Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL)
$50,000
To raise awareness of democratic values, women’s rights, and gender equality, and to enhance the leadership skills of women civil society leaders and government officials in the provinces of Heart, Kabul, and Balkh. AIL will conduct four democracy and women’s rights workshops for 140 civil society representatives and government officials and seven leadership workshops for 245 women civil societyrepresentatives and government officials.

Afghan Media Resource Center (AMRC)
$76,000
To promote independent investigative journalism, strengthen the role of media in monitoring the political and reconstruction processes, and raise awareness of democratic values, human rights, women’s rights, civil and political rights, and political processes among Afghans. AMRC will recruit a team of ten staff and re-launch its daily newspaper, Erada, in Dari and Pashtu, distributing 10,000 copies per day throughout Afghanistan’s major cities.

Afghan NGO Coordination Bureau (ANCB)
$45,000
To promote best practices in nongovernmental organization (NGO) management, raise awareness of democratic values, and promote transparency and civic participation. ANCB will conduct 24 workshops on NGO management and democratic values; develop its website to provide relevant electronic resources and manuals; and publish and distribute a quarterly magazine on NGO developments and an NGO directory booklet listing information about its member NGOs.

Afghan Women’s Network (AWN)
$43,550
To promote social and political activism and raise awareness of democratic principles among young Afghan women. AWN will conduct 20 civic education workshops on the role of women in Afghan politics, elections, and government structure. AWN will mentor trainees through the development of an action plan for each participant to use her knowledge in everyday life and will publish case studies of trainees’ political participation.

Afghanistan National Participation Association (ANPA)
$110,000
To raise public awareness of democratic values, human rights, women’s rights, and political decision making. ANPA will develop and produce 70 half-hour radio show programs, in Dari and Pashtu, to be broadcasted by independent and governmental radio stations. The programs will cover the rights and responsibilities of government bodies, the parliament, provincial councils, and civil society groups.

Afghanistan Study Center (ASC)
$59,000
To raise public awareness about democratic values, women’s rights, human rights, and political participation. ASC will conduct 25 civic education workshops on human rights, democratic values, political participation, women’s rights, and national unity. Workshops will be conducted in the provinces of Logar, Paktia, Khost, and Kabul and will target opinion makers, teachers, and community leaders in both rural and urban areas.

Afghanistan Women Services and Education Organization (AWSE)
$40,000
To raise awareness of democratic values and women’s rights and to encourage women to participate in public life. AWSE will conduct a training-of-trainers workshop for 16 Afghan women, followed by 40 workshops for 800 men and women on women’s rights and women’s political participation. It will also develop three working groups to meet local women and bring their problems to local government.

Afghanistan Women Support Association (AWSA)
$44,600
To raise awareness of democratic values, women’s rights, and gender equality and to encourage women to participate in public life and become involved in Afghanistan’s democratic transition. AWSA will conduct 15 three-day workshops on women’s rights for 300 women and men in Kabul , Kapisa, Parwan, Logar, and Panjshir provinces (eastern Afghanistan); it will also publish and distribute six bi-monthly issues of a women’s rights magazine.

Afghans for Civil Society (ACS)
$55,000
To facilitate the development of a local women’s council in Kandahar and initiate a dialogue to strengthen cooperation between this women’s council and the elected government representatives. ACS will organize weekly meetings; conduct ten seminars on women’s rights, violence against women, women’s economic independence, and women’s political participation; and publish and distribute 10 issues of a monthly women’s rights magazine.

American Center for International Labor Solidarity
$178,093*
To promote the development of strong teachers’ unions and the unification of journalist unions in Afghanistan. The Solidarity Center will organize a leadership training and exchange program for the Afghanistan Teachers’ Support Association (ATSA); conduct three meetings between local ATSA leadership and civil society organizations; and produce radio programs facilitating the ATSA leadership’s outreach to other teachers in the country.

Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
$174,571
To strengthen the Afghanistan International Chamber of Congress’s institutional capacity and to foster the development of a liberal economy and business environment through advocacy. CIPE and AICC will cooperate to produce a new national business agenda (NBA) that will coordinate the business community’s updated goals and interests; conduct a national advocacy tour to assess the needs of the local business community; and work with parliamentarians, government officials, and the business community to instigate policy change according to the new NBA.

Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
$391,141
To enhance awareness of entrepreneurship opportunities and free-market mechanisms and to enhance the capacity of members of the Parliament to make informed decisions about economic policy. CIPE will expand its entrepreneurship course, Tashabos, to cover high schools outside of Kabul and Khost; improve the University Entrepreneurship Leadership Program and ensure its sustai nability; and conduct trainings on economic reform for selected Members of Parliament (MPs).

Cooperation Center for Afghanistan (CCA)
$140,000*
To promote democratic practices, human rights, and women’s rights. CCA will conduct 14 good governance workshops for local council members and 60 human rights workshops for religious leaders and community elders. CCA will also publish a women’s rights magazine; provide legal rights awareness and legal counseling for victims of domestic violence in Bamyan; and conduct three conferences on religious tolerance, humanism, and pluralism.

Health and Development Center for Afghan Women (HDCAW)
$40,000
To raise awareness of democratic governance, human rights, and rule of law. HDCAW will produce and distribute 10 issues of a magazine on democratic governance and civic participation in 4 provinces and distribute 2,200 copies of each issue among high schools, universities, civil society groups and NGOs, government agencies, provincial councils, and regional offices of HDCAW in Kabul, Parwan, Nangarhar, and Ghazni provinces.

Saba Media Organization (SMO)
$50,000
To raise public awareness of democratic values, human rights, women’s rights, and civil and political rights. SMO will produce 44 weekly educational radio programs to be broadcasted by Radio Nawa in 15 provinces. The programs will cover democracy and human rights principles, rights of women in Islam and international conventions, freedom of expression, and freedom of press.

Vital Voices Global Partnership
$45,066
To enhance leadership and communication skills of newly-elected Afghan women parliamentarians and promote networking and coalition building among women legislators inside Afghanistan. Vital Voices will conduct an intensive four-day workshop on leadership and communication skills. Vital Voices will monitor the activities and progress of the parliamentarians and provide them with necessary advice and assistance in achieving their goals.

Welfare Association for Development of Afghanistan (WADAN)
$280,000
To raise awareness among local power holders (maliks) and their local communities of democratic principles, encourage voter turnout in the district election, and strengthen the institutional capacity of the National Maliks Association. WADAN will conduct 48 three-day workshops in 48 districts throughout 13 provinces in Afghanistan, facilitate the development of new chapters of the National Maliks Association, and conduct two nation-wide meetings for the maliks.

Women Activities and Social Services Association (WASSA)
$75,400
To enhance leadership skills of women civil society leaders and to raise awareness of women’s rights. WASSA will conduct eight five-day women leadership workshops for total of 80 women in Herat, Badghis, Farah, and Ghor provinces. It will then select 20 of the participants for a three month professional internship in Kabul. WASSA will also produce a documentary on women’s rights and violence against women.

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Algeria

Amusnaw Cultural Association (ACA)
$34,100
To strengthen the capacity of local human rights groups in Tizi Ouzou to promote and advocate for women’s rights and democracy. ACA will conduct a capacity-building program for local NGOs in Tizi Ouzou, expand its 15-member local network advocating legislative reforms on women status, and lead a public awareness campaign on women legal rights.

Arab Institute for Human Rights (AIHR)
$80,080
To reinforce and strengthen skills on the issue of national reconciliation and transitional justice in order to encourage collaboration among civil society and governmental actors and built capacities of specific target groups. AIHR will hold three conferences. One on national reconciliation and transitional justice on a regional level and two on national training courses for Algerian lawyers and journalists on the same issue.

Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
$120,838
To enhance the voice of the Algerian business community and enable it to identify common reform priorities and constituencies. CIPE will assist private sector associations in Algeria to begin mobilizing and coalescing around a common set of reform priorities. CIPE will organize two roundtables on economic freedom, institutional reforms, and access to economic information; and lead a workshop to develop a national business agenda.

Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
$180,514
To develop the interpersonal, business, and advocacy skills of Algerian young people. CIPE’s partner, INJAZ, will open a start-up office in Algeria, train local teachers and private sector volunteers, and educate 375 students on business education and civic activism through the implementation of an Entrepreneurship Master Class curriculum modified for the Algerian context. Additionally, CIPE will develop a civics component that will be integrated by INJAZ into their Entrepreneur Master Class.

Collective of Families of the Disappeared in Algeria (CFDA)
$46,200
To continue its advocacy program on the plight of the disappeared. CFDA will organize two two-day training workshops on transitional justice for its staff , continue to collect and document cases of enforced disappearances, develop a memorial website that includes a database dedicated to the disappeared, and hold meetings with international and Algerian bodies on the need for a just and independent truth-seeking commission.

