Nigeria

Center for Constitutional Governance (CCG)
$42,995
To promote non-partisan voter education and strengthen civil society organizations to hold local government accountable in service delivery in southwest Nigeria. CCG will organize multi-stakeholder confer­ences and workshops on the upcoming elections, as well as produce several information, education and communica­tion (IEC) materials to promote public awareness about the electoral process.

Center for Constitutionalism and Demilitarization (CENCOD)
$35,421
To keep the public and civil society activ­ists abreast of developments on gover­nance issues. CENCOD will publish its quarterly Journal, The Constitution, and it will organize its annual democracy lecture series, which serves as a fo­rum for distilling issues of democracy, constitutionalism, and development.

Center for Democracy and Development (CDD)
$34,999
To raise public consciousness about strate­gies for electoral mandate protection in the 2011 general elections. CDD will organize civil society strategy workshops, develop training manuals, and facilitate the creation of Electoral Mandate Protection Working Groups (EMPWG) across the country.

Center for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD)
$41,562
To promote human rights and raise national awareness about instances of its viola­tion in Bayelsa, Delta, and Rivers states in the Niger Delta. CEHRD will conduct trips to the three states to investigate and report on instances of human rights violations. It will provide assistance for victims, publish a monthly newsletter, and produce a comprehensive scorecard of the human rights situation in the three states.

Center for Human Empowerment, Advancement and Development (CHEAD)
$31,970
To publicize the negative impacts of extra-judicial killings and build the capacity of market traders to establish more demo­cratic environments in market associa­tions in Abia state. CHEAD will conduct a baseline survey, organize workshops for market traders, and will publish a final report on the impact of extra-judicial killings and torture in the state.

Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
$478,421
To build the capacity of private sector orga­nizations in Nigeria’s North Central Zone to drive grassroots advocacy initiatives. CIPE will equip business associations with the skills to effect democratic policy reform through advocacy and association manage­ment and coalition-building workshops, thus utilizing an opportunity to strengthen the voice of business to effectively engage in democratic dialogue with new state legislators following elections in early 2011.

Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
$235,596
To strengthen the capacity of the Nige­rian Association of Small and Medium Enterprises to advocate for policy reform. CIPE will partner with NASME to conduct a diagnostic assessment of NASME and its state chapters, organize four training workshops and provide technical as­sistance to NASME state chapters and the national secretariat so that they have the proper tools to effectively advocate for democratic and economic reform.

Center for Research and Documentation (CRD)
$24,197
To collect data that will assess public perception of democracy and promote civic education in Kano state. CRD will develop research instruments, recruit research assistants, administer question­naires, conduct focus group discussions, and organize town hall meetings in six local government areas across the state.

Community Policing Partners for Justice, Security and Democratic Reforms (CPPJSDR)
$30,000
To sensitize citizens about the preven­tion of electoral violence and create awareness about the responsibilities of the police in law enforcement in the Niger Delta. CPPJSDR will conduct advocacy visits, sensitization programs, training workshops, and publish educa­tional advocacy materials such as, post­ers, pamphlets, and a newsletter.

Connecting Gender for Development (COGEN)
$36,816
To create awareness about the rights of women through intensive national campaigns and promote gender equal­ity through advocating for the passage of the Gender and Equal Opportunities Bill in Kaduna and Zamfara states. COGEN will organize a national campaign around the Beijing Platform for Action (BPFA). It will organize meetings; broadcasts live radio programs, produce posters, and continue lobbying for the passage of the gender bill.

Environmental Rights Action (ERA)
$25,000
To promote public debate about the suit­ability of government proposed carbon trade and clean development mechanism (CDM) initiatives as policy options for addressing gas flaring. ERA will inten­sify its gas flare-out campaign, organize environmental parliament meetings in three states in the Niger Delta region, and compile a report to assess existing and future CDM projects in the region.

Gender and Human Values Proactive (HUVAP)
$42,000
To strengthen the technical capacity of the Zamfara state legislature, and pro­mote effective legislative-constituency relationships in the state. HUVAP will organize basic information communica­tions technology (ICT) workshops for legislators and legislative aides. It will organize civic education and community training workshops, as well as a com­munity forum to promote interaction between legislators and their constituents.

Human Rights Justice and Peace Foundation (HRJPF)
$48,000
To promote democratic governance in market institutions, strengthen the capac­ity of citizens to monitor government expenditure, and advocate for the reform of adverse local government electoral laws in Abia, Enugu, and Ebonyi states in southeastern Nigeria. HRJPF will organize stakeholder forums, prepare a draft bill to address undemocratic provisions within the different local government electoral laws, broadcast radio announcements, and organize democracy building workshops for market associations in six markets.

