OpportunityTitle: Community Engagement Grants - Annual Program Statement
CategoryExplanation: Topic areas eligible for funding include entrepreneurship and innovation; countering violent extremism; and cultural diversity and empowering underserved communities.
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: The U.S. Embassy encourages applications from local non-governmental organizations.  U.S. NGOs may apply, but preference is given to partnerships that develop capacity of NGOs in Macedonia and include plans to transfer programs to sustainable local management.
Description: The U.S. Embassy Skopje Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce that funding is available through the Embassy&#8217;s public diplomacy grants program for projects that increase mutual understanding between the U.S. and Macedonia and promote the bilateral relationship. Topic areas eligible for funding include entrepreneurship and innovation; countering violent extremism; and cultural diversity and empowering underserved communities.Activities that are typically funded include, but are not limited to, the following:&#8226; Youth engagement, leadership, and education programs, including initiatives that establish exchanges between the youth of Macedonia and the United States &#8226; Bringing an American expert speaker or performer to Macedonia &#8226; Conferences, workshops, forums, panel discussions, and master classes on American themes or issues of mutual interest&#8226; Exhibitions of works by Americans or on American themes&#8226; Cultural programs, particularly those that target youth and underserved communities&#8226; Television and social media programming in support of the above objectivesActivities that are not typically funded include, but are not limited to:&#8226; Printing or promotion of books or manuscripts&#8226; Travel to the United States for professional development&#8226; Ongoing salary costs&#8226; Office equipment&#8226; Paying to complete activities begun with other funds&#8226; Promotion of the local arts scene&#8226; Projects that are inherently political in nature or that contain the appearance of partisanship/support to individual or single-party electoral campaigns&#8226; Political party activities &#8226; Fundraising campaigns&#8226; Commercial or trade activities&#8226; Citizen exchange programs&#8226; Social welfare projects&#8226; Projects that support religious activities
GrantorContactEmailDescription: SkopjeGrants@state.gov
GrantorContactText: Nadica Zakula &lt;br/&gt;GOR &lt;br/&gt;Phone 3102082
CloseDateExplanation: Adjustment with the date from the embassy web site.