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Bahrain

Bahrain Women's Union (BWU)
$33,000
To strengthen the capacity of women’s NGOs in Bahrain to conduct activities and programs in support of women’s rights. BWU will conduct a training-of-trainer program for 45 representatives from the BWU’s member organizations to strengthen their capacity to conduct advocacy and awareness programs in support of the BWU’s women’s rights and legislative reform campaigns.

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Egypt

Andalus Institute for Tolerance and Anti-Violence Studies (AITAS)
$35,000
To improve communication and links between MPs and university students. AITAS will target 400 university students through a series of workshops designed to raise student awareness of parliament functions, engage students in monitoring parliamentary committees, and involve students in parliamentary lobbying and reform advocacy.

Arab Foundation for Supporting Civil Society
$25,000
To launch a campaign to restore syndicates’ independence from the government and promote abolishing Law 100 of 1993. The campaign will include compiling an evaluation report on the prospects of independent syndicates, conducting six bi-monthly awareness raising and consultative seminars in Cairo, and holding a one-day conference.

Arab Society for Human Rights (ASHR)
$24,000
To promote legal awareness among journalists about freedom of expression under Egyptian laws. ASHR will conduct a series of six three-day training workshops and six roundtable discussions on legal rights for180 journalists from Alexandria, Aswan, Al-Minya, Al-Gharbiyah, Al-Buhaira, and Qena governorates.

Center for Egyptian Women's Legal Assistance (CEWLA)
$30,000
To promote awareness of civic rights for young people in underserved areas of Cairo and Giza. CEWLA will enable a cadre of 28 youth civil rights activists to lead a year-long “know my rights” awareness program and disseminate democratic values and raise civic awareness in their respective neighborhoods by conducting training-of-trainer workshops for the activists who will then lead 28 awareness seminars targeting young people.

Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
$100,822
To effect positive change on the Egyptian Unified Law on Industry. CIPE will provide technical and financial assistance to the Federation of Economic Development Associations (FEDA) to review the current legal framework and regulations of the law, develop synopses of the regulations, and organize three roundtable discussions for 300 participants to solicit feedback on barriers to operating at competitive levels. FEDA will then draft a revised Unified Law on Industry in cooperation with CIPE.

Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
$ 623,7235
To promote awareness among potential investors of the concepts of corporate governance and its relevance to economic reform, raise awareness of anti-corruption and anti-bribery practices among the business community, establish a task force to develop a plan on countering corruption, hold governance reform conferences, convene a writers’ forum to address Egypt’s informal sector, conduct a series of 12 roundtable discussions to promote entrepreneurship, and build the content of the Efham website.

Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
$124,427
To engage the Egyptian government in policy dialogue with the private sector on an NBA following the recent constitutional amendments. CIPE will support the Egyptian Junior Business Association in updating the NBA by forming a drafting committee which will set the agenda and plan awareness-raising events, lead roundtable discussions with industrial sector committees and stakeholders, launch the NBA at a national press conference, and advocate the agenda to policymakers.

Constitutional Protection Foundation (CPF)
$34,000
To engage grassroots activists in the electoral process, establish a network of community activists in rural areas, and make the work of local council members more transparent and well-known to the public. CPF will train young lawyers and law students to monitor the registration process in anticipation of the upcoming local council elections, and lead a local council monitoring campaign in Ad-Daqahliyah province.

Egyptian Center for Human Rights (ECHR)
$22,000
To promote local governance awareness and promote political participation. ECHR will conduct six awareness seminars for 360 leaders of civil society members in Cairo on the role of local councils and three two-day training workshops for 90 perspective candidates on campaign management skills.

Egyptian Democracy Institute (EDI)
$22,000
To build citizens’ links to parliament and promote accountability of parliament. EDI will lead a year-long parliamentary monitoring program, produce quarterly monitoring reports, and hold eight seminars on the performance of the Egyptian parliament.

Human Development Association (HDA)
$15,000
To monitor and document human rights abuses in ten districts of ad-Daqahiliya governorate. HDA will lead a one-year campaign to document human rights violations and train ten volunteers on monitoring human rights violations and advocating on behalf of the citizens.

Maat for Judicial and Constitutional Studies
$25,000
To strengthen the rule of law and offer an alternative to political violence. Maat for Judicial and Constitutional Studies will conduct fourtwo-daytraining courses on prisoners’ rights, communication skills, and investigative techniques on human rights violations in three governorates for 100 lawyers and law students and link them to a national detainees defense network.

National Association for the Defense of Rights and Freedoms
$25,000
To promote women’s political participation in rural areas. The Association will publish and distribute 500 copies of a booklet on women’s rights, conduct a four-day training of trainers course for 30 rural women from four governorates, and assist the trainees as they conduct political awareness seminars in each of the four targeted governorates for a total of 120 rural women.

New Horizons Association for Social Development (NHASD)
$30,000
To build the capacity of a cadre of young people in underserved areas of Cairo. NHASD will conduct a year-long training-of-trainers peer leadership program for 30 young people from Dar el Salam, Ein El Ziera, and Old Cairo to prepare master-level peer civic education trainers.

One World Foundation for Development and Civil Society Care (One World)
$16,000
To promote awareness among journalists about freedom of expression. One World will lead six media and democracy workshops in Al-Ismailia and Giza governorates for 150 journalists, including radio hosts, television broadcasters, and journalists.

Rural Development Association (RDA)
$25,500
To promote rural participation in the upcoming local council elections. RDA will conduct a series of four three-day awareness seminars on the role of local councils and obstacles facing them in el-Munofiya for 80 civil society leaders, members of farmers’ unions, students and journalists. RDA will also print and distribute 1,000 copies of a booklet on the role of local councils.

Rural Studies Center
$20,500
To promote awareness of the importance of community based participation in rural populations. The Center will conduct ten awareness seminars on the concept of social movements and citizen participation targeting 500 members of the farmers’ unions and rural activists in eight governorates. The Center will lead two training-of-trainers workshops in Cairo for 50 NGO leaders from the targeted governorates.

Youth Forum
$10,000
To promote awareness of basic civil and political rights for young people in two of the most prominent public universities in Cairo—Ain Shams and Cairo Universities. Youth Forum will conduct a field survey to assess university students’ perception on the constitutional reform process and conduct ten civic awareness seminars.

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Iran

Abdorrahman Boroumand Foundation (ABF)
$140,000
To raise awareness of extrajudicial executions in Iran since the 1979 revolution, promote understanding of democracy and human rights principles among Iranian citizens, and strengthen its organizational capacity. ABF will further develop its web-based human rights memorial and library of human rights documents in Farsi, procure office space, hire a development and communication consultant, and conduct outreach and media campaigns.

Freedom of Information and Human Rights
To build solidarity and international support for local NGOs and human rights activists by raising public awareness of human rights, to facilitate the ability of Iranian civil society and media representatives to engage with the international community, and to invigorate democratic debate and the exchange of ideas among Iranian civil society activists. This includes human rights training, monitoring, and fact finding.

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Iraq

Al Jihat Ularba Establishment for Media (Four Corners)
$50,200
To encourage women activists in Tikrit to effectively utilize local print, radio, and television media to communicate their agendas to the general public. Four Corners will train 48 women activists in methods for enhancing the effectiveness of public outreach efforts, primarily through increasing media savviness and participation in local media outlets. Participants will receive intensive media training and placement assistance in local media outlets.

Almahaba FM
$29,000*
To strengthen independent media organizations and t o promote tolerance, pluralism, and national reconciliation among Iraqi citizens. Alamahaba FM will sustain its radio station and produce seven live radio shows to be aired in the daily four-hour broadcasting in seven provinces: Baghdad, Diyala, Wasit, Babel, Karbala, Salah Eddine, Najaf, and Alanbar .

Almarefa Cultural Institute
$60,200*
To increase civic and democratic awareness among Iraqis in Karbala. Almarefa Cultural Institute will conduct 20 seminars and continue to publish its democracy magazine. Almarefa will also maintain its website to serve as a democracy forum for the community and establish the first research center in the city to conduct surveys among residents on political development and the work of the local and central government.

Almustakbal Association for Iraqi Women
$25,000*
To promote civic values and democratic practices among young people in Basra province. Almustakbal Association for Iraqi Women will conduct a survey, produce eight radio programs, organize 16 seminars, and design and print leaflets and posters encouraging civic participation among young people and women in the province.

