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Grants>>Description of 2002 Grants: Middle East & North Africa
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Regional Programs: Go to 2002 Annual Report |
Afghanistan International Republican Institute $100,000 1998 REPROGRAMMING To work with the Afghan Media Resource Center to better inform the leadership, citizenry, and international community about developments inside Afghanistan, the Afghan NGO Coordination Bureau, and the Tribal Jirga for the Eastern Zone of Afghanistan. International Republican Institute $125,000 2001 REPROGRAMMING To promote independent Afghan media through support to the Afghan Media Resource Center and its newspaper, Erada; NGO advocacy through training and assistance to the Afghan NGO Coordination Bureau; and citizen participation and education through support to the Association for Democracy in Afghanistan. National Commission on Human Rights in Afghanistan $30,000 To rent and equip an office in Kabul and recruit three full-time staff members to run a human rights public-awareness campaign, which will include a minimum of twelve human rights awareness seminars and eight brief one-week courses on human rights. In addition, the Commission will produce and distribute 1,000 copies of a bimonthly human rights newsletter in Dari and Pashto. National Democratic Institute for International Affairs $425,001 To implement an eight-month program to provide international comparative advice and information to the Afghan Interim Authority and the Special Commission for the Convening of the Loya Jirga; convene discussion and advice fora for Afghan political leaders embarking on the formation of political movements and parties; and assist Afghan citizens and refugees, particularly women, with influencing and participating in decisions made by interim Afghan authorities and the international community. Algeria Algerian League for the Defense of Human Rights $20,000 To undertake a campaign for greater respect for human rights and rule of law in Algeria. The program will include small meetings with Algerian civil society representatives, a two-day national conference in Algiers, and the creation of a Web site to sustain an education and advocacy campaign for human rights. Committee of the Families of the Disappeared in Algeria (CFDA) $30,000 To maintain its office in Algiers, through which it can develop the professional capacity of two committees that have formed in Oran and Constantine. In addition, CFDA will produce a quarterly newsletter and bulletin to inform its constituents on relevant national and international laws, procedures on collecting data, advocacy techniques, and networking. Bahrain National Democratic Institute for International Affairs $58,310 To introduce Bahraini political and civil society groups to the technical aspects of strategic planning, membership recruitment, campaign planning, and coalition-building; to train women in political-participation skills; and to conduct a series of workshops and consultations with political and civil society groups, to coordinate their training needs, select trainees, and provide workshop venues. Egypt Center for International Private Enterprise $80,704 To build the Egyptian Junior Business Association's credibility by helping it to provide demand-driven membership services and establish a platform that will allow the Association to maintain independence while still involving the government in a private/public policy dialogue. The Association will conduct a series of workshops to educate its members about international business practices, and will develop an Arabic-English Web site. Center for International Private Enterprise $334,826 To produce three Arabic-translation issues of its flagship journal, Economic Reform Today; to further develop its Arabic-language Web site such that it includes more information transmitting the values of a free-market economy; to develop and implement a special training program, "Concepts of Free Market Economy"; to develop an Arabic-language Web site supporting future Egyptian entrepreneurs; and to organize a regional training program for Egyptian financial-news reporters. Egyptian Organization for Human Rights $30,000 To continue investigating and reporting human rights abuses; educating the populace on the benefits of tolerance, pluralism, and dialogue; and calling for incorporation of international human rights norms into Egyptian legislation. The Organization will organize six bimonthly workshops and will publish and distribute 2,000 copies of the proceedings and 2,000 copies of the Organization's annual report. Human Rights Center for the Assistance of Prisoners $30,000 To train human rights activists and lawyers in the handling of prisoner and detainee cases, and to expand its own network of volunteers and collaborators. The Center will organize a series of workshops concerning citizen rights within prisons and detention centers, and will publish and distribute four legal booklets on the same subject. National Democratic Institute for International Affairs $106,817 To undertake a twelve-month program to assist the Egyptian Center for Women's Rights with the training of women in the areas of elections and political party activism, and to provide the Center with the skills and resources necessary to influence public policy through advocacy. Iran Abdorrahman Boroumand