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    • 2005 Middle East and North Africa Program Descriptions:

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    Afghanistan

    Afghanistan National Participation Association (ANPA)
    $50,000
    To encourage Afghan citizens to participate in the social and political affairs of their country through civic education programs on democracy. ANPA will produce and broadcast a series of radio programs encouraging Afghan people, especially women and youth, to discuss important issues such as tolerance, justice, gender equality and transparency.

    Afghanistan Study Center (ASC)
    $82,000*
    To enhance the voice of moderate Afghans in the ongoing debate over Afghanistan's transition. ASC will continue its civic education program, run a public campaign to promote democratic values, and conduct civic education workshops in rural and urban areas throughout the country that will target opinion makers, teachers and community leaders.

    Afghans for Civil Society (ACS)
    $53,000
    To promote the empowerment of Afghan women and encourage their participation in public life and in Afghanistan's democratic transition. ACS will involve Afghan women by means of the traditional structure of local councils, or shuras. ACS will also convene a women's shura in Kandahar province comprising 11 members who will meet weekly to act as problem solvers and facilitators for the local women.

    Center for International Private Enterprise
    $465,835
    To promote democratic values, transparency, and initiative. CIPE will continue to educate and raise awareness of business people's rights and obligations, increase the capacity of business associations, and increase access to information about economic reform throughout Afghanistan.

    Cooperation Center for Afghanistan (CCA)
    $99,600
    To empower Afghan women, strengthen the capacity of Afghan indigenous institutions to operate democratically and transparently, and engage the Afghan people in the political development of their country. CCA will publish its quarterly magazine for women and organize three-day workshops on good governance in 16 districts of the marginalized provinces of Bamiyan and Diakundi for members of the district council.

    International Republican Institute
    $300,000
    To promote citizen participation and transparency n Afghanistan's electoral process. IRI will expand and formalize its Regional Shura Network to permit the re-engagement of shura leaders and encourage the formation of grassroots coalitions that present candidates for Wolesi Jirga, provincial council and district council elections. IRI will also provide candidates with the skills needed to mount successful electoral campaigns, as well as skills needed for election monitoring and poll watching.

    International Republican Institute
    $155,000
    To continue promoting citizen participation, public debate, and civic education in Afghanistan as the country prepares for its parliamentary elections. IRI will support the Afghan Media Research Center and Erada, Afghanistan's only daily independent newspaper, to serve as an important source of information as the citizens go about the process of choosing their elected leaders. By supporting the efforts of the Afghan NGO Coordination Bureau (ANCB), IRI will help ANCB national network to become an important vehicle for the purposes of voter education and mobilization.

    Morning Social and Cultural Organization (MSCO)
    $38,000*
    To support the emergence of a democratic culture in Afghanistan by conducting an election education campaign. MSCO will conduct village-level workshops in five districts within the central provinces of Ghazni and Bamiyan and will establish a network of village representatives to encourage voter turnout for the April 2005 district, provincial, and parliamentary elections.

    National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
    $100,000*
    To promote a peaceful election environment in Afghanistan. NDI will develop a code of conduct with a broad array of Afghan political parties from all regions and ethnic groups through a series of meetings with Afghan political parties and other political organizations. NDI will distribute and advertise the code of conduct and will monitor the electoral process to assess the influence of the code on campaign strategies.

    National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
    $300,000
    To strengthen the capacity of women representatives to participate effectively in the National Assembly. NDI will conduct a program to support the establishment of a multi-party women's parliamentary caucus. The caucus will provide a forum for women representatives to collectively shape legislation on important issues, and over time, the caucus could provide opportunities for women representatives to make a more sustained and influential contribution to Afghanistan's National Assembly.

    People in Peril (CVO)
    $32,000*
    To maximize women's contribution to Afghanistan's democratic transition. CVO will work with the Afghan Women Resource Center to conduct training-of-trainers courses in human rights awareness, civics, advocacy, and leadership skills for rural women and establish community-based women's committees to advocate for the rights of local women to participate in public affairs, development planning, and policy making.

    Refugee Women in Development, Inc (RefWID)
    $50,000*
    To promote civil and human rights awareness among Afghan women. RefWID will create a network of Afghan women NGO leaders who will participate in a year-long training in civil society building and democratic leadership. In cooperation with new local Afghan NGOs, RefWID will conduct three intensive three-day training sessions, 10 monthly one-day seminars, and NGO capacity building throughout the year.

    Welfare Association for Development of Afghanistan (WADAN)
    $263,895*
    To promote durable peace, democracy, and human rights in Afghanistan. WADAN will expand its Maliks project to 44 new districts; train 2,200 Maliks in peace-building, conflict resolution, democracy, accountability, women's rights, and community empowerment in northern, southern, and eastern provinces; and facilitate the institutional development of the National Maliks Association by holding two national assemblies for the nascent network.

    Women Activities and Social Services Association (WASSA)
    $39,000*
    To promote the rehabilitation and development of Afghan women and increase their participation in the overall development of Afghanistan. WASSA will conduct three-day advanced training-of-trainers workshops for 10 female trainers, eight three-day women's rights awareness workshops, and village awareness campaigns for 40 women. WASSA will also produce radio and television programs aimed at promoting women's rights in the provinces of Herat and Badghis.

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    Algeria

    Algerian League for the Defense of Human Rights (LADDH)
    $20,000
    To raise awareness of and work to reverse Algeria's anti-democratic practices. LADDH will continue its campaign to lift the state of emergency and launch a website as part of an outreach strategy.

    Collective of the Families of the Disappeared in Algeria (CFDA)
    $40,000
    To document and seek redress for human rights abuses. CFDA will maintain its Algiers headquarters and field offices in Oran and Constantine, continue to document cases of the disappeared, publish and distribute four issues of its newsletter, convene a three-day seminar on transitional justice, and advocate for an independent truth and justice committee.

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    Egypt

    American Center for International Labor Solidarity
    $70,316
    To assist workers and professionals in raising their voices for reform. ACILS will conduct workshops to equip NGOs with skills to strengthen their capacity to report publicly on worker rights violations, including a workshop to assess the performance of the government on economic and social issues relevant to workers, a strategic planning workshop with the International Transport Federation for Egypt's port workers, and an advocacy skills workshop with the journalist and lawyer associations.

    Andalus Institute for Tolerance and Anti-Violence Studies (AITAS)
    $25,000
    To encourage political participation of youth by promoting the understanding of parliament's role and strengthening the ability of citizens to follow and monitor the work of the 454-member People's Assembly. AITAS will lead 15 one-day training courses, a one-day seminar, and a four-day parliamentary shadowing conference for 200 university students in Cairo. AITAS will incorporate the findings in a final report.

    Association for Human Rights Legal Aid (AHRLA)
    $25,000
    To raise public awareness of human rights abuses in Egypt. AHRLA will publish and disseminate a weekly electronic Arabic newsletter, The Monitor; edit a monthly Arabic newspaper for public distribution; produce and distribute six documentary films on human rights cases in Egypt; report publicly on human rights abuses to the local and international press; and maintain its website.

    Association for Human Rights Legal Aid (AHRLA)
    $30,000*
    To promote political participation and carry out an election monitoring campaign in four provinces. AHRLA will organize four one-day training workshops on election monitoring, print eight pamphlets on voter rights and the election monitoring campaign, set up a 24-hour election monitoring hotline, and provide legal assistance to 50 individuals during the election period.

    Center for International Private Enterprise
    $434,073
    To promote political reform. CIPE will organize a series of six bi-monthly roundtables on business issues, will issue three white papers on entrepreneurship that identify specific problems and provide specific recommendations and required action, post skills-enhancement material on the Efham website, and develop a business reporting curriculum to be taught to 250 senior-level students.