Alyaqeen Center
$23,000*
To encourage women’s political participation and to develop leadership skills among women. Alyaqeen Center will conduct extensive training workshops targeting 200 women activists from 10 districts in Baghdad. Alyaqeen will also organize dialogue sessions among women’s activists and parliamentarians, ministries’ representatives, and leaders of institutions concerned about women’s political participation.

American Center for International Labor Solidarity
$1,500,001
To continue building the capacity of Iraqi unions to organize, service members, and train workers. The Solidarity Center will continue to conduct its training-of-trainers program, hold seminars for non-unionized workers, provide technical and logistical support, develop and translate educational materials, train facilitators and evaluators, provide support for a “permanent coordination committee” for labor federations in Iraq, conduct specialized training for trade union women, and build alliances between Iraqi unions and their counterparts worldwide.

American Society for Kurds (ASK)
$37,597*
To raise citizens’ awareness in northern Iraq about the duties of the parliament and the judicial branch and the role of citizen oversight. ASK will continue monitoring the parliament in the Kurdish Regional Government. ASK will also expand its program to act as a judicial watchdog at the judicial branch.

ASUDAfor Combating Violence against Women
$50,200*
To raise awareness about women’s rights. ASUDA will monitor and report on abuses of women’s rights in northern Iraqi cities. ASUDA will also organize a capacity-building training program for ten newly established women’s NGOs from central and southern Iraq and conduct a nationwide campaign to raise awareness about the urgent need to combat violence against women.

Athar Center for Development
$30,000*
To encourage youth civic participation in the Dhiqar province. Athar Center for Development will train young people to participate in public life and debate local issues through leadership and management training workshops, seminars, roundtable discussions, and a local youth conference .

Badlisy Cultural Center (BCC)
$38,950*
To raise awareness among young people about anti-corruption and transparency in Sulaimaniya province and to encourage cooperation between Iraqi NGOs in the north and their counterparts in the south. BCC will perform 25 mobile theater shows in Sulaimaniya province, conduct awareness raising workshops on anti-corruption and transparency, produce wall posters bulletins, and publish its quarterly human rights newsletter, Namah.

Baghdad Women’s Association (BWA)
$34,000*
To engage women in the national reconciliation process. BWA will conduct a year-long series of 24 training workshops for 360 Baghdad women leaders representing NGO activists, students, and government employees. BWA will also conduct a civic awareness campaign using posters and leaflets about the role women can play in this process.

Bent Alrafidain (BAR)
$55,000*
To continue to conduct democracy and political awareness courses for women. BAR will conduct two series of training courses for 240 women leaders and activists in Babel. BAR will also expand and improve upon its website to report on women’s conditions in five southern provinces. BAR will produce and publish 12 issues of its monthly periodical and increase its distribution to 1,500 copies per month.

Center for International Private Enterprise(CIPE)
$1,501,993*
To continue building a constituency for market oriented democratic development. CIPE will assist business associations with capacity building and advocacy training, work with political parties to create economic platforms, conduct entrepreneurship training programs, analyze changes in the private sector regarding economic and political reforms, support a Free Market studies institute, and increase public awareness of the role of free market reforms in sustaining democratic gains.

Civil Society Initiative (CSI)
$45,300*
To increase the awareness and engagement of youth NGOs and political party representatives in civic participation. CSI will provide training on leadership, civic activism, and youth political participation to 20 young people in five local cities in and around Sulaimaniya province, and channel their training into the development of a series of five youth-focused television shows and five issues of a youth magazine to provide an outlet for political expression and activism.

Cultural Center for Human Rights (CCHR)
$21,200*
To promote tolerance, pluralism and universal human and civil rights to Iraqi citizens. CCHR will lead a campaign to promote pluralism and tolerance by organizing 25 awareness seminars, six tolerance forums, six radio talk shows, and a website dedicated to the promotion of pluralism. CCHR seeks also to create a forum for public expression and debate on tolerance and pluralism.

The Cultural Humanitarian Organization for the Future of Iraq (CHOFI)
$26,000*
To develop women’s leadership skills and equip them to effectively counter corruption and advocate for women’s role in public life in the province of Najaf. CHOFI will conduct two phases of training-trainers workshops targeting NGO activists and government employees. CHOFI will also conduct a survey and organize a conference about women’s public participation.

Cultural Women Center for Women’s Rights Activists (CWCWRA)
$36,000
To educate women to raise civic awareness on anti-corruption in Karbala. CWCWRA, previously named Women of Mesopotamia, will organize a year-long series of training seminars for 250 women and conduct an interactive theater program on anti-corruption and transparency issues for women. CWCWRA will perform 14 shows in both rural and urban areas throughout the province of Karbala.

Democracy and Human Rights Development Center (DHRD)
$28,000*
To promote transparency and accountability in the judicial process in Sulimaniya, in northern Iraq. DHRD will train five experienced Sulimaniya-based lawyers to serve as “court watchers” to monitor and report on local court proceedings, conduct a judicial procedural awareness workshop for 30 legal professionals and members of the security forces, and conduct a two-day conference on judicial reform needs in northern Iraq.

Hammurabi Organization for Human Rights and Democracy Monitoring
$30,900*
To promote democracy and human rights values among Iraqi youth in the Salah Eddine province. Hammurabi Organization for Human Rights and Democracy Monitoring will conduct training workshops for teachers and students on democracy and human rights principles and values in the Salah Eddine province. The organization will also develop a network of volunteers among young people in Salah Eddine.

Humanitarian Charity Organization (HCO)
$20,000*
To encourage women’s political participation. Humanitarian Charity Organization ( HCO) will organize a series of seminars in Missan targeting 660 men and women about women’s political participation. HCO will also conduct a survey on obstacles facing women’s political participation and discuss these obstacles in a public meeting.

IBDAA Organization for Dialogue, Education and Art
$214,000*
To alleviate sectarian tensions and promote national unity in Mosul, as part of a conflict mediation project in the six most volatile governorates of Iraq. Relying on newly completed comprehensive population mapping of target governorates, IBDAA will employ incremental conflict resolution strategies and will initially target small homogenous groups of participants. As the program progresses, commonalities among the disparate groups of participants will be revealed.

International Youth Association (IYA)
$23,000*
To mobilize political, civic and opinion leaders on the issue of corruption among militias. IYA will conduct 30 two-day seminars for 900 participants representing media professionals, political party representatives, national security officers, civil society representatives and religious leaders from major Iraqi provinces . IYA will distribute 1,000 copies of a quarterly report, distribute 1,500 posters, and build an advocacy network in six provinces.

Iraq Civic Action Network (ICAN)
$70,520*
To build the institutional capacity of civil society organizations and increase their cooperation across geographic, ethnic, and religious lines. ICAN will work with participating organizations to establish networks capable of leading efforts to train additional civil society groups throughout the country. Participating organizations will be chosen to ensure geographic, ethnic, and gender diversity.

Iraqi al-Firdaws Society
$30,400*
To promote national reconciliation among Iraqi citizens in Basra province. The Iraqi Alfirdaws Society will conduct 48 interactive seminars, reaching out to over 2,000 concerned citizens, and will design and print 5,000 leaflets to conduct an awareness-raising campaign to mobilize public support for national reconciliation efforts.

Iraqi Future Foundation (IFF)
$74,000*
To promote citizen participation in the democratic and civic processes through traditional social structures in Al Anbar province, with the immediate goal of supporting reconciliation and conflict resolution activities. IFF will work closely with local leaders to promote democracy, help reconcile the political gap, and resolve inter- and intra-ethnic conflict in Iraq, and specifically in Al Anbar province.

Iraqi Human Rights Organization (IHRO)
$33,000*
To monitor, document, and report on human rights violations. IHRO will organize extensive trainings for human rights activists, lawyers, journalists, and law students in Baghdad. IHRO will also organize weekly visits to prisons throughout the country to document, monitor, and report on human rights violations taking place in government facilities.

Iraqi Human Rights Watch Society (IHRWS)
$25,000*
To raise awareness among residents of Karbala to the extent of corruption in public institutions and the need to fight it. IHRWS will raise public awareness of the need to support anti-corruption efforts and establish mechanisms through advocacy and dissemination of information in Karbala province. IHRWS also seeks to build and train a core group of activists on combating corruption.

Iraqi Organization for Human Rights Coordination (IOHRC)
$51,000
To raise public awareness of the anticipated constitutional amendment process and encourage citizen participation. IOHRC will draft, print, and distribute a pamphlet outlining the most likely proposed constitutional amendments and their potential impact. IOHRC will also conduct workshops in central and south-central Iraq to solicit opinions on the constitutional amendment process which will be communicated to parliament’s constitutional amendment committee, related ministries, and government agencies .

