Community Engagement Grants - Annual Program Statement

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’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:• Youth engagement, leadership, and education programs, including initiatives that establish exchanges between the youth of Macedonia and the United States • Bringing an American expert speaker or performer to Macedonia • Conferences, workshops, forums, panel discussions, and master classes on American themes or issues of mutual interest• Exhibitions of works by Americans or on American themes• Cultural programs, particularly those that target youth and underserved communities• Television and social media programming in support of the above objectivesActivities that are not typically funded include, but are not limited to:• Printing or promotion of books or manuscripts• Travel to the United States for professional development• Ongoing salary costs• Office equipment• Paying to complete activities begun with other funds• Promotion of the local arts scene• Projects that are inherently political in nature or that contain the appearance of partisanship/support to individual or single-party electoral campaigns• Political party activities • Fundraising campaigns• Commercial or trade activities• Citizen exchange programs• Social welfare projects• Projects that support religious activities