    Center for International Private Enterprise
    $164,952
    To ensure quality association management in Egypt. Working with the Egyptian Society for Association Executives, CIPE will conduct training workshops on association management and provide updated information on association management techniques through a website, journal, and events. It will undertake these activities not only to transfer skills, but also to promote networking between association executives, promote association management as a career, and advocate for an association law.

    Center for International Private Enterprise
    $97,251
    To increase awareness of best practices of corporate governance and to engage the Egyptian private sector in civic life. CIPE and the Egyptian Junior Business Association (EJBA) will conduct a corporate governance awareness campaign with awareness workshops on a bimonthly basis. CIPE will also host bimonthly roundtable discussions with private sector associations and representatives from key Egyptian ministries and capital ventures. EJBA will develop a corporate governance manual for members, which will be launched at a public conference.

    Civic Monitor for Human Rights (CMHR)
    $24,000
    To promote human rights and state accountability and to monitor human rights violations in Egypt. CMHR will conduct an election monitoring campaign in five governorates by conducting two one-day training workshops on election monitoring; creating a database of news articles, reports, campaign analysis, and field election monitoring reports on the presidential, parliamentary, and local elections; and producing a comprehensive election monitoring report.

    Egyptian Center for Women's Rights (ECWR)
    $30,000
    To increase women's political participation in parliamentary and presidential elections and to increase women's participation in Egyptian government. ECWR will make women's political participation the primary topic in three seminars with Egyptian political parties, two campaign skills training workshops for women candidates, and training workshops for 2,600 election monitors. ECWR will also monitor the election process and publish its findings broadly.

    Egyptian Center for Women's Rights (ECWR)
    $30,000
    To gather information on women's participation in the upcoming parliamentary elections and promote reform of the electoral system. ECWR will conduct four roundtable discussions on electoral reform, draft a new election law based on the discussions, and conduct an advocacy campaign to promote the new draft, which will include monthly meetings with members of parliament and ECWR's coalition partners to coordinate advocacy strategy.

    Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR)
    $40,000
    To engender knowledge of and respect for human rights in Egyptian universities. EOHR will conduct six training courses, each one held at a university. The three-day sessions will introduce human, political and economic rights and will provide an open discussion on restrictions of these rights. EOHR will also hold a forum where jurists, human rights activists, academics, and government reformers will debate aspects of Egypt's electoral system.

    Human Rights Association for the Assistance of Prisoners (HRAAP)
    $30,000
    To strengthen the ability of Egyptian lawyers to protect and defend the rights of prisoners and detainees. HRAAP will conduct eight two-day workshops for practicing lawyers from provinces outside of Cairo to instruct them on how to use international human rights instruments for prisoners. Training will include practical investigative techniques, communication skills, and legal standards governing prisoners' rights.

    Ibn Khaldoun Center for Development Studies (ICDS)
    $25,000
    To bring democracy and political liberty to Egypt. ICDS will establish and maintain the Egyptian Democracy Support Network, a broad coalition of Egyptian and international NGOs and activists. ICDS will closely monitor the Egyptian political scene and disseminate regular electronic reports and analysis of political development and transmit them widely both in Egypt and abroad.

    Land Center for Human Rights (LCHR)
    $25,000
    To raise awareness of democracy among farmers and rural activists. LCHR will organize awareness sessions in rural areas on the practice of democracy at the local level, produce and distribute pamphlets on civil rights, conduct symposia on human rights, publish and distribute newsletters discussing farmers and their views on democracy, hold a workshop on the role of farmers in promoting democracy, and provide legal assistance to farmers.

    Land Center for Human Rights (LCHR)
    $22,000
    To promote political participation in rural areas and carry out an election monitoring campaign in ten Egyptian provinces. LCHR will organize four two-day training workshops on election monitoring, conduct 12 symposia in rural areas on political participation, publish and distribute three pamphlets highlighting the views of farmers on elections, and provide legal assistance to 100 farmers during the election period.

    Legal Aid Association for Constitutional Rights (LAACR)
    $30,000
    To promote political awareness in rural Egypt. LAACR will conduct four political awareness workshops for 80 participants from four governorates in the Nile Delta on democratic principles, including practical skills such as election monitoring, networking, and proposal writing. LAACR will then conduct practical training for 16 of the participants who will receive one week of on-the-job training at LAACR's headquarters.

    National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
    $275,000
    To promote a democratic electoral process in the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections in Egypt. NDI will strengthen the capacity of key Egyptian civic organizations to monitor the electoral process and communicate their findings to the Egyptian public and international community. Activities will include pre-election technical assistance, election day logistical support, and post-election roundtables.

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    Iran

    Abdorrahman Boroumand Foundation (ABF)
    $85,000
    To promote human rights through the Iran Human Rights Memorial Website. ABF will complete development of and publicly launch its website to promote active citizen participation in acknowledging the supremacy of the rule of law, rejecting extrajudicial procedures, and recognizing what has happened to victims of political violence. ABF will train researchers in human rights documentation, translate additional materials into Farsi, and collect information on executions from several sources.

    American Center for International Labor Solidarity
    $185,000*
    To support the emergence of a sustainable independent labor movement. ACILS will develop and translate labor education and worker rights resources into Farsi, hold a strategic planning meeting to foster an international network of Iranian labor leaders and to develop a work plan, and develop advocacy manuals addressing challenges to the rights of Iranian labor activists. ACILS will also conduct an international workshop for Iranian labor leaders to acquire skills and benefit from the experiences of other trade unionists.

    Institute of World Affairs (IWA)
    $45,800
    To start the debate for judicial reform through research, training programs, and legal consultations focusing on problematic issues of law and justice in Iran. IWA will organize a conference and a series of discussion seminars to discuss the relationship between Sharia and Western concepts of the rule of law.

    International Republican Institute
    $110,000
    To support reformist elements in Iran and attempt to end their current isolation through a pilot project that seeks to link Iranian political activists to democratic reformers in other countries. The program will develop an international support network for Iranian reformers as well as strengthen their communications and organizing capacity through the provision of skills-building and increased access to information.

    National Iranian-American Council (NIAC)
    $64,000
    To foster cooperation between Iranian and international civic groups and foundations, NIAC will translate resource materials on capacity building into Farsi and post them on its website. To strengthen the capacity of civic organizations in Iran, NIAC will hire a Farsi-English speaking expert to advise local groups on project development, proposal writing and foreign donor relations.

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    Iraq

    Al-Insaan Cultural Foundation for Human Rights Activists (ACFHRA)
    $30,000*
    To conduct a civic and constitutional awareness campaign for 150 religious leaders, university students, civil society, and women NGO representatives to become democratic mentors and educators for their communities on the constitution, elections, civic participation, women's rights, and human rights. ACFHRA will also facilitate the formation of a network of democratic mentors to reshape political, social, and intellectual culture in Karbala on a democratic basis.

    American Center for International Labor Solidarity
    $1,000,007*
    To continue to support the development of membership-based, democratic, representative Iraqi trade unions capable of joining with other civil society organizations in the development of their country. ACILS will conduct outreach visits through segments of the international labor movement, provide a program of support for Iraqi trade unions, assist global union federations in their sectoral approaches to reach Iraqi workers, and support three sub-grants to the AFT, ICFTU, and ILO/ACTRAV.

    American Society for Kurds (ASK)
    $37,000*
    To promote democracy and foster cross-ethnic cooperation among Iraqis. ASK will implement a two-month NGO capacity building program for 25 newly formed NGOs in central, south-central and northern Iraq. ASK will conduct a series of training lectures and workshops, coordinate a four day on-the-job training program, and hold a one-day retreat for the NGOs to build networks and develop joint programs.

    American Society for Kurds (ASK)
    $55,000*
    To develop youth skills in media, government monitoring, democracy awareness, and political participation. ASK will conduct media training for university students in Dohuk, Erbil, and Sulimaniya, and oversee the development of a shared electronic newspaper. ASK will also provide training-of- trainers workshops to youth lecturers on democracy and political participation and train students in Erbil in government monitoring and advocacy for accountability and transparency.