Iraqi Organization for Preparing Young Leaders (IOPYL)
$35,000*
To establish a training center for cultivating young leaders in active civic roles. IOPYL will conduct a year-long series of three courses on leadership skills, public speaking, and communication skills. The courses will target young leaders in districts within the city of Baghdad.

Iraqi Youth Association for Peace (IYA)
$34,200*
To educate young people from cities marred by violence on civic activism as an alternative to political violence. IYA will conduct 40 workshops for youth in Baghdad. IYA will conclude its program by organizing a national conference bringing together civil society players from various governorates to discuss the issue of violence and how it is best addressed at the national level.

Journalism Gifts
$30,000
To identify obstacles faced by journalists and draft a new national press law to remedy them. Journalism Gifts will organize workshops for local journalists, design a website to solicit discussion and suggestions, and launch a media campaign. Participants will produce a draft law and launch an advocacy campaign to rally support for the project ahead of the final draft law’s submittal to parliament.

Kurdish Institute for Elections (KIE)
$40,000*
To support civil society efforts to monitor and inform Iraqi citizens in Sulaimaniyya, Irbil, and Dohuk of their rights in the legislative process. KIE will establish a legal observation unit to conduct monthly monitoring of the Kurdish National Assembly’s legislative activities and provide analysis, reporting, and media outreach to increase public awareness around four major laws regarding associations, polygamy, anti-corruption, and the press.

Love and Peace Society (LPS)
$32,600*
To educate internally displaced persons and local residents in Dhiqar province on alternatives to violence and sectarianism. LPS will conduct a series of 32 training workshops and train women participants on basic computer skills and access to information on the internet

Nahrain Electronic Encyclopedia
$55,000*
To provide Iraqis with credible news on political developments in the country. Nahrain Electronic Encyclopedia will continue to develop and expand the collection and dissemination of information through its website. Nahrain Electronic Encyclopedia will also develop a network of young reporters and contributors.

Organization for a Model Iraqi Society (OMIS)
$44,000*
To support civil society efforts to develop strategies for a transitional justice process in Iraq. OMIS will train a cadre of nine trainers on transitional justice and strategic planning. OMIS will also organize three workshops each in Baghdad, Basra, and Kirkuk for 35 human rights activists, legal experts, and civil society representatives to develop policy recommendations and advocacy plans targeting government, civil society, and the legal sector.

People in Need (PIN)
$140,200*
To promote a better understanding among community players in southern Iraq of the basis, concepts, and methods of conflict resolution. PIN will conduct a survey among students in southern provinces of Missan, Basra, and Thiqar; organize an extensive training workshop in Amman for core southern NGOs; conduct a series of local workshops among university students, and hold meetings bring together major community players.

South Organization for Constitutional Research and Human Rights (SOCRHR)
$20,000*
To raise awareness among Iraqi citizens of constitutional articles, forms, and modalities of federalism. SOCRHR will conduct constitutional awareness seminars for 9,600 citizens in four southern Iraqi provinces on federalism within the Iraqi constitution. SOCHRHR will also conduct an informal survey of public awareness and preferences for modalities and forms of implementation of federalism to be distributed in a report to Iraqi law makers.

Southern Youth Organization (SYO)
$30,000*
To enhance institutional capacity of newly founded NGOs in Dhiqar province. SYO will conduct capacity-building training sessionsthroughout Dhiqar province for 50 NGOs .

Student League for Human Rights (SLHR)
$43,000
To promote the engagement of Iraqi youth in the national reconciliation process (NRP). SLHR will launch a youth campaign in support of the NRP, including a poster and petition awareness campaign; ten radio programs targeting young people in central, southern and northern Iraqi governorates; and six youth conferences. SLHR will also establish a website and conduct 24 capacity building workshops for 720 activists from seven universities.

Sufara’a Al-Taf
$39,000*
To build organizational capacity of emerging NGOs in Babel province. Sufara’a Al-Taf will conduct a capacity building program to train 240 staff and civil society activists from 60 NGOs in Babel , Wasit, and Diwaniyya provinces on basic planning skills. Sufara’a Al-Taf will also encourage networking and coordination among these NGOs.

Women and Child Rights Center (WCRC)
$28,000
To raise awareness about the role of women in public life. WCRC will conduct surveys among the general public and produce 30 radio programs and 15 television debates to educate women activists in Diwaniyya, Hilla, Kut, Najaf, and Karbala on the importance of using media as a communication tool for advocacy campaigns.

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Jordan

American Center for International Labor Solidarity
$400,773
To develop trade union organizing capacity, build quality education programs, and increase access to information about workers rights in Jordan. The Solidarity Center will work with Jordanian unions to improve communication between unions and their members; increase the capacity of unions to deliver quality educational programs; and develop the organizing capacity of trade unions in order to expand their grassroots base and promote participation from union members.

AmmanNet
$57,300
To raise public awareness of the functions of parliament and parliamentarians. AmmanNet will follow and report on the campaigns of candidates in five voting districts. It will also report on parliamentary activities through a weekly FM radio program, regular news reports, and updates to its website that profiles MPs and their voting records.

Baqa’a Women’s Cooperative Association (BWCA)
$22,000
To spread awareness of human rights, women’s rights and democracy, and enhance the empowerment of women in the Baqa’a refugee camp. BWCA will plan and conduct two 30-minute plays on women’s rights and democracy. Each play will be repeated six times at community centers throughout the Baqa’a camp and be followed by 35-minute discussion.

Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
$157,865
To provide technical guidance and financial support to al-Quds Center for Political Studies and raise the economic awareness of Jordanian political parties. Al-Quds will create a local policy forum to lead two workshops on developing an effective economic platform; develop a guide on formulating economic policies, and hold four workshops on raising awareness of the Jordanian economic, social, and legislative environment, and conduct a survey on women in the labor market and business sector.

Jordanian Center for Civic Education Studies (JCCES)
$31,000
To raise civic awareness and participation among university students and build a core group of peer civic educators. JCCES will conduct a civic education program at the University of Jordan in Amman and at Mu’tah University in Kerak. The course will be based on a training module that JCCES customized for university students in Jordan with previous NED support.

Mleih Young Women's Association
$25,000
To conduct a women’s empowerment program in the Madaba region of Jordan. The Association will conduct training courses on women’s rights, workshops on women’s social rights, and seminars on women’s legal rights as based on international convention and domestic legislation.

Land and Human to Advocate Progress (LHAP)
$25,000
To raise civic awareness in rural Jordan through students’ development of and participation in a regional parliament. LHAP will work with all 30 secondary schools in Bani Kenanah to launch the Provincial Schools Parliament, a body comprised of 110 student representatives who will meet regularly as a group and send representatives to and report on the region’s Executive Council sessions.

National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI)
$113,168
To strengthen grassroots input into key political issues and facilitate the mobilization of citizens in the decision-making process. NDI will work with al-Mashreq al-Jadid for Studies and Research to conduct focus groups at international standards and effectively manage the research facility. NDI will also assist al-Mashreq al-Jadid to develop a business plan that will allow it to become an independent entity.

Sisterhood is Global Institute/Jordan
$50,000
To promote women’s rights in Jordan. The Institute will hold workshops on citizenship rights, legal knowledge, parliamentary issues, and national strategies. The workshops will reach at least 300 rural women and Amman-based women’s activists.

al-Urdun al-Jadid Research Center (UJRC)
$35,800
To strengthen the role of civil society institutions in oversight, reform, decision making, and development of policy recommendations. UJRC will hold nine workshops for NGO activists and government officials on empowering civil society. The proceedings and recommendations will be published and distributed in three reports to civil society activists and policymakers.

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Kuwait

International Republican Institute (IRI)
$265,000
To advance public policy debate and issue advocacy within Kuwaiti society. In cooperation with the Kuwait Economic Society (KES), IRI will conduct three public opinion polls to measure constituent priorities, assess job performance of elected officials, and increase capacity of local partners to conduct public opinion research. IRI and KES will also hold training sessions for political associations, women’s groups, civil society, and the public on using public opinion research for advocacy and political campaigning.

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Lebanon

Arab Group for Christian Muslim Dialogue
$27,000
To promote debate and discussion on national reconciliation and the future of Lebanon with an array of Christian and Muslim parties. AGCMD will lead four one-day seminars around the country on the future of Lebanon and a one-day national dialogue to reach agreement on recommendations for decision makers on national reconciliation.

Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
$133,830
To work with the Lebanese Transparency Association to aid promising businesses to successfully implement a small- and medium-sized enterprise code. They will also develop, disseminate and promote the adoption of a corporate governance code for listed companies.

