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Project Title: Innovating Policy Alternatives
Organization Name: Basement Cultural Foundation
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote public debate and creative channels to address critical public policy issues in Yemen. The organization will hold six planning sessions to mentor 36 reform-minded youth to bring attention to innovative policy alternatives on six national issues through creative expression, and will host six public exhibitions, featuring presentations in different creative forms, so as to stimulate public debate on policy alternatives.
Year: 2015
Award Amount: $35,000
Project Title: Monitoring Human Rights in Yemen
Organization Name: National Forum for Human Rights
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To raise public awareness of human rights violations in Yemen and advocate redress for victims. The organization will partner with monitors across the country to document human rights abuses, produce four quarterly reports and one comprehensive annual report on the state of human rights in Yemen, and support victims through advocacy and legal assistance.
Year: 2015
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Monitoring Local Service Delivery in Tahama Region
Organization Name: Youth and Childhood Association
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote the role of youth in monitoring and advocating for improved public services in the four provinces of Tahama region. The program will train a network of youth leaders to monitor local service directorates, produce 12 reports, hold 12 public meetings with local decision makers, and conduct public advocacy for better services.
Year: 2015
Award Amount: $24,500
Project Title: Advocating for Improved Service Delivery in Taizz
Organization Name: Tamdeen Youth Foundation
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To engage citizens and local media in monitoring and advocating for improved public service delivery in Taizz. The group will monitor nine service directorates in Taizz, conduct a study of the challenges in local service delivery, train journalists as monitors, host nine radio segments, and convene a network for citizen monitoring in Ibb and Taizz.
Year: 2015
Award Amount: $10,000
Project Title: Engaging Youth in Education Reform Advocacy
Organization Name: Center of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Strengthening Political Institutions
Description: To empower university students in to advocate for higher education reform in Yemen. The Center will hold three advocacy workshops for university students, engage the students in the national coalition and support student initiatives for education reform, produce and distribute booklets of recommendations for reform, and advocate reforms with key decision makers .
Year: 2015
Award Amount: $35,000
Project Title: Promoting Accountability in Ibb and Taizz
Organization Name: Attanweer Social Development Foundation
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To enhance the role of women and youth in promoting local government accountability in Ibb and Taizz provinces. Attanweer Social Development Foundation will train 20 women and youth leaders and partner with them to establish a document of principles for citizen monitoring, train 30 additional monitors, monitor and report on local government accountability, and hold two discussion forums among community members and local officials.
Year: 2015
Award Amount: $29,700
Project Title: Women's Constitutional Rights
Organization Name: Yemen Foundation for Social Studies
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To enhance the ability of women's rights supporters across Yemen to advocate for the effective implementation of women's rights provisions in the new constitution. Yemen Foundation for Social Studies will hold discussion forums in Yemen's six federal regions concerning the implementation of women's rights provisions, compose a report on each forum's recommendations, and train a 25-person committee to carry out national advocacy initiatives on women's constitutional rights.
Year: 2015
Award Amount: $35,000
Project Title: Empowering Youth in Aden
Organization Name: Alf Ba Civilian Coexistence Foundation
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To empower youth and community leaders in Aden governorate to advocate for citizen needs. Alf Ba Civilian Coexistence Foundation will hold a training of trainers for eight youth leaders; support the youth in training four committees to advocate for citizen interests, facilitate eight focus groups and four discussion forums; implement four issue-based advocacy campaigns; and hold a final conference to highlight success stories and lessons learned.
Year: 2015
Award Amount: $8,905
Project Title: Advocacy for Judicial Reform
Organization Name: The National Organization for Defending Rights & Freedom
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Rule of Law
Description: To advocate for an independent judicial system consistent with international standards and to enable civil society to monitor judicial processes in Sanaa. The National Organization for Defending Rights & Freedom will support a specialized monitoring team to document instances of rights violations in judicial processes, produce two reports, train law and media students on judicial independence, and hold a conference on judicial reform.
Year: 2014
Award Amount: $35,000
Project Title: Community Input For Local Development
Organization Name: Abjad Center for Studies and Development
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To enable activists to monitor government performance and engage local communities and officials in debate about governance priorities in Dhamar Province, Abjad will assist a previously formed local youth council to reach out to citizens and communicate with officials, present four reports monitoring government performance at public forums, and organize four debates on solutions to pressing community needs bringing together activists, citizens and decision-makers.
Year: 2014
Award Amount: $30,500
Project Title: Youth Exhibitions for Alternative Policy Solutions
Organization Name: Basement Cultural Foundation
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To strengthen civil society's influence on policymaking through creative expressions of policy alternatives, Basement will pilot an innovative platform for reform-minded young thinkers to explore solutions to long-term, strategic challenges facing democratic consolidation in Yemen. Basement will facilitate 12 exhibitions, each featuring three presentations in different creative forms outlining alternative policies, and communicate these to policy makers and the public through the media.
Year: 2014
Award Amount: $31,000
Project Title: Engaging Citizens in Constitution Formation
Organization Name: Yemen Parliamentarians Against Corruption
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Political Processes
Description: To raise public awareness of Yemen's first constitution draft and to present a diverse range of citizens' perspectives to the constitution drafting committee. YemenPAC will produce a guide on the first draft of the constitution, distribute 20,000 copies of its guide and hold 400 forums across the country, solicit citizen feedback through a survey, and communicate citizens' perspectives to decision makers.
Year: 2014
Award Amount: $667
Project Title: Advocating Strategic Transition Issues
Organization Name: Women Journalists Without Chains
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To amplify civil society's impact on the implementation of strategic reforms necessary for Yemen's successful transition to democracy. Women Journalists Without Chains will mobilize coalitions calling for the protection of public funds and for government implementation of the "20 +11 Points" agreed upon at the National Dialogue Conference by organizing 12 focus groups across Yemen, launching an action plan report, and conducting a coordinated advocacy campaign.