    ASUDA Organization for Combating Violence Against Women (ASUDA)
    $50,000*
    To continue its women's rights monitoring project. The project will monitor and report on abuses of women's rights in three Kurdish provinces in northern Iraq, expand the program through women's NGOs in central and south Iraq, and train staff on research, women's rights monitoring, project development, and management.

    Badlisy Cultural Center (BCC)
    $55,000*
    To expand the human rights awareness campaign among youth in northern Iraq. BCC will conduct a year-long training course on human rights for youth in Sulaymania, publish a human rights bulletin for 70 local schools, distribute Nama newsletter on human rights work throughout Iraq, and perform and create two new plays for its mobile theater on rights and role of youth in civil society.

    Baghdad Women Association (BWA)
    $30,000*
    To help spread awareness and encourage local women to participate in the October 2005 constitutional referendum and December 2005 national elections. BWA will organize and conduct a year-long series of training seminars for 270 Baghdad women leaders, students, and activists.

    Basra and Southern Association for Social and Civil Development (BSASCD)
    $38,000*
    To increase understanding on the political and democratic development of Iraq. BSASCD will build the capacity of a new think tank unit by training 20 research assistants to conduct empirical research and gather data, compile the research into seven policy papers, and produce, print, and distribute 1,000 copies of a book of the policy papers to political parties and coalitions, governmental institutions, civic organizations and citizens.

    Bent Alrafedain (BA)
    $21,000*
    To encourage civic awareness and women's participation in the October 2005 constitutional referendum and December 2005 national elections. BA will organize and conduct training workshops for 440 women from Babel province and establish an Internet resource center to provide access to information on civic education and democratic participation. The Internet resource center will allow the trainees to communicate and coordinate their efforts to spread civic awareness and encourage local women's participation.

    Center for International Private Enterprise
    $2,996,369*
    To continue its "Building Constituencies for Reform" project to develop and strengthen business associations in Baghdad, Sulemaniya, and Amara. CIPE will provide training programs for political parties and Iraqi economic journalists on developing economic platforms, and continue its small grants program to develop a virtual business association network to introduce international best practices and facilitate information sharing, coalition building, and networking. CIPE will also initiate a get-out-the-vote campaign and mobilize constituencies program.

    Center for Nongovernmental Organizations (CNGO)
    $38,000*
    To strengthen NGO capacity for democracy and elections awareness activities for Iraqi voters in Mosul and the surrounding Ninevah province. CNGO will train a cadre of 20 experts on election laws and procedures, democracy and constitutional awareness, and establish a public access democracy resource center.

    Citizens Rights and Interests Protection Organization (CRIPO)
    $30,000*
    To educate Iraqi youth on their rights and responsibilities and to monitor and defend the rights of the Iraqi people. CRIPO will continue a series of workshops to train first year students at Baghdad University on civic education and encourage them to serve as volunteers in civic and democracy monitoring activities. CRIPO will oversee a year-long training program on how to monitor and report on civic rights as part of CRIPO's reporting network in Baghdad.

    City In Need (CIN)
    $25,000*
    To raise awareness and education on the principles of human rights and civic participation. CIN will conduct an intensive series of training workshops in Basra on human rights, democracy, and civic participation for professionals from civil society organizations, women's groups, community and religious leaders, and university students. CIN will help facilitate community discussions led by the trainees at schools, community centers, mosques, and universities.

    Civil Society Initiative (CSI)
    $30,000*
    To support the development of accountable and transparent governance in northern Iraq. CSI will train 210 active citizens, representatives from NGOs, and provincial government employees from four districts in Sulimaniya on principles of government monitoring and accountability. Participants will return to their districts to conduct monitoring of their local councils, and CSI will facilitate the formation of monitoring networks by creating local monitoring committees in each district.

    Concordia
    $34,000*
    To educate and prepare Iraqi voters for participation in the election process and the development of the new Iraqi constitution. Concordia will create a cadre of Iraqi trainers through conducting eight training-of-trainer workshops on constitutional and election awareness in Erbil and Dohuk for 400 Iraqi NGO staff, civil servants, teachers, and democracy activists.

    Democratic Teachers' Society (DTS)
    $30,000*
    To train teachers, principals, and school administrators from six major cities of the Dhi Qar province on civic participation in Iraq's democratic transition and constitutional issues. The 450 workshop graduates will conduct a public awareness campaign and get-out-the-vote activities. DTS will also create and distribute election and constitutional referendum posters and stickers via its trainees and network of teachers.

    Human Rights Information and Training Center (HRITC)
    $60,000*
    To transfer skills, knowledge, and experience to human rights activists in Iraq. The Yemen-based HRITC will conduct a seven day training-of-trainers course followed by a two-week internship for 15 Iraqi human rights activists, where they will be instructed on delivering human rights training methodology and terminology, conflict resolution, and communication skills.

    International Republican Institute
    $288,060
    To assist with Iraq's transition to multiparty democracy and a pluralist society. IRI will partner with the Pontis Foundation to transfer know-how and training to leaders from Iraq's emerging civil society, who will benefit from Slovak experiences in the transition from a communist dictatorship to democracy. Pontis will provide Iraqi NGO leaders with initial training in Jordan in civic mobilization and advocacy, and then select ten participants for advanced training in Slovakia which will include further skills building and exposure to the Slovakian NGO sector.

    International Republican Institute
    $14,711,939* Supplemental Funds to FY2004 Grant
    To implement a program of party development and organizational skills training targeted at party leaders and leading activists. IRI will set up party resource centers to provide access to computers and other basic material support; offer campaign training and poll watcher training for parties and conduct polls and focus groups to provide parties with a reflection of public concerns.

    International Youth Association (IYA)
    $28,000*
    To strengthen local NGO capacity for monitoring of elections and election processes in Iraq. IYA will carry out a total of 24 five-day workshops to train participants from NGOs representing women, youth, labor and minorities in election monitoring. IYA will also create a network of 480 election monitors for Iraq's first constitutionally-based elections in December 2005.

    Iraqi Future Foundation (IFF)
    $53,000*
    To establish a democracy center for the people of Al Anbar province. IFF's center, the Al Anbar Democracy Center will offer Internet access and a resource library, disseminate civic literature, and conduct monthly community forums on democracy and democratic values.

    Iraqi National Association for Human Rights in Babylon (INAHRB)
    $28,000*
    To develop leadership skills among Iraq's women in the Babel province. INAHRB will conduct 12 monthly workshops on women's rights and leadership skills and will conduct visits with their women trainees to government offices as well as local and international NGOs to give the trainees hands-on experience and awareness of their rights and responsibilities.

    Iraqi Organization for Human Rights Coordination (IOHRC)
    $45,000*
    To support the long-term emergence of a democratic culture in Iraq, particularly in Baghdad, Basra, and Karbala. IOHRC will conduct six workshops to nurture civic participation, including a constitutional education campaign. IOHRC will continue to publish a monthly newsletter on the constitutional process to educate citizens on basic constitutional concepts and monitor and report on constitutional debate in the newly elected Transitional National Assembly.

    Iraqi Prospect Organization (IPO)
    $45,000*
    To encourage youth participation in constitutional drafting and referendum processes. IPO will conduct a series of lectures, workshops, focus groups, and conferences on constitutional concepts and procedures for students in four Iraqi universities. IPO will conduct five sets of training, consisting of two workshops and focus groups per week for six weeks, culminating in a one-day conference.

    Iraqi Society Organization in Babel (ISOB)
    $30,000*
    To conduct a public awareness campaign on the constitutional referendum process, elections, and women's participation in Babel. ISOB will conduct a 12-segment monthly radio program on Babel Radio, which will broadcast to nine major Iraqi cities-Hilla, Karbala, Najaf, Diwaniya, Kut, Massawa, Nasirriya, Ammara and parts of Basra. ISOB will also conduct a monthly seminar series on the role of women in democratic systems.

