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Public Diplomacy Achievement Award Winners

PDAA Award for Achievement in Public Diplomacy (2008-)
USIAAA Achievement Award (2001-2005)
Franklin-Jefferson Award (1993-2000)

2009
Ryan Rowlands and Amy Storrow, AmEmbassy Skopje, for creativity, energy and perseverance in reaching out to Macedonian youth and young leaders in a challenging environment – and in two languages – through youth camps and other innovative multi-cultural programs

Tristram Perry, AmEmbassy Jakarta, for uncommon initiative, professionalism and dynamism in using highly visible public diplomacy tools to advance in notable ways U.S. interests in Indonesia

Lori Brutten, George Clack and David Shelby, IIP, for imaginative use of new media technologies and public/private partnerships in guiding the State Department's efforts to engage young foreign audiences in a global dialogue about democracy through the trailblazing YouTube Democracy Video Challenge

2008
Jonathan Henick, AmEmbassy Baku, for outstanding efforts and personal commitment, courage and creativity in promoting and defending freedom of speech and independent journalism in Azerbaijan

FSN Staff, PAS, AmEmbassy Rangoon, for outstanding efforts and perseverance in promoting democracy and human rights in Burma through a broad range of public diplomacy tools and programs

Nicholas Papp, AIT Taiwan, for outstanding initiative and creativity in revitalizing and modernizing Taiwan's EducationUSA program

2005
PAS Brasilia, for Brazil Youth Ambassadors

Wendy Lyle, ConGen Guangzhou, for outstanding performance under challenging conditions; and her role in insinuating messages of rule of law, civil society and sound governance into the legal, academic, media and business communities on South China

2003
Victoria Sloan and Kaspars Ruklis, AmEmbassy Riga, for accomplishments in fostering fair coverage about NATO in Latvia's Russian language media

2002
Eric Johnson and Jonathan Mennuti, AmEmbassy Moscow, for tireless efforts to establish, nurture and expand the "American Corners" throughout Russia

2001
Gaston Lacombe, Educational Advisor, Riga, for initiative and perseverance in expanding student exchanges between Latvia and the U.S.

Karuna Singh, ConGen Calcutta, for initiating, organizing and executing effective and imaginative events in support of the MPP for eastern India – particularly a campaign to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS

1999
USIS Dar es Salaam and USIS Nairobi, for outstanding poise and information efforts after August 1998 bombings

1998
USIS Luanda, for outstanding contributions to the consolidation of peace, national reconciliation, democracy and improved U.S.-Angolan relations

USIS Ashgabat/USIS Dushanbe/RPO/NIS/Goble, for imagination and perseverance in achieving U.S. public diplomacy goals through creation of a civic education network in Turkmenistan and employment of new technology for information distribution in Tajikistan

1996
USIS Port au Prince, for continued public diplomacy efforts in helping restore and consolidate democracy and its institutions in Haiti

I/GEU Team, for unsurpassed efforts in establishing the credibility of the team concept at the outset of the I Bureau, and for providing outstanding support to the 57 posts serviced in WEU and EEN

1995
USIS Amman, for ambitious information and cultural programs which promoted democratic thinking and practice in Jordan

1994
USIS Buenos Aires, for employing all their public diplomacy resources from 1983-1993 in assisting the consolidation of democracy in essential areas of institution building while developing close bonds between Argentina and the U.S.)

1993
FSNEs, USIS Rangoon, for promotion of democracy

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