Year: 2014
Award Amount: $50,700
Project Title: Empowering Youth Leadership In Local Communities
Organization Name: Wogood For Human Security Foundation
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To build the capacity of an emerging organization to empower youth activists to advocate for local community needs in Aden. Wogood will train 30 activists on outreach and local development analysis and assist them to hold 12 focus groups with citizens to identify local needs, present these to decision makers at three public forums, and create a final report containing recommendations for solutions.
Year: 2014
Award Amount: $25,000
Project Title: Social Accountability to Improve Education
Organization Name: Center of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To raise awareness of the need for social accountability to improve public education in Taiz. The center will hold three two-day workshops for 75 civil society representatives ; organize five public meetings to engage citizens and government officials; broadcast three, one-hour radio programs; produce and distribute 2000 copies of a brochure on the role of social accountability; and draft a code of conduct for the civic oversight of public education services in Taiz.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $30,000
Project Title: Empowering Female Journalists
Organization Name: Fikrah Organization for Women's Rights and Media
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To empower female journalists and enhance their media coverage of conflict zones in Yemen. The grantee will conduct a ten-day advanced training workshop for 26 female journalists on press professionalism and advanced media mechanisms. It will also provide ongoing coaching for the journalists during preparation and publication of their articles and reports; offer networking opportunities with journalists and media consortiums at national, regional and international level; and conduct two public meetings to engage the stakeholders with content, and promote dialogue about relevant articles.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $26,000
Project Title: Supporting Social Cohesion in Hadramout
Organization Name: Al-Nahdah Social Association
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Conflict Resolution
Description: To promote civic values through social cohesion in Hadhramout. The grantee will hold ten open discussion sessions targeting 300 citizens from diverse political and social factions in Hadhramout, and establish five alliances and networks in support of national peace.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $20,000
Project Title: Empowering Youth Leadership in Local Communities
Organization Name: Wogood For Human Security Foundation
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To empower youth activists to advocate for local community needs in Aden. Thirty youth activists will be trained on local development analysis and outreach and will hold 12 focus groups with citizens to identify local needs, present their findings to decision makers at three public forums, and create a final report containing recommendations for solutions. The project will also support previously trained youth activists in addressing community priorities through awareness and advocacy initiatives.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $27,000
Project Title: Enhancing Local Service Delivery
Organization Name: Youth and Childhood Association
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote the role of youth in monitoring and advocating for improved public services in four governorates of Tahama region. The grantee will assist youth leaders in efforts to monitor local service directorates, and will moderate focus groups with youth activists on community priorities. Based on their findings, the grantee will produce reports on findings and recommendations, and hold public meetings with local decision-makers to advocate for better services.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $26,000
Project Title: Youth Dialogue Forum
Organization Name: Basement Cultural Foundation
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote a platform for youth dialogue on public policy in Sanaa. In response to shrinking space for public debate and to promote dialogue amongst youth, the grantee will develop three themes of public interest for a public debate event. Each will last for three months and include three components: publishing articles, producing video clips, and conducting actual public debates.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $35,000
Project Title: Democracy for Peace
Organization Name: Yemen Will Triumph
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Conflict Resolution
Description: To promote democracy and nonviolence through filmmaking. The grantee will train 30 young men and women to promote peace and democracy, produce three short films, engage 500 youth in discussion sessions in Sana'a and Hajjah cities, and hold a Democracy for Peace film event.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $20,000
Project Title: Reinforcing Social Cohesion
Organization Name: Yemeni Observatory for Human Rights
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Conflict Resolution
Description: To articulate a vision of the role of civil society in restoring social cohesion as an integral part of a future political settlement. The grantee will produce six working/research papers based on 11 focus groups; hold four workshops in Sana'a, Aden, Hudaydah and Hadramout for 80 civil society and political activists; and compile and produce a comprehensive study for dissemination among national and international stakeholders.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Strengthening Youth Leadership in Hadramout
Organization Name: Democratic Youth Foundation
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To strengthen youth participation in local political processes in Hadramout region. The grantee will hold a five-day training workshop on political empowerment and political rights for 16 youth, implement four issue-based advocacy campaigns, launch four political awareness events, reach out to more than 200 youth, and establish a coalition among the youth activists.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $30,000
Project Title: Monitoring Humanitarian Assistance in Conflict Zones
Organization Name: Social Center for Militating Illegal Earning
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To strengthen the role of civil society in social accountability during conflict and post-conflict. The grantee will map humanitarian assistance actors, monitor humanitarian assistance process and delivery of seven aid organizations, conduct field visits to three governorates, convene two discussion sessions targeting 40 stakeholders to present the findings, and produce a final report with recommendations to address gaps.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $25,000
Project Title: Advocating for the Return of the Public Service Delivery in Taizz
Organization Name: Tamdeen Youth Foundation
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To engage citizens to advocate for the return of public services in Taizz. The grantee will train 20 activists on monitoring and documenting the resumption of nine service directorates in Taizz, convene two youth advocacy workshops on public services, and produce a report with recommendations on the resumption of services at the national level.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $20,000
Project Title: Civic Oversight of Children's Health Services in Hudaydah
Organization Name: Youth and Childhood Association
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To strengthen civic oversight of children' health services in Hudaydah. The grantee will conduct a three-day workshop for its 10 youth monitors to analyze the local context of health services and develop an accountability strategy, conduct weekly visits to compile findings into four quarterly monitoring reports, convene three public discussion meetings to present the findings, and produce a final report with recommendations to address gaps.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $25,000
Project Title: Monitoring Human Rights
Organization Name: National Forum for Human Rights
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To raise public awareness of human rights violations and advocate redress for victims. The organization's monitors throughout all 22 provinces will document human rights abuses, produce four quarterly reports and one comprehensive annual report on the state of human rights, and support victims through advocacy and legal assistance.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $60,000
Project Title: Civic Oversight of Educational Services in Abyan
Organization Name: Crystal Association for Women's Development
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To strengthen civic oversight of public education services in Abyen during and after the conflict. The grantee will conduct a six-day theoretical and practical training for 12 experienced observers to monitor public educational services, visit schools and education offices, meet parent committees, produce three monitoring reports, follow up with local authorities on recommendations, and organize three public dialogue meetings between citizens, local officials and stakeholders.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $22,000