Foundation $25,000 To establish an Iran Human Rights Memorial Web site, to highlight the extra-judicial cases and victims of political violence. The site will offer a Farsi-language electronic library on human rights laws and instruments and will target students, unemployed youth, and victims of the regime. Iran Teachers' Association $25,000 To continue producing and distributing Mehregan, its quarterly cultural and political journal, as well as to strengthen the journal's content. The Association will also further develop its Web site by increasing the site's interactive capabilities with Farsi software, adding more useful pages and links, and hosting and moderating an online "discussion forum." National Iranian American Council $25,000 To design and implement a two-day media training workshop in Iran for forty staff members from five civic groups. The training will cover public education and outreach, video production, script writing, and graphics usage, and will help the Council gauge participants general receptiveness to civic activities. Participants will also be trained in project development and proposal writing and will be encouraged to identify their needs, develop a public message, and outline an appropriate publicity campaign. Iraq American Society for Kurds (ASK) $74,000* To conduct a series of workshops, in Erbil and Sulaymania in northern Iraq, to expand civic participation and advocate legislative reforms in press law and municipal administration. ASK will conduct two one-month training workshops for women; two four-day workshops on press-law reform; and two three-day workshops on civic initiatives in local municipalities. Badlisy Cultural Center $39,000 To conduct a human rights campaign in northern Iraq. The campaign will consist of thirteen training workshops for teachers, thirteen training workshops for Imams at local mosques, and two theatrical productions, all focusing on human rights. The Center will also hold monthly meetings with youth and civic organizations and will produce and distribute 500 copies of a monthly bilingual (Arabic and Kurdish) newsletter on civic initiatives and volunteerism. The newsletter's specific content will be determined by meeting participants. Iraq Institute for Democracy $51,000* To continue its civic education program and to conduct a public campaign for democratic values. The Institute will build its institutional capacity; train twenty trainers in civic and democracy education; conduct ten courses in civic education; translate articles on democracy and develop the content of its biweekly newspaper; and expand its public-awareness campaign through the production and distribution of 30,000 posters and stickers. MARE Foundation $55,000* To conduct two two-day training workshops for fifty Iraqi journalists in the diaspora and northern Iraq, to help form a professional association of Iraqi journalists, and to establish a Web site to promote free and pluralistic media in Iraq. Jordan Al-Urdun Al-Jadid Research Center $30,000 To strengthen democratic institutions in Jordan through research and analysis. The Center will continue to use the media to disseminate democratic culture and civic debate in Jordan. Arab Media Institute $30,000 To train journalists and to research and monitor local and regional journalism. The Institute will strengthen its network of regional and international organizations that promote the media's role in advancing peace, human rights, and democracy. Arab Women's Media Center $30,000 To implement a second year of training for "non-media professionals." Training will include five seven-day training modules for 200 women NGO representatives. Modules will focus on utilizing the media, communication skills, and the relationship between freedom of expression, women's rights, and democratic development. Center for Defending Freedom of Journalists $30,000 To organize a series of four seminars and to develop training materials for Jordanian youth on principles of free expression, the public's right to know, the role and value of a free and independent media, and how to advocate for press reforms. Following the training, program participants will form a network and will continue to receive informal assistance and training from the center and will reach out to additional youth organizations in Jordan. National Democratic Institute for International Affairs $67,394 To partner with a coalition of women's organizations headed by the Jordanian National Commission for Women, to provide trainers for the coalition's upcoming program on training women candidates. NDI will also provide the Center for Defending Freedom of Journalists with a subgrant to conduct a three-day workshop that will train Jordanian journalists on how to effectively cover elections. Sisterhood Is Global Institute - Jordan $35,000 To implement a training curriculum for a cross-section of Jordanian women on human rights, citizenship rights, and facilitation, and to strengthen the Institute's capacity through improved training of volunteer coordinators and expansion of the Institute's in-house library and Web site. Women's Organization to Combat Illiteracy $32,000 To implement a series of 135 workshops on human rights and democracy, for women participants of the Organization's literacy and vocational training sessions in refugee camps and rural villages, as a means to further develop the Organization's capacity