U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE U.S. Embassy Yerevan, Public Affairs Section Annual Program Statement Funding Opportunity Title: PAS Yerevan Small Grants Program Funding Opportunity Number: PAS-Yerevan-FY21 Deadline for Applications: Rolling Basis with Biannual Review Assistance Listing Number: 19.040 – Public Diplomacy Programs Total Amount Available: Up to $150,000, pending funds availability

We are excited to announce that the Foundation for Armenian Science and Technology (FAST) is launching its new “Armenia’s Energy Independence Roadmap” grant program that aims to develop a comprehensive roadmap for a transformational path from Armenia’s current energy infrastructure towards energy independence through carbon neutrality.

Lund University will deliver four international education programmes within the Swedish Institute’s Public Sector Innovation Programme. The purpose is to strengthen the capacity of professionals to contribute to innovation in the public sector and support the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development.

Source: Green Skills Innovation Challenge Dear colleagues,  We are happy to inform you that HSBC in partnership with Ashoka (international organisation that promotes social entrepreneurship) has come up with an amazing initiative promoting innovation for a greener environment in Armenia.  This first of its kind Green Skills Innovation Challenge is open to social entrepreneurs across 51 countries including Armenia. It will award 15 social entrepreneurs with a cash prize of up to $20,000. In addition, the winners will have the opportunity to be mentored by experts of HSBC and Ashoka on how to scale their innovation. Dear colleagues,  We are happy to inform you that HSBC in partnership with Ashoka (international organisation that promotes social entrepreneurship) has come up with an amazing initiative promoting innovation for a greener environment in Armenia.  This first of its kind Green Skills Innovation Challenge is open to social entrepreneurs across 51 countries including Armenia. It will award 15 social entrepreneurs with a cash prize of up to $20,000. In addition, the winners will have the opportunity to be mentored by experts of HSBC and Ashoka on how to scale their innovation.

The call for proposals aims to assist cities and towns in five countries of the Eastern Partnership – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine – to develop and implement a Cultural Development Strategy, following the approach of the European Capitals of Culture.

We invite you to contribute papers to the edited volume From Multi-ethnic Societies to Homogeneous States: Collective Memory and Fiction on Emergence of Modern Nations, Armenia and Azerbaijan.

The International Visegrad Fund (IVF) and the European University Institute (EUI) are jointly launching a new grant programme for post-graduate scholars from Central and Eastern Europe interested in European integration to conduct research at the Historical Archives of the European Union (EUI).

Caucasus Watch launches a grants program to support projects aimed at facilitating the communications between next-generation policy experts and civil society practitioners from Azerbaijan and Armenia.