Project Title: Youth for Peace and Coexistence
Organization Name: Abjad Center for Studies and Development
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Conflict Resolution
Description: To promote a culture of peace and coexistence in Dhamar governorate. The grantee will hold a five-day training on tolerance for 25 youth activists and engage 250 citizens including youth and religious leaders in five dialogue sessions to prevent youth involvement in the ongoing war.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $30,000
Project Title: Promote Democratic Transitions
Organization Name: Yemeni Center for Human Rights Studies
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To promote democratic transitions processes in line with the National Dialogue outcomes in the Aden region. The grantee will train 30 activists to engage youth at federal, state and local levels, produce five initiatives in support of democratic transitions and national dialogue outcomes, and convene a one-day workshop for 60 stakeholders in support of youth initiatives in four southern governorates.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $25,000
Project Title: Empowering Women for Local Government Accountability in Abyan
Organization Name: Crystal Association for Women's Development
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To enhance the capacity of a core group of women monitoring local government performance and advocating for improved service delivery in Abyan Province. The grantee will train 20 activists in effective monitoring and report writing, oversee their monitoring of six service directorates, compile three quarterly reports, present findings to local officials at three public meetings, and advocate for measures to address issues raised.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $17,781
Project Title: Empowering Youth in Aden
Organization Name: Alf Ba Civilian Coexistence Foundation
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To empower youth to participate in shaping the new political process in Aden. The grantee will train 20 youth on political empowerment; identify main public issues; implement four issue-based advocacy campaigns; and hold a final conference to highlight lessons learned.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $25,000
Project Title: Strengthening Accountability in Ibb
Organization Name: Attanweer Social Development Foundation
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To strengthen the role of local communities in social accountability during the crisis in Ibb governorate. The grantee will train 30 activists on monitoring local government and donors in charge of food distribution, basic health services and prices of basic items; convene two discussion forums on its findings; and produce a final report with recommendations on addressing performance gaps.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $30,000
Project Title: "Women's Voices" Radio Program
Organization Name: Ramz Development Foundation
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To empower women at the grassroots level to influence policymaking. The grantee will produce 48 radio programs featuring 250 women from different classes, broadcast each one-hour program live every week, and produce and distribute a report on women priorities.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $25,000
Project Title: Youth Dialogue Forum
Organization Name: Basement Cultural Foundation
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote a platform for youth dialogue on public policy in Sanaa, Yemen. In response to shrinking space for public debate and to promote dialogue amongst youth, the organization will develop safe spaces for youth, writers, and artists to present differing perspectives on public policy.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $35,000
Project Title: Monitoring Human Rights
Organization Name: National Forum for Human Rights
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To raise public awareness of human rights violations in Yemen and advocate redress for victims. The grantee will partner with monitors across the country to document human rights abuses, produce four quarterly reports and one comprehensive annual report on the state of human rights in Yemen, and support victims through advocacy and legal assistance.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Advocacy for IDPs rights
Organization Name: Forum for Students of the Marib Cultural Development College
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To engage civil society organizations to advocate for the rights of internally displaced people (IDPs) in Marib. The grantee will establish a network of 15 local NGOs, hold a three-day orientation and planning workshop, conduct a participatory study to assess the needs of IDPs, hold a one-day workshop to compile one final report, and convene a public meeting to present the study report with recommendations to address the needs targeting 40 stakeholders.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $20,000
Project Title: Peace Through Dialogue
Organization Name: Improve Your Society Organization for Development and Peace
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Conflict Resolution
Description: To promote peace and conflict resolution through dialogue among youth in Taizz. The organization will train 20 youth to facilitate dialogue towards peace and conflict resolution. The grantee will convene ten dialogue and debate sessions targeting 140 youth, establish a "Youth for Peace" network, and coordinate youth activities towards peace.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $20,000
Project Title: Empowering Youth Leadership in Local Communities
Organization Name: Wogood For Human Security Foundation
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To empower youth activists to advocate for local community needs in Aden. The group will train 30 youth activists, hold 12 focus groups with citizens to identify local needs, present findings to decision-makers at two public forums, support youth initiatives on community priorities identified during fieldwork, and produce a final report containing recommendations for solutions.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $30,000
Project Title: Youth Civic Engagement in Tahama
Organization Name: Live to Give
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To engage and empower youth from underserved sub-districts in Tahama region to address the humanitarian crisis and advocate for a sustainable, locally-driven solution. The grantee will train 15 youth leaders in civic participation and advocacy for better humanitarian response, conduct community and stakeholder workshops on addressing humanitarian crisis, campaign to implement plans and pledges, and establish a youth council to sustain youth participation at the district level.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $18,000
Project Title: Strengthening Accountability
Organization Name: Resonate Yemen
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To strengthen accountability through civic engagement and think tank research. The grantee will implement a pilot project to contextualize regional and international expertise, build the capacity of national trainers to pioneer accountability training among civil society, and enlist an independent think tank to conduct an in-depth analysis of previous accountability efforts in order to distill lessons learned to improve forthcoming interventions.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Youth for Peace and Coexistence
Organization Name: Abjad Center for Studies and Development
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Conflict Resolution
Description: To promote a culture of peace and coexistence in Yemen. The grantee will hold two three-day trainings for 20 youth activists on strengthening these values in diverse communities, five visits to high schools and universities to promote the acceptance of others, and a seminar supporting religious leaders to develop messages of peace to be incorporated in their Friday sermons and community work.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $30,000
Project Title: Strengthening Accountability in Ibb
Organization Name: Attanweer Social Development Foundation
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To strengthen the role of youth and women in local government accountability in Ibb governorate. The program will select and train 29 community representatives on citizen monitoring. The grantee will also monitor and report on local government accountability in delivering services to citizens, and hold two forums to discuss the findings and recommendations of the monitoring reports among governorate officials, district council members and local directorate employees.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $30,000
Project Title: Uyghur Human Rights Advocacy and Training
Organization Name: World Uyghur Congress
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Xinjiang / East Turkestan (China)
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To enhance the ability of Uyghur prodemocracy groups and leaders to implement effective human rights and democracy campaigns. The World Uyghur Congress will organize three training seminars for pro-democracy Uyghur groups and leaders and conduct international advocacy campaigns on human rights for Uyghurs.
