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Grants >> Description of 2003 Grants: Middle East & North Africa
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Regional Programs: Go to 2003 Annual Report |
Afghanistan Afghans for Civil Society $84,000 To convene a pilot 56-member provincial council, or jirga, in the Uruzgan province, composed of traditional tribal elders and other respected members of the community. The jirga will open an office, maintain an open-door policy to meet with constituents, and form three committees to take up responsibilities of security, reconstruction, and monitoring of the provincial government. Afghans for Civil Society $36,165 To convene regular training sessions and meetings of representative Kandahar-area women over a four-month period in order to analyze provisions of proposed Afghan laws and suggest modifications. The women will also prepare a detailed response to the draft constitution, for submission to the Constitutional Review Commission upon its arrival in Kandahar. Afghanistan Study Center $68,700 To build the institutional capacity of ASC and to conduct 30 civic education workshops throughout Afghanistan, culminating in a national conference. ASC will run a public-awareness campaign and disseminate democratic values through the production and distribution of posters, literature and brochures. Center for International Private Enterprise $166,587 To establish an office in Kabul and provide technical assistance and training to business association leaders; coordinate the provision of small project grants to business groups; and coordinate a public outreach and education program that will provide basic materials on entrepreneurship to policymakers and the business community. Center for International Private Enterprise $212, 246 To team with the Afghan-American Chamber of Commerce to foster a climate for a market economy and support business associations, think tanks, and other business organizations inside Afghanistan. To ensure a more sustained and diversified effort from various stakeholders toward democracy and a market economy. Center for International Private Enterprise $77,780 To organize an intensive one-week training program and advocacy workshop for senior staff and/or board members of business associations on key topics of association management, public-policy advocacy, and the role of business associations in democratic development. Cooperation Center for Afghanistan $60,000 To conduct a workshop for civil society organizations; establish a network of democratic voices in advance of the June 2004 national elections; hold 10 public educational meetings on voter awareness for rural citizens in five key provinces; provide technical and legal advice to women candidates; publish a series of 15 books by Afghan women intellectuals to advance the participation of women in public life; and conduct a survey on patterns of good governance and participatory decision-making drawn from indigenous models of community-based institutions and local shura and jirga councils. International Republican Institute $225,000 To build upon its current program of promoting freedom of expression and public debate by supporting the Afghan Media Resource Center (AMRC) and the center’s daily newspaper Erada. IRI will also continue its program of public advocacy through training and assistance to the Afghan NGO Coordination Bureau (ANCB), and citizen participation and civic education through support to the Association for Democracy in Afghanistan (ADA). National Commission of Human Rights of Afghanistan $46,000 To build the institutional capacity of NCHRA and conduct a series of human rights seminars, workshops, and short-term educational courses for lawyers, teachers, law enforcement personnel, and judges in the provinces of Kapisa, Wardak, Paktiya, and Kabul. The Commission will also publish and distribute its human rights bulletin and initiate a human rights monitoring program to investigate alleged human rights abuses and independently monitor the central government’s policies to ensure effective application of human rights norms. National Democratic Institute for International Affairs $125,384 To hold four political party–development seminars and two roundtable sessions on inter-party communication. NDI will also conduct a roundtable discussion on the political process, focusing on the drafting of the constitution, with representatives from political and civic groups and the international community. In addition, NDI will seek to expand the role and influence of political parties in the constitutional development process, including the legal framework governing the 2004 elections. Through participation in the constitutional development process, parties will have an opportunity to address key capacity-building challenges that they currently face and more effectively participate in the development process. NEGAR – Support for Women of Afghanistan $35,000 To conduct a series of six conferences in key urban areas of Afghanistan to educate Afghan women on their legal and political rights under international law and the 1964 Constitution. NEGAR will draft recommendations on the status of women in the new Afghan constitution, which will be presented in final form to government officials and the Constitutional Review Commission in Kabul and to members of the Constitutional Loya Jirga in December. Welfare Association for Development of Afghanistan $49,210 To conduct a pilot project to train 450 Maliks from nine districts in eastern Afghanistan in peace-building, conflict resolution, democracy, accountability, women’s rights, national unity, and community empowerment. The Association