Opportunity Information: Apply for PDS COL 2024 YLS
Youth Leadership Summit 2025 (Funding Opportunity Number: PDS COL 2024 YLS) is a discretionary U.S. government grant opportunity from the U.S. Mission to Sri Lanka, run through the Public Diplomacy Section (PDS) of the U.S. Embassy in Colombo. The Embassy is looking for a local implementing partner to handle the administrative and logistical delivery of a four-day, in-person Youth Leadership Summit, planned for March 2025, and to do so in close coordination with Embassy staff. The overall aim is to strengthen leadership capacity among young people connected to the Embassy's American Spaces network and to help develop the next generation of Sri Lankan youth leaders through structured, practical skill-building sessions.
The Summit is designed to convene Youth Forum members representing American Spaces in Kandy, Jaffna, Matara, and Batticaloa, along with participants from Colombo's American Center. The core group is expected to be about 75 Youth Forum Members from across Sri Lanka who will take part in four days of workshops and training. In addition to the Sri Lankan cohort, the program may also bring in a regional component: up to 25 youth leaders from elsewhere in South Asia could be invited, with nominations coming from U.S. Missions in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, and Pakistan. This regional participation is conditional and depends on confirmation of additional funding specifically to cover international travel and lodging, so applicants should understand that the South Asia delegation is a possibility rather than a guaranteed element.
The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, which typically means the Embassy expects to be actively involved during planning and implementation rather than simply issuing funds and stepping back. The opportunity lists an award ceiling of $80,000, with one award expected, indicating the Embassy intends to select a single partner organization to coordinate the Summit end-to-end on the administrative side. While the thematic content is described broadly as leadership and skill building, the implementing partner should be prepared to manage the practical realities of a multi-day convening, including coordination with multiple American Spaces, scheduling, participant management, venue and vendor logistics, and other operational needs that come with hosting approximately 75 participants (and potentially 100 total if regional participants are included).
Eligibility is open to a range of organization types that can credibly run a national-level youth convening. The announcement specifically mentions not-for-profit organizations, civil society/non-governmental organizations, think tanks, and both public and private educational institutions. The eligible applicant categories also include nonprofits without U.S. IRS 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education), private institutions of higher education, and "others" as defined in the posting. In practical terms, the Embassy is signaling flexibility in who can apply, as long as the applicant is capable of acting as a responsible local implementing partner and meeting the administrative and compliance expectations of a U.S. government-funded cooperative agreement.
Key dates and identifiers are straightforward. The opportunity was created on June 18, 2024, and the original application closing date is July 19, 2024. The program is tied to CFDA number 19.040, which is associated with U.S. Department of State public diplomacy programming. The implementing organization selected through this process would then work with the Embassy to finalize planning and deliver the four-day Summit in March 2025, with the participant composition anchored in Sri Lanka's American Spaces Youth Forums and a potential add-on of South Asian youth leaders if extra travel funding becomes available.Apply for PDS COL 2024 YLS
- The U.S. Mission to Sri Lanka in the other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Youth Leadership Summit 2025" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.040.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2024-06-18.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-07-19. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $80,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Others.
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