Year: 2014
Award Amount: $275,000
Project Title: Documentation and Advocacy for Uyghur Human Rights
Organization Name: Uyghur American Association
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Xinjiang / East Turkestan (China)
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To raise awareness and conduct advocacy on Uyghur human rights issues. UAA's Uyghur Human Rights Project will research, document, and provide independent and accurate information about human rights violations affecting the Turkic populations of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
Year: 2014
Award Amount: $295,000
Project Title: Uyghur Human Rights and Refugee Advocacy
Organization Name: World Uyghur Congress
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Xinjiang / East Turkestan (China)
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To raise awareness and support for Uyghur human rights in East Turkestan/Xinjiang. The organization will organize an international conference on Uyghur refugee issues and continue its work conducting outreach to engage media, advocacy groups, regional experts, parliaments and international organizations on the human rights situation of Uyghurs.
Year: 2015
Award Amount: $260,000
Project Title: Documentation and Advocacy for Uyghur Human Rights
Organization Name: Uyghur American Association
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Xinjiang / East Turkestan (China)
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To raise awareness and to enhance the prominence of Uyghur human rights issues. The Uyghur American Association's Uyghur Human Rights Project will research, document, and provide independent and accurate information about human rights violations affecting Uyghurs in China.
Year: 2015
Award Amount: $295,000
Project Title: Uyghur Human Rights Advocacy
Organization Name: World Uyghur Congress
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Xinjiang / East Turkestan (China)
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To raise awareness and support for Uyghurs' human rights. The grantee will organize leadership and advocacy training seminars for Uyghur youth; monitor, document, and highlight human rights violations in East Turkestan/Xinjiang; and strengthen advocacy on Uyghur issues at the United Nations and the European Parliament.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $246,000
Project Title: Documentation and Advocacy for Uyghur Human Rights
Organization Name: Uyghur Human Rights Project
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Xinjiang / East Turkestan (China)
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To raise awareness and enhance the prominence of Uyghur human rights issues. The grantee will research, document, and provide independent and accurate information about human rights violations affecting Uyghurs in China. The grantee will conduct outreach to Chinese audiences and opinion leaders to foster understanding and build coalitions for improvement of human rights conditions for Uyghurs, and will continue to carry out human rights advocacy internationally.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $315,000
Project Title: Uyghur Human Rights Advocacy
Organization Name: World Uyghur Congress
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Xinjiang / East Turkestan (China)
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To raise awareness and support for Uyghurs' human rights in East Turkestan/Xinjiang. The grantee will organize an international training seminar on Uyghur issues and advocacy skills. This seminar will allow participants to effectively engage other human rights NGOs, the international community, and the media in efforts to document and speak out for Uyghur human rights.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $295,000
Project Title: Advocacy and Outreach for Uyghur Human Rights
Organization Name: Uyghur Human Rights Project
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Xinjiang / East Turkestan (China)
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To raise awareness about Uyghur human rights issues, and to bring such issues to prominence globally. The grantee will research, document, and provide independent and accurate information about human rights violations affecting Uyghurs in China. It will also conduct outreach to Chinese citizens in an effort to improve the human rights conditions for Uyghurs, as well as providing international advocacy.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $310,000
Project Title: Promoting Youth Civic Participation in the Gaza Strip
Organization Name: The General Union of Cultural Centers
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote youth inclusion in Palestinian reform through youth engagement in, and oversight of, national policies. The General Union of Cultural Centers-Gaza (GUCC) will work with its established 45-member Leadership Youth Committee (LYC) to sustain pressure for youth inclusion in Palestinian reform. It will lead a refresher training for the team, and then mentor the members in the conduct of 73 half-day awareness workshops on the need for tolerance. GUCC and LYC will then lead a one-day conference for 180 participants to draw attention to youth demands for greater tolerance.
Year: 2014
Award Amount: $37,900
Project Title: Female Journalists Club
Organization Name: Filastiniyat
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To strengthen the role of female journalists in Palestinian media and public life. Filastiniyat will launch an internship program to provide practical on-the-job training opportunities at independent media outlets for female journalists. It will coordinate nine three-month internships for young club members, six in Gaza and three in Ramallah. Filastiniyat will also continue to work to improve the policy environment affecting journalists, particularly women. In the context of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate's upcoming leadership elections, Filastiniyat will coordinate efforts to advocate for an increased quota for women in the press syndicate and its executive committee.
