Asia Regioinal

Legal Aid
$38,600
To promote the rule of law through strategic legal education and social justice initiatives. The project will train lawyers and coordinate their social justice advocacy and legal intervention work, particularly on the areas of land rights, human trafficking, and religious freedom.

American Bar Association
$223,700
To strengthen the rule of law. The American Bar Association will carry out the initial phase of a multi-year technical assistance program to promote the development of a unified, autonomous, and professional bar organization. The organization will promote legal ethics and improve education and training for law graduates and practicing lawyers.

American Center for International Labor Solidarity
$348,372
To promote the rule of law in South Asia, Southeast Asia and China. ACILS and its partners will conduct labor law research and provide technical support to legal activists, scholars, community groups, and NGOs in five countries in the region.

American Center for International Labor Solidarity
$409,222
To broaden the civic participation of workers in Thailand by promoting labor law reform and enhancing worker participation in the political process. ACILS will assist Burmese trade unions to provide services to members, conduct a research and capacity-building project for Burma's ethnic groups, and conduct a series of seminars for local union leaders in Malaysia on democratic rights.

American Center for International Labor Solidarity
$192,030
To promote freedom of association in the Thai and Cambodian garment industries. ACILS will conduct capacity-building seminars designed to foster the research and analytical skills of garment industry union members as well as develop mentors who will advise union members on such issues as organizing and collective bargaining.

American Center for International Labor Solidarity
$500,116*
To promote worker rights and democracy in Burma. From its Washington, D.C. office, the organization will educate workers and other citizens both inside Burma and in exile about labor rights and democracy, document violations of internationally recognized labor rights, and support the development of civil society organizations in ethnic areas.

Asian Network for Free and Fair Elections (ANFREL)
$50,000
To strengthen the capacity of domestic election monitoring bodies in the Asia region, and to increase cooperation and regional solidarity. ANFREL will work closely with domestic election-monitoring groups to plan targeted interventions designed to improve the quality of elections. It will organize workshops on election monitoring, voter education, election systems, and good governance, and will conduct conflict-resolution programs in countries torn by violence.

Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
$45,000
To enhance religious freedom. The Fund will implement the second phase of a public awareness campaign to promote the understanding of laws designed to protect freedom of religion.

Center for International Private Enterprise
$240,910
To strengthen private business associations in China and Vietnam. CIPE will hold a series of workshops in China and Vietnam on business association development, including best practices in association management.

Center for International Private Enterprise
$94,483
To support the Association of Development Finance Institutions in Asia and the Pacific (ADFIAP) to raise awareness about and encourage implementation of corporate governance best practices in development finance institutions in Asia. ADFIAP will organize one regional and four national-level training sessions for development bank staff to create a core of bank officers trained in promoting and sustaining corporate governance practices within the banks.

International Centre for Ethnic Studies (ICES)
$50,000
To promote respect for minority rights in South Asia. ICES will prepare an annual review of the state of minority rights, commission research on conflict situations involving minorities, update a directory of resources on minority issues, promote dialogue through national-level and regional-level meetings, and draft a charter on minority rights in South Asia.

National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
$397,092
To strengthen the role of women in politics in Southeast Asia. NDI will conduct political leadership training programs for women from the leading parties of targeted Southeast Asian countries.