Description
The U.S. Embassy’s Public Affairs Section in Moscow invites proposal submissions for a cooperative agreement to provide technical and logistical support for the U.S. Subject Matter Experts Program. The program aims to strengthen people-to-people ties between the United States and Russia through activities, information sharing, and experiences between American experts and target audiences. The grant recipient will work closely with Public Affairs and Cultural Affairs at Mission Russia to identify and recruit American experts to travel to Russia to engage audiences through lectures, short or long-term workshops and seminars, appearances in foreign media, and in a consultant capacity. Key responsibilities include providing logistical support, assessing the impact of each speaker program, and coordinating with Russian partner organizations and businesses to secure venues and make logistical arrangements.
• Recruiting potential experts based on input from the U.S. Embassy
• Coordinating with the U.S. Embassy to finalize selection of experts
• Negotiation and transferring the honorarium and speaker fees
• Sending bios and other information about the participants to Embassy Moscow
• Making international and in-country flight arrangements and purchasing all tickets
• Advising the expert on Russian safety, weather, and other precautions, and facilitating the visa application process
• Arranging airport pickup and hotel reservations in Moscow and other cities and paying for hotels
• Purchasing (and shipping if necessary) educational items such as books, CDs, DVDs
• Printing handouts, bios, and programs
• The creation, distribution, and processing of surveys to be given to participants of lectures and workshops on the value of the program and attitudes towards the United States
• Coordinating and funding venues (such as hotels or conference spaces), sound, interpretation, and other logistics related to the program in Russia