Year: 2014
Award Amount: $50,800
Project Title: Palestinian National Debate Competition
Organization Name: AFKAR Organization for Educational and Cultural Development
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To strengthen Palestinian youth's ability to think about and speak critically on political issues. AFKAR will expand its Palestinian National Debate Competition, integrating it as a central extra-curricular activity for secondary school students in the West Bank. AFKAR will lead a two-day training for school coordinators, conduct 16 days of coaching for local coordinators, and establishing debate clubs at eight participating schools.
Year: 2014
Award Amount: $34,100
Project Title: Expanding Democracy and a Civic Culture
Organization Name: Human Rights and Democracy Media Center (Shams)
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote democratic and human rights values and norms among sharia law students in the West Bank. The Human Rights and Democracy Media Center will lead 12 half-day workshops for 180 sharia law students on political systems, democratic transitions, citizenship in a democratic system, and the features of liberal democracy. It will complement these with a four-day capacity-building workshop, a focus group among representatives from the various colleges, and a roundtable that brings the students together with representatives of media institutes, civil society organizations, and political parties.
Year: 2014
Award Amount: $30,000
Project Title: Promoting Human Rights in Gaza
Organization Name: Al-Dameer Association for Human Rights
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To promote a human rights culture in the Gaza Strip. Al-Dameer will lead six 30-hour courses on human rights standards and their application for 180 social and political activists from Gazan universities. Once trained, a minimum of 30 trainees will join Friends of al-Dameer, al-Dameer's 150-member youth group affiliate that constitutes a permanent presence at these local universities, and will hold ten or more public meetings to enhance and provide direct youth feedback on the association's work.
Year: 2014
Award Amount: $35,800
Project Title: Together for National Reconciliation
Organization Name: Palestinian Center for Democracy and Conflict Resolution
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Conflict Resolution
Description: To fortify the principle of reconciliation among civic sectors of the Palestinian population within the West Bank and Gaza Strip. PCDCR will lead 12 roundtables addressing the regional variables on national reconciliation, as well as a conference. The center will also lead two five-day training courses for 40 youth on conceptual and practical issues of debate. PCDCR will then mentor the youth to conduct four debates on various issues, such as university tuition, and youth participation in the decision-making process. Additionally, PCDCR will continue to work with its Civil Society Alliance for Social Peace to lead 180 awareness raising sessions on tolerance for secondary school students.
Year: 2014
Award Amount: $48,200
Project Title: Youth Civic Participation
Organization Name: Civitas Institute
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To engage youth in civic action, oversight, and interaction with local representatives. Civitas will lead two six-day training courses on research skills, reporting and documentation, and hearings follow-up for its 70 current Youth Council (YC) members. YCs and Civitas will hold 14 hearings, 9 public meetings, and 70 awareness sessions on the role of citizens, duties and responsibilities, public money, municipalities' roles and services, and the relationship between citizens and their local representatives.
Year: 2014
Award Amount: $35,000
Project Title: Building Association Capacity To Advance The Interests Of Palestinian Businesswomen
Organization Name: Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Developing Market Economy
Description: To build the partner's capacity as a mission-driven, member-focused organization and to improve inclusive, grassroots advocacy services on behalf of women-led micro-enterprises. The program center will advance strategic leadership and effective management within the partner association, establish a sustainable membership model, and enhance organizational identity and communications. Advocacy training and the development of an issue-based advocacy profile will enhance the association's representational function.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $284,856
Project Title: Civic Participation in Municipal Government V
Organization Name: National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI)
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: NGO Strengthening
Description: To enhance municipal officials' responsiveness to citizen concerns and to foster relationships of trust between citizens and municipal councils. The institute will provide technical assistance to three municipal citizen committees to advocate for citizens' priorities. The institute will also provide technical and financial assistance to its two partner civil society organizations to build their organizational capacities to engage citizens on issues of concern. Finally, to facilitate community engagement among youth, the institute will build the outreach and leadership capacity of young volunteers active within the partner organizations.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $325,000
Project Title: Civic Participation in Municipal Government IV
Organization Name: National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI)
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: NGO Strengthening
Description: To improve the accountability of municipal councils in addressing citizen priorities and strengthening the relationship between citizens and their local governments. The institute will support four municipal-level citizen committees, which will engage local mayors and municipal councils to undertake community development and improvement projects in response to citizens' expressed concerns. The institute will also conduct a pre-election assessment, and provide technical assistance to its two partner groups to develop their internal organizational and management capacities.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $355,119
Project Title: Expanding Women's Democratic Practice in Palestine through Reform-Oriented Dialogue and Engagement
Organization Name: Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Developing Market Economy
Description: To elevate the voices and enhance the democratic participation of Palestinian women by engaging female entrepreneurs, and micro and small enterprise owners, in reform-oriented dialogue. The center and its local partner will encourage dialogue among Palestinian businesswomen about challenges and opportunities for enterprise growth and sustainability, and achieving full civic participation. The program will leverage the democratic engagement and the findings generated by this process to mobilize businesswomen as a constituency for democratic reform.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $281,432
Project Title: Strengthening National Institutions of Democratic Governance through Private Sector Engagement
Organization Name: Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Developing Market Economy
Description: To assess the status of economic governance and to develop an economic governance reform agenda reflecting private sector priorities. The program will support the Palestine Governance Institute (PGI) to conduct assessments of Palestinian economic governance institutions, debate the results in workshops, develop a comprehensive Economic Governance Agenda for Palestine, convene a forum for stakeholders to discuss and debate the agenda, and conduct follow-on consultations.
Year: 2015
Award Amount: $184,612
Project Title: Civic Participation in Municipal Government - Phase III
Organization Name: National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI)
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: NGO Strengthening
Description: To enhance the relationship between citizens and their elected officials, promote greater citizen input into the political process, and encourage greater accountability of local government. NDI will provide training and support to local Palestinian civil society organizations to strengthen their capacity to design and implement research-based advocacy campaigns that rely on advanced techniques such as monitoring a municipality's budget cycle and developing well-researched policy solutions.
