Al-Amal Network for Relief and Sustainable Development of Al-Hoceima
Strengthening Citizen Engagement in Governance
$60,000
To promote citizen inclusion in governance and a participatory budget process. The organization will convene a seminar to discuss opportunities and mechanisms for civil society to contribute to policy development at the local and regional level. It will also hold roundtable discussions on governance challenges and opportunities post regional and local elections and workshops on participatory budgeting. A monitoring initiative will track and assess how budget allocations respond to citizen priorities in target municipalities.
Association La Colombe Blanche
Facilitating the Political Inclusion of People with Disabilities
$55,000
To promote people with disabilities’ participation in the electoral process. The organization will assess political parties’ understanding of the Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (PWD), conduct a workshop on domestic and international legal frameworks that promote political participation of PWD. It will monitor the extent to which political parties kept their promises of engaging PWD in their programs post 2021 elections. It will also collaborate with municipalities to address disability in regional and local development programs and include PWD in public consultation mechanisms, lead workshops on inclusive policy formation and convene a seminar on integrating the needs and priority issues of people with disabilities in policy and development plans.
Association Sans Frontières
Mobilizing Citizen Participation in the Electoral Process
$25,000
To promote women and youth participation in the electoral process. The organization will lead activities to raise awareness on the importance of citizen participation in the 2021 elections, conduct trainings on political communication and effective campaign strategies, convene a forum on women’s political participation, raise awareness about voter registration and mobilize youth and women to partake in the electoral process, and engage with newly elected officials in the post-election period.
Center for Humanities Studies and Research
Promoting Democratic Values through Policy Debates
$83,000
To enhance youth participation in civic life and provide civic actors with an open space for public policy debate in Morocco and encourage dialogue among Tunisian civic actors on the country’s democratic path. The organization will facilitate seminars and roundtable discussions on engaging Moroccan youth in civic and policy debates, continue its capacity-building initiative in high schools and universities in Casablanca, organize a regional forum on political and socioeconomic reforms in the Maghreb and publish two issues of its magazine. The organization will also collaborate with a Tunisian academic to convene a series of discussions with various civic and political actors on the current situation and what is required to keep Tunisia on a democratic path.
Center for Strategic Thinking and Defense of Democracy
Domestic Election Monitoring Initiative
$20,000
To strengthen the role of civil society in election monitoring. The grantee will train and empower local NGO activists as election monitors and organize workshops on electoral law, international standards of election monitoring, reporting on election monitoring findings, electoral ethics, and electoral dispute resolution. These activities will be designed to solidify local NGO efforts to lead impartial and professional monitoring of fall 2021 legislative elections.
Espace Associatif pour le Developpement Participative
Promoting Civic and Political Participation
$50,000
To foster greater cooperation among local civil society organizations, the municipality and other stakeholders on issues related to local democracy and governance and promote women and youth participation in the electoral process. The organization will convene a forum on dialogue and building trust among local stakeholders, conduct capacity-building workshops on participatory decision-making, and municipal budgeting, lead activities to raise awareness on the importance of citizen participation in the 2021 elections, and organize roundtables on governance challenges and opportunities post elections.
Espace Libre de Citoyennete, de Formation, et de Developpement a Mohammedia
Promoting Civil Society’s Role in Local Governance
$40,000
To promote participatory governance practices at the regional level. A series of roundtables will convene stakeholders to discuss the importance of public consultations and how elected officials apply these mechanisms in participatory decision-making process. Workshops on participatory strategic planning, social accountability and public policy monitoring will provide local civil society with the tools and skills to hold elected officials accountable. The organization will use a good governance practices index to produce a report with analysis and findings on government performance.
Federation des Ligues des Droits des Femmes – Ouarzazate
Promoting Women’s Leadership
$52,000
To promote women’s participation in decision making and support women political leaders. The organization will conduct workshops for elected officials and representatives of women’s organizations on gender inclusion in public policy, gender-responsive budgeting and rights-based advocacy. It will also lead trainings on policy-monitoring and convene roundtables on women’s political leadership and their role in public affairs post-elections.