    Kurdish Institute for Elections (KIE)
    $60,000* Supplemental Funds to FY2004 Grant
    To conduct a five-month constitutional awareness and training campaign for civil society organizations in the provinces of Erbil, Sulaymania, Kirkuk, Salahedin, Diala, Baghdad, Karbala, Maysan, Babel and Basra. KIE, in conjunction with the Iraqi Organization for Human Rights Coordination, will conduct training sessions, coordinate a participant survey, and supervise the publication of articles, editorials, and caricatures in newspapers relating to the constitutional debate and drafting processes in Iraq.

    Kurdish Institute for Elections (KIE)
    $55,000*
    To promote the role and participation of youth as advocates for democracy and civil society. KIE will promote democracy education and conduct an election awareness campaign for Iraqi university students in Sulaymania, Erbil, Baghdad, and Kirkuk. KIE will train an ethnically diverse group of 20 student leaders from these regions in election laws and procedures, democracy awareness, and the legislative process.

    Love and Peace Society (LPS)
    $30,000*
    To raise the civic and constitutional awareness of Iraqi women from the southern province of Dhi Qar. LPS will conduct 64 constitutional awareness workshops for 1,600 women representatives from the marsh areas, NGOs and the general public. LPS will also organize monthly town hall meetings with National Assembly representatives from Nasiriyah to discuss the constitutional referendum and the process of political reform.

    Nahrain Electronic Encyclopedia
    $39,000*
    To facilitate the free flow of information to Iraqi citizens. Nahrain will compile and develop an accessible repository of all relevant laws and regulations relating to the forthcoming elections and the constitutional debate, and will build a network of Baghdad-based writers and contributors who will collect and disseminate information to Iraqis through the Nahrain website.

    National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
    $10,000,000* Supplemental Funds to FY2004 Grant
    To implement a political party strengthening program that will build and strengthen movements and parties representing a potential democratic middle, and build a broad democratic coalition that is supportive of a stable, democratic Iraq. NDI will expand its political party training and consultations in preparation for a series of elections in 2005, add two political party resource centers that serve as a base for party meetings and training activities, incorporate information technology into political party training and consultations through expansion of IT assistance into new geographic areas, and establish media training centers to assist political party message development.

    Organization for Model Iraqi Society (OMIS)
    $53,000*
    To cultivate a cadre of democratic role models in Iraq. OMIS will conduct a series of seven 15-day awareness courses to instruct 40 members of the emerging political, social and intellectual citizenry in the greater Baghdad area on democratic leadership development and how to foster a culture of participation and accountability in social, political, and intellectual spheres. OMIS will also convert the training curriculum into interactive modules on 500 computer disks (CDs) with technical instruction booklets.

    People in Need (PIN)
    $100,000*
    To continue its NGO training and capacity building program for nascent Iraqi NGOs. PIN will provide two weeks of NGO management training in Amman, Jordan for 30 Iraqi NGOs and select 15 recipients for small grants of Amount $2,500. These NGOs will attend a two-week advanced project management training in Amman before returning to Iraq to implement the grant activities.

    Rafidain Civic Education Institute (RCEI)
    $40,000*
    To support the emergence of a democratic culture in Iraq. RCEI will train a core group of six trainers who will conduct 36 two-day civic education workshops targeting at least 480 college students in the southern Iraqi province of Al-Muthan. The curriculum will address the democratic process, the rule of law, and relevant Arab cultural values and Islamic heritage.

    Women Empowerment Center (WEC)
    $30,000*
    To enhance the political role of Iraqi women. WEC will conduct training workshops on women's rights and their role in the political process for 120 Iraqi women leaders, students, and activists from Dohuk, Mosul, Erbil, Sulaymania, Kirkuk, Deyyala, and Tikrit. These women will return to their organizations, universities, and districts to educate their peers and encourage them to participate in the political process.

    Women of Mesopotamia (WOM)
    $30,000*
    To organize and conduct an intensive year-long series of training seminars on democracy and civic education for women from Karbala's civil society, local government, student community, and women's NGOs. WOM will facilitate the formation of a network of democratic mentors from among these women to increase awareness of the role of women in the elections and the political process.

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    Jordan

    Adalah Center for Human Rights Studies (ACHRS)
    $25,000
    To introduce human rights values in Jordan through building the capacity of NGOs and practitioners to promote human rights, democracy, and justice. ACHRS will lead and implement a series of human rights orientation sessions in three Jordanian universities.

    al-Urdun al-Jadid Research Center (UJRC)
    $32,000
    To inform and educate Jordanian society and organizations working throughout the region on timely topics related to Jordan's political reform process. UJRC will publish nine issues of its Civil Society Issues newsletter on civil society developments and activities in Jordan, distributing 1,000 copies mainly inside Jordan.

    AmmanNet
    $50,000
    To promote citizen awareness of and engagement with parliament. AmmanNet will monitor Jordanian parliamentary activities through a weekly FM radio program, regular news reports, and updates to its website which profile members of parliament and their voting records.

    Arab Media Institute (AMI)
    $30,000
    To strengthen free and independent press in Jordan through web-based information, publications, advocacy, and journalist training. AMI will develop and strengthen its website and maintain its informal training, consultations, and advice to Arab journalists.

    Arab Women Media Center (AWMC)
    $35,000
    To strengthen the independence, transparency, and quality of the Jordanian press and citizen involvement in the media. AWMC will extend its "Media for Non-media Professionals" program through four 51-hour interactive training workshops and a three-day National Assembly course on national media, human rights, and the role of women. The activities will target Jordanian youth in each of the northern, central, and southern regions of Jordan, in addition to the capital of Amman.

    Arab World Center for Democratic Development (UNIHRD)
    $30,000
    To improve respect for the rights of detainees. UNIHRD will address rights issues in prisons and rehabilitation facilities through a series of conferences and workshops designed not only to draw national attention to this issue, but to provide police officers and rehabilitation center workers with the necessary skills to perform their duties in a manner that respects detainees' rights.

    Center for Defending Freedom of Journalists (CDFJ)
    $31,000
    To build on its training program for youth on press freedom and democratic awareness. CDFJ will provide journalism skills-building training to six youth groups, which will be drawn from youth clubs, universities and other NGOs in the north, middle, and south regions of Jordan. Each group will work together to identify an issue of local concern requiring a media platform, research the topic, and write a newspaper supplement that addresses the issue.

    Center for International Private Enterprise
    $120,728
    To promote corporate citizenship and modern business practices. Implemented as part of the Mediterranean Development Forum, the CIPE project will be undertaken with al-Urdun al-Jadid Research Center to advance the debate on the role of corporations and the private sector in a democratic society through a series of consultative meetings, regional workshops and conferences, communications program, and follow-up surveys.

    Community Development Center/ Zarqa (CDC/Zarqa)
    $25,000
    To build awareness of the connection between international human rights standards and Jordanian national strategies. CDC/Zarqa will lead four 5-day training workshops, organize four advocacy campaigns, establish a youth resource center, and produce informational materials.

    Good Governance Studies Center (GGSC)
    $25,000
    To increase the Jordanian citizenry's awareness of and ways to combat corruption. GGSC will lead workshops at ten Jordanian universities to raise awareness of anticorruption practices, organize three training workshops, establish ten anticorruption groups, conduct a field survey on anticorruption, and produce and distribute a guide for NGO activists and government officials on anticorruption.

    Jordanian Center for Civic Education Studies (JCCES)
    $27,000
    To increase citizen participation in their local communities and decision-making processes. JCCES will introduce 250 university students to civic concepts and encourage their use in identification and resolution of community problems.

    Jordanian Women's Union (JWU)
    $45,000
    To increase awareness and decrease instances of domestic violence and abuse of women's rights. JWU will extend its popular legal hotline service and reach out to new members in al-Zarqa, the second largest city in Jordan. The hotline will be staffed by in-house lawyers and social workers and will provide legal assistance to victims of abuse throughout the community.

