Description
The U.S. Embassy Tbilisi Public Affairs Section is pleased to announce that funding is available through its Cultural Small Grants Program. This program aims to strengthen cultural ties between the U.S. and Georgia through cultural and exchange programming that highlights shared values and promotes bilateral cooperation. The program will prioritize proposals that advance the following priority areas: strengthening democracy, culture, institutions, values, and civil society, supporting Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic integration and countering Russian malign influence, and events that use the 30th anniversary of the establishment U.S. and Georgia diplomatic relations to foster closer people-to-people ties between the two countries.
Some examples of programs that may be funded include:
• Artistic and cultural workshops, joint performances, festivals and exhibitions
• Arts related academic and professional lectures, seminars and speaker programs
• Cultural heritage conservation and preservation programs
The U.S. Embassy seeks geographically and demographically diverse audiences within the country and prioritizes proposals with a significant programming component outside of the capital. The Embassy encourages projects to focus on engaging youth, women and girls, seniors, people with disabilities, regions with ethnic and religious minority communities, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).