Development for People and Nature Association (DPNA)
$35,000
To promote greater youth engagement with political parties. DPNA will develop a 50-page manual, Youth and Political Parties, Democracy and Active Participation, through the assistance of a local researcher and feedback from 10 focus groups. DPNA will use the guide to train 30 social and political activists who will roll out the guide to a larger audience the following year.

Justice Without Frontiers (JWF)
$30,000
To raise awareness among lawyers about the needs of victims of human rights violations, support the development of active human rights organizations, and promote cooperation between these organizations and lawyers on the rule of law. JWF will lead three one-day trainings for 50 attorneys on legal protection and defense for human rights victims in Lebanon. The center will work through this network of attorneys to provide pro bono legal assistance to victims.

Lebanese Association for Cultural and Artistic Exchange
$25,000*
To re-launch its website as a platform for moderate voices, particularly from Lebanon’s marginalized Shia’ community. The Association’s website will promote public debates and networking of marginalized democrats and activists.

Lebanese Center for Active Citizenship (LCAC)
$25,000
To promote freedom of expression among young people in North Lebanon. LCAC will continue its bi-monthly news publication, al-Muwaten, which was designed to draw community interest in local politics and participation.

Lebanese Foundation for Permanent Civil Peace
$42,000
To develop and launch a socioeconomic monitor group of ten political scientists, lawyers, and journalists. The group will monitor and analyze the state of socio-economic rights in Lebanon, publish its findings in 15 reports, debate them in seminars and workshops, and accordingly advocate new legislations.

National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
$350,000
To strengthen the capacity of Lebanese civil organizations to advocate for national and municipal political change and implement political participation programs, facilitate the translation and distribution of training materials throughout the region, and encourage exchanges throughout the region to share best practices with local partners and further their advocacy and reform efforts.

Rural Women and Development
$22,000
To promote women’s empowerment in rural areas. Rural Women and Development will conduct awareness raising sessions for women in Ksar Naba and four surrounding villages.

Sho'oun Janoubiyeh (SI)
$63,000*
To strengthen a network of journalists who address developments in southern Lebanon. SI will publish 12 issues of its monthly publication, Sho’oun Janoubiyya. The magazine encourages understanding, provides the forum for a wide array of citizens to express their opinions on issues related to development, and fosters debate among citizens living in southern Lebanon as well as with their elected and appointed leaders.

Philanthropic Amlieh Association (PAA)
$99,980
To raise human and women rights awareness among Lebanese Shia’ communities. PAA will integrate its human rights education curriculum in a cross-section of Lebanese schools and reach new constituents through partnerships with community-based organizations in Beirut, southern Lebanon, and northern Lebanon.

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Libya

Akhbar Libya Cultural Foundation (ALCF)
$69,000
To maintain its Arabic news-oriented website. ALCF will further develop its Arabic website and expand its network of correspondents and writers inside and outside Libya in order to provide Libyans with accurate information on political, economic, and social issues in Libya ALCF will also create an English section of their website in order to reach a wider international audience and provide it with an insider image of Libyan realities.

The Libya Human and Political Development Forum (LHPDF)
$54,000
To continue drawing attention to political and human rights conditions in Libya and providing forums through which Libyans inside and outside Libya can respond to these conditions. LHPDF will maintain its Arabic website; conceptualize, produce and distribute 2,000 copies of an annual report on democratic developments in Libya in Arabic and English; and produce and distribute two issues of the Arabic journal, The Libyan Forum.

Transparency Libya (TL)
$45,000
To maintain its bilingual anti-corruption website dealing with issues of corruption and mismanagement in Libya. TL will conduct a survey on political opposition, pluralism, and transparency; organize a two-day roundtable discussion for 20 Libyan activists on issues related to corruption in Libya; and publish its 2007 report on transparency in Libya, post it on the website, and distribute 500 copies to Libyans in exile.

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Morocco

El Amane Association for the Development of Women (AEDF)
$27,200*
To conduct an NGO capacity-building program and a women’s rights awareness campaign for young people in the slums of Marrakesh. AEDF will conduct three three-day workshops for 10 development organizations and 32 bi-monthly women’s rights workshops for 60 high school students. AEDF will also develop a resource library on human rights and democracy for youth and local groups, including an audiovisual section for illiterate women.

Association Boujad for Sustainable Development (BDD)
$33,000
To maintain its local NGO capacity building program in Boujad. BDD will mobilize and assist 15 local organizations to conduct a series of awareness raising activities targeting 40 young people each, organize these local groups into a citizen democracy network, and provide the groups with a three-day training workshop. The organizations will then jointly conduct youth seminars on democracy, civic education, and citizenship values.

Association Ennakhil for Women and the Child
$46,000
To continue its local NGO capacity-building program. Ennakhil will conduct eight NGOs capacity-building workshops in five rural communes in Marrakesh. Ennakhil will assist local groups to create working committees within the targeted communes to identify needs, develop and implement projects, and monitor community projects. Ennakhil will conduct a two-day seminar for the groups in the targeted communes to exchange experiences and assess progress.

The Center for the Rights of the People (CDG)
$31,700*
To conduct four three-day training workshops to train 30 human rights activists on strategic planning, project management, documentation of human rights violations, and advocacy skills and strategies. CDG will also establish and run a human rights and civic education resource library in Fez to meet the needs of local activists and university students. The library will provide documentation, information, and training materials.

The Center for Studies and Research (CERH)
$39,500
To maintain its youth democracy education program. CERH will organize two two-day training workshops on project management for 30 of its members, five one-day workshops targeting 30 university students on Morocco’s democratization prospects, three conferences on Morocco’s democratic change, and three half-day workshops on decentralization. CERH will post on its website the events’ proceedings and report them in its quarterly Arabic language journal, Rihanat (Stakes).

The Forum of Initiatives on Communication, Information, and Documentation (CICID)
$34,100*
To train a group of 40 activists from its network and other local associations through nine two-day capacity building workshops and support its members to carry out awareness raising activities on human rights and civic education. CICID will also develop and launch its website, offer technical support to local groups, and act as a local forum for coordination and exchange of experiences for local NGOs.

Moroccan Women's Alliance for Development and Training (MWADAT)
$51,600
To raise legal literacy among women, enable women to protect their rights under the family law, raise awareness of womens’ rights among young people, and encourage youth involvement in the democratization process. MWADAT will maintain and develop its women’s center in Tetouan and extend its legal literacy and awareness raising activities to the Ashkarad center, the community of Al-Hamra, and the Beni Hassan countryside.

Moroccan Association for Development and Solidarity (AMDS)
$38,800
To maintain its NGO capacity-building program on women’s legal education. AMDS will conduct a field study on women’s groups in Agadir; conduct four three-day training workshops for legal counselors on civic education, advocacy, and women’s rights; partner with a local women’s network to conduct two one-day legal education sessions; and hold two one-day monitoring and self evaluation seminars.

Moroccan Association for Schools as Instruments of Peace (AMEIP)
$38,500
To continue its civic education program for teachers and students to include three-day workshops for ten groups of students, an eight-month course for 32 youth educators, a five-day training workshop for youth leaders, and a five-day training workshop on civic education for 50 high school teachers. AMEIP will support 10 high schools’ human rights clubs and conduct a five-day training workshop for 20 club facilitators.

Moroccan Belgian Forum (MBF)
$31,600
To conduct an NGO capacity-building program. MBF will organize training workshops for its staff on legal counseling and communication; training workshops for 15 women’s rights activists on administrative and financial management; women’s rights awareness raising campaigns in two rural communes in Taroudent; and public conferences on women’s right for 50 local activists, journalists, and elected officials.

The Moroccan Forum for Truth and Justice (MFTJ)
$36,800
To conduct an advocacy program to follow up on recommendations from the Equity and Reconciliation Committee. MFTJ will conduct two one-day seminars on the recommendations for 40 stakeholders, including judges, political leaders, and academics; hold two one-day conferences on the role of civil society as part of the follow-up to the recommendations; conduct three one-day capacity building workshops for civic activists; and train civil society activists on advocacy and communication skills.

National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI)
$275,094
To enhance voter education efforts in Morocco. NDI will work with local partners to develop and distribute civic education resources in every wilaya (state) in Morocco. NDI will partner with Scholastic, Inc., and utilize the NED-supported People’s Mirror Research Center to produce materials for distribution to 14 to18 year olds for take-home use. NDI will partner with the Women’s MP Network to develop and disseminate materials educating voters on successes women have had as legislators.

The Network of Associations for Participatory Development (RADEP)
$30,100
To continue its local democracy program in Meknes and assist local organizations in setting agendas and coordinating with local government. RADEP will hold three two-day NGOs training workshops on institutional skills, organize three half-day coordination roundtables for local activists, conduct three one-day training workshops for local government representatives on good governance, and organize three half-day roundtable discussions for civil society and local government on local democracy.