Year: 2015
Award Amount: $340,000
Project Title: Civic Participation in Municipal Government - Phase II
Organization Name: National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI)
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote opportunities in the West Bank for citizens and representatives of civil society organizations to engage with decisionmakers at the municipal level. NDI will provide technical assistance to the Palestinian Vision and the Omniah Youth Center to design and implement advocacy campaigns on connecting citizens with their elected representatives in Bethlehem, Jenin, and Qabetiya. Through the advocacy campaigns, the organizations will seek to change the relationship between citizens and their elected officials, bringing greater accountability to local councils.
Year: 2014
Award Amount: $330,000
Project Title: Expanding Corporate Governance Culture throughout the Private Sector - Phase III
Organization Name: Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Developing Market Economy
Description: To foster more comprehensive implementation of corporate governance principles among companies and to strengthen the capacity and sustainability of the Palestinian Governance Institute (PGI) to effectively respond to corporate governance needs. CIPE will support PGI to advance democracy that delivers in Palestine by fostering improved corporate governance in companies and related private sector institutions. In addition, CIPE will work with PGI to develop and implement an organizational sustainability program.
Year: 2014
Award Amount: $300,000
Project Title: Strengthening Youth Identification of Democratic Priorities
Organization Name: Shashat Women Cinema
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote civic engagement of disenfranchised youth in the West Bank and Gaza in voicing their own priorities for national development. The program will lead a film competition on future aspirations for young Palestinian women filmmakers, and use the winning film as a conversation starter to conduct 23 moderated discussion screenings throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $35,000
Project Title: Female Journalists Club
Organization Name: Filastiniyat
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To strengthen the role of female journalists in Palestinian media and public life. The organization will support its core group, the Female Journalists Club, to influence policies and actions that positively affect press freedoms and freedom of speech. The program will train 10 young journalists on radio report production, mentor 24 Club members in producing written pieces, and lead three advocacy meetings to advance the priorities of Club members.
Year: 2015
Award Amount: $51,000
Project Title: Towards Representative Government
Organization Name: The Arab World Democracy and Electoral Monitor
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To strengthen government representation of and response to citizens' needs and priorities in the West Bank, with a particular focus on upcoming elections. The organization will lead a national committee to advocate for adherence to the election timeline, conduct two training-of-trainers workshops on advocating electoral reforms, mentor the trainees as they conduct 10 workshops throughout the West Bank, and publish three editions of a newsletter on electoral developments.
Year: 2015
Award Amount: $39,900
Project Title: Protecting Workers Rights
Organization Name: Al Maqdese for Society Development
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Freedom of Association
Description: To raise legal awareness of workers' rights among workers. The organization will lead 14 legal rights awareness sessions for 350 Palestinian workers in East Jerusalem. Its legal aid clinic will also lead two three-day introductory training courses for 40 lawyers on defending workers legal rights, as well as a three-day advanced course for 20 previous trainees.
Year: 2015
Award Amount: $35,000
Project Title: Promoting Youth Civic Participation in the Gaza Strip
Organization Name: The General Union of Cultural Centers
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Conflict Resolution
Description: To promote and integrate societal reconciliation and tolerance, as part of ongoing Palestinian reform efforts. The organization will work with its established 39-member Leadership Youth Committee to sustain pressure for youth inclusion. The program will include a refresher training and mentoring for Committee members to conduct 37 half-day awareness workshops on the need for tolerance. Five district-level conferences will highlight youth demands for reconciliation and a one-day conference for 200 participants will draw attention to youth demands for greater tolerance.
Year: 2015
Award Amount: $38,000
Project Title: Strengthening Youth's Critical Debates
Organization Name: AFKAR Organization for Educational and Cultural Development
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To strengthen the ability of Palestinian youth to think critically about and engage in informed debate on political and social issues. The program will launch a university debate competition for students at Birzeit and an-Najah Universities, lead two two-day training workshops for 24 students and 2 university coordinators, organize four coaching sessions for the teams, and host four university debates.
Year: 2015
Award Amount: $35,000
Project Title: Civic Education through Youth Self-development
Organization Name: Palestinian Initiative for Supporting Students (ESNAD)
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To inspire and engage youth in public life through self-development and promote enlightened views on Islam, pluralism, and civil rights among Palestinian youth. The group will lead two five-day training courses on self-development and civic engagement in local communities for 30 youth. It will then mentor 15 trainees as they lead follow-on activities at youth centers in the northern and central West Bank. Finally, the program will hold a competition and support five community initiatives designed by the youth to meet needs within their local communities.
Year: 2015
Award Amount: $29,200
Project Title: Expanding Democracy and a Civic Culture
Organization Name: Human Rights and Democracy Media Center (Shams)
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote democratic and human rights values and norms among sharia law students in the West Bank. The program will include 10 workshops on basic democratic ideals for university students; a four-day training course enabling 20 sharia students to further disseminate the training materials to interested audiences; and three focus groups on extremism and tolerance for sharia faculty representatives, civil society leaders, media figures, and decision makers.
Year: 2015
Award Amount: $30,700
Project Title: Promoting Human Rights in Gaza
Organization Name: Al-Dameer Association for Human Rights
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To promote a human rights culture in the Gaza Strip. The organization will lead six 30-hour intensive courses on human rights standards and their application for 180 social and political activists from Gazan universities, pilot three one-day introductory workshops at youth clubs, expand membership of its youth group affiliate , and hold ten public meetings to solicit direct youth feedback on the association's work.
