Morocco

Adala

$36,500
To advocate for the establishment of an independent, transparent, and accountable judiciary. Adala will form a judicial reform working group in order to produce a legal and judicial reform policy paper, hold two conference on the reform of the judiciary, form an advocacy and coordination committee to implement the recommendations of the two conferences, and conduct a public awareness campaign on the need for judicial reform.

Alternative Citizen Movement (ALCI)

$30,400
To strengthen the role of civil society in local policy. ALCI will conduct a sociological study on civil society and local government, conduct three workshops on good governance for local activists; conduct four training workshops on communication, advocacy, and networking; hold three roundtable discussion on good governance and local policy for activists and local government representative; and produce two manuals on good governance and local democracy.

Association Boujad for Sustainable Development (BDD)

$36,100
To strengthen local NGOs’ capacity in local democracy and coordinate their efforts in advocating for the amendment of the electoral re-districting law. BDD will conduct workshops for local NGOs on local democracy and a workshop for NGOs and elected government on good governance, conduct a survey on the impact of the re-districting law, organize a conference on the survey’s outcomes, and form a local civic network.

Association Marocaine de Développement et Solidarité (AMDS)

$38,400
To strengthen the capacity of local educators to promote women’s rights and educate Moroccan students on gender values. AMDS will expand its legal education training program to include teachers and human rights clubs’ facilitators from Agadir’s high schools, hold workshops on women’s rights, conduct a gender awareness raising campaign in local high schools targeting 1,200 students, and provide technical and financial support to its partner organizations.

Center for Democracy, Good Governance and Development (CD)

$29,800
To build the capacity of local NGOs to advocate for greater political participation of young people. CD will conduct workshops for 60 activists in advocacy techniques and political and civic rights, develop a working group on youth political participation, develop manuals on internal good governance and youth political participation, and conduct an advocacy campaign to promote greater youth political participation.

Centre d'Etudes et des Recherches Humaines (CERH)

$46,100
To involve young people in political life, provide youth activists an open space for public debate on democratic change, and strengthen the organizational capacity of a leading local group. CERH will hold three two-day training workshops for its staff and partner organizations, two half-day roundtables on youth related issues, four public conferences on Morocco’s democratic transition, and four quarterly issues of its magazine Rihanat (Stakes).

El Amane Association for the Development of Women (AEDF)

$33,500
To enhance its women’s rights awareness raising program for local groups. AEDF will organize three three-day workshops for 15 local activists and human rights clubs moderators and five of its new members on women’s rights tools and advocacy skills. AEDF will also conduct 48 monthly workshops on human rights, democracy, and civic values for 100 high school students and develop its human rights resource library.

The Forum of Initiatives on Communication, Information, and Documentation (CICID)

$31,000
To continuestrenghten its local NGO capacity building program in the region of Fez. CICID will conduct five two-day workshops to train 50 activists among its member organizations in human rights tools, human rights monitoring, networking, partnership, strategic planning, and advocacy. CICID will develop and expand its website, produce a documentary on women rights, and launch two advocacy campaigns against corruption and the death penalty.

Free Space Network for Citizenship, Training, and Development in Mohammadia (ELCIFODEM)

$35,400
To reinforce the capacity of local civil society organizations. ELCIFODEM will conduct three two-day workshops for a core group of 60 activists among its members and partners on advocacy, civic education, and gender approach; two meetings on civil liberties, civic education, and freedom of expression in Morocco; and a half-day evaluation meeting. ELCIFOCEM will also hire two staff, equip its office, and develop its website.

International Republican Institute (IRI)

$323,325
To build the capacity of political parties to pursue reform platforms and to strengthen municipal leaders’ outreach to constituents. IRI will host a series of multi-party conferences on platform building and policy formation, bringing in American and European policy experts on a range of issues, including job creation, job training, housing, agriculture, infrastructure development, taxation, trade and women- and youth-specific issues.

