Syria

Human Rights
$148,300
To promote human rights aware­ness in a closed society. The NGOs will regularly monitor and document hu­man rights violations; produce monthly bulletins to highlight violations; and publish two human rights reports.

International Republican Institute
$400,000
To cultivate independent social science research as the basis for like-minded reformers to project an alternative view of the situation inside Syria. IRI will sup­port four studies on contemporary issues of importance in Syrian society, from topic formulation to evidence-based policy engagement; guide the use of research as a basis for developing communications strategies that connect with the Syrian public; and promote public discourse on social, economic and political reform.

The grant listings posted here are from the 2010 Annual Report, published in August 2011.