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SMK800-22-PAS006: FY2022 U.S. Embassy Skopje Speaker Program

Closed Closed August 22, 2022 Opportunity SMK800-22-PAS006 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$30,000
• Award floor$25,000
• Total funding$30,000
• Expected awards1
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeGrant

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)

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

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past AEECA/ESF PD Programs awards averaged $83,527; this notice allows up to $30,000 per award.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

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.

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Applying now

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