge, expertise, and know-how of U.S. experts. The program also seeks to establish concrete networking and contact-building opportunities among U.S. experts and local audiences. Programs may take place in person or virtually (note: due to COVID travel restrictions, all applications should include a plan for virtual engagement). We highly recommend potential applicants to collaborate and coordinate with project partners in North Macedonia in order to implement the requested programs successfully. We expect to select one program implementer for a grant award of up to $30,000. U.S. Speakers address strategic policy priorities identified by U.S. Embassy Skopje. The U.S. Speakers’ Program promotes an understanding of U.S. policies and institutions as well as the political, economic, and social context from which they arise. Speakers can be programmed with a variety of professional audiences in a wide range of disciplines. In this regard, the U.S. Speakers’ Program intends to support the overall PAS outreach strategy, which focuses on two defined audiences: established leaders and emerging leaders. For more details on the program target audience and their definitions, see below under the “Participants and Audiences” subheading. Priority Region: North Macedonia Program Objectives: Potential applicants should propose detailed specific, measurable, achievable, and relevant (SMART) project objectives for their proposed programs. Potential applicants should develop outcome-based objectives that incorporate measurable outcome indicators and propose methods to measure them.

## Questions people ask

### Is SMK800-22-PAS006 still open?

No. It closed on August 22, 2022.

### Who can apply for FY2022 U.S. Embassy Skopje Speaker Program?

U.S. Mission to North Macedonia accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for FY2022 U.S. Embassy Skopje Speaker Program?

Closed August 22, 2022. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $30,000 each. About $30,000 in total for one award.

### Who has won AEECA/ESF PD Programs grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were American Councils for International Education: Actr/Accels, Inc., Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees, International Research and Exchanges Board Inc. The program made 2,295 awards worth $192 million in that time.