Angola

Associacão de Jovens para o Desenvolvimento Communitário (Youth Association for Community Development) (AJDC)
$25,000
To promote civic education, reconciliation and human rights in the communities of Huambo province. AJDC will organize 40 workshops with government administrators and local stakeholders in the four districts of Huambo on human rights, democracy, elections, government, and conflict resolution. The workshops will aim to improve the receptivity of local government officials to constituent concerns and to encourage community members to hold officials accountable.

National Counseling Center (NCC)
$44,600*
To increase the free exercise of citizens' votes and their engagement in public affairs. NCC will continue to increase interaction between constituents and members of parliament through workshops; conduct its street theater civic education program; and produce radio programs and debates on human rights, gender, access to justice, and election information.

The Search for Common Ground's Center for Common Ground (SFCG)
$50,000
To train National Assembly deputies in conflict mitigation and to provide a forum for dialogue between the Assembly and NGOs. SFCG will organize trainings for Assembly members on consensus building, conflict resolution, and constituent representation. SFCG will also build on prior NED grants to increase NGO capacity and organize a joint NGO and National Assembly forum in an attempt to build trust and cooperation between government and civil society.