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ECA - American Spaces
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As authorized by the Fulbright-Hays Act, American Spaces are cultural and information centers around the world that provide free and open access for members of local communities to learn more about the United States, develop skills, and access a wide range of resources. Funded by the U.S. Department of State and hosted at U.S. embassies, consulates, and various local partner institutions, approximately 600 American Spaces in 140 countries host programs and events that foster learning, discussion, and civic engagement around democratic principles. Most American Spaces are based on partnerships with local organizations (libraries, universities, binational centers, NGOs) that provide facilities and staff, but some are located in U.S. government-owned facilities, to include embassies or consulates. The Office of American Spaces in Washington, D.C., and its training unit in Vienna, Austria, provide centralized oversight, strategic direction, funding, training and programming resources to all American Spaces, while U.S. embassies and consulates implement the programming to engage foreign audiences in support of U.S. national interests. The six core programming areas that take place in American Spaces draw on the breadth of what the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs offers: Promotion of U.S. higher education, including EducationUSA advising; English language learning and teaching; Exchange Alumni engagement; strategic cultural programs that utilize ECA’s and other envoys (arts, music, sports, science, and more); professional skills building; and accurate information about the United States, such as through connecting audiences with expert American speakers. The Director of ECA/A/M leads the American Spaces strategy, under the direction of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for ECA Academic programs. ECA coordinates with other Department bureaus (R/PPR, regional PD offices, GPA, OBO, DS, and DT, among others) as appropriate to ensure that all interests are met.
This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the
administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.
For more information on each of these data sources, please see the
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Third year of budget disbursements to equip, renovate, upgrade, modernize 60 Tier 1 American Spaces and 500 Tier 2 American Spaces. In some cases funds went to pay for salaries, expenses and training of American Spaces staff.
American Spaces added a sixth programmatic pillar focused on Professional Skills Building in FY 2022, formalizing how the network holds out programming that was already being implemented in many parts of the world and expanding its scope worldwide. The sixth pillar will allow American Spaces to reach new priority audiences with programming that demonstrates the United States’ commitment to mutual economic success and growth, and our desire to benefit individual program participants’ professional development and success.
Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):
For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.
OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.
