Indonesia YSEALI Regional Workshop 2024 | PAS JAKARTA FY23 04

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The Indonesia YSEALI Regional Workshop 2024 is a U.S. Department of State (U.S. Embassy Jakarta, Public Affairs Section) cooperative agreement opportunity to fund one organization to design and run a six-day Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) regional workshop in Yogyakarta, Indonesia in July 2024. The workshop theme is "Sustainable and Inclusive Cultural Tourism in a Post-COVID World," with a practical focus on how the cultural tourism sector across Southeast Asia can recover from COVID-era disruptions while becoming more environmentally responsible and more inclusive, particularly for people with disabilities and minority communities. The project is framed as part of YSEALI's broader goal of developing a cross-border network of young leaders who can collaborate on shared regional challenges, while also strengthening U.S.-Southeast Asia ties.

Programmatically, the workshop is meant to sit at the intersection of economic development and civic engagement. The selected implementer is expected to build a curriculum that strengthens participant skills and exposes them to current approaches in cultural preservation and heritage management, museum development and curation, inclusive access and universal design, cultural storytelling, environmentally conscious tourism practices, and experience-based cultural tourism models. Beyond technical content, the workshop is expected to include soft-skills development (leadership, collaboration, communication), grant-writing support, and sessions that translate ideas into viable tourism-sector economic development outcomes. Cultural activities and site visits are also a required part of the design, both to deepen learning and to highlight ASEAN cultural richness and U.S.-ASEAN relationships.

A key requirement is that the workshop not end when the in-person program concludes. Proposals must include structured follow-on activities such as virtual collaboration, mentorship, or participant projects supported through small seed grants, and those follow-on components must be built into the monitoring and evaluation plan. The opportunity also requires a clear measurement approach, including pre- and post-workshop surveys to assess overall effectiveness and changes in participant knowledge related to sustainable and inclusive cultural tourism. Throughout the program design, applicants are expected to intentionally weave in leadership, service or "giving back," and the idea of strengthening a shared Southeast Asian/ASEAN identity grounded in common values and common challenges.

The audience for the workshop will be 60 participants, recruited and selected in coordination with the U.S. Embassy Jakarta and other U.S. embassies across ASEAN and Timor-Leste. Participants must be ages 18-35, citizens and residents of an ASEAN member state (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar/Burma, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam) or Timor-Leste, and they must have demonstrated experience in the cultural tourism sector through work, volunteering, internships, or relevant coursework. All participants must be proficient in spoken and written English because the workshop will be conducted entirely in English, and the cohort must include participants from all ten ASEAN member countries plus Timor-Leste.

From an implementation standpoint, the award recipient carries significant logistical and communications responsibilities. The implementer must arrange and pay (using cooperative agreement funds) for participant and staff travel and all related costs, including international and domestic flights, visas, airport transfers, lodging, per diem, meals during the program, insurance, and other essential travel support. The recipient must also produce program and syllabus materials, develop an event program with participant and speaker biographies, and design physical printed materials such as banners and backdrops. In addition, the recipient must create a digital engagement and social media strategy that can include live video or live online engagement during the workshop, while following a strict limitation that no new event-specific website should be created; domain, hosting, and site-build costs will not be funded.

Speakers, facilitators, and mentors must be citizens of the United States, an ASEAN member country, or Timor-Leste, reinforcing the program's emphasis on regional collaboration alongside U.S. engagement. Geographically, the priority region covers all ASEAN countries and Timor-Leste, aligning with the program's requirement for full regional representation.

Administratively, this is a discretionary funding opportunity under CFDA 19.040, offered by the Department of State, U.S. Mission to Indonesia. The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement (meaning the U.S. government typically expects substantial involvement during implementation). The award ceiling is $250,000, and the agency expects to make one award. The funding opportunity number is PAS JAKARTA FY23 04. Applications were required to be submitted by email to JakartaPASgrants@state.gov by 11:59 p.m. EST on July 29, 2023, with proposals and required forms attached in Word or PDF, and with the email subject formatted as "Indonesia YSEALI Regional Workshop 2024/Your Organization's Name."

• The Department of State, U.S. Mission to Indonesia in the regional development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Indonesia YSEALI Regional Workshop 2024" 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 Jun 05, 2023.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 29, 2023 All application materials must be submitted by 1159p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on July 29, 2023 by email to JakartaPASgrants@state.gov under the announcement title #8220Indonesia YSEALI Regional Workshop 2024#8221 Please attach proposals and required form in Microsoft Word or .pdf format with #8220Indonesia YSEALI Regional Workshop 2024/Your Organization#8217s Name#8221 in the subject line.. (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 $250,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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