$200,000
To educate Moroccan stakeholders on the value of public opinion research in democratic governance, build the capacity of local partners to conduct public opinion research, and help parties conduct targeted membership recruitment. IRI will identify a local partner to support conducting two public opinion surveys, hold one multiparty training workshop to educate political leaders on how public opinion surveys are conducted and, following each poll, conduct training sessions with Moroccan political parties on the polling results and applications.

$155,000
To develop strategies and structures for political parties to attract younger membership, especially women and to encourage and to motivate young leaders participate in the political process. IRI will meet with the leadership of each party to assist in the development of specific youth platforms. Additionally, IRI will work with parties to develop the capacity of youth structures in the areas of recruitment, internal communication, grassroots organization and youth voter outreach and messaging.

The Mediator for Democracy and Human Rights

$35,000
To promote accountability and transparency of the parliament’s work and decisions as they relate to the educational system. The Mediator will conduct training workshops in monitoring techniques for teacher and professors, build a core civic and media monitoring group, produce a report on parliamentarian performance on educational issues, and develop a capacity-building program for parliamentarians and present it to the government and the media.

Moroccan Forum for Truth and Justice (MFTJ)

$45,000
To monitor the implementation of the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Committee. MFTJ will organize a workshop on judicial reform, hold seminars for NGOs and government representatives on the collective reparation of past abuses, organize a series of youth awareness raising events, hold conferences on security sector governance and human rights abuses’ archiving, and conduct capacity-building workshops.

Moroccan Women Alliance for Development and Training (MWADAT)

$51,840
To raise legal literacy among rural and illiterate women and enable them to protect their rights under the family law, and to raise awareness of women’s political rights in northern Morocco. MWADAT will maintain and develop its women’s center in Tetouan, in the northern region of Morocco, and extend its legal literacy and awareness raising activities to the Ashkarad center, the community of Al-Hamra, and the Beni Hassan countryside.

National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI)

$115,000
To conduct a parliamentary internship program which provides opportunities for young people to engage in parliamentary activities and enhance their legislative and organizational skills. NDI will recruit, train, sponsor, and supervise the work of 30 interns who will each be assigned to a particular parliamentary caucus. Interns will contribute towards enhancing the capacity of Moroccan Members of Parliament to conduct their daily operations as prescribed by the constitution.

National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI)

$190,000
To establish the People’s Mirror as an independent, local social enterprise and continue to offer professional services to partners and clients by conducting qualitative research on political and social issues on a fee-for-service basis. NDI will ensure the gradual transition of the People’s Mirror into a local social enterprise, hold a five-day regional retreat for representatives of NDI-affiliated focus group centers in Lebanon and Jordan and continue to conduct research on political and social issues.

Network of Associations for Participatory Development (RADEP)

$45,000
To build local capacity of civil society organizations and encourage youth participation in politics. RADEP will organize a series of capacity-building workshops in organizational skills for local civic activists, conduct a public awareness campaign to encourage local youth to participate in local politics including a mock election exercise, assist elected students draft a program addressing the issues related to their constituencies, and organize a one-day evaluation workshop.

Third Millennium for Development and Child Welfare (TMDCW)

$38,600
To conduct an NGO capacity building program and promote good governance principles. TMDCW will conduct a two-day workshop for 20 activists in good governance practices, involve them along with 15 elected representatives in six two-day workshops on good governance and organizational skills, and three half-day roundtables to consolidating dialogue among them. TMDCW will hold five two-day workshops on women participation for 25 legal counselors.

Union de L'Action Feminine

$49,000
To monitor, document, publicize, and advocate against violence against women in the city of Casablanca. The Union will advocate for laws criminalizing gender-based violence and raise legal awareness among women in Casablanca about their legal rights under the new family code. The union will document cases of violence against women; conduct legal awareness workshops; and organize a public awareness day targeting decision makers, local representatives, media and civil society organizations.

Voluntary and Cultural Action Association (VCAA)

$46,800
To build the capacity of local NGOs to advocate for greater political participation for young people and encourage marginalized youth to become involved in politics. VCAA will hold a conference on constitutional reform, organize roundtable discussions on youth political participation, conduct workshops for young political activists on electoral processes, and hold educational events for 240 high school students and workshops for human rights clubs facilitators to produce two educational manuals.