U.S. Mission to Tunisia, Annual Program Statement (APS) for Fiscal Year 2025

Overview

The Public Affairs Section at the U.S. Embassy in Tunis invites creative and engaging proposals for programs that strengthen #es between the United States and Tunisia, highlight shared values, and promote bilateral cooperation in ways that make America safer, stronger, and more prosperous. 

All proposed programs must include an American element or a connection with American expert(s), organization(s), or institutions in ways that promote increased understanding of U.S. policies, perspectives, and society and/or celebrate U.S. culture and values. Proposals that include programming outside Greater Tunis or across multiple governorates and/or promote increased collaboration and networking among alumni of U.S. government programs are encouraged.

PAS Tunis invites creative and engaging proposals for programs that strengthen cultural, educational, professional, scientific, and business ties between the United States and Tunisia through programming that highlights shared values, strengthens people-to-people ties and institutional linkages, and promotes bilateral cooperation, and makes America safer, stronger, and more prosperous. Competitive proposals must focus on at least one grant priority area outlined below.

Examples of possible PD small grant proposals include, but are not limited to:

• Subject-matter expert, academic, and professional lectures, seminars, and speaker programs that include U.S. speakers/experts.
• Programs that strengthen relationships and linkages between U.S. and Tunisian higher education and cultural institutions.
• Educational, artistic, and cultural programs, including programs that strengthen English language teaching and learning, music, musical theater, dance workshops, master classes, and performances, live theatre performances, art exhibitions, and sports and culinary diplomacy initiatives that increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and Tunisia.
• Programs, including podcasts, that promote economic empowerment, entrepreneurship, or that share U.S. experiences related to addressing community challenges, including the management of water or energy resources, waste management, urban design and planning, and preparing for and mitigating natural or human-caused disasters.
• Cultural heritage conservation and preservation programming.

Priority Program Areas and Strategic Themes: Proposals must address at least one of the six priority areas outlined below: 

• ECONOMIC PROSPERITY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
• INNOVATION AND COLLABORATION IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
• EDUCATIONAL LINKAGES AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE
• LEADERSHIP 
• MEGA DECADE OF SPORTS
• CELEBRATING AMERICAN EXCELLENCE AND U.S.-TUNISIAN ENDURING PARTNERSHIP

Program Performance Period: Proposed projects should be completed in 12 months. PAS Tunis may entertain applications for continuation grants funded under these awards beyond the initial budget period on a non-competitive basis subject to availability of funds, satisfactory progress of the program, and a determination that continued funding would be in the best interest of the U.S. government.

We encourage applications from the following entities registered in the United States or Tunisia, with at least two years of programming experience.