Year: 2015
Award Amount: $36,000
Project Title: Advancing Social Peace
Organization Name: Palestinian Center for Democracy and Conflict Resolution
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Conflict Resolution
Description: To fortify the principle of reconciliation among various sectors of the Palestinian population within the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Palestinian Center for Democracy and Conflict Resolution (PCDCR) will lead roundtables and town hall meetings on post-war reconstruction in Gaza and reforming governance structures, while also raising youth awareness of alternatives to violence. PCDCR will also hold four debate training courses for university students before holding a national debate competition.
Year: 2015
Award Amount: $48,000
Project Title: Civic Engagement in Accountable Reconstruction in Gaza
Organization Name: Civitas Institute
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To engage youth in civic action, oversight of public spending, and interaction with local representatives. Civitas will launch a broadly participatory campaign to reinforce citizens' roles in Gaza's reconstruction and form a civil society coalition to serve as a watchdog throughout the process. The program will also include three trainings for members of Civitas youth councils as they engage in oversight of their local councils.
Year: 2015
Award Amount: $41,000
Project Title: Protecting Workers Rights
Organization Name: Al Maqdese for Society Development
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Freedom of Association
Description: To raise legal awareness of workers' rights among workers. Al-Maqdese will lead 14 legal rights awareness sessions for 350 Palestinian workers in East Jerusalem. Its Legal Aid Clinic staff will also lead two three-day introductory training courses for 60 lawyers on defending workers legal rights, as well as one three-day advanced course for previous trainees.
Year: 2014
Award Amount: $34,000
Project Title: Promoting a Tolerant Constitution
Organization Name: Ramallah Center for Human Rights Studies
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To strengthen youth understanding of and engagement in constitutional reform that promotes tolerance. Ramallah Center for Human Rights Studies will lead four two-day training workshops for 80 university students on promoting tolerance through constitutional reform. It will lead four additional issue-specific workshops with the students, and facilitate two dialogue sessions between the students and policy makers.
Year: 2014
Award Amount: $35,000
Project Title: Holding Public Officials Accountable
Organization Name: Safad Advertising Company (Wattan TV)
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote government accountability from the media and its viewing audience. Wattan TV will produce and broadcast 48 episodes of a hard-talk television program, Sa'et Ramel. The 55-minute, recorded program will address accountability in ministries and municipalities, as well as civil society officials and decision-makers in political, economic and social realms.
Year: 2014
Award Amount: $108,000
Project Title: Toward Representative Government
Organization Name: The Arab World Democracy and Electoral Monitor
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To strengthen government representation of and response to citizens' needs and priorities in the West Bank, with a particular focus on upcoming elections. MARSAD will lead a national committee to advocate for government's adherence to an election timeline, produce a draft code of conduct for upcoming elections, and promote public awareness of the code. It will conduct a two-day workshop, five roundtables, 12 training workshops, and five town hall meetings.
Year: 2014
Award Amount: $38,900
Project Title: Promoting Youth Civic Participation in the Gaza Strip
Organization Name: The General Union of Cultural Centers
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Conflict Resolution
Description: To promote and integrate reconciliation and tolerance, as part of ongoing Palestinian reform efforts. The grantee will work with its established 40-member Leadership Youth Committee (LYC) to sustain pressure for youth inclusion in Palestinian reform. In early October, 100 youth observers will be briefed on the current election law and its implementation and monitor local elections in Gaza's five districts. The project will also include trainings and mentorship for team members as they conduct awareness workshops on the need for reconciliation that includes transitional justice, and conferences to draw attention to youth demands for reconciliation.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $57,000
Project Title: Promoting Human Rights in Gaza
Organization Name: Al-Dameer Association for Human Rights
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To promote a human rights culture in the Gaza Strip. The organization will lead six four-day introductory courses on human rights standards and their application for 180 social and political activists from Gazan universities, as well as a six-day advanced course for 20 previous graduates. The group will also lead three one-day introductory workshops at youth clubs, expand membership of its youth group affiliate, and hold ten meetings to expand the association's work on a human rights culture within universities.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $36,000
Project Title: Advancing Social Accountability
Organization Name: Palestinian Center for Democracy and Conflict Resolution
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote government accountability in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The grantee will strengthen youth engagement on advancing social accountability and democratic reform by mentoring three youth watchdog teams and assessing the performance of the Ministry of Health in the governorates of Gaza, Nablus, and Hebron. The organization will lead 10 hearing sessions, conduct six town hall meetings, and produce a final report and a short film on its findings.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $42,000
Project Title: Holding Public Officials Accountable
Organization Name: Safad Advertising Company (Wattan TV)
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote government accountability to the media and its viewing audience. The grantee will produce and broadcast 24 episodes of a hard-talk television program. The 55-minute recorded program, which will start its eighth season, addresses accountability of ministries and municipalities, as well as civil society officials and decision-makers in political, economic, and social realms.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $52,800
Project Title: Expanding Democracy and a Civic Culture
Organization Name: Human Rights and Democracy Media Center (Shams)
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote democratic and human rights values and norms within sharia colleges in the West Bank. The organization will lead a series of educational and awareness-raising workshops targeting young male and female students and teachers at five sharia faculties. It will hold 10 half-day workshops on religious freedoms in a democratic society, conduct two capacity-building workshops for 20 sharia teachers and 20 sharia students, and mentor local sharia teachers as they lead a minimum of 10 classroom lectures to continue and deepen those discussions.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $30,000
Project Title: Civic Engagement in Accountable Reconstruction in Gaza
Organization Name: Civitas Institute
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To engage youth in civic action, oversight of public spending, and interaction with local representatives. The grantee will run a broadly participatory campaign to reinforce citizens' roles in Gaza's reconstruction and sustain a civil society coalition to serve as a watchdog throughout the process. Program activities will include four four-day trainings for coalition members, 15 district-level study circles that report on reconstruction findings, and 50 district-level workshops to present findings and lead discussions on accountability with the general public.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $41,000
Project Title: Towards Representative Government
Organization Name: The Arab World Democracy and Electoral Monitor
