PD ANNUAL PROGRAM STATEMENT

PD ANNUAL PROGRAM STATEMENT

Goals and Objectives • Celebrate American Excellence: o Showcase American innovation, technological leadership, and entrepreneurial spirit, celebrating American dynamism or telling America’s story of excellence. o Highlight U.S. achievements in science, technology, sports, industry, and culture. o Demonstrate the excellence and reliability of American products, services, and standards. o Promote American values of free enterprise, individual liberty, and merit-based achievement. • Make America Safer o Combat Illegal Immigration: Support programs that address root causes of migration by promoting economic opportunity and security in Bolivia, reducing pressure on U.S. borders. o Counter Transnational Crime: Build Bolivian capacity to combat narcotics trafficking, particularly synthetic drugs and fentanyl precursors, and dismantle criminal networks that threaten U.S. communities. o Enhance Border Security Cooperation: Strengthen information-sharing and law enforcement collaboration between U.S. and Bolivian authorities. o Counter Foreign Anti-American Propaganda and Influence Operations: Expose and counter efforts by adversarial nations to establish strategic footholds that could threaten U.S. interests in the Western Hemisphere. • Make America Stronger o Promote Transparency and Anti-Corruption: Support investigative journalism, government accountability mechanisms, and civil society oversight that expose corruption and strengthen democratic institutions aligned with U.S. interests. o Strengthen Rule of Law: Build capacity in judicial and law enforcement institutions to combat crime and uphold property rights, creating conditions favorable to U.S. investment. o Protect Digital Freedom and Counter False Foreign Anti-American Propaganda: Combat false narratives about the United States with the truth and expose anti-American propaganda from adversarial nations, modeling respect for freedom of speech and opposition to censorship. • Make America More Prosperous o

Details

• Agency: U.S. Mission to Bolivia
• Department: Department of State
• Opportunity #: PD-LAPAZ-FY26-01
• Instrument: grant

Eligibility

The U.S. Embassy La Paz, Public Diplomacy Section, encourages applications from U.S. or Bolivian citizens and/or organizations, including:•Not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations• Public and private educational institutions• Individuals• Public International Organizations and Governmental institutions