Voluntary and Cultural Action Association (VCAA)
$40,700
To maintain its youth civic education program in the Sidi Moumen slums in Casablanca. VCAA will conduct three two-day NGOs capacity-building workshops; hold two half-day seminars on local democracy and election monitoring, and conduct four one-day workshops on civic education and political participation. VCAA will offer young people courses on civic and political participation and involve them in human rights and democracy activities.

Women's Action Union (UAF-Casablanca)
$47,900*
To strengthen the capacity of UAF-Casablanca to advocate against violence against women and in support of laws criminalizing gender-based violence. The Union will raise legal awareness among women about their legal rights under the new family code. The Union will also monitor and document cases of violence against women and conduct workshops and campaigns to spread awareness about women’s rights among decision makers, civil society, and the media.

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Saudi Arabia

National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI)
$75,000
To strengthen municipal councils, provide reform-minded Saudis with resources and opportunities to share experiences of democratic reform, and develop a long-term strategy for encouraging political reform in Saudi Arabia. NDI will conduct in-country meetings with the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs (MMRA), conduct leadership training workshops for 15 Saudi municipal councilors, and help organize a strategic planning session between municipal councilors and the Council of Saudi Chambers of Commerce and Industry.

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Syria

In FY 2007, the Endowment made seven grants for democracy-building programs in Syria, totaling $292,800. These grants were in the following fields:

NGO Development and Training
$217,600
To build the capacity of civil society organizations in Syria. Organizations provided training on administrative and project management skills, mentored local organizations on project implementation, developed collective campaigns among diverse groups, and pursued government monitoring.

Human Rights
$75,200
To promote a human rights culture within Syria. Organizations strengthened their human rights monitoring and documentation efforts and reporting through regular reports.

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Tunisia

Al-Jahedh Forum for Free Thought (AJFFT)
$45,000
To promote a general cultural of democracy and citizenship in Tunisia, in particular among the young people. AJFFT will lead 30 open seminars, coordinate a youth cultural festival, conduct three capacity-building workshops, establish an adolescent youth forum, and undertake research and translation on democratic issues focused on the relationship between Islam and democracy.

Arab Institute for Human Rights (AIHR)
$43,900
To strengthen the capacity of Tunisian educators to promote democracy and civic values and to educate Tunisian students on democracy and citizenship. In close partnership with the informal Tunisian branch of the Arab Network for Civic Education (Civitas/Tunisia), AIHR will build a core group of trainers to train teachers and school inspectors on civic education methods and training tools and introduce civic education in primary schools.

Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
$175,818
To institutionalize corporate governance in Tunisia. The Institute of Arab Chiefs of Enterprise (IACE), IPE’s partner, will conduct an assessment survey on best-practice standards in corporate governance among Tunisian companies; conduct a series of focus group discussions to analyze the results of the survey; and develop guidelines for Tunisian managers to implement corporate governance standards. These guidelines will be discussed and evaluated in a national forum. IACE will then produce and disseminate a manual capturing the guidelines and case studies.

The Mohamed Ali Center for Research, Studies, and Training (CEMAREF)
$38,500
To train a new generation of young civic activists and encourage their participation in democracy programs in order to revitalize Tunisian civil society and encourage youth involvement in civic action. CEMAREF will train 50 male and female activists, aged 20 to 40, on leadership skills and empowered decision-making and continue working with the trained activists through onsite visits to their respective organizations.

Moroccan Organization for Human Rights (OMDH)
$60,000
To strengthen a group of young Tunisian attorneys as they mobilize citizens on reform issues. OMDH will train a group of 20 Tunisian lawyers on civil mobilization, and supervise and mentor them as they implement their own mobilization projects.

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Turkey

Association of Monitoring Parliamentarians and Selected Officials (Tumikom)
$99,100
To promote accountability and transparency in the Turkish parliament. Tumikom will produce and distribute its Fourth National Report on activities of the parliamentarians in addition to a report on the extent to which the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and other parties in the parliament have kept their pre-election promises. Tumikom will also monitor and coordinate the work of its 36 local branches across the country.

Association of Southeastern Industrialists and Businessmen (GUNSIAD)
$40,500
To strengthen the capacity of civil society groups and NGOs in southeastern Turkey. GUNSIAD will conduct two ten-day seminars on NGO management for 200 NGO leaders and civil society groups in Diyarbakir and Mardin provinces; conduct follow-up visits to monitor their progress and offer on-demand direct assistance; and produce and distribute 400 copies of booklets on project management, communication, and conflict resolution.

Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
$112,794
To build Turkish business associations’ capacity to advocate constituencies’ interests and better provide member services, and to contribute to a more integrated independent business association community throughout Turkey. CIPE, in collaboration with Economists Platform, will develop an on-line business association resource center specific to Turkey and its business community. They will also hold a five-day business association management workshop for executive officers of 30 Turkish business associations.

Foundation for Anatolian Folklore and Culture (FAFC)
$59,500
To promote reform of the press and penal codes to guarantee freedom of expression and to increase public awareness of the legal barriers to freedom of expression. FAFC will develop and support 24 working groups that will each produce a list of proposed legal recommendations. FAFC will use these proposals to develop a joint declaration on legal reform and freedom of expression.

Flying Broom
$52,900
To raise gender awareness and promote women’s rights among public sector employees and to initiate a dialogue and strengthen cooperation between public sector institutions and women’s rights organizations. Flying Broom will conduct a workshop on women’s rights for public sector employees and will work with the participants to develop working groups that will conduct trainings and facilitate dialogue between the NGO sector and public institutions.

Freedom of Expression Association (FEA)
$46,000
To raise public awareness of the right to information and promote the implementation of the access to information law . FEA will conduct a workshop on access to information law; conduct 24 training sessions on content and the application of this law; extend its application centers on accessing public information into four new provinces; and print and distribute a booklet on the access to information law.

Human Rights Agenda Association (HRAA)
$52,000
To promote an understanding of the need to incorporate principles of human rights in the Turkish legal system. HRAA will conduct two workshops on the European Convention on Human Rights for 50 lawyers from eight provinces. It will also organize eight follow-up roundtable discussions to assess the impact of the workshops and reach out to other lawyers and human rights defenders.

International Republican Institute (IRI)
$700,000
To enhance campaign skills of parliament candidates, promote engagement among Turkey’s young people, and to expand the capacity for dialogue among US, European, and Turkish opinion leaders. IRI will conduct a campaign skills training for candidates of the parliamentary election; hold a youth essay contest whose winners will attend IRI’s Youth Leadership Academy; organize five roundtable discussions on Turkey’s relationship with the world; and conduct an opinion poll and focus groups among young people.

Organization for Research and Dissemination of Economic and Social Issues ( GAYA)
$45,000
To raise awareness of women’s rights and role of women in political processes and to promote women’s empowerment and strengthen their socioeconomic skills. GAYA will conduct three six-month training courses on women’s rights for 150 women activists in rural areas and women migrants in shanty towns in the three provinces of Samsun (Black Sea region), Eskisehir (eastern Turkey), and Nevesehir (central Turkey).

National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI)
$390,000
To strengthen and broaden citizen engagement in politics and to build the capacity of parliament, political parties, and local government to better reach out to and represent citizens. Through training seminars and consultations, NDI will help NGOs develop their organizational capacity as well as their advocacy skills to assist them in their respective efforts to increase citizen participation in politics, and establish precedents for government responsiveness, transparency, and accountability.

Women's Solidarity Foundation (KADAV)
$37,000
To raise awareness of women’s rights among women and civil servants and combat violence against women. KADAV will provide legal aid to victims of domestic violence, conduct 18 seminars on women’s rights (10 for the victims of violence against women and 8 for civil servants and law enforcement agencies), and produce and distribute 3,000 copies of brochures and flyers on its legal services and seminars and promoting women’s rights.

Young Leaders of Anatolia Association (AGL)
$45,100
To raise awareness of democratic values and the need for greater participation in public life among young people . AGL will conduct a summer school on participatory democracy for 40 young people. It will work with each participant to conduct democracy-related seminars in their respective universities and write an essay about democracy in Turkey. Best essays will be published and distributed to universities, NGOs, media, and political parties.

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West Bank and Gaza Strip

American Center for International Labor Solidarity
$29,957
To support the development of independent, democratic union as one of the key voices in civil society promoting both worker rights and economic development. The Solidarity Center will continue to provide guidance to the PGFTU as it works to develop strong sector unions at the national and district levels, conduct policy around the issue of job creation and employment policies, and promote active member communication, participation and mobilization.