will develop a network of Maliks in targeted districts to mobilize citizens to vote in the June 2004 elections. Afghanistan/Iran Women’s Learning Partnership $115,720* To work with its Afghan partner organization, the Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL), to develop an e-learning center in Herat, Afghanistan. The project will include two, three-week training-of-trainers sessions for AIL trainers and community leaders on the use of computers and the Internet to advance women’s rights and democracy advocacy; creation and administration of a pilot Internet-based course on democracy and leadership for Afghan and Iranian Persian speakers; and organization of a regional training-of-trainers seminar for Afghan women in leadership roles. Algeria Collectif des Familles de Disparues (Collective of Families of the Disappeared) $40,000 To build the capacity of its Algiers office, including providing judicial and psychological support to mothers; to open satellite offices and training staff and volunteers in Oran and Constantine; and to strengthen the organization’s seven committees of mothers. The Collective will also publish a minimum of four editions of its quarterly newsletter. Bahrain Bahrain Transparency Society $35,000 To advocate transparency through drafting of freedom of information legislation; to develop and maintain a website on transparency; to continue the monitoring and exposing of corruption by public officials; and to organize workshops on corruption and transparency for members of parliament, NGOs, and activists. Bahrain Women Society $28,000 To develop a curriculum for training women on legal and political rights. The organization will train 12 trainers and conduct six workshops to train 120 women on claiming their rights. Egypt Center for International Private Enterprise $306,420 To partner with key business associations and a local press institute to organize monthly meetings on institutional-reform issues affecting entrepreneurship, intraregional trade, and the informal sector. Information from these roundtables will be disseminated through the Economic Reform Today journal and CIPE’s Arabic-language website. CIPE will also expand its youth outreach website, www.efham.com, which highlights entrepreneurship and civic participation. Finally, CIPE will engage the Ministry of Trade, stock exchanges, and Capital Market Authority to develop a code of corporate governance for Egypt with feedback from market players. Center for International Private Enterprise $74,014 To support the Egyptian Junior Business Associations; to develop an Egyptian Youth National Business Agenda; and to encourage business participation in the government decision-making process through creating open dialogue with the government. The program will include group discussions, a national conference, workshops, and the production of newsletters. Egyptian Organization for Human Rights $40,000 To expand the national dialogue on human rights and democracy to rural areas and continue to investigate and report human rights abuses and educate the populace on the benefits of tolerance. The organization will also organize a bi-monthly forum with grassroots activists and its annual Intellectual Forum conference; publish a newsletter; and hold a training camp to instruct new members and staff. Human Rights Association for the Assistance of Prisoners $30,000 To train lawyers, social workers, student activists, and NGO leaders in investigating and reporting human rights abuses that occur in prisons and detention centers, to educate the populace on the rule of law, and to further train its staff. Legal Aid Association for Constitutional Rights $10,000 To develop a democratic network of young human rights activists by implementing a training program for young people from rural areas in the governorate of Duqhiliyah in human rights and citizen participation. Iran Abdorrahaman Boroumand Foundation $30,000 To develop an educational Iran Human Rights website that includes an electronic library in Farsi on human rights laws and instruments. Iran Teachers’ Association $25,000 To print and distribute 500 hard copies of its quarterly journal, Mehregan, and strengthen its content, as well as continue to produce and distribute an electronic version. The journal aims to foster the development of democratic principles and freedom of thought and expression by imparting cultural, political and social knowledge and understanding of these principles. Iraq American Society for Kurds $50,000 To organize a youth workshop on human rights for participants from the Iraqi Kurdish provinces of Arbil, Dahok, and Sulaymania. ASK will develop a strategy to engage youth in public life through internships at local human rights organizations and a supervised monthly roundtable meeting as a forum to network and exchange ideas. ASUDA Organization for Combating Violence against Women $22,000 To conduct a survey of women’s rights violations in the three Kurdish provinces of Iraq and publish the results in a report. ASUDA will establish a permanent mechanism to monitor women’s rights based on the survey results. It will also conduct a public awareness seminar in Sulaymania to be aired on local television. Badlisy Cultural Center $45,000 To continue a human rights campaign in northern Iraq. The Center will hold twelve workshops, develop an NGO network, publish eight issues of its newsletter, and produce and present two short plays to promote human rights in northern Iraq. Center for International Private Enterprise $134,259 To support a CIPE delegation to travel to Iraq to meet with representatives of the Iraqi private sector. The delegation will discuss the role of