Deadline: 5-Aug-22
The Embassy Dushanbe PDS is pleased to announce funding is available to develop and deliver a national technology education program for youth at nine American Spaces programming centers across Tajikistan.
Objectives
- Successful proposals would achieve the following objectives:
- Improve the technical skills of young Tajiks through institutionalizing a quality technology training program at the eight American Spaces in Tajikistan located in Dushanbe, Khujand, Isfara, Panjakent, Bokhtar, Kulob, Gharm, and Khorugh and Vahdat extension program.
- Establish a network of tech-savvy youth groups, who can collaborate to take part in various tech-based competitions as hackathons, mapathons, and the like.
Project Goal: Support economic development in Tajikistan by equipping youth with in-demand technical skills through a structured curriculum of American Spaces network.
Funding Information
- Funding Mechanism Type: Cooperative Agreement
- Estimated Award Ceiling: $46,000
- Estimated Award Floor: $20,000
- Length of Project Period: Proposed programs should be completed in ten months or less.
- Anticipated program start date: October 1, 2022.
- Project Audience(s): Youth (16-25 years old), students of technical and engineering faculties, young entrepreneurs/innovators who demonstrate high interest in acquiring/developing technical skills.
Eligibility Criteria
- Public Diplomacy Section encourages applications from Tajikistan registered not-for-profit, civil society/non-governmental organizations, and educational institutions with at least three years of programming experience, IT programming experience is desired. This experience should be documented in the organization’s proposal.
- Organizations may subcontract with other entities, but only one, not-for-profit, non-governmental entity can be the prime recipient of the award. When sub contracting with other entities, the responsibilities of each entity must be clearly defined in the proposal.
- Taking into consideration the scope and complexity of the program area, Public Diplomacy Section encourages applicants to strongly consider collaborations with other entities to ensure feasibility of program activities.
- Applicants from Tajikistan registered not-for-profit, civil society/non-governmental organizations, and educational institutions with at least three years of programming experience, IT programming experience is desired. This experience should be documented in the organization’s proposal.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=341288