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To strengthen government representation of and response to citizens' needs and priorities in the West Bank, with a particular focus on upcoming elections. The organization will lead a coalition to train and deploy local election observers for the upcoming local elections in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. It will also train field researchers to interview voters on Election Day and produce a report on voter behavior. Following the elections, the group will lead six workshops, four seminars and a concluding conference that will analyze these local elections and their implications for holding national, parliamentary elections.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $50,918
Project Title: Civic Education through Youth Self-development
Organization Name: Palestinian Initiative for Supporting Students (ESNAD)
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To inspire and engage youth in public life through self-development and promote enlightened views on Islam, pluralism, and civil rights among Palestinian youth. The organization will lead two six-day training courses on self-development and civic engagement in local communities for 60 youth. It will then mentor 40 of the trainees as they lead follow-on activities at youth centers in the northern and central West Bank. Finally, the group will compete and support, on a competitive basis, six community initiatives that are designed by the youth to meet their civic participation needs within their local communities.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $29,800
Project Title: Embedding a Culture and Spirit of Democracy
Organization Name: PalThink for Strategic Studies
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Conflict Resolution
Description: To inspire and engage youth in public life through self-development and promote enlightened views on Islam, pluralism, and civil rights among Palestinian youth. The grantee will lead a self-development and civic education training program and pilot civic initiatives for Palestinian youth in the West Bank. It will train 50 Palestinian youth ages 18 to 29 in two four-day training sessions, and then select 20 youth fellows for further training to lead 40 workshops in Tulkarem and Jericho for a period of four months each.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $35,000
Project Title: Holding Public Officials Accountable
Organization Name: Safad Advertising Company (Wattan TV)
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote government accountability from the media and its viewing audience. The grantee will produce and broadcast 24 episodes of a hard-talk television program, Sa'et Ramel. The 55-minute, recorded program will address accountability in ministries and municipalities, and will feature civil society leaders, officials, and decision-makers in political, economic and social realms.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $55,200
Project Title: Promoting Rights-focused Leadership in Gaza
Organization Name: Al-Dameer Association for Human Rights
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To promote a rights-based culture of youth leadership in the Gaza Strip. The organization will lead six two-day workshops on human rights for 180 university students, and mentor its 190-member youth group, Friends of Al-Dameer. For this group, Al-Dameer will conduct advanced human rights and leadership training, and support members as they lead youth initiatives in their communities.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $30,000
Project Title: Strengthening Youth Identification of Democratic Priorities
Organization Name: Shashat Women Cinema
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote civic engagement of disenfranchised youth in the West Bank and Gaza on their priorities for national development. The grantee will promote youth civic awareness and engage them in debates on critical challenges and national development in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The grantee will produce a Youth Status Report (YSR), lead five one-day seminars with stakeholders, solicit feedback on a draft YSR, and hold 20 additional screenings and discussions of its four films.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $35,000
Project Title: Strengthening Youth's Critical Debates
Organization Name: AFKAR Organization for Educational and Cultural Development
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To promote critical thinking and debates on political and social issues amongst Palestinian youth. The grantee will launch a university debate competition at the Al-Quds and Hebron Universities, and continue competitions launched over the past two years at the Arab American, Bethlehem, Birzeit, and Al-Najah Universities.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $36,900
Project Title: Female Journalists Club
Organization Name: Filastiniyat
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To strengthen the role of female journalists in Palestinian media and public life. Program activities will include 10 two-hour dialogue meetings with stakeholders on relevant political and social issues, three public debates with representatives of the media sector, two two-day workshops on sexual harassment law and gender policies for a total of 25 female journalists, and production of 16 stories related to the debates and dialogue sessions.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $49,100
Project Title: Female Journalists Club
Organization Name: Filastiniyat
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To strengthen the role of female journalists in Palestinian media and public life. The grantee will lead 10 two-hour dialogue sessions with stakeholders on relevant political and social issues, conduct two two-day workshops on data visualization and digital security for a minimum of 30 female journalists, and support 72 stories developed and produced by its members.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $49,100
Project Title: Strengthening Youth's Critical Debates
Organization Name: AFKAR Organization for Educational and Cultural Development
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To promote critical thinking and debates on political and social issues amongst Palestinian youth. The grantee will launch a university debate competition for students at Bethlehem and the Arab American Universities, mentor debate teams at Birzeit and al-Najah Universities, lead two two-day training workshops for 24 students and 2 university debate coordinators, organize four coaching sessions for debate teams, and host four university debates.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $37,000
Project Title: Civic Education through Youth Leadership
Organization Name: Palestinian Initiative for Supporting Students (ESNAD)
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To inspire and engage youth in public life through self-development and promote enlightened views on Islam, pluralism, and civil rights among Palestinian youth. The grantee will lead a self-development and civic education training program and pilot civic initiatives for Palestinian youth in the West Bank. It will train 50 Palestinian youth ages 18 to 29 in two four-day training sessions, and then select 20 youth fellows for further training to lead 40 workshops in Tulkarem and Jericho for a period of four months each.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $32,400
Project Title: Civic Engagement and Accountability in Gaza
Organization Name: Civitas Institute
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To engage youth in civic action, oversight, and interaction with national representatives on accountability and anti-corruption. The grantee will design a guide on the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), lead three four-day capacity building courses on the UNCAC's mechanisms, and support trainees in the development of 15 social audit reports and conduct of 45 awareness sessions for grassroots activists.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $35,900
Project Title: Advancing Social Accountability
Organization Name: Palestinian Center for Democracy and Conflict Resolution
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote local accountability on municipal service delivery in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The program will strengthen youth engagement on local accountability through a coordinated series of eight debates, eight public hearings and three town hall meetings with municipal leaders.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $57,700
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