chambers of commerce and business associations in the nation’s rebuilding and seek to empower the private sector to be more proactive in voicing its opinions. CIPE will also work with the Iraq Institute for Democracy and its weekly publication Al-Ahali to produce a monthly business review and provide Iraqis with information on business trends within Iraq, regionally, and globally and develop their understanding of the state of Iraqi firms and business-support organizations. Additionally, CIPE will conduct a business-environment assessment to determine the state of the Iraqi private sector. Center for International Private Enterprise $145,713* To establish an office in Baghdad and build a network of association and business leaders; to provide technical assistance and training of association leaders; to coordinate the provision of small project grants to groups; and to conduct a public outreach and education program for policymakers, educators, and the business community. International Republican Institute $566,501 To work with the Iraq Foundation for Development and Democracy to launch the “Transition to Democracy” project, an independent, nonpartisan effort on the part of Iraqi civil society to take an active role in national reconstruction. IRI will also work with other Iraqi centers to monitor and provide feedback about the views and priorities of ordinary Iraqis Iraq Institute for Democracy $15,000* To expand the readership of its newspaper, Al-Ahali, to cover all Iraq. The Institute will print and distribute an additional 10,000 copies of the newspaper weekly in Baghdad. Kurdish Institute for Elections $24,000 To conduct a public awareness campaign on election reforms, monitor the elections of four professional associations, and conduct a civic education program in 10 high schools on democratic elections and translate into Kurdish and Arabic a series of reference books on elections. National Democratic Institute for International Affairs $226,142 To support individuals and organizations in Iraq in cultivating political and civic participation and political institutions based on democratic principles. NDI will organize a two-week technical-assistance mission to Iraq for political and civic leaders, conduct focus groups and research to provide local leaders and transitional authority members with insights on Iraqi public opinion, and produce and distribute written reports detailing the findings of the mission and the public opinion research. National Democratic Institute for International Affairs $89,222* To catalogue and describe pre-existing and newly formed political parties and civic organizations; to inform the efforts of NDI and other international organizations; to establish a baseline for training political groups; and to assist political parties and organizations in creating a basic organizational structure Women for Women International $30,050* To hold a two-day conference in Baghdad to enable Iraqi women to play an active role in the political, economic, and social reconstruction of Iraq, and to participate in the national dialogue. Israel Center for Research and Cooperation $30,000 To conduct a four-part feasibility study and develop a plan to create an Israeli-Palestinian coalition to help foster democracy, civic education, and peace in the context of future Palestinian elections. Israel Palestine Center for Research and Information $35,000 To organize a working group of Israeli and Palestinian civic actors concerned with the relationship between democratic reform and peace in both societies. The group will develop a strategy and platform to promote democracy and peace and will disseminate a series of working papers and op-eds in the press as a means to garner support for this platform in their respective societies. Jordan Al-Urdun Al-Jadid Research Center $30,000 To strengthen democratic institutions in Jordan. The Center produces research and analysis on civil society and democratization, and is working to strengthen its capacity to use media tools in order to disseminate democratic culture and elevate the role of civil society organizations in Jordan. AmmanNet $33,200 To support Jordanian citizens in monitoring their elected officials through a regular weekly summary of parliamentary activities and through specific monitoring of members of parliament from Amman and Irbid and six city council members. The project will include a weekly sixty-minute educational radio program on parliamentary activities, and audio recording of all monthly municipal council meetings for six months. Arab Media Institute $30,000 To research, train, study and monitor local and regional journalistic work. AMI will continue to create a network of counterpart regional and international organizations that will promote the media’s role in advancing peace, democracy and human rights. Arab Women’s Media Center $30,000 To expand its “Media for Non-Media Professionals” training program to include women and Jordanian youth. The program will consist of training sessions on the relationship between press freedom, human rights, and democratic development. Center for Defending the Freedom of Journalists $30,000 To develop a training agenda, curriculum, and advocacy activities for a cross-section of Jordanian youth on the fundamentals of free expression, the role and responsibilities of journalists, the citizen’s right to know, and other critical issues relating to press freedom and universal human rights. Center for International Private Enterprise $62,076 To conduct a study of the informal sector in Jordan, organize workshops on the issue in five governorates, organize a national debate to present the study and summaries of the