PDS Italy Annual Program Statement

The U.S. Mission to Italy’s Public Diplomacy Section (PDS) is offering grants to strengthen ties between the United States and Italy. Programs and activities should highlight shared values and promote bilateral cooperation, with a primary audience of Italians or those residing in Italy, and include a significant American cultural element. Examples of PDS grants programs include academic and professional lectures, exchanges, seminars, partnerships, and speaker programs, as well as artistic and cultural workshops, joint performances, and exhibitions featuring participants from the United States. Priority program areas include Democracy and Democratic Values, Economic Prosperity, and Countering Disinformation. • Academic and professional lectures, exchanges, seminars, partnerships, and speaker programs • Artistic and cultural workshops, joint performances, and exhibitions featuring participants from the United States • Programs that strengthen and reinforce the practice of democratic principles within Italy • Programs that promote transparent and rules-based trade and investment • Programs that increase target audiences’ understanding of and ability to counter foreign information manipulation and interference that undermines faith in democratic governance