Electronic Media Training

Post Date

March 30th 2015

Application Due Date

May 29th 2015

Funding Opportunity Number

SCA-ISB-15-AW-013-03302015

CFDA Number(s)

19.501

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement
Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Other

Public Diplomacy - Media Training

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Other

PAS Islamabad is accepting applications from U.S. and Pakistan _based and registered not-for-profit, civil society/non-governmental organizations, and educational institutions. Eligible organizations must have past experience with developing and executing journalism training, specifically with electronic media. A copy of the organizationмs registration should be provided with the proposal application.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $400000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $400000

Grant Description

The Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the Embassy of the United States in Islamabad, Pakistan, is pleased to announce an open competition for an assistance award through this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). PAS Islamabad invites all eligible organizations (see Section C for Eligibility Requirements) to submit a proposal for a grant or cooperative agreement to train 200 _ 300 Pakistani TV news anchors, reporters, producers, editors, and/or technicians in Pakistan and produce 60 _ 80 resident trainers via the train-the-trainer program. The applicant will be expected to design a hands-on, skills-based training program, to be presented in the form of short workshops, to improve the competency of professional, working TV news anchors, reporters, producers, editors, and/or technicians in Pakistan. The program to be proposed by the successful applicant, should be no fewer than six months, and include a culminating project to include a package of developed, edited, and taped stories of broadcast quality, using industry standard techniques and equipment.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of State

• Office:

  U.S. Mission to Pakistan

• Agency Contact:

  Ellen Delage, Program Specialist, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, Office of Press and Public Diplomacy

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Inquiries

• Agency Email Address:

  DelageEM@state.gov