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The Democracy Projects Database provides information on some 6,000 projects supported by seven international grant-giving organizations. Users can search for project information by Grantor, Grantee, Country, Region, Year, and Subject Heading.

This database is a secondary source and should be used for informational purposes only. Neither the Democracy Resource Center nor the National Endowment for Democracy is responsible for the content or accuracy of the information listed. Please contact the individual foundations for the primary source of information on their grants program.

Grantor
Grantor refers to the organization making a grant to a group or individual, the grantee, working in the area of democracy promotion. For information concerning specific programs contact the following organizations:

Alfred Mozer Foundation
P.O. Box 1310
1000 BH The Netherlands
00 31 20 5512338
Fax : 00 31 20 5512330
www.alfredmozerstichting.nl

Fondation Jean Jaurès
12 Cite Malesherbes
750009 Paris, France
01 40 23 24 00
Fax: 01 40 23 24 01
fjj75@calva.net
www.jean-jaures.org

Fondation Robert Schuman
20 boulevard Raspail
75007 Paris, France
(33) 01 53 63 83 00
Fax: (33) 01 53 63 83 01
info@robert-schuman.org
www.robert-schuman.org

Rights & Democracy (formerly International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development)
1001 East De Maisonneuve Blvd
Suite 1100
Montreal (Quebec) H2L 4P9
www.dd-rd.ca

National Endowment for Democracy:
1101 Fifteenth Street, NW,
Suite 700
Washington, DC, 20005 USA
(202) 293-9072
Fax: (202)223-6042
www.ned.org

Swedish International Liberal Centre
Luntmakargatan 66
PO Box
SE-113 83 Stockholm
Sweden
(1)+46 8 674 16 00
Fax: (1)+46 8 673 25 91
www.silc.se

Westminster Foundation for Democracy
2nd Floor,
125 Pall Mall London,
SW1Y 5EA UK
44-0-207-930-0408
Fax: 44-0-207-930-0449
wfd@wfd.org
www.wfd.org

Grantee
Grantee refers to the group or individual receiving support to further their work or the work of others in the area of democracy promotion. A subgrantee refers to the group or individual receiving a grant from a grantee to further their work in the area of democracy promotion.

Country
Listed below are countries where democracy promotion grants have been made:

Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Argentina
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belarus
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia Hercegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burma
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chile
China
China Hong Kong
China (Tibet)
Colombia
Congo Brazzaville
Congo - Formerly Zaire
Costa Rica
Cote D Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech and Slovak Republic
Czech Republic
Czechoslovakia
Democratic Republic of Congo
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
East Germany
East Timor
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
Former Soviet Union
Former Yugoslavia
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Ghana
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Indonesia East Timor
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Lithuaniamacao
Macedonia
Macao
Malawi
Malaysia
Mali
Mauritius
Mexico
Moldova
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Morocco - Western Sahara
Mozambique
Namibia
Nepal
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Northern Ireland
North Korea Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Rawanda
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Slovakia
Slovenia
Somalia
Somaliland
South Africa
South Korea
Sri Lanka
St Lucia
Sudan
Sweden
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Tchad
Thailand
Tibet
Togo
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Uganda
Ukraine
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Vietnam
West Bank and Gaza
Yemen
Yugoslavia - Kosovo
Yugoslavia - Serbia
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Region
Listed below are regions where democracy promotion grants have been made.

  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Eurasia
  • Latin America
  • Middle East
  • Multi-regional
  • Year
    The Democracy Promotion grants in this database were awarded from 1990 to 2005. Contact the individual organization for information on grants given before 1990.

    Subject Headings
    Listed below are the subject terms used to describe democracy promotion grants:

      Business and Economics- Includes support of business associations, training in economics and entrepreneurship, etc.

      Conflict Resolution- Includes programs that promote tolerance and resolution of ethnic, religious, or other conflicts.

      Education- Includes programs of civic and democratic education.

      Elections- Includes programs that provide voter information, support for election monitoring, etc.

      Equipment- Includes grants for the provision of equipment to democratic organizations.

      Human Rights- Includes support for organizations and activities aimed at promoting human rights.

      Labor- Includes support for independent trade unions and for the involvement of trade unionists in democratic activities.

      Legislatures- Includes support for programs that provide training and other assistance to legislatures.

      Media and Publishing- Includes support for broadcasting (television and radio) and for newspapers, journals, books, and other publications.

      Political Parties- Includes training and other assistance to political parties, as well as programs involving party leaders in democratic activities.

      Public Policy- Includes support for policy institutes, conferences and other meetings, public opinion surveys, etc.

      Rule of Law- Includes support for programs involving judiciaries, constitutional and legal reform, etc.

      Women- Includes support for women's organizations and for programs aimed at involving women in democratic activities.

      Youth- Includes support for youth organizations and for programs aimed at involving young people in democratic activities.