to deliver human rights training and skills-building and respond to its constituents' needs. Women's Union in Jordan $45,000 To undertake a voter-education program for women throughout Jordan, including twenty-four training courses on "Election Law and Electoral Process in Jordan," "Women and the Legislature," "Women as Voters and Candidates," and "The Jordanian Constitution." Funding will also be used to supplement these trainings with voter resource materials and posters. Lebanon Development and Municipality Studies Center $25,000 To produce eight online and print editions of its newsletter, Baladiyat (Municipalities). The newsletter is a civic education publication that contains municipal news, budget reviews, research on local-government issues, and interviews with local leaders and organizations, with the goal of strengthening the effectiveness, understanding, and trust of local government in Lebanon. Generation for the Integrity of Lebanon (GIL) $25,000 To conduct four three-day training workshops on human rights, pluralism, democracy, and civic participation for youth in Southern Lebanon. GIL will also publish an Arabic manual on civic education and human rights, based on the training curriculum and experience. Lebanese Foundation for Permanent Civil Peace $40,000 To conduct workshops with elected officials, community leaders, civil society activists, and local NGOs in five Lebanese municipalities in order to identify and foster effective modes of communication between citizens and local authorities, tailor civic initiatives addressing local priorities, and develop and implement small pilot projects around those initiatives. The Foundation will also publish and distribute a resource manual on local government structures and dynamics, the needs and expectations of the five municipalities, and overviews of their initiatives and pilot projects. National Democratic Institute for International Affairs $139,711 To continue supporting the Development and Municipality Studies Center in implementing an "NGO Management Certificate Program" for NGOs in northern Lebanon. This curriculum is designed to increase linkages and cooperation between municipalities and civil society organizations. The Institute will also continue to assist the Lebanese Association for the Democracy of Elections by building on the Association's capacity to carry out a voter-education campaign and advocate for electoral reform. Philanthropic Amlieh Association $48,000 To expand its human rights training program for Shi'ite Muslim girls and women, through weekly and biweekly training sessions. A total of 36 educators, 50 mothers, and over 1,300 students who are enrolled in vocational training programs in Beirut and Southern Lebanon will directly participate in the program, which will utilize specialized manuals addressing human rights within Islam. Southern Issues $30,000 To produce and disseminate six editions of Sho'uon Janoubiyeh, a publication featuring articles and commentaries on issues of governance, transparency, accountability, citizen and human rights, challenges facing youth, and local culture in southern Lebanon. Southern Issues will distribute the publication to more than 5,000 local councils, civic groups, elected officials, and citizens. Morocco Citizenship Forum $30,000 To establish and organize twenty civic clubs to undertake civic initiatives and disseminate concepts of democracy, pluralism, tolerance, transparency, accountability, active participation, human and civil rights, citizenship, and community development. In partnership with schools and youth centers in Morocco, the Forum will target youth aged sixteen to nineteen years, at schools and youth centers in twelve Moroccan cities. In addition, the Forum will publish three issues of a twelve-page Arabic newsletter, Civic Education, linking the civic clubs to each other and publicizing their concerns and initiatives. Citizenship Forum $30,000 To establish a "Monitors for Democratic Transition" project, through which a committee composed of four working groups will draft, publish, and distribute two issues of a newsletter, and 2,000 copies of an annual report on the state of democracy in Morocco, to political groups, civic organizations, parliamentarians, academic centers, and media organizations. Democratic Association of Moroccan Women $40,000 To support its Center for Women's Leadership as it continues to train trainers and sensitize NGO leaders to methods of promoting women's leadership and supporting women's participation in politics and public affairs. The Association will select, train, and guide ten candidates from leading women's human rights and civic groups to form a working group that will develop and moderate civic group workshops focusing on recruitment and development of women leaders. National Democratic Institute for International Affairs $175,220 To address issues of vote-buying and the media's poor election coverage in advance of the fall 2002 legislative elections. "Project Clean Vote" will seek to raise awareness of the problem of vote-buying and urge voters not to sell their votes, through a series of television spots/mini-films and a nationwide poster campaign. "Enhancing Electoral Press Coverage" will seek to improve journalists' skills and coverage of electoral issues, through election-coverage training and skills-building for the media. Sudan/Egypt Sudanese Studies