    Land and Human to Advocate Progress (LHAP)
    $25,000
    To expand civic education to the isolated Mafraq region. LHAP will work with students in three schools to form extra-curricular school parliaments, which will examine and debate issues in their schools related to human, civil, and political rights. LHAP will also publish newsletters contributing to human rights awareness, establish sections devoted to democracy in the school libraries, and lead a celebration of International Day for Human Rights.

    Mleeh Young Women's Association (MYWA)
    $25,000
    To enhance women's empowerment in rural Jordan. MYWA will conduct training courses and workshops on women's rights, public lectures on women's legal rights as based on international convention and domestic legislation, and seminars with women's organizations at the local level. All of these courses will draw young women from the local community, in particular those working with other humanitarian organizations.

    National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
    $225,000
    To establish and develop a focus group center to conduct 30 focus groups on a variety of democratization topics in Jordan. NDI will organize a study mission to Morocco for its local partners to observe the People's Mirror, and will then develop and staff the Focus Group Research Center in Amman. The focus groups will work with political parties, women's organizations, and parliamentary groups to better understand the viewpoints of their stakeholders.

    Sisterhood is Global Institute/Jordan (SIGI/J)
    $50,000
    To promote women's rights in Jordan. SIGI/J will conduct two citizens' rights workshops, two "claiming our rights" workshops, and one "safe and secure" workshop, reaching at least 140 rural women. SIGI/J will also lead one awareness workshop and three seminars on the four-year "Jordanian Women's Document" work plan and increase accessibility to its trainings via an e-learning website.

    Women's Organization to Combat Illiteracy (WOCI)
    $32,000
    To increase opportunities for women of rural and refugee populations in Jordan. WOCI will launch an information campaign to raise women's awareness of Jordanian labor laws and their rights as guaranteed by Jordanian and international law. WOCI will train a pool of nine trainers, conduct six workshops for 120 women on key legal provisions, and organize the dissemination of labor rights information at grassroots-level meetings.

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    Kuwait

    International Republican Institute
    $265,000
    To encourage women's political participation in Kuwait and to improve the capacity of local partners to conduct public opinion research. IRI will partner with the Kuwait Economic Society to conduct public opinion research to measure constituent perspectives on issues including transparency, corruption, accountability, elections, and participation of women and youth. IRI will also partner with the Women's Issues Center to encourage political awareness and voter registration through mass media, workshops, town hall forums, a post-voter registration phone survey, and voter registration guides.

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    Lebanon

    Arab Group for Christian Muslim Dialogue (AGCMD)
    $30,000
    To expand a growing indigenous debate on Lebanese identity. AGCMD will lead four workshops around the country, addressing separation of powers within the government, the role of religion in the state, and alternatives to the confessional system. AGCMD will tie these workshops together with a national-level meeting to review research on the Taif agreement and address future actions.

    Center for International Private Enterprise
    $112,286
    To assess the private sector in Lebanon and develop recommendations on how to strengthen institutions and improve private sector participation in policymaking. CIPE will work with the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies to identify barriers to economic development, develop solutions to address these obstacles, and advocate these solutions to policymakers.

    Development and Municipality Studies Center (DMSC)
    $40,000
    To enhance citizens' understanding of and participation in local government. DMSC will strengthen its network of young reporters, publish 12 issues of its 28-page monthly local governance magazine, publicize the work of the councils, and increase citizens' awareness of their local councils' roles and duties.

    Development for People and Nature Association (DPNA)
    $30,000
    To promote greater youth civic engagement in local communities. DPNA will design and develop the Youth and Municipalities Guide and use it to train youth on how to present and use the handbook in their local communities. DPNA will modify and test the handbook in four focus groups.

    Generation for the Integrity of Lebanon (GIL)
    $50,000
    To promote human rights, democracy, and youth participation in civic activities. In southern Lebanon, GIL will lead six three-day workshops in six cities and 20 outreach sessions at local high schools on human rights, confessional groups, and state-building for Lebanese youth. GIL will also publish and distribute four newsletters that will connect participants and a book on civic participation in Lebanon.

    Lebanese Center for Policy Studies (LCPS)
    $40,000
    To inform debate and discussions on democracy. LCPS will re-launch its Arabic language quarterly journal, Aba'ad (Dimensions), with analytical research and writing about democratic trends and good governance, linking events in Lebanon to others unfolding in the region.

    Lebanese Foundation for Permanent Civil Peace (LFPCP)
    $42,000
    To promote civic education and democracy awareness throughout Lebanese society. LFPCP will continue its Lebanese Legislation Monitor, a group of 40 governmental and nongovernmental participants who provide ongoing analyses of draft laws and decrees under consideration by the Chamber of Deputies, Council of Ministers, and parliamentary committees. The group's work will be analyzed in quarterly reports, which will form the basis for discussion at four district-level seminars.

    National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
    $175,000
    To strengthen civil society development in the Middle East and North Africa region. NDI's Beirut-based regional office will continue as a leading regional resource with a core of professional trainers and a library of Arabic, English, and French training and resource materials accessible to NDI partners and other interested organizations throughout the Middle East and North Africa. NDI will provide country-specific assistance on an as-needed basis for study missions, regional programs, and training sessions.

    National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
    $100,000*
    To strengthen women's political intervention and participation. NDI will work with the six newly elected women parliamentarians in Lebanon to promote issues-based governance. The program will begin with a study mission for women politicians in Washington D.C. and continue with a post-study mission roundtable to explore strategies to enhance women's political participation.

    Philanthropic Amlieh Association (PAA)
    $135,000
    To promote women's empowerment. PAA will further consolidate and expand its women's rights education program into schools and civic organizations in Beirut, southern Lebanon, northern Lebanon and the Bekaa' Valley, as well as strengthen its institutional capacity, including staff development and design of additional training materials.

    Rene Moawad Foundation (RMF)
    $35,000
    To strengthen the political participation of youth in north Lebanon. RMF will conduct eight workshops and seminars for 150 youth on leadership and communications skills, the institutions of democracy, the Lebanese constitution and parliamentary system, and human rights and civil society advocacy.

    Southern Issues (SI)
    $53,000
    To promote public debate on creating and sustaining democratic institutions in Lebanon, specifically in its southern districts. SI will publish 12 issues of its monthly flagship publication, add a new supplement to focus on women's issues, and work with youth clubs to further expand its focus on civil society development in southern Lebanon.

    Sustainable Democracy Center (SDC)
    $25,000
    To promote respect for a diversity of opinions and pluralism among youth in Lebanon. SDC will develop and lead 20 dialogue sessions in all five districts of Lebanon, reaching a wide cross-confessional audience in a number of towns removed from the democracy debate that has engaged Beirut and many of the larger cities.

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    Libya

    American Libyan Freedom Alliance (ALFA)
    $42,000
    To engage Libyan citizenry and exile community in debates on reform. ALFA will hold a national constitutional conference in London to bring together Libyan proponents of democratic reform to identify steps towards advancing reform of Libya's political system. ALFA will also develop its Arabic-language website and broadcast the conference discussions on the Internet.

    Libya Human and Political Development Forum (LHUDF)
    $40,000
    To engage Libyan citizens in debates on social, political, and economic issues. LHUDF will maintain its Arabic-language website; launch Transparency-Libya, a new English and Arabic-language website dedicated to transparency and good governance, and produce an electronic newsletter. LHUDF will also produce 2,000 copies of an annual report on democratic developments in Arabic and English and produce three issues of the Arabic journal, Libyan Forum.

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    Morocco

    Association PROLOGUES Revue Maghrebine du Live (Prologues Association)
    $67,000
    To mobilize diverse Moroccan political, academic, and social actors to lead a public debate on constitutional reform in Morocco. Prologues Association will conduct two seminars and a workshop addressing reform and offering a platform of issues to be considered as the basis for national debate. Prologues Association will also publish three special issues of its regionally recognized journal, Prologues, dedicated to constitutional reform in Morocco.