American Center for International Labor Solidarity
$350,000
To strengthen the capacity of the PFGTU to become an important voice for working families and unemployed. The Solidarity Center will support the strengthening of sector unions at national and local levels, help the PGFTU build its capacity as a lead voice for job creation and workers rights, and assist the PGFTU in promoting member participation, mobilization, and education.

Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
$82,615
To work with the Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information (IPCRI) to support the establishment of the Israeli-Palestinian Business Development Forum. CIPE and IPCRI will develop two guides in Arabic and Hebrew on how to do business from one territory to another, and hold two advocacy and confidence-building conferences.

Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
$87,948
To enhance the role of women entrepreneurs in Palestinian civil society. CIPE will support the Business Women’s Forum to hold two one-day informative conferences on the role of the private sector in civil society, two one-day workshops on effective leadership, and four day-long seminars to build upon women’s expertise as entrepreneurs.

Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
$99,988
To establish a greater respect for transparency, accountability, and ethics in the Palestinian private sector, and generate a greater awareness of equitable governance and ethical business behavior amongst university students. CIPE will work with the Center for Private Sector Development to draft good corporate governance and ethics codes with attendant explanatory materials, develop policy papers on market access and competitiveness, and review and revise Arabic-language materials on good governance and ethics for university students’ use.

Civitas Institute
$30,000*
To strengthen citizen participation in local politics in Gaza. Civitas will provide 66 independent neighborhood committees with advocacy and leadership skills to strengthen their oversight to and engagement with their corresponding local councils.

al-Dameer Association for Human Rights
$28,000
To promote a culture of human rights in the Gaza Strip through the conduct of a human rights training program for university students and school teachers. In doing this, it will establish a Friends of al-Dameer support club, publish four issues of its newsletter, and develop three training manuals.

Filastiniyat
$30,000
To enhance freedom of expression and strengthen the role of women in local Palestinian media. Filastiniyat will lead five two-day trainings for women on media skills throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and then conduct two two-day strategic planning meetings to chart a three-year action plan for incorporating more women’s voices into Palestinian media.

General Union of Cultural Centers (GUCC)
$30,500
To enable youth organizations to advocate accountability and draft a youth law. GUCC will provide advocacy training to representatives of 30 youth centers and work through them to lead workshops on a draft youth law. GUCC will use the findings of these workshops to lead a public information and advocacy campaign to modify an existing draft law.

Holy Land Trust (HLT)
$35,000*
To strengthen the practice of nonviolent conflict resolution. HLT will provide advanced training to 14 nonviolence trainers on conflict management and nonviolence and lead seven four-day training courses on conflict analysis and understanding in isolated areas of the West Bank.

Jerusalem Center for Women (JCW)
$35,000*
To strengthen women’s public participation. JCW will conduct regular, progressive training for 20 women activists with an emphasis on preparation for presenting conferences, responding to audience questions, participating in interviews, and facilitating peer feedback in these sessions. The training will conclude with a model conference.

Ma'an Network
$40,000
To expand freedom of information by strengthening a network of local radio stations that develop and broadcast professional independent programming. Ma’an will coordinate the work of 10 member radio stations to develop, produce, and broadcast 40 weekly news and information programs that will be aired live and incorporate call-in feedback.

Musawa / The Palestinian Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and Legal Profession
$51,750
To strengthen the capacity of locally-based groups of lawyers and law students to become legal educators of local populations. Musawa will lead four training-of-trainers courses in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip for attorneys and deploy them as local legal educators who will lead public seminars on human rights, the rule of law, good governance, democracy, and tools for activating and increasing public participation.

Palestinian Center for Democracy and Conflict Resolution (PCDCR)
$79,900
To fortify the principle of national reconciliation among various sectors of the Palestinian population within the West Bank and Gaza Strip. PCDCR will form, launch, and coordinate a 30-member committee for national reconciliation to serve as the organizing force of three advocacy campaigns for national reconciliation from its Nablus, Hebron, and Gaza offices.

Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR)
$32,000*
To empirically assess Palestinian democracy. PSR will conduct a public opinion poll and publish and distribute its 2007Democracy Index as part of its multi-year effort to measure Palestinian democracy.

Palestinian Commission for Refugees Rights Protection (PCRP)
$25,000
To develop leadership skills of young men and women, raise community awareness of civil and political rights, promote small business projects, and highlight conditions facing refugees. PCRP will train a core group of 10 moderate student leaders in Gaza and conduct 60 public meetings to enhance citizen interaction with and oversight of their elected representatives.

Palestinian Center for Democracy and Conflict Resolution (PCDCR)
$75,000
Reprogramming of 2006 funds
To enhance Palestinians’ nonviolent conflict resolution skills. PCDCR will strengthen police officers’ ability to protect human rights, strengthen community cooperation and communication, and prepare a national reconciliation campaign among various sectors of the Palestinian population within the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Palestinian Commission for Human Development (PCHD)
$25,500
To promote citizen oversight and public accountability of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC). PCHD will work through five advocacy groups that largely represent women and youth NGOs to raise awareness of PLC duties and activities and promote citizen involvement in its decision making. PCHD will have on-site monitoring of PLC meeting sessions, issue monthly “Report Cards” on the PLC’s performance, and organize 50 workshops for public awareness and debate on this performance.

Women's Affairs Technical Committee (WATC)
$39,000
To expand its women’s empowerment program in the underserved region of Jenin. WATC will provide advanced leadership training to 80 women who are active participants in WATC’s Sanabel network of rural women.

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Yemen

Al Sada Women’s Association
$20,000
To enhance the capacity of women’s organizations in rural areas of Mahweet and Hodeidah to conduct women’s rights education and awareness programs. Al Sada will conduct a women’s rights and empowerment skills training program for eight women’s organizations in rural areas of Mahweet and Hodeidah and help facilitate implementation of their training in independent awareness-raising activities in their respective local communities.

Article 19
$86,463
To strengthen the legal framework protecting media freedom in Yemen and promote media gender sensitivity. ARTICLE 19 will work with the 25 member Media Law Working Group to develop an advocacy campaign in support of its legislative reform agenda. ARTICLE 19 will also train 10 local journalists to conduct media gender sensitivity monitoring and conduct a training-of-trainers program on gender-sensitive reporting for 14 media representatives.

Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
$77,450
To enhance the capacity of Yemeni economic journalists to provide quality reporting and information on economic issues, and to cultivate a network of economic journalists. CIPE will support the Yemen Female Media Forum (YFMF) to conduct a six month technical and professional training for 30 Yemeni economic journalists. In addition, YFMF compile a directory of economic journalists, establish a website to connect, expand and inform the network, and issue a monthly bulletin to disseminate economic information.

Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
$89,219
To enable private sector organizations in Yemen to assess, analyze, and advocate for constituent needs and policy priorities. CIPE will partner with the Yemeni Polling Center members from each of the five largest chambers of commerce in Yemen on survey design, implementation, and analysis for use of poll results. The trainings will educate participants on how poll results can be a basis for formulating local and national business agendas, and how to advocate effectively among policymakers.

Civic Development Foundation (CDF)
$28,000
To conduct a capacity-building and educational training course for 60 active youth representatives of leading Yemeni political parties to enhance their ability to play a more active role in political life. CDF will conduct a ten-month series of ten-day long courses consisting of theoretical and practical training to enhance their skills and understanding of leadership, democracy, human rights, and techniques for advancing youth roles in political participation.

Civic Democratic Initiatives Support Foundation (CDF)
$58,000*
To conduct a capacity-building and awareness program targeting Yemeni citizens and newly elected local council members in rural districts. CDF will train 400 local council members from 100 rural districts on cooperative and participatory planning, budgeting, transparency, and accountability. CDF will also conduct a citizen awareness campaign through radio programs and citizen dialogues with local council members in Taiz, Say’oon, Al Mokala, Hajjah, Al Hudaidah, and Aden.

Democracy School
$34,000
To enable Yemeni youth leaders to play an active role in civil society reform and advocacy efforts. Democracy School will conduct a six-day training program for its 110 member Youth Council, made up of 10 policy focused committees. Participants will receive advanced training on strategic planning, project management, advocacy, and communication strategies to advance their respective committee agendas and meet twice for Youth Council sessions in February and July 2008.

National Institution for Defending Human Rights (HOOD)
$47,000
To build a cadre of qualified human rights defenders to lead local efforts in five major Yemeni provinces. HOOD will conduct an intensive advanced human rights capacity building program for 40 lawyers, activists, and journalists from Ibb, Hadramawt, Dhammar, Hodeideh, and Sana’a. HOOD will facilitate the formation of these groups into Legal Assistance Groups (LAG)’s to conduct monitoring and following up on local human rights violations.

