Multiregional & Miscellaneous
Multiregional
American Center for International Labor Solidarity
$243,411
To improve the ability of lawyers in worker and human rights networks in Mexico, South Africa and Thailand to use international human rights treaty systems to advance democracy, build the rule of law, and enhance domestic human rights compliance. The Solidarity Center will support partners in each country, carrying out trainings for lawyers, paralegals and lay legal advocates as well as providing legal support to workers.
American Center for International Labor Solidarity
$200,000
To raise the economic awareness of trade unions in order to build coalitions and networks to amplify the voice of civil society to effect positive labor policies of International Financial Institutions (IFIs). Through a conference and follow up support, the Solidarity Center will work with partners to expand the Asian Labor Network on Financial Institutions to new Asian countries, and lay the foundation for country chapters and a pilot labor network on IFIs in Eastern Europe and Eurasia.
American Center for International Labor Solidarity
$190,922
To promote domestic workers’ freedom of association and right to organize, and to enhance worker and trade union participation in national and international policy formulation. The Solidarity Center will continue its work in the Dominican Republic, Indonesia and Kenya to build partner capacity to undertake organizing and advocacy efforts on behalf of domestic workers, while at the same time linking support for their organizing and advocacy efforts to a larger, global movement.
American Center for International Labor Solidarity
$80,530
To increase awareness and broaden the discussion among the larger global democracy community about: a) the relationship between democracy and journalists’ rights as workers, and b) the role of global solidarity in protecting domestic workers’ rights, the Solidarity Center will organize two workshops on each of these issues at the World Movement of Democracy’s Sixth Assembly in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Center for International Private Enterprise
$310,738
To facilitate the flow of information on topics that will advance democratic and economic reform efforts and to multiply the impact of CIPE’s partners and other reformers’ programs. CIPE will reach out to reformers throughout the world, highlighting the vital relationship between market institutions and democratic governance through existing and new publications, resources, workshops, events, as well as other materials.
Center for International Private Enterprise
$193,205
To capture and share with a wider audience the unique CIPE approach of working with business associations to empower women in the political, economic, and civic spheres. CIPE will coordinate a platform for gathering, sharing, institutionalizing and replicating successful examples of its work with women’s business associations on empowering women around the world. Activities will include an international conference and the development of a toolkit focused on women’s empowerment.
Center for International Private Enterprise
$187,750
To identify potential reform areas of property market institutions based on the views and concerns of small businesses. In phase one of the project, CIPE and partners in four countries will gather information on legal and regulatory barriers to strengthening property rights for small business. Using the International Property Markets Scorecard to measure the implementation gap in each country will help partners to develop an advocacy platform to strengthen these institutions in phase two.
Center for International Private Enterprise
$329,890
To provide avenues for young people to develop opinions and skills related to the democratic and economic reform processes in their countries and build their leadership capacity to enable them to participate in these processes. Activities will include an international youth essay competition, an international internship program in local U.S. chambers of commerce, the piloting of a public policy curriculum, and the organization of two workshops at the World Movement for Democracy’s Sixth Assembly in Indonesia.
Center for International Private Enterprise
$182,777
To capture and apply lessons in democratic and market reform in order to improve CIPE’s program effectiveness. CIPE will foster replication of leading reform practices through partner recognition, benchmarking, and webinars; facilitate access to CIPE resources through a wiki; reinforce partners’ capabilities through a guide for capacity building; provide tools for formulating superior strategies; and host communities of practice for women and youth.
Freedom House
$20,000
To draw attention to threats to press freedom around the world in order to generate dialogue and advocacy in defense of media freedom. Freedom House will produce its annual index examining the state of independent media throughout the world. In addition to numerical ratings for 196 countries and territories, the index features country reports, an overview essay detailing findings for the year, and a number of charts and graphs illustrating trends globally and regionally.
International Center for Journalists, Inc.
$97,950
To strengthen the professional skills of independent media around the world as well as provide them with networking opportunities. The International Center for Journalists will expand IJNet, an online resource center that provides journalists with media-related news and training materials. IJNet will develop new partnerships with journalism institutions and open up IJNet to more user-contributed content. Other activities will include the development of a mobile website, training videos and user engagement through social networking.
International Coalition of Historic Site Museums of Conscience
$215,000
To strengthen the capacity of sites of conscience in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Russia, and the Middle East and North Africa to promote democratic values by drawing connections between important historical sites and contemporary challenges to democracy, as well as fostering citizen dialogue on these issues. Activities will include building capacity of memory initiatives to implement citizen engagement projects, fostering networking among the Coalition’s member sites, and introducing new partners to the work of sites of conscience.
International Federation of Journalists
$50,485
To foster collaboration among media development organizations. The Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD), hosted by the International Federation of Journalists, will provide a platform for media development practitioners to share knowledge and cooperate with one another. GFMD will map the media development sector, develop and test a pilot toolkit for assessing media landscapes, and provide network members with various information services.
International Republican Institute
$92,000
To build the capacity of women to jointly effect change in their communities and countries through the Women’s Democracy Network (WDN) program. IRI will utilize supplemental funding to incorporate into a 2007 WDN program a new Afghanistan component. Through targeted trainings in Kabul, IRI will build Afghan women’s capacity as civil society leaders and elected members of parliament.