workshops, and develop a national work plan addressing informal-sector issues. National Democratic Institute for International Affairs $92,519 To organize training workshops for women candidates, provide electoral advice and materials, and facilitate exchanges between Jordanian women candidates and current and former women candidates from other countries in the region. NDI will work directly with Jordanian women as well as in partnership with Jordanian women’s organizations. Sisterhood is Global International -Jordan $60,000 To implement a multifaceted human rights training program for women. The program will include four workshops on the roles and responsibilities of voters and candidates, four workshops on strengthening human rights awareness within Islam, and six workshops on using the Internet as an educational and advocacy tool. The organization will work to further develop its in-house library of education and reference materials. Sisterhood is Global will also design a series of activities focused on the first period of the Jordanian parliament, which opened on December 1, 2003, and disseminate information and resources to members and citizens alike to equip them with the skills to develop and analyze legislation and enable them to address key issues of legal reform. Women’s Organization to Combat Illiteracy $32,000 To conduct a five-day training-of-trainers workshop for 24 local women activists and women involved in the organization’s core activities. The workshop will be followed by 120 training sessions for young women residents of Taybeh, Abu Nusseir, and the Baq’a refugee camp, on the Jordanian electoral process and the meaning of democratic political participation for young voting-age women in disadvantaged locations in Jordan. Women’s Union in Jordan $45,000 To establish a legal-hotline service and develop its branch offices in Madaba and Irbid as part of a larger campaign to raise awareness about, and decrease the prevalence of, domestic violence and abuse of women’s rights. Lebanon Center for International Private Enterprise $66,053 To support the Lebanese Transparency Association (LTA) in implementing a four-part project aimed at increasing the capacity of the Lebanese private sector to implement good governance practices. The LTA program will include a survey on corruption and accountability in private- and public-sector relations, a survey analysis conducted through a series of roundtables, and a workshop where the findings will be presented alongside the benefits of and the tools for implementing corporate governance. Development and Municipality Studies Center $40,000 To produce twelve issues of its newsletter Baladiyat (Municipalities). The magazine features articles and interviews on topics relating to municipal government and development, and is distributed to municipal leaders, NGOs, academics, and activists throughout northern Lebanon. The Center will also convene focus groups on a quarterly basis to gauge reader response and will work to enhance the capacity of its website to post the publication and other information related to local government. Generation for the Integrity of Lebanon $35,000 To hold civic education and human rights training sessions for a diverse cross-section of youth in southern Lebanon; and to design and implement a civic education program in secondary schools throughout the south. Lebanese Foundation for Permanent Civil Peace $40,000 To strengthen local government in Lebanon. The project will include five workshops bringing together municipal leaders, civic organizations, and interested citizens to discuss, research, generate dialogue about, and develop small-project solutions to the challenges of local government. The Foundation will also publish volume two of a reference manual with information and case studies about local governance. National Democratic Institute for International Affairs $107,000 To provide technical assistance to civil society organizations in Lebanon, and to develop a strategy to establish a relationship between civil society and government and assist participating NGOs in initiating a process of applied budget analysis. In addition, the Institute will continue to help members of the newly-formed Lebanese Women’s Network cooperate through an organization retreat, conflict resolution training, and assistance on an advocacy activity. National Democratic Institute for International Affairs $160,000 To conduct a series of meetings and trainings to help political parties and movements develop identities that transcend sectarian lines and address internal weaknesses. NDI will also train a small number of young women activists to facilitate focus groups to identify challenges facing young women; to develop a program to encourage political participation; and to provide a forum for political debate around reform issues. Finally, the Institute will continue its support of civic advocacy efforts in Lebanon with a more targeted focus on NGO coalitions to improve their abilities to lobby for more effectively reform. Philanthropic Amlieh Association $135,000 To undertake a variety of human rights training initiatives for young women in the Shia' areas of Beirut, southern Lebanon, and the Bekaa Valley. The Association will continue to develop partnerships and initiatives with other local organizations and will strengthen their institutional capacity through a network of trainers and the creation of a resource center. Rene Moawad Foundation $30,000 To create human rights and civic clubs in 10 Lebanese schools, which will hold twice-monthly activities, trainings, and discussions under the guidance of a network of university-student facilitators and school