Regional

American Center for International Labor Solidarity
$603,000*
To equip the leadership of the labor movements in Algeria and Tunisia to respond properly to economic changes. ACILS will organize 18 focus groups on privatization issues in three regions in Algeria, as well as two leadership awareness raising seminars. It will also conduct two four-day training-of-trainers workshops for textile sector unions in Tunisia to strengthen their bargaining skills and strategies.

American Center for International Labor Solidarity
$643,759
To build the capacity of trade unions and professional associations of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states and Yemen, and enhance cross-border networking to advance worker's rights across the region. ACILS will provide its labor education program to unions and associations in Kuwait, Bahrain, and Yemen, and will add two cross-border programs focusing on women's empowerment within the labor union movement and migrant worker groups.

American Center for International Labor Solidarity
$50,000
To improve the working and living conditions of workers in the construction and building sectors in the Middle East. ACILS will work to establish more representative, democratic, and efficient trade unions in the region. ACILS and its regional partner will conduct workshops that focus on organizing, collective bargaining, and strategic planning for building and construction unions in Jordan, Palestine, and Lebanon.

AmmanNet
$246,000
To facilitate the free flow of information to citizens in the Gulf and Yemen. AmmanNet will train candidates from Kuwait, Bahrain, UAE, Oman, and Yemen. Qatar, and Saudi Arabia, to use the internet as a broadcast medium for radio programming in their countries. AmmanNet will then provide technical and equipment support to establish an internet-based radio station in each country and three in Saudi Arabia.

Arab Penal Reform Organization (APRO)
$35,000
To raise public awareness of conditions in prisons and detention centers in the Arab world. APRO will train six NGO leaders and human rights activists from various Arab countries on prisoners' rights and investigative techniques, hold a regional strategy session for leading Arab organizations, and produce the second annual report on prison conditions and the status of penal reform in the Arab world.

Center for International Private Enterprise
$144,142
To increase awareness and develop strategies for the implementation of the Business Principles for Countering Bribery in the Middle East and North Africa region. CIPE will work with Transparency International to conduct a series of workshops to insure that companies in the region adopt the principles and implement them vigorously.

Center for International Private Enterprise
$112,164
To increase access to information concerning corporate governance and strengthen network support practices throughout the Middle East and North Africa region. CIPE will cooperate with the Hawkamah Institute of Corporate Governance to enhance the capacity of NGOs in Morocco, Tunisia, and Jordan to develop a corporate governance task force capable of affecting change in private firm, state-owned, and family-owned enterprises; provide access to information; and stimulate strategic thinking to advance corporate governance in the region.

Center for International Private Enterprise
$198,300
To raise awareness and educate leading opinion makers in the Arab World of the need for market-oriented reforms. CIPE will work with the Oman-based International Research Foundation to produce the Fraser Institute's second annual issue of the economic reform index for the Middle East and North Africa region and increase its distribution.

Center for International Private Enterprise
$177,959
To increase the capacity of business associations in the Middle East and North Africa region to participate in public governance. CIPE will begin a dialogue on the importance of good association governance in the Middle East and North Africa region through a series of workshops held for Association executives and board members in Egypt, Lebanon, the Gulf, North Africa, and Jordan.

Center for International Private Enterprise
$248,490
To bridge the gap between developments in Arab and global media in terms of policy, deregulation, and professionalism. CIPE will hold a regional roundtable discussion on the most significant challenges facing Arab media including freedom of the press, access to information, and the relationship between the media and governments in the Arab world. The session will result in guidelines for the development of Arab media.

Foundation for Anatolian Folklore and Culture (FAFC)
$74,200
To promote fundamental freedoms and democratic values in the region by establishing cross-border networks between Turkish and regional NGOs. FAFC's activities, and the development of these networks, will benefit civil society and the NGO community through knowledge sharing, publicity, and regional cooperation and will break new ground in countries where regional cooperation in the civil society sector is minimal or non-existent.

Human Rights Information and Training Center (HRITC)
$98,600
To facilitate the engagement of civil society organizations and democracy activists based in the Middle East and North Africa in the democracy development dialogue with governments in the region as well as international NGOs and Western governments. HRITC will conduct a regional workshop in Sana'a, Yemen, on human rights and democracy for 30 participants from Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE, Kuwait, Jordan, and Egypt.

KARAMAH Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights
$95,000*
To organize the isolated efforts of moderate Muslim women jurists around the world into an active, viable network capable of producing positive change and to encourage the development and dissemination of gender-equitable jurisprudence on women's issues. KARAMAH will consolidate its network of progressive Muslim jurists, train them, and help them communicate regularly on issues of concern to women's rights in the region.

National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
$220,000
To establish a regional association of municipalities in the GCC States. NDI will implement a five-day workshop on the roles and responsibilities of municipal associations and provide the skills and knowledge base to establish an association. NDI will hold consultations and workshops to assist members in developing the framework for the establishment of an association.

National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
$69,910
To address the under-representation of women in political life and increase women's effectiveness as elected officials. NDI will produce a DVD featuring women leaders from the Arab world sharing their knowledge, successes, strategies for overcoming challenges, and advice to women who are entering the political arena. NDI will use the DVD to generate a broader discussion about women's participation through local and regional media outlets.

Yemen Youth Development Center (YYDC)
$64,000
To strengthen the capacity of youth NGOs in the Gulf and Arabian Peninsula. YYDC will invite leaders of youth organizations from Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Bahrain, Oman, and Kuwait to Yemen to participate in a youth NGO capacity-building training program, discuss strategies for expanding the Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Youth Network, and launch a magazine to keep members connected.