International Republican Institute
$908,000
To build the capacity of women to jointly effect change in their countries, elevate their participation in politics, civil society, and governance, and share best practices and knowledge through the Women’s Democracy Network (WDN). The WDN’s activities will include strengthening country chapters, organizing conferences and trainings, coordinating a mentorship initiative, and monitoring and evaluating the success of WDN members.
International Republican Institute
$270,000
To continue efforts to identify potential future leaders of developing democracies and provide them with knowledge of economic governance through an exchange program that connects them to leaders in successfully transitioned democracies. The Rising Stars program will lead two new 10-day exchanges, each with four to six participants. The exchanges will combine academic instruction with site visits and meetings with leaders from the host countries’ political, business, and civil society communities. IRI will also conduct follow-up consultative mentorship activities between previous exchange host and participant countries.
International Republican Institute
$300,000
To develop IRI’s capacity to conduct credible and comprehensive evaluations of programs using qualitative methodologies, and to demonstrate the applicability and efficacy of qualitative evaluation to democracy and governance programs. IRI will research, design and test a methodological framework to evaluate its programs, developing expertise in cutting-edge qualitative research and contributing to the broader discussion of qualitative evaluation’s role in democracy and governance work.
National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
$80,000
To support a two-year, multi-partner, transatlantic dialogue to strengthen E.U.-U.S. cooperation on democracy assistance policy. Drawing on NDI’s network, including the party internationals and party foundations, NDI will convene E.U. and U.S. democracy assistance policy makers and implementers to develop actionable recommendations for strengthening democracy assistance policy in both the E.U. and US.
National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
$107,500
To advance the effectiveness of nonpartisan citizen election monitoring, NDI will foster interactive communications channels among the over 130 organizations and regional networks that are part of the Global Network of Domestic Election Monitors (GNEDM). Activities will include organizing multi-regional sessions to share knowledge using new technologies and encouraging endorsements of GNDEM’s new Declaration of Global Principles for Nonpartisan Election Observation and Monitoring by Citizen Organizations.
National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
$34,900
To strengthen advocacy efforts by parliamentary monitoring organizations (PMOs) by supporting the development of an informal network of PMOs, drawing on a previous global mapping of PMOs. NDI will support the network’s efforts to develop and advocate for standards on disclosure of information by parliaments to PMOs and the public.
National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
$79,849
To promote discussion on party international efforts to support the development of transparent and accountable political parties and demonstrate the use of the “International Knowledge Network of Women in Politics” digital platform in promoting global cooperation on women’s political participation. NDI will organize two workshops on these two topics, as well as facilitate the participation of political party practitioners and leaders in the World Movement for Democracy’s Sixth Assembly.
National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
$97,357
To support women’s political participation by enhancing iKNOW Politics, a website that provides women with access to critical resources and expertise, stimulates dialogue, creates knowledge, and shares experiences on women’s political participation. Regional coordinators for Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa will improve and scale up the website to better meet the needs of users and make resources available to communities where the web is less accessible.
National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
$95,000
To address the gap in knowledge concerning the outcomes of political process monitoring initiatives by conducting in-country reviews of NDI-supported monitoring programs in Indonesia, Albania, Jordan, Lebanon and Mexico. The resulting toolkit would include tools and methods for assessing monitoring initiatives; a matrix of outcomes to help gauge the change that can be attributed to partner activities; and the Institute’s best practices for delivering assistance.
New York University
$175,000
To foster legal, political, and moral precedents in protection of academic freedoms and core values associated with higher education, including freedom of inquiry and expression. Scholars at Risk, hosted at New York University, will establish a research and advocacy group to undertake a combination of activities, including research on national standards for academic freedom protection, adaptation of human rights mechanisms, and education and advocacy campaigns to raise the profile of attacks on university values.
Search for Common Ground
$23,729
To strengthen the capacity of youth groups and media professionals to advise on and influence actions to prevent violent conflict. Search for Common Ground will conduct research on media, youth, and violence and organize workshops to strengthen the capacity of these two groups to help avert instability and conflict. Topics will include conflict-sensitive reporting, detection of early warning signals, and mechanisms for peaceful responses to those signals. SFCG will focus its work on Sierra Leone, Nepal and Timor-Leste.
Women’s Learning Partnership for Rights Development and Peace
$549,620
To empower women to be leaders and advocates for women’s rights, democratic governance and peacebuilding. The Women’s Learning Partnership for Rights, Development, and Peace’s program will include culture-specific curriculum development on leadership, technology, and political participation; leadership and technology trainings in 15 countries; capacity building for local partner organizations; and networking and advocacy activities focused on women’s rights and democracy.
Miscellaneous
American Center for International Labor Solidarity
$137,241
Program Management
American Center for International Labor Solidarity
$294,016
Program Development
Center for International Private Enterprise
$336,095
Program Development
Center for International Private Enterprise
$134,405
Program Management
International Republican Institute
$165,000
Program Development
International Republican Institute
$105,000
Program Management
National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
$132,394
Program Management
National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
$298,000
Program Development
The grant listings posted here are from the 2010 Annual Report, published in August 2011.