    Democratic Association of Moroccan Women (DAMW)
    $56,200
    To encourage and ensure women's participation in decision-making processes in Morocco. DAMW will carry out a two-day workshop in spring 2006 to train representatives of non-governmental organizations, political parties, and trade unions in the principles of gender equality and methods of supporting women's participation and leadership. DAMW will also draft a handbook on methods of reducing discrimination and promoting women's leadership in civic organizations.

    Moroccan Women's Alliance for Development and Training (MWADT)
    $36,500
    To promote legal awareness and labor rights among rural women. MWADT will maintain a women's center in Tetouan in northern Morocco for rural women; conduct legal literacy classes for 260 women; and build the professional capacity of MWADT staff in financial administration, accounting, and project management. The center will serve as a model for replication in other marginalized communities within Morocco.

    National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
    $266,000
    To enhance the Moroccan parliament's outreach capacity, providing greater connection between parliamentarians and citizenry. NDI will disseminate educational materials, launch a radio awareness campaign, and provide trainings for journalists on basic parliamentary functions and procedures. NDI will bring regional and local NGOs together to learn about the parliament and assist MPs in taking parliament to citizens through a series of roundtables.

    National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
    $213,227
    To aid decision-makers in understanding the viewpoints of Moroccan citizens. NDI will enhance the capacity and skills of local staff at the People's Mirror, the first focus group center in the Arab world, to become a self-sustaining local NGO. The People's Mirror will conduct additional focus groups with political parties, civil society, the media and the Moroccan government.

    National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
    $65,500
    To support a newly formed women's MP network in Morocco. The network will enhance the skills and capacities of women MPs and improve their ability to promote their work and accomplishments to a wider Moroccan population. NDI will conduct training workshops, assist the network in outreach activities, launch a website, hold a national seminar on women parliamentarians, and conduct pilot constituent outreach programs.

    Third Millennium for Development and Child Welfare (TMDCW)
    $18,000
    To expedite the transition to democracy and strengthen civil society. TMDCW will engage civic groups at the Errachidia city in determining community priorities on development projects and broaden its civic network. TMDCW will hold five two-day capacity building sessions for 20 local NGOs and publish a bi-monthly newsletter for NGOs in the province.

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    Saudi Arabia

    AmmanNet
    $56,000
    To facilitate the free flow of information to Saudi citizens. AmmanNet will offer 15 young Saudi journalists a 10-day intensive training session on how to use the Internet as a broadcast medium for radio programming to develop the technical capacity and professionalism of young Saudi journalists.

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    Syria

    International Republican Institute
    $185,000
    To support an indigenous media effort in publishing e-newsletters and reviving websites.

    National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
    $125,273
    To field several teams to assess the current political environment and possibility for future programming.

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    Tunisia

    al-Jahedeh Forum for Free Thought (AJFFT)
    $40,000
    To expose Tunisians to concepts and applications of civic education. AJFFT will hold bi-weekly discussion groups to encourage debate and dialogue on democracy, lead training courses on the relationship between Islam and democracy, hold periodic seminars and workshops, and publish a bi-monthly internal educational newsletter.

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    Turkey

    American Center for International Labor Solidarity
    $77,413*
    To increase the capacity of Turkish trade unions to conduct research on collective bargaining and to promote legislative reform of labor laws. ACILS will produce a study on garment and textile manufacturing with local trade union specialists at the local, regional and national levels. ACILS will also conduct a three-part, two-day workshop series on research concepts and procedures for a total of 180 trade union members.

    Association for Liberal Thinking (ALT)
    $35,000
    To promote democratic and liberal networks. ALT will support local efforts to promote liberal thinking and democratic values by conducting a regional program in four Turkish cities, including one public debate, a workshop for opinion leaders, and a seminar on democracy and liberal thinking to engage Turkish youth.

    Center for International Private Enterprise
    $101,499
    To increase awareness and skills of good governance practices among the directors of Turkish businesses. CIPE will partner with the Corporate Governance Association of Turkey (COGAT) to conduct twenty training workshops on corporate governance. CIPE nd COGAT will target board members and senior-level executives of public and private companies, family-owned businesses, and state-owned enterprises. Training materials will include the principles and structure of good corporate governance, the duty of board members, and effective methods to institute corporate governance principles.

    Community Volunteers Foundation (CVF)
    $44,000
    To raise awareness among Turkish youth of civic and democratic values, cultural rights, and tolerance. CVF will develop a board game on democracy, human rights, and conflict resolution to use as a civic education tool that will target over 3,000 Turkish youth. CVF will also create an online version to provide unlimited access for interested youth.

    Helsinki Citizens' Assembly
    $43,000
    To promote democratic values and active participation in Turkey. HCA will organize a four-day training seminar for 14 NGO representatives on the law of associations and will create a platform for discussion among civil society and Turkish authorities. HCA will print and distribute 1,000 copies of a legal-rights booklet, create a "strategic map" of issues pertaining to freedom of association, and produce an e-bulletin newsletter.

    Human Rights Agenda Association (HRAA)
    $42,000
    To promote greater rule of law and tolerance of fundamental rights and freedoms. HRAA, in collaboration with human rights activists, jurists, lawyers and academics, will organize four regional workshops on the new Turkish penal code. HRAA will also print and distribute 2,000 copies of a book and 500 CD-videos outlining a strategy for advocating and monitoring legal barriers to human rights and freedom of expression.

    International Republican Institute
    $350,000
    To educate Turkish youth on Turkey's national political system and promote youth development and access to youth-targeted information. IRI and its partners will host the second Capital Internship and Model Parliament program and conduct an eight-week course on democracy in Ankara. To help Turkish institutions support youth civic activities, IRI will produce a booklet on Turkish corporate donation law and the NGOs that can receive such donations.

    International Republican Institute
    $180,000*
    To teach Turkish youth the intricacies of Turkey's political system and pursue youth involvement and outreach potential. IRI will conduct a youth campaign school in Istanbul, organize two assessment roundtables with 2004 interns and the upcoming 2005 interns, and conduct two post-project workshops with former interns and intern coordinators. IRI and its local partners will also conduct an education series for 40 youth.

    National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
    $349,999
    To improve internal reform and ethical standards in the Turkish parliament. NDI will assist the Democracy Committee to study other legislatures and solicit input from Turkish society on reforms. NDI will also enhance organizational capacity of Tumikom by developing its decision-making structures, partner with the Ari Movement to promote parliamentary accountability through discussions on Turkish democracy, and promote women's political participation by conducting a series of training seminars with Flying Broom.

    Organization for Research and Dissemination of Economic and Social Issues (GAYA)
    $40,000
    To provide women in southeastern Turkey with the skills to enhance their role in public life. GAYA will produce and run a television program on women's empowerment and entrepreneurship, conduct seminars and administer surveys to evaluate the television program and assess its impact on women, and print and distribute a book and CD-ROM on the program.

    The Southeastern Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (GUNSIAD)
    $40,000
    To increase public awareness of and train a core of civic leaders on human rights and legal reform. GUNSIAD will develop curricula and conduct a series of seminars in four southeast provinces. Follow-up meetings will also be conducted to coordinate NGO networking efforts, and a book and brochure on human rights and legal reform will be produced and distributed to the general public.

    Turkish Committees to Monitor Parliament and Elected Officials Association (TUMIKOM)
    $50,000
    To promote ethical and legal conduct among elected officials and members of parliament. TUMIKOM will produce a national annual report on parliamentary conduct, continue to update its website to encourage greater citizen participation and exchange with members of parliament, , and create an English-version of the website to raise its international profile. TUMIKOM will also produce a "promise report," host its seventh two-day national summit in Ankara or Istanbul, and establish the remaining five regional branch offices.