National Organization for Developing Society (NODS)
$35,000*
To provide local imams and women religious teachers ( murshidaat) in Taiz, Lahj, Al Dali’, Ibb, Aden, and Hudaidah with democracy, human rights and communication skills. NODS will train 12 imams and eight murshidaat on democracy, human rights, and interpretive methodologies for their application within an Islamic framework. Participants will then train 100 of their counterparts in five additional southern Yemeni governorates.

Sister’s Arab Forum for Human Rights (SAF)
$43,500
To lead a unified national campaign in support for women’s political participation and candidates in the 2009 parliamentary elections. SAF will initiate a network of 30 representatives of leading women’s groups, NGOs, journalists, and lawyers to hold a series of advocacy meetings with leading political party representatives and religious leaders, conduct a public awareness campaign exposing challenges to women candidates, and lobby for legislative electoral reform.

Yemeni Center for Human Rights Studies
$21,050
To enhance political awareness and dialogue among young people in Aden in southern Yemen. The Yemen Center for Human Rights Studies will establish a Youth House—a local center that will provide 32 bi-weekly open seminars, workshops, and lectures on a range of democracy and human rights related topics for 320 local youth participants. The Center will also develop and produce nine monthly issues of a youth-run newsletter.

Yemen Polling Center (YPC)
$60,000*
To continue to provide scientific polling and research on important social, economic and political challenges facing Yemen. YPC will conduct two public opinion polls gauging awareness and driving factors of the policy making process and institutions in Yemen, at the governmental and public levels. The results will be analyzed, published, and announced through two conferences held in May and August 2007 and on its website

Yemeni Observatory for Human Rights (YOHR)
$54,000
To promote public and governmental awareness of human rights and democratic reform conditions in Yemen. YOHR will conduct a year-long observation program in 10 major provinces. YOHR will also commission 25 researchers and experts to produce reports on the status of democracy and human rights in seven critical sectors to be published in its third annual human rights report.

Youth Leadership Development Foundation (YLDF)
$44,000
To enable nascent Yemeni NGOs in Aden and Hodeideh provinces to play more effective roles in advancing human rights. YLDF will conduct an NGO Skills Development Program in human rights for 20 NGOs in Hodeideh and Aden, two major Yemeni provinces, and select one NGO from each province to receive mentoring, financial support, and advanced program training from YLDF to implement pilot human rights awareness projects in their communities.

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Arab Maghreb Regional

American Center for International Labor Solidarity
$100,001
To promote the empowerment of grassroots union activists, along with their development of cultural identity and freedom of expression. The Solidarity Center will establish and support Maghreb-wide networks of worker activists in strategic private sector industries and crisis-prone public sector services. The Solidarity Center will also support women and young people in claiming their space within the union movement; assuming local, national and regional roles of responsibility; and developing a positive vision of work and employment in the region.

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Gulf Regional

Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
$169,584
To identify, engage, and assess Gulf regional private sector civil society organizations that can serve as a foundation for CIPE’s future activities in the region. CIPE will conduct assessment visits to existing national and regional institutions in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, UAE, and Oman; develop a contact list; and conduct meetings to develop a directory and analysis of regional priorities and needs.

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Regional

American Center for International Labor Solidarity
$211,920
To facilitate worker organizations in Jordan and Bahrain in advocating for workers rights through an efficient monitoring and reporting system. The Solidarity Center will work with the International Trade Union Confederation and the International Transport Federation to build the awareness and skills of transportation sector union leaders in the Middle East to deal with the impact of restructuring in the aviation and ports sectors on the labor force.

American Center for International Labor Solidarity
$637,347
To assist worker advocates the Maghreb region. The Solidarity Center will continue to support and expand the Maghreb Women’s Regional Empowerment Network; work with Global Union Federations to provide education and technical assistance to strategic industries such as textiles and railroads, as well as to public sector workers; enhance achievement of freedom of association and expression for journalists by supporting a nascent journalists network; and broaden dialogue on key social issues affecting workers through art and cultural activities.

Arab Penal Reform Organization (APRO)
$35,000
To monitor, document, and report publicly on violations of prisoners’ rights in the Arab world. APRO will hold a regional meeting for leading Arab organizations working on prisoners’ rights and penal reform, and produce its third annual report on prison conditions and the status of penal reform in the Arab world.

Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
$308,802
To enhance the quality and reach of CIPE print and online platforms. These platforms link political and economic reforms and enable stakeholders in the region through knowledge-sharing on know-how, lessons learned, and success stories that contribute to moving reforms forward. CIPE will improve its Middle East information programs by integrating its various communication platforms— print, online, and face-to-face— and managing the program to ensure its regional scope and centrality to CIPE’s other programmatic activities.

Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID)
$230,000*
To provide a platform for democrats, both Islamist and secularist, to address mutual concerns about democracy and Islam. CSID will work with a network of democrats in the region to publish and distribute ten issues of the monthly newsletter Democracy Monitor in Arabic and English on reform in the region, conduct democracy workshops in Saudi Arabia and Syria, and develop and maintain its website in Arabic and English.

Human Rights Information and Training Center (HRITC)
$92,000
To strengthen the capacity and foster the development of human rights activists and NGOs in the Gulf and Arabian Peninsula to play an active role in civil society. HRITC will conduct twoworkshops in Manama, Bahrain on human rights and democracy for two groups of 25 participants from Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE, and Kuwait, and facilitate the development of a regional activists’ network.

International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)
$120,000*
To provide journalists in the region with the resources necessary to further their skills and develop more independent and credible media organizations. ICFJ will continue enhancing its news coverage of media assistance developments, expand Arabic-language coverage of media developments, and offer two online training courses for journalists on in-depth reporting and online reporting techniques.

International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)
$65,000
To provide journalists in the Middle East and North Africa with the resources necessary for professional development. ICFJ will continue to provide its daily web-based services in Arabic and to reach out to a wider audience of Arab journalists who await access to opportunities that ICFJ can bring to them. The website covers media assistance developments in more than 100 countries in Africa, Latin America, Eastern Europe, former Soviet Union, and since 2003, the Middle East.

International Forum for Islamic Dialogue (IFID)
$99,000*
To support a forum encouraging discussion and debate among modernist Islamic thinkers, intellectuals, and scholars. IFID will continue to develop the Muslim Civic Participation project —a generic civic curriculum which conceptualizes and articulates a reformist, pluralist, humanist and modernist Islamic discourse on public life—and conduct training-of-trainers in Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Morocco, and the United Kingdom to implement its use.

KARAMAH: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights
$110,000*
To support the emergence of a culture of awareness and institutionalization of women’s rights, specifically among teenage girls so that they have the capacity to advocate for their rights. KARAMAH will hold workshops in Bahrain and Morocco to develop jurisprudential studies related to women’s rights, and proposals and strategies for legal change. It will also expand its public outreach throughout the Muslim world, primarily through use of its website.

National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI)
$198,627
To provide a platform for political leaders from Arab countries to discuss social policies and platforms in consultation with regional partners and democracy practitioners. NDI will host a roundtable discussion in Washington, D.C., and convene an international working session in Brussels for European and Arab political leaders.

National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI)
$210,725
To strengthen the ability of young women to engage in politics; expand opportunities for women to gain practical experience in parliament, political parties and civil society organizations; and create and promote an active network of young women engaged in politics. NDI will launch the Young Women’s Political Leadership program as three-week intensive training academy that is complemented by a six-month mentored internship in her home country.

National Democratic Institute (NDI)
$375,000
To promote the establishment of a permanent vehicle through which Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) legislators can organize and advocate collectively. NDI will conduct training seminars on leadership skills, communication and message development, negotiation and conflict resolution, and strategic planning for 36 GCC senior municipal council and executive leaders, and assist them in developing a draft action plan for inaugurating a municipal association for councilors and administrators at the 2008 Gulf Municipalities Conference in Doha, Qatar.

Network of Democrats in the Arab World (NDAW)
$60,000*
To raise awareness of human rights as an integral aspect of democracy among young activists in the Arab world. NDAW will spread awareness of human rights in seven Arab countries and plan and conduct seven three-day workshops targeted at young activists.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
$45,000
To conduct a one-year program to defend journalists and encourage press law reforms. RSF will monitor press freedom violations in the region, post the information weekly on its website, compile a four-language annual report, and support imprisoned and threatened journalists.

Search for Common Ground (SFCG)
$63,000
To support and strengthen voices of democrats and reformers in the Middle East and North Africa. SFCG will expand its website and facilitate exchange of ideas through the publication of 40 articles on its online newsletter “ The Common Ground News Service (CGNews)” and subsequent publication of these articles in reputable regional newspapers.

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* Indicates Department of State Funding Beyond NED's Annual Appropriation