Description
The U.S. Embassy in Santo Domingo announces an open competition for alumni-led summits that advance economic freedom, democratic innovation, and hemispheric collaboration in celebration of Freedom 250—the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. The funding opportunity empowers exchange alumni to design and implement high-impact summits in the Dominican Republic that convene leaders from across Latin America and the Caribbean, build stronger partnerships between the United States, the Dominican Republic, and the hemisphere, foster innovative solutions rooted in U.S. business excellence, and promote economic freedom as a pillar of dynamic and advanced economies throughout the Americas.
• The project goal is to strengthen U.S.–Latin America and Caribbean collaboration in the creative economy, technology, and entrepreneurship sectors by equipping exchange alumni with the knowledge, networks, and tools rooted in U.S. business excellence to scale responsible enterprises that advance economic freedom, build stronger hemispheric ties, and contribute to dynamic, advanced economies throughout the region.
• The project objectives include knowledge and capacity building, cross-border collaboration, alumni engagement and ecosystem expansion, and visibility and public diplomacy.
• The primary beneficiaries include exchange alumni entrepreneurs from Latin America and the Caribbean, Dominican exchange alumni leaders, regional exchange alumni from Latin America and the Caribbean, and U.S. exchange alumni, business leaders, and experts.
• The secondary beneficiaries include broader exchange alumni networks, private sector leaders, investors, civil society organizations, government representatives, ecosystem stakeholders, media, and public audiences engaged through Freedom 250 celebrations and summit activities.