Center $60,000 To organize a symposium on the role of the private sector in development and democratization; to hold a workshop and conduct a study on women and politics; and to publish a monthly newsletter about and a dictionary of democracy and human rights. The Center will also continue to publish its periodical journal, Sudanese Writings, and produce its annual report on the state of civil society and the development of politics and economy in Sudan. Turkey Helsinki Citizens' Assembly $35,000 To produce five training manuals and organize a one-week workshop in Istanbul, to train twenty trainers on advocacy, lobbying, and campaigning. The trainers will then train staff at 100 NGOs in ten Turkish cities. The Assembly will also organize a one-day lobbying event in Ankara, a press conference, and a reception for forty politicians, bureaucrats, and journalists. The Assembly will print and distribute 1,000 copies of each issue of its quarterly newsletter, and post it on the group's Web site. International Republican Institute $299,999 To conduct regional workshops and a national conference to encourage young people to get involved in the civic and political spheres of their communities. The Institute will also continue its partnership with the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation towards anticorruption activities and will renew its partnership with the Association for Support and Training of Women Candidates (KADER) to promote women's participation in politics. National Democratic Institute for International Affairs $286,318 To provide expertise to the parliament on methods used by other nations to resolve problems in parliamentary and governmental reform processes; to aid civil society organizations that seek to make parliament more transparent and accountable; and to promote more open communication between Turkish citizens and parliament. West Bank/ Gaza Strip Center for International Private Enterprise $55,800 To support the Palestinian Businessmen's Association's (PBA) Center for Private Sector Development (CPSD) in advancing a code of private-sector governance that promotes business ethics; advocates for institutional reform in promotion of accountability, transparency, and rule of law; and strengthens the capacity of the private sector to push for reform. Through an economic institutional environment study, an educational and advocacy program, and strategic alliances with other key institutions, PBA/CPSD will engage the private sector in the reform debate. Civic Forum Institute $36,000 To convene twenty institutional-development training sessions on volunteer recruitment and management, communication and media skills, and project management and evaluation, for a total of thirty-five local organizations. These organizations will then organize fifteen town hall meetings throughout the West Bank and Gaza, between Palestinian citizens and decision-makers, on topics of democratic reform. General Union of Cultural Centers $30,000 To train forty-five representatives from fifteen member NGOs in capacity-building and institutional development. The trainees will be divided into three geographic regions, and each group will receive thirteen days of training followed by a community-needs assessment and project development for their individual organizations, as a means to reinforce and sustain the training. Jerusalem Center for Women $35,000 To design and implement a ten-month training program in Jerusalem for young Palestinian women leaders (including possible election candidates) on media, oral and written communication skills, and political communication. Participants will produce a newsletter on political reform and participation and will conduct training in their individual communities. Middle East Center for Nonviolence and Democracy $35,000 To train Palestinian youth—participants of an earlier training program—in nonviolent conflict-resolution, communication skills, and human rights, who will then produce a quarterly educational newsletter and a stage play on nonviolence and conflict resolution. Palestinian Center for Helping Resolve Community Disputes $55,000 To produce and broadcast an educational television program for youth on human rights; to train journalism students in democracy and conflict resolution; to conduct professional training for university students in democracy and conflict resolution; to implement capacity-building training modules for grassroots Gazan NGOs; and to support its internal institutional development. Palestinian Center for Peace and Democracy $25,000 To conduct a series of workshops, for a minimum of 140 youths, focused on the Palestinian electoral process. The workshops will train youth in the principles and importance of independent domestic-election monitoring, the rule of law, and accountability of governing institutions. Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy (MIFTAH) $30,000 To produce and broadcast a series of six television and six radio programs geared towards increasing women's education about and participation in Palestinian legislative and municipal elections, scheduled for mid-2003. The programs will feature interactive call-in participation and will be broadcast on independent-media outlets throughout the West Bank and Gaza. Panorama $43,000 To undertake a year-long campaign for good governance in Palestinian governing institutions and NGOs. The program will include training for civic activists on good-governance principles and applications; public meetings between citizens and elected representatives; and the production of two televised debates, an educational newsletter, and a manual on good governance, intended to be a reference guide for civic activists and government officials. Yemen Civic Democratic Initiatives Support Foundation $29,000 To raise voter awareness by making use of the Yemeni media and by engaging NGOs and political actors in voter education. The Foundation will work with five government-owned radio stations to produce and broadcast fifteen radio symposium programs and six television debates; will produce and distribute a monthly newsletter on civic and voter education; and will hold a three-day workshop for NGO leaders, political activists, and government staff, focusing on voter registration and education. International Human Rights Law Group (IHRLG) $50,000 To heighten Yemeni awareness of women's rights by building the capacity of Sisters Arabic Forum (SAF) and other women's organizations. IHRLG will provide them with technical assistance and expert advice and will work with SAF to conduct a four-day workshop on human rights principles and legal instruments for practicing and non-practicing women lawyers and law students. IHRLG will also organize six lectures at the law schools in Taiz, Sana'a, and Aden by pioneer women lawyers, highlighting women's rights and discussing gaps between international standards and Yemeni laws. Middle East Regional American Center for International Labor Solidarity $291,930 1999 REPROGRAMMED To expand opportunities for and the abilities of men and women workers to participate in the building of democracy in Middle East unions, workplaces, and society, and to promote worker involvement in the pursuit of good governance at local and national levels. Center for International Private Enterprise $159,142 To work with private sector groups from Turkey, Egypt, and Morocco—and possibly groups from Lebanon, Jordan, and Tunisia—to develop a regional corporate governance program to mobilize private sector groups in each country to take on a proactive role in advocating for the regulatory, legal, and social reform necessary for good corporate governance. Center for Lebanese Studies $40,000 To host a regional forum for Arab intellectuals, democrats, activists, and thinkers to discuss what Arab democrats can do now to help the region democratize, and what they view as the medium- and long-term prospects and implications of and for democracy in the region. Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy $40,000 To hold three two-day workshops in Egypt, Morocco, and Lebanon on the theme of "Who Speaks for Islam and Democracy?" The Center will publish summaries of these workshops in its newsletter. An English-language summary of each workshop will be posted to the Internet, and the Center's local affiliates will produce and distribute 500 copies of an Arabic-language report on each workshop. Human Rights Club $40,000 To host ten roundtable debates on the prospects of democracy and human rights in the Arab world and to build and cultivate a network of democrats and human rights activists in the Middle East region. Human Rights Information and Training Center $25,000 To hold a five-day regional workshop to train thirty representatives of women's organizations, lawyers associations, and human rights organizations and activists from Arab countries, including Yemen, Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan, and the West Bank/Gaza Strip. The training will be designed to improve participants' knowledge of international human rights laws and procedures, and improve their ability to utilize international media and human rights organizations to advocate for improved human rights conditions in their countries. International Forum for Islamic Dialogue $79,000 To publish and distribute its bimonthly newsletter, Islam 21; to maintain and update its Web page and discussion forum on the Internet; and to develop and produce an Educational Guide on Islam and Public Life. The Forum will continue to evolve as a center through which liberal Islamists can coordinate their efforts and disseminate their views and play a stabilizing and constructive role in shaping public institutions and modernizing Muslim societies. International Republican Institute $50,000 1999 REPROGRAMMING To promote the exchange of survey research, experience, and expertise between regional civil society activists, including pollsters, through consultations and regional workshops with survey-research professional and civic actors from North Africa, the Levant, and the Persian Gulf. Regional Program for Human Rights Activists (RPHRA) $30,000 To organize three two-day workshops in Rabat, Cairo, and Bahrain, for human rights activists in North Africa, the Levant, and the Persian Gulf, respectively. RPHRA will print 1,000 copies of the presentations and recommendations at the three workshops and distribute them to Arab civil society organizations and human rights activists, groups, and institutions. Finally, RPHRA will publish the recommendations and the main presentations, and post an English-language summary of the presentations on the Internet. *Indicates funding source other than annual congressional appropriation |
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