educators. The Foundation will also develop a manual on children’s rights and deliver a series of capacity-building trainings for Lebanese civic organizations. Sho’oun Janoubiyeh $35,000 To produce and disseminate issues of a monthly publication which will feature articles and commentaries written by a network of journalists, with contributions from youth, civic leaders and NGO representatives, about political and social developments in southern Lebanon. Sho’oun Janoubiyeh will also convene a series of meetings throughout the south to foster dialogue between citizens and leaders. Sustainable Democracy Center $25,000 To implement twenty training and outreach sessions on democracy and rule of law for Lebanese university-age students. The sessions will be supplemented with a bimonthly newsletter and interactive website designed to foster a network of young democratic activists. Morocco Center for International Private Enterprise $64,693 To support the Confederation Generale des Enterprises du Maroc (CGEM) in working with the private sector in Morocco on advancing market-economic reforms through corporate governance. CGEM will conduct a survey in order to understand the extent of corporate-governance practices, hold a series of town hall meetings to acquire feedback from various stakeholders, and develop a corporate-governance action plan. Citizenship Forum $35,000* To continue its citizenship-education program, in twenty-five school civic clubs throughout Morocco, including building the capacity of the teachers who serve as project coordinators; to create three new civic clubs at the university level; and to publish two editions of its Arabic newsletter, Citizenship. Citizenship Forum $45,000 To support the democracy watchdog institution, Monitors for Democratic Transition, which monitors and assesses the democratic transition via working groups covering political, economic, social and cultural spheres, and publishes a report on the findings. The Citizenship Forum will also launch a pilot initiative in Casablanca to train civic groups in public advocacy; form a collective network to monitor municipal administration; and engage local government officials in determining community priorities on development projects. Democratic Association of Moroccan Women $45,000 To train trainers and sensitize NGO leaders in methods for promoting women’s leadership and supporting their involvement in politics and public affairs. The Association will provide advanced training in advocacy skills, strategic planning, institutional change, and women’s empowerment to its core group of trainers from leading women’s rights and civic groups, who will then develop and moderate workshops for new civic groups. Espace Associatif $25,000 To publish and distribute 10 issues of its bilingual (Arabic-French) newsletter, Al-Fada Al-Jimouye. The newsletter is designed to be an effective medium of communication among NGOs and a platform for exchange of their information and experiences. Two thousand copies of each of the 10 issues will be printed and distributed to reach NGOs throughout Morocco. Moroccan Women’s Alliance for Development and Training $24,000 To establish a women’s center in the northern town of Tetouan for rural women; to recruit trainers to conduct a series of workshops focused on educating women about their legal rights; and to strengthen organizational capacity. National Democratic Institute for International Affairs $130,000 To establish a focus-group center specializing in issues related to democracy. NDI will work with local civic and political partners to facilitate focus groups on a wide variety of topics. The information gathered from the focus groups will be used to help the local partners better serve the needs of their constituencies. Saudi Arabia Saudi Institute $42,000 To develop a website and produce an electronic newsletter while building its institutional capacity. The Institute will work to form a network of young Saudi writers, reporters, and civic activists to expand the flow of information among Saudi citizens and the international community, serve as a catalyst for civic participation among youth, increase human rights awareness, and eventually advocate for legislative reforms on press freedom. Turkey American Center for International Labor Solidarity $64,004 To assist Turkish trade unions to better defend workers’ rights and promote economic fairness by encouraging increased cooperation among trade unions. ACILS will conduct seminars to focus on methods to build democratic trade unions at the workplace and bring attention to and improve the conditions of formal and informal workers in the garment and textile industries. Association for Support and Training of Women Candidates (KADER) $25,000 To organize a two-day conference to develop a strategy that will empower women and increase their participation in Turkey’s next national elections. The conference will bring together 100 leaders from a wide range of sectors and professions to help develop a strategy to mobilize public opinion, the media, parliamentarians, and decision-makers in favor of broader women’s political participation. Center for International Private Enterprise $82,233 To support the Corporate Governance Forum of Turkey in advocating good corporate governance and raising the Turkish public’s awareness of corporate-governance issues. The Forum will establish a platform to reach out to private-sector decision-makers in an open learning environment and will generate press releases and case studies to be used at universities. Foundation for the Center of Societal Problems $30,000 To conduct capacity-building and leadership-training workshops targeting