2025 AWE Alumnae Regional Summit

The U.S. Embassy Nassau’s Public Diplomacy (PD) section announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to develop and organize a Regional Alumnae Summit for the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) network throughout the Caribbean. The PD section invites proposals from non-profit organizations, civil society organizations, and U.S. government alumni organizations to design and organize a summit to connect small and medium businesses of AWE Alumnae from across the Caribbean during a 2-day Summit in Nassau, The Bahamas in Spring 2025. This Summit will also provide a forum for AWE Alumnae to expand their professional network, share best practices and gain broader market access. In consultation with the U.S. Embassy Public Diplomacy team, the awardee is expected to organize all logistics for the Summit to include, but not limited to several deliverables. Therefore, the proposal should clearly describe how each item below will be addressed:
• Structure and Overall plan for the event.
• The estimated Cost for the proposed Venue for the Summit.
• Equipment (Equipment cannot account for more than 10% of the total project cost.)
• Marketing plan
• Proposed 6 Conference Speakers and associated costs (this should include Bahamian, Caribbean and American Entrepreneurs as well as a Keynote Speaker.)
• Travel Costs for participants from Family Islands.
• A Business Expo opportunity for participants.
• Opportunities for participants to scale up their businesses (ex. export, product development and scaling.)
• Cost Share (not required but looked upon favorably)
• Public Private Partnerships
• Pre and Post Surveys for participants (ex. To garner input for topics for summit)