Human Rights Law Service (HURILAWS)
$41,114
To mobilize and coordinate the opinions of civil society groups across the coun­try on the constitutional review Debate. HURILAWS will continue to coordinate, compile, and streamline opinions and suggestions from Nigerians. It will orga­nize three media briefings, attend public hearings across the country, and submit suggestions to the National Assembly.

Independent Advocacy Project (IAP)
$41,289
To promote a culture of accountability among youth by promoting anti-corruption curriculum in elementary schools in Lagos state. IAP will develop an Anti-Corruption Curriculum for Elementary Schools (ACCES), organize focus group discussions, conduct a stakeholder forum, organize training workshops, and organize intensive advocacy ef­forts to the state and local government legislatures to adopt the curriculum.

Institute for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (IHRHL)
$45,000
To enhance political consciousness and provide a platform for civil society activists to contribute to the democracy build­ing process in the Niger Delta. IHRHL will publish a 24-page newspaper tabloid Humanity Today, and it will create a public policy working group and host discussion forums to develop strategies and exchange ideas about policy issues in the region.

Kebetkache Women Development & Resource Center (KWDRC)
$29,460
To build a core group of women peace advocates and reduce the vulnerability of women in situations of conflict in the Niger Delta. KWDRC will organize a public aware­ness campaign; broadcasts radio jingles, produce pamphlets, and organize commu­nity workshops. KWDRC will also promote national and international awareness by liaising with the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) commis­sion on women, peace and security.

Ken Nnamani Center for Leadership and Development (KNCLD)
$29,788
To create a platform for mobilizing and or­ganizing Nigerian youth into issue-oriented communities to enhance their capacity for leadership and effective participation in the political process. KNCLD will conduct a baseline survey of existing youth groups in the country, develop a database of youth groups, design training modules, and estab­lish a virtual youth network for democracy.

League of Democratic Women, Nigeria (LEADS)
$48,000
To strengthen the relationship between civil society and state actors in order to pro­mote women’s rights and good governance in northern Nigeria. LEADS will organize quarterly strategic meetings in Kaduna, Jigawa, and Katsina states, and it will publish and distribute copies of its quar­terly magazine, Women’s Advocate and its Hausa language companion, Muryar Mata.

Network on Police Reform in Nigeria (NOPRIN)
$30,987
To advance police reform through promot­ing public participation in media discussion and mobilizing public opinion on issues of police welfare and police abuse. NOPRIN will broadcast live interactive television debates, and produce a one-hour docu­mentary about the police in Nigeria.

New Initiative for Social Development (NISD)
$27,000
To increase female political participation in the state legislature by 2011. NISD will collaborate with women’s rights advocacy groups in Ekiti state to organize workshops with women leaders and political parties. It will provide legal advice to prospec­tive female candidates and pro-bono legal services to female victims of abuse and discrimination. NISD will also produce a radio program and publish abridged versions of laws that promote or in­hibit the rights of women in the state.

Niger Delta Environment and Relief Foundation (NIDEREF)
$42,822
To improve local government account­ability in four local government areas in Rivers State. NIDEREF will organize voter education workshops for civil society and local government representatives, produce radio programs and jingles, as well as distribute 20,000 posters with messages promoting government accountability and violence free elections in 2011. NIDEREF will also continue to gather resources and information to build a database on local government administration for its Local Government Resource Center (LGRC).

Nigerian Automobile Technicians Association (NATA)
$40,000
To provide a platform for representation for informal workers in Nigeria. NATA will conduct a nationwide survey to identify informal workers’ associations. It will organize a national conference, organize strategic meetings, establish a national secretariat, and produce an advocacy training manual for informal workers.

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP)
$32,000
To encourage active local community participation in the anti-corruption cam­paign. SERAP will conduct a legislative advocacy campaign in five local govern­ment areas in Lagos state. It will publish a citizen’s anti-corruption guide, provide legal support to victims of corruption, and develop posters and pamphlets.

The Fund for Peace (FfP)
$55,492
To increase the capacity of local civil society organizations to monitor and mitigate political pressures that could contribute to violence before or after the 2011 elections. FfP will conduct training workshops on its Conflict Assessment System Tool (CAST) for 30 civil society organizations in the country. It will compile and circulate collected data through its web-based Universal Knowledge of Local Network (UNLocK) portal, and it will also produce a final report on its findings.

Women Advocates Research and Documentation Center (WARDC)
$48,000
To initiate an assessment of the Niger Delta Regional Master Plan (NDRMP) and to engage policymakers with the outcomes of the assessment. WARDC will coordi­nate a civil society assessment process led by activists from seven states in the Niger Delta region. It will produce cop­ies of the final assessment report and will organize presentations of the report at the National Assembly and State Houses of Assemblies in the respective states.