Dialogues between Democracies: The Future of U.S. – Jamaica Bilateral Relations

Funding Opportunity Number: 15-006 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: GrantCategory of Funding Activity: Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)CFDA Number: 19.040Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: DOS-JAMClosing Date: Jul 04, 2015Award Ceiling: $75,000Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: Jun 01, 2015Funding Opportunity Description: President Barack Obama, during his April 2015 visit to Jamaica at his Town Hall with Young Leaders of the Americas said of the relationship between the United States and Jamaica, “We are not just nations, we’re also neighbors. Tens of millions of Americans are bound to the Caribbean and the Americas through ties of commerce, but also ties of kin. More than one million Americans trace their ancestry to Jamaica. More than one million Americans visit Jamaica each year. So we’re committed to you and this region. And as I’ve said before, in our foreign policy there are no senior or junior partners in the Americas; there are just partners.” For this project a Jamaican and/or U.S. educational institution, policy research institution, or non-profit organization will conceptualize and execute a series of policy discussions to map out the future of this partnership, “Dialogues between Democracies: The Future of U.S. ...
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