Georgia

American Center for International Labor Solidarity
$151,000
To expand the capacity of the Georgia Trade Union Confederation (GTUC). The Solidarity Center will conduct a training program for GTUC trainers and assist the graduates in conducting 20 one-day seminars in their local organizations. It will provide training on labor law, international labor standards, organizing techniques, and trade unions in a market economy. The Solidarity Center will also conduct five seminars for the Educators and Scientists Free Trade Union of Georgia.

Association Atinati
$17,731
To increase the capacity of the NGO community in the Samogrelo region of western Georgia and inform voters about the upcoming local elections. Atinati will produce four radio programs, which will air daily for the two months preceding the elections and for one month following the election. Atinati will also provide free legal consultations, capacity-building trainings, and technological resources for NGOs.

Cultural-Humanitarian Fund "Sukhumi"
$49,849
To promote leadership in politics among women displaced by the war in Abkhazia. The fund will organize trainings for women active in political parties and form "Women Voters" clubs. "Sukhumi" will create a database of women activists and produce television and radio broadcasts and a bulletin examining women's political participation. There will be a "civic forum" to determine policies of greatest interest to women.

Former Political Prisoners for Human Rights (FPPHR)
$40,075
To conduct human rights monitoring and coordinate and strengthen the activities of the new NGO coalition "Civil Society for Democratic Georgia." The FPPHR provides legal assistance to the most vulnerable segments of the population in Tbilisi and two remote regions of Georgia. It will also conduct monitoring of trials, hold a series of roundtable discussions, and conduct three conferences jointly with the coalition.

Former Political Prisoners for Human Rights (FPPHR)
$16,304
To coordinate and strengthen the activities of the NGO coalition "Civil Society for Democratic Georgia." FPPHR will hire additional staff as a secretariat of the coalition. They will share information and news among members, circulate drafts of appeals and statements, and organize weekly meetings and a two day conference. They will also launch and maintain a website for the coalition.

Georgia for NATO
$24,888
To produce radio talk shows that will educate the public about the military, political, and economic reform that are the prerequisites to NATO membership. The organization will produce 36 half-hour programs that will air on Imedi Radio, a privately owned radio station that broadcasts in FM in Georgia. Georgia for NATO will also maintain a website with transcripts of the broadcasts and reader feedback.

Georgian Association of Young Lawyers (GYLA)
$47,070
To analyze Georgian electoral law and discuss it at a roundtable discussion for government and civil society. In the lead-up to the municipal elections, GYLA will train journalists in election monitoring and maintain a hotline for citizens to report irregularities. In addition, GYLA will monitor candidates and report financial irregularities. Following the elections, GYLA will recommend improvements to the electoral commission.

Human Rights Information and Documentation Center
$39,076
To support efforts to improve human rights practices in Georgia. The Center will monitor and report on human rights, provide free legal aid, and support the activities of two regional human rights centers. The Center will also train future lawyers in human rights through internships.

Internews Georgia
$21,050
To produce a national NGO agenda Internews will conduct a series of 20 meetings in ten locations throughout Georgia to discuss the goals, priorities, and problems of the Georgian third sector. In each location, the NGOs will produce their lists of "ten steps to freedom," which will be combined into one comprehensive national agenda. At the end of the program, this document will be presented at a conference in Tbilisi.

National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
$275,000
To increase the accountability and transparency of the government. NDI will work with the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) to advocate for electoral and administrative reform and monitor local elections. ISFED and NDI will also work to increase citizen awareness of the role and responsibility of the local government; distribute information about upcoming local elections; and improve the management of its volunteers during campaigns.

Open Society - New Kutaisi
$28,556
To train NGOs of the Imereti region of Georgia on how to participate in the process of drafting the local budget. This program will include publishing information about the local budget and budgetary process, seminars for local political and NGO leaders, and the formation of coalitions in three districts of the Imereti region and the city Poti.

Partnership for Social Initiatives (PSI)
$52,009
To assess the effects of Georgian government policy on democracy since the constitutional amendments of February 2004. PSI will conduct interviews with policymakers and NGO leaders, draft four policy papers, and hold four round tables and two debates. PSI will create several television and radio broadcasts based on these discussions. At the end of the program there will be a full day conference in Tbilisi.