    Young Leaders of Anatolia Association (AGL)
    $45,000
    To advance Turkey's democratic process by creating a nationwide network of youth activists. AGL will conduct a one-month training program in Istanbul for forty 18 to 25 year-olds, print and distribute 1,000 copies of a book on the program, and create a project website.

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    West Bank/Gaza Strip

    American Center for International Labor Solidarity
    $348,785
    To support trade unions in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. ACILS will work with the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions to develop a legislative agenda on labor issues and conduct parliamentary candidate fora to solicit candidates' feedback on these issues. ACILS will also work with the Federation to provide training for 13 branch union elections and conduct skills-building workshops.

    Center for International Private Enterprise
    $94,556
    To promote more transparent and accountable government regulation over the Palestinian private sector. CIPE will partner with the Center for Private Sector Development, a part of the Palestinian Business Association, to regularly monitor the legal and regulatory framework governing the business environment in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. CIPE will hold meetings with representatives of respective stakeholders, organize advocacy educational workshops, hold debates on local TV stations, and publish articles in local newspapers.

    Civic Forum Institute (CFI)
    $90,000
    To strengthen the capacity of NGOs in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. CFI will expand the number of organizations that form its grassroots NGO network and provide a 20-day capacity building training to 14 women and youth organizations in the West Bank, and reestablish its presence in the Gaza Strip in order to conduct similar training for 10 civil society organizations.

    Civitas Institute (CI)
    $30,000
    To strengthen an informed citizenry's participation in local Palestinian elections. CI will conduct a voter education and election monitoring campaign throughout the Gaza Strip, concentrating on local council elections, conduct 250 voter education workshops for 5,000 Gazans in the five subregional districts, and participate as election monitors. Post-election, CI will hold panel discussions and town hall meetings for citizens and their newly elected representatives to discuss community problems and needs.

    Filastiniyat
    $30,000
    To increase newly elected legislators' awareness of their roles and responsibilities, particularly as these involve interaction with citizens. Filastiniyat will use focus groups to gauge the knowledge and interest of participating members and workshops to train members on the roles and responsibilities of parliamentarians, voting procedures, the role of the Palestinian Legislative Council and the national budget.

    Gaza Center for Rights and Law (GCRL)
    $30,000
    To enhance the democratic culture of the Gaza Strip. GCRL will conduct a series sessions on the rule of law, judicial independence, and elections awareness for women, workers, students, and members of civil society organizations. GCRL will lead auxiliary discussions to share what was covered in the training sessions and to provide fora for participants to offer their feedback and experiences with the sessions.

    General Union of Cultural Centers (GUCC)
    $30,000
    To expand the capacity of NGOs in the Gaza Strip. GUCC will train employees from eight member organizations on NGO strategic planning, financial management, and research and communications skills. GUCC will also train 45 program officers from 15 local groups with projects on youth, women, and children, enabling them to better meet their beneficiaries' needs.

    Ma'an Network
    $40,000
    To enhance the use of independent media as a forum for citizens' views. Ma'an will produce and broadcast eight live television talk shows, focusing on local social, political, and economic concerns. The talk shows will take place in public areas, such as the street, theaters, universities, and restaurants in major cities of the West Bank, and involve substantial public participation and open debate and dialogue.

    Palestinian Center for Democracy and Conflict Resolution (PCDCR)
    $75,000
    To promote non-violent, participatory ways for addressing conflict. PCDCR will lead conflict resolution training sessions for 120 police officers, trainings for university students on conflict resolution and crisis management techniques, a sector survey and public opinion poll on domestic violence and conflict resolution, and an advocacy campaign on domestic and child abuse. PCDCR will also establish a new branch office in Hebron, which will conduct 20 half-day information sessions.

    The Palestinian Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and Legal Profession (Musawa)
    $25,000
    To improve attorneys' knowledge of and ability to defend the rule of law by providing professional training to practicing attorneys on laws related to the constitutional court, elections and government administration. Musawa will also air ten of these sessions on local Palestinian television and produce and disseminate two publications on the importance of the rule of law and findings from this project.

    Palestinian Development Forum (PDF)
    $25,000
    To enhance the political skills of Gazan women and youth. PDF will assist Gazan women who have been recently elected to local councils, lead rights-based training for university students in psychology and sociology programs, and enhance volunteerism for Gazan youth.

    Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy (Miftah)
    $30,000
    To involve young citizens and youth leaders in democracy-building activities. Miftah will strengthen the media and communication skills of young Palestinian leaders by conducting six three-day trainings on communication, media presentation, public speaking, and audience outreach for 100 young leaders in six areas of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

    Palestinian Vision (PV)
    $30,000
    To spread basic awareness of civil society and democracy among Palestinian youth and to encourage youth to identify and resolve social and community problems. PV will train a group of coaches on the concept of popular achievement and skills such as facilitating, team-building, and developing and implementing an action plan. Coaches will then work with youth groups on problem solving and community volunteering.

    Panorama Center
    $46,000
    To institutionalize democracy in Palestinian society. Panorama will continue its campaign for good governance which will include producing five public opinion polls, a draft code on good governance practices, case studies of good governance practices at 14 civil society organizations, and media outreach through newspaper advertisements, articles, and TV programs. Panorama will expand this outreach through conducting 50 awareness-raising workshops at five Palestinian universities.

    Ramallah Center for Human Rights Studies (RCHRS)
    $25,000
    To spread the culture of human rights, democracy, equity, and tolerance. RCHRS will lead two human rights training sessions for participants from a number of refugee camps and villages in the West Bank and work with them to lead 36 civic activities in their local communities. RCHRS will ensure the additional reach and impact of these discussions by continuing to publish its established quarterly journal, Tasamuh (Tolerance).

    Society Voice Association (SVA)
    $28,000
    To strengthen civil society in the Gaza Strip by mobilizing marginalized groups and delivering practical civic education and democracy training. SVA will train 100 young Gazan women on the principles and techniques of community participation. The women will then work with SVA to develop a 12-episode live radio program on the role of women in the Palestinian political context, hold 12 town hall meetings with political decision-makers on the legal framework for Palestinian women, and produce a newspaper supplement on their activities.

    Women, Media and Development (TAM)
    $30,000
    To strengthen the role of women and promote women's issues within Palestinian media. TAM will train media professionals from three Jenin-based local television stations on gender and its role in democracy, human rights, nonviolence, and conflict resolution. Participants will then develop and broadcast a six-part series of gender awareness shows to be aired on the local Jenin stations and disseminated to other Palestinian stations within the TAM network.

    Women's Affairs Technical Committee (WATC)
    $38,000
    To empower Palestinian women through training and advocacy. WATC will expand its women's empowerment program in the underserved region of Jenin, in the northern West Bank. WATC will train 80 women in four villages on women's rights, gender awareness, communication, and leadership and advocacy, and encourage the women to participate in WATC's Sanabel network of rural women leaders throughout the West Bank.

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    Yemen

    Civic Democratic Initiatives Support Foundation (CDF)
    $82,000
    To promote citizen participation in the upcoming 2006 elections. CDF will conduct a nationwide series of registration awareness campaigns, followed by a registration monitoring process of 1,500 election centers via its network of dedicated volunteers. CDF will also continue publishing its monthly newsletter focused on democracy issues, with a supplement on local development.

    Democracy School
    $71,500
    To improve awareness in Yemen and across the Middle East of women's rights and abuses commonly committed against women. The Democracy School will produce and distribute a film documenting abuses committed against Yemeni women and carry out 12 awareness workshops with a total of 1200 Yemeni youth that reinforce the message of the documentary and provide a forum for discussion of women's rights.

    Girls World Communication Center (GWCC)
    $75,000
    To promote women's rights in Yemen and empower them to participate in public life. GWCC will train women activists to provide them with skills in computers, internet, human rights training, and networking. GWCC will initiate an on-the-job training program in various government ministries for 15 trainees drawn from outstanding graduates of last year's advanced skills development program and a pool of qualified candidates.

