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Arts Exchanges on International Issues Program

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The Cultural Programs Division of the Office of Citizen Exchanges
USA
Applications close 11 May 2006

Announcement Type: New Grant Funding Opportunity Number: ECA/PE/C/CU-06-03 Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 19.409 Key Dates: Application Deadline May 11, 2006 Executive Summary: The Cultural Programs Division of the Office of Citizen Exchanges, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces an open competition for grants to implement programs that utilize the arts to engage underserved youth in selected countries abroad, and foster linkages and build partnerships between U.S. and overseas non-profit arts and cultural organizations. These international arts exchange projects will encourage democracy building by demonstrating the opportunities for freedom of thought and expression and underscoring the importance of empowerment in an open society. Proposed projects should:

  • Engage U.S. and overseas artists and arts educators with young artists, underserved youth and youth influencers (including teachers, artists and community leaders) through exchange projects in which one or more artistic discipline is the core content of the program.
  • Increase mutual respect and create partnerships between key professionals in arts education and youth arts programs in the United States and in other countries through multi-phased people-to-people exchange projects taking place over eighteen to twenty-four months. U.S. public and non-profit arts organizations, arts education programs and institutions, after-school and out-of-school arts programs for youth, and art-related departments of higher education institutions, meeting the provisions described in Internal Revenue code section 26 USC 501 (c)(3), and that have four or more years of experience in conducting cultural programs for youth may submit proposals that support the goals of the Arts Exchanges on International Issues Program. Eligible Countries: Proposals will only be accepted for exchange projects with the countries listed below within the six Department of State geographic regions. Proposals that include countries not listed below will be declared technically ineligible and given no further consideration in the review process. Applicants may submit proposals for projects that encompass several of the following countries or regions: AF - Senegal, Mali, Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania EAP - Burma, Cambodia, China, Thailand, Vietnam EUR - Balkan Region [Projects should include at least three of the Balkan Countries: Albania, Bosnia/Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Serbia/Montenegro], Belarus, Georgia, Turkey, Ukraine NEA - Bahrain, Jordan, Morocco, Oman, Saudi Arabia SCA - Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan WHA - Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela

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