Ankara-based NGO leaders and city council members from five districts. The Foundation will train 600 NGO leaders, local community leaders, and elected representatives on leadership skills and proactive citizenry. Foundation for Anatolian Folklore and Culture $33,000 To print and distribute 1,000 copies of a book outlining legal barriers to freedom of expression in Turkey, and conduct twelve public meetings to discuss the legal barriers to freedom of expression. The Foundation will also produce and distribute 500 copies of CD-videos summarizing freedom of expression issues. Helsinki Citizens Assembly $35,000 To mobilize the NGO community and to lobby politicians and members of parliament to vote for constitutional reform. The Assembly will continue a regional training-of-trainers workshop on advocacy and institutional capacity building; publish its quarterly newsletter; and upgrade and maintain its website that offers various NGO training materials and advocacy tools. International Republican Institute $100,000 To continue its work in youth outreach through its participation in GencNet, the umbrella name for all of IRI’s youth-participation activities in Turkey. IRI will co-host the fourth annual GencNet conference. International Republican Institute $230,000 To continue its work with Turkish youth movements through its support for core GencNet (YouthNet) activities and to help the GencNet network organize a series of youth-oriented election debates for the next cycle of local elections. IRI will also continue to assist partner organization Kader with Internet communications and Kader’s planned women’s school of politics. Finally, IRI will begin work on a parliamentary internship and model parliament program. National Democratic Institute for International Affairs $300,000 To continue to promote the enactment of meaningful ethics and anticorruption laws in the Turkish parliament. NDI will provide technical assistance directly through parliamentary committees or indirectly through working groups on transparency, political party reform, and electoral legislation. In the civic arena, NDI will continue its assistance to three civic advocacy groups that target parliamentary monitoring, political reform, and women’s political participation. West Bank/Gaza Strip Civic Forum Institute $45,000 To conduct twenty institutional-development sessions for fifty local Palestinian civic organizations in the towns of Jerusalem, Ramallah, Qalqilyah, Jenin, and Nablus. The sessions will be followed by ten town hall meetings between Palestinian leaders and decision-makers on topics related to internal reform and democratic governance. Gaza Center for Rights and Law $30,000 To implement five 35-hour training courses on international and local applications of human rights, rule of law, and freedom of the press for a total of 75 Palestinian journalists in Gaza and to create an Arabic legal-reference manual for journalists. General Union of Cultural Centers $30,000 To design and implement a broad management and administration program for twelve of its member organizations, as a means to strengthen their internal capacity to deliver cultural activities for their constituents in the Gaza Strip and continue to develop as sustainable, credible grassroots civic organizations. Ma’an Network $40,000 To produce a series of television programs to address the issue of incitement through roundtable discussions with Palestinian and Israeli journalists, civic leaders, academics and others to provide an opportunity for dialogue and problem-solving. Ma’an will also conduct a training program for Palestinian journalists and program moderators, as well as foster ongoing communication and coordination among the participants. Middle East Center for Nonviolence and Democracy $40,000 To continue working with Palestinian youth-program alumni on a series of activities, including advanced training in conflict-resolution, production of a quarterly newsletter, and training in street theater, radio interviews, and outreach to the broader Palestinian community. National Democratic Institute for International Affairs $185,110 To work with Palestinian political parties and independent political activists to conduct survey research on key domestic issues in order to focus the parties’ attention on domestic issues and provide party leaders with a greater understanding of the views of Palestinian citizens. NDI also will initiate a training program designed to assist parties in developing substantive party platforms, adopting internal democratic practices, and enhancing their political and communication skills. Finally, NDI will consult with the parties about the current level of women’s political participation at both the local and national levels. Palestinian Center for Helping Resolve Community Disputes $55,000 To organize trainings for university students in conflict resolution, for NGOs in Southern Gaza on capacity building, and for journalism students in investigative reporting and public opinion polling. The Center will also undertake a series of activities on the theme of conflict resolution and democracy, including youth training, public meetings, television programs, plays, and the publication of a magazine on human rights and democracy. Palestinian Center for Peace and Democracy $38,000 To hold a series of civic education workshops for youth throughout the West Bank on topics specific to electoral and constitutional reform, separation of authorities, and transparency, which will be broadcast on independent Palestinian television stations throughout the West Bank. Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research $32,000 To develop an empirical democracy index that will include data collection on 45 democracy indicators related to freedoms, separation of powers, accountability, and political participation. The research will be compiled into a report to be disseminated throughout governmental and nongovernmental sectors as a tool for policy analysis and civil society activity. Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy $30,000 To increase youth participation in Palestinian democratic parties and factions through a series of interviews and the organization of focus groups with middle-level political leaders on the status of youth participation. Results will be synthesized into a needs document for wide distribution. Dialogue and strategy sessions for political and civic leaders to discuss the needs assessment will complement the project. Panorama $46,000 To build momentum and a public campaign for democratic reform and change, raise awareness and generate open debate on the basic principles of good governance, and develop recommendations for its implementation throughout Palestinian society. The program will include training modules for civic activists between 20-30 years old, public opinion polls, a newsletter, articles in the local press on governance, and the development of a policy paper on decentralization and good governance. Society Voice Association for Community and Civil Work $27,000 To conduct a series of activities to strengthen the leadership skills of young Gazan women and to encourage their participation in the legislative process. The program includes training sessions, roundtable discussions, public meetings, and publication of a resource bulletin. Women’s Affairs Technical Committee $38,000 To implement a civic education and political-participation training program for women residents of the Jenin refugee camp and surrounding villages as they prepare for Palestinian legislative elections. Yemen Girls World Communication Center $34,000 To provide training for female activists working in the promotion of human rights. The training will also include an extended educational program that will provide skills in computers, internet, human rights training, and networking abilities. Human Rights Information and Training Center $64,658* To conduct training workshops for police, journalists, and teachers. The Center will also work with the participants to build networks of law enforcement personnel, teachers, and journalists who are aware and appreciative of human rights and who will help educate others. Civic Democratic Initiatives Support Foundation $35,000* To conduct a series of workshops on good-governance and citizen-participation campaigns in Sana’a, Sada’ah, and A’mran governorates. The Foundation will also continue to publish its monthly newsletter that focuses on democracy issues, with a supplement on local development as a follow-up mechanism for monitoring the advancement of local development cooperation. Middle East Regional American Center for International Labor Solidarity $560,000 To establish a regional presence in Amman, Jordan. The institute will work bilaterally and multilaterally with labor organizations and likely allies in Jordan, Lebanon, Yemen, Bahrain, Kuwait, and potentially Iraq to address democracy building, transparent unions, and building advocacy skills among workers to represent their interests. American Center for International Labor Solidarity $300,000 To work with the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) to build trade-union capacity and to support ICFTU’s office in Amman, Jordan. Center for International Private Enterprise $124,352 To organize a regional training program in Amman, Jordan for business association executives to introduce modern management skills to business associations; to address advocacy techniques; and to provide a forum for discussion on the role of business associations and entrepreneurs in a democratic society. Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID) $155,000 To strengthen the institutional capacity of CSID and enable the organization to expand its activities and initiatives. To hold three two-day workshops in Algeria, Jordan, and Turkey on the theme of “Who Speaks for Islam and Democracy?” CSID will publish summaries of these workshops in its newsletter and on the Internet, and CSID’s local affiliates will produce and distribute 500 copies of an Arabic report on each workshop. CSID will design and develop a website in Arabic, targeting Muslim youth and engaging intellectuals in the region. International Forum for Islamic Dialogue $95,000 To continue publication of its quarterly newsletter, Islam21; to maintain and develop its website; and to conduct three training-of-trainers workshops for civic awareness courses in Morocco, Egypt and Iraq. Regional Program for Human Rights Activists $40,000 To train sixty lawyers and human rights activists to monitor violations of due process and to advocate for judicial independence and separation of powers in the Arab world; to develop an active network of lawyers to monitor, document and follow-up unjust trials in the Arab world; to provide legal assistance for the defense of political and civic activists arraigned on politically motivated charges; to promote judicial independence. Revue Maghrebine du Livre (Prologues) $40,000 To produce four issues of Prologues, a 250-page quarterly publication in Arabic and French, that will include academic articles and book reviews on topical issues relating to Islam, democracy, and public life, with a particular focus on North African countries. *Indicates funding source other than annual congressional appropriation |
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