    Sisters Arab Forum for Human Rights (SAF)
    $40,000
    To continue supporting a political empowerment program for Yemeni women. SAF will conduct studies on women's experience in local councils, organize a National Democratic Forum for Women that will spearhead the debate on local council election laws, and train women local council candidates in political campaigning.

    Women's Forum for Research and Training (WFRT)
    $35,000
    To disseminate and popularize the concept and values of civic education in Yemen. WFRT will conduct a civic education training program for 20 primary school teachers in Taiz, one of the major cities in Yemen. WFRT will also commission four short plays that explore key concepts of democracy and civic participation to be performed in secondary schools for boys and girls as well as at a public theater in Taiz.

    Yemen Female Media Forum (YFMF)
    $53,000
    To increase the participation and access of women working in the media. YFMF will provide 30 local women journalists with nine months of media training, culminating in a seminar aimed at enhancing their professional development, access, and participation in the media. The training courses will cover various thematic issues and practical skills such as journalism ethics, women in the media, and interviewing and public communication skills.

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    MENA Regional

    American Center for International Labor Solidarity
    $764,114
    To build the capacity of trade unions and professional associations in the Gulf States and Yemen to serve as strong and independent institutions. ACILS will launch a sub-regional trade union strengthening program for the Gulf States and Yemen, partner with trade unions in the region, and recruit a field representative who will reside in Kuwait and be supported by two small satellite offices in Bahrain and Yemen.

    American Center for International Labor Solidarity
    $570,000
    To strengthen the role of North African labor unions in the development and implementation of political and economic reforms. ACILS will open a regional office in Algiers, where it will plan and organize activities in the Arab Maghreb. ACILS will also provide members of the General Union of Algerian Workers (UGTA) with a program of training and outreach on the role of unions, organizing, and collective bargaining in the private sector.

    American Center for International Labor Solidarity
    $149,719
    To promote participatory democracy through increasing the capacity of trade unions and other relevant sectors of civil society and to engage constructively with government and the business community. ACILS will conduct workshops focusing on skills that improve the garment sector unions' basic functioning in organizing and collective bargaining, thereby strengthening their existence as a vehicle for the democratic participation of a large portion of the countries' working population.

    American Center for International Labor Solidarity
    $138,893
    To strengthen trade union development and increase their capacity to promote and defend trade union rights. ACILS, through its work with the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), will provide technical assistance and support to its affiliates in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Mauritania, Jordan, the Palestinian territories, Lebanon, Bahrain, and Yemen. ICFTU regional office will train the trainers on projects for active affiliates, which will help labor activists develop essential skills for civic participation in a democratic atmosphere.

    American Center for International Labor Solidarity
    $82,254
    To build regional capacity to develop policy responses to the impact of globalization on democracy and economic development. With the help of the Global Policy Network (GNP), ACILS will help amplify workers' voices through strengthening the capacity of labor-oriented researchers around the world and by providing a means of and access to shared analysis and information and technical support for their work. GNP hopes to achieve this through a three-day conference in Turkey.

    AmmanNet
    $55,000
    To build and upgrade the skills of 20 Arab journalists from Iraq, Lebanon, Yemen, Syria, Palestine, and Jordan through two weeks of intensive, on-the-job training in Amman, Jordan. AmmanNet will then monitor the participants' progress, provide refresher training and advice via the Internet, and integrate the journalists into its regional network of journalists to offer them support and enhance their professional development.

    Center for International Private Enterprise
    $199,677
    To increase the management skills of association executives in North Africa. CIPE will conduct a business association executive management training program for 35 participants, who will include representatives from women's business associations and members of the young entrepreneurs' business association network. Based on the existing Arabic version of Economic Reform Today that highlights issues relating to economic reform in the Middle East and North Africa, CIPE will produce the newsletter in French.

    Center for International Private Enterprise
    $125,315
    To build a constituency for reform. CIPE, the Fraser Institute, and the International Research Foundation, an Omani-based think tank, will develop an index of economic freedom of the Arab world with the aim of providing a tool for private sector groups to hold their governments accountable and promote healthy competition among countries.

    Center for International Private Enterprise
    $221,878*
    To provide the fundamental tools for political parties to develop economic platforms that will contribute to democratic institutional development. CIPE will conduct a business barometer survey in Jordan, as well as face-to-face interviews with representatives of various industries in order to establish an outreach program of workshops focusing on globalization and private sector competitiveness.

    Center for International Private Enterprise
    $112,662
    To mobilize private sector groups in the Gulf to engage the general public in advancing market-oriented democratic reform, and to educate economic journalists on the relationship between business, markets, and democracy. In partnership with business associations in the Gulf, CIPE will organize six roundtables tackling issues of economic freedom, institutional reforms, and access to economic information.

    Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID)
    $115,000
    To promote debate between liberal Islamists and other democrats on an interpretation of Islam that is compatible with pluralism and democracy. CSID will work with democrats in the region to produce a monthly newsletter in Arabic and English on reform in the region, facilitate discussions between leading Islamists and democrats on producing a Pact for Democracy and Good Governance, and develop and maintain its website in Arabic.

    Human Rights Information and Training Center (HRITC)
    $173,500
    To facilitate the engagement of democracy development dialogue between NGOs and governments in the region. HRITC will organize and convene a three-day conference in Sana'a, Yemen, for 50 representatives of civil society organizations and activists from the region to develop their common approach and ensure local and regional leadership, engagement, ownership, and sustainability of the dialogue process. HRITC will create the Democratic Dialogue Forum, a permanent mechanism designed to institutionalize the activities and recommendations of the Democracy Assistance Dialogue.

    International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)
    $50,000
    To enhance news coverage of media assistance developments in the Middle East and North Africa. ICFJ staff will expand Arabic-language coverage of media developments by including feature stories on specific media initiatives in the region and detailed articles on specific needs of journalists and other media professionals. ICFJ will also maintain and develop the Arabic portion of IJNet.org, and translate IJNet's weekly bulletin, This Week in IJNet.

    International Forum for Islamic Dialogue (IFID)
    $99,000
    To strengthen, support, and assist liberal Muslim democrats in their efforts to promote a modern interpretation of Islam and highlight the compatibility of Islamic values with universal values of human rights, tolerance, dialogue, democracy, pluralism, cultural diversity, and women's rights. IFID will conduct four two-day workshops to help establish a network of Islamic civic educators and to promote civic participation from an Islamic perspective.

    KARAMAH: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights
    $68,000
    To organize the isolated efforts of moderate Muslim women jurists into a viable network, capable of producing change. KARAMAH will diversify and expand the network by inviting women from different countries, holding additional training, conducting collaborative projects on the personal status code, engaging women in the struggle for the advancement of women's rights, and facilitating regular web-based discussion and debate among network members.

    National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
    $450,000
    To facilitate the efforts of a network of reform-minded Muslim democrats. NDI will provide access to high quality training materials, timely information on relevant political developments, and opportunities to engage and share with regional counterparts. NDI will also provide an online library of democracy literature, as well as create an advisory board of experienced democratic reformers to act as a platform for developing and managing political technology.

    Regional Program for Human Rights Activists (RPHRA)
    $45,000
    To actively engage a number of civil society organizations, NGO networks, and democracy activists in the Middle East and North Africa in dialogue on political reform. Cairo-based RPHRA will conduct three workshops in Lebanon, Yemen, and Qatar for 120 human rights activists and practitioners on political reform. The participants will form a "country-team" network that will conduct preliminary research on reform.

    Women Issues Network
    $91,000
    To promote favorable conditions for women to run for public office in the Middle East. Kuwait-based WIN will design and coordinate a meeting of leading women activists in order to identify lessons learned and training priorities for potential women candidates from around the region and to create a regional, broad-based women's capacity-building network for women candidates in preparation for upcoming elections in the region. * Indicates Department of State Funding Beyond NED's Annual Appropriation

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