U.S. Mission to Lithuania

Description

U.S. Embassy Vilnius announces the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for a new program whose goal is raising awareness of gender-based violence in Lithuanian municipalities. The 12-month program will support the following activities:• Develop a gender-based violence training program for use in Lithuanian municipalities.• Organize one-day gender-based violence trainings in five municipalities, including key local institutions such as social workers, schools, police, hospitals, local government, and prosecutors.• Organize three follow-up trainings/consultations in each municipality.• Create a contact/distribution list for each of the five selected municipalities, allowing training participants and stakeholders to communicate with one another easily and share best practices. • Conduct a centralized train-the-trainer workshop for participants interested in applying the Coordinated Community Response model to their municipalities. Please see link for full description and details before submitting an application.

Who can apply

• Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education)

Contact

Giedra Gureviciute-Demereckiene <br/>Political/Economic Section Grants Coordinator <br/>Phone 37052665685
GureviciuteG@state.gov