Forum Anwal for Development and Citizenship
Promoting Access to Justice
$35,000
To promote rule of law and defend the right to freedom of assembly and expression. The organization will convene a seminar on legal guarantees protecting freedom of opinion and expression and the right to peaceful assembly. It will also engage lawyers and human rights experts to monitor relevant court cases. The organization will produce a comprehensive report on its findings and lead advocacy efforts.
Forum Marocain des Jeunes Journalistes
Promoting Freedom of Expression
$40,000
To promote freedom of expression and media freedom. The organization will conduct focus groups and advocacy initiatives with a focus on promoting media pluralism in the audiovisual sector, produce a memorandum with recommendations, convene a conference with various stakeholders to present its findings and recommendations, and lead advocacy efforts. The organization will also lead efforts to monitor media coverage during the upcoming legislative elections and produce a report on its findings.
Forum Marocain des Jeunes Journalistes
Promoting Freedom of Expression
$40,000
To promote freedom of expression and media freedom. The organization will conduct focus groups and advocacy initiatives with a focus on promoting media pluralism in the audiovisual sector, produce a memorandum with recommendations, convene a conference with various stakeholders to present its findings and recommendations, and lead advocacy efforts. The organization will also lead efforts to monitor media coverage during the upcoming legislative elections and produce a report on its findings.
High Atlas Foundation
Promoting Civil Society-University Engagement
$100,000
To foster greater cooperation among local civil society organizations, and universities and promote community service learning. The organization will collaborate with a university in Marrakesh to establish a legal aid program and engage law students to work with local civil society and community leaders on priority issues. It will also organize a series of monthly workshops on participatory approaches to advocacy and local policy planning and monitoring, provide legal assistance to local associations and marginalized groups, and lead civil society-university initiatives on community priority issues.
International Republican Institute (IRI)
Improving Inclusive Citizen-Centered Governance In Souss-Massa
$600,000
To improve citizen-centered governance in Souss-Massa, the Institute will work with members of two local communal councils to transition from elections to governing, meaningfully engage their constituency, and approach governance in an inclusive manner. The Institute will also prepare CSO activists to engage with their newly elected communal councils by helping them become more politically savvy and improve their ability to advocate for priority reforms in their local community. The objectives of this project are to strengthen the collaborative relationship between communal council members and CSO activists at the subnational level, to improve citizen-centered governance and decision making, and to empower women and youth as community spokespeople for inclusive governance at the subnational level.
Menassat for Research and Social Studies
Engaging Civil Society in Public Policy
$45,000
To promote public policy research and influence debate on critical policy issues. The organization will conduct trainings on public opinion research, host a conference on public policy and individual liberties and freedoms, organize a policy research competition, and publish policy papers on issues related individual freedoms and rule of law.
Moroccan Institute for Policy Analysis
Promoting Public Policy Research
$50,000
To promote accountability of public institutions based on evidence-based public policy research. The organization will continue producing its Trust in Public Institutions Index, lead research to measure trust in public institutions, convene thematic policy discussions, and a conference on its research findings and recommendations.
Simsim Participation Citoyenne
Strengthening Parliament’s Transparency
$101,000
To enhance Parliament’s transparency and accountability as well as citizens’ access to parliamentary information. The organization will engage parliamentarians through thematic online town halls, produce parliamentary podcasts, publish an in-depth study on women MPs’ performance, and enhance its platform to monitor MP campaign promises post the 2021 legislative elections.
Third Millennium Association for the Development of Civic Action in the Southeast
Policy Advocacy on Collective Lands
$110,000
To promote good governance of collective lands. The grantee will organize citizen forums and a national symposium on the laws related to women’s rights to land and the impact of laws governing collective lands on governance and local development. It will also conduct workshops on conflict and dispute resolution, produce a study analyzing the legal gaps in the newly passed laws related to collective lands, and lead a national advocacy initiative.
