Grant Opportunity for U.S. Organizations

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Office of Citizen Exchanges (formerly part of the United States Information Agency), is offering a grant opportunity for U.S. organizations to conduct exchanges and training programs in collaboration with partner organizations for the New Independent States. Information on current and previous year's programs is posted on our website. Please take a look and see which organizations and types of programming we have been funding in the NIS and Central/Eastern Europe.

You can find the website at: http://e.usia.gov/education/citizens/nis/

The current RFP can be found at http://e.usia.gov/education/rfps/ and seeks proposals for exchange programs that address the following themes:

• Women's Leadership Programs (Russia, Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, Armenia
• Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan
• Women's Political Leadership Programs (Russia, Moldova, Ukraine and Kazakhstan)
• Professional and Business Associations Programs (Russia, Moldova, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia)
• Content-Based Internet Training (West NIS Regional and Caucasus Regional)
• Post-Election Training for Duma Staffers (Russia)
• Prevention of Trafficking in Women and Girls (Russia, Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine and Uzbekistan)
• Distance Learning in the Field of Business Management (Ukraine)
• Public Library Reform (Ukraine)
• Caucasus Regional Cooperation
• NGO Management, Women's Leadership Programs, Professional and Business Associations, and Content-Based Internet Training

Please be sure to look for the full text of the Request for Proposals (RFP) and the Proposal Submission Instructions (PSI), both of which can be found on our website.

The title of this competition is: Exchanges and Training Programs for the New Independent States--Russia, Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan. The deadline for proposal submissions is December 22, 1999.

Please do not hesitate to contact Mr. Thomas Driscoll [email protected] with questions concerning this RFP. Please be so kind as to read the entire RFP and PSI before contacting our office.

Last updated:    November 1999

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