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The database includes records of grants the National Endowment for Democracy has awarded in the past three years. The data is refreshed periodically to ensure that new awards are reflected in search results.


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All results totalling $876,962,890
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Project Title: Advancing Civic Space and Democratic Transformation
Project Region: Africa
Project Country: Sudan
Project Focus: Freedom of Association
Description: To monitor and make recommendations on the state of free of association, assembly, and expression in Sudan and to enhance the accountability and transparency of the Transitional Government on progress towards a constitutional review and elections. SUDIA will collect data on violations of freedom of association, assembly, and expression; measure the status of civic space in Sudan; propose recommendations to increase space for protections of fundamental freedoms; and track the transitional government's progress toward elections and constitutional review.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $104,485
Project Title: Advancing Civic Space and Human Rights through the African Human Rights System
Project Region: Africa
Project Country: _ Africa Regional
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To strengthen civil society capacity to advance human rights through regional human rights mechanisms and improve linkages between national and regional human rights advocacy. The organization will educate and mobilize civil society actors from across the continent, especially from Portuguese and Spanish speaking countries, on how they can best utilize regional human rights mechanism, most especially the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights. It will assist civil society organizations in coordinating their advocacy to and collaborations with the Commission to defend and advance civic space.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $80,000
Project Title: Advancing Democratic Norms and Values: a Regional Think Tank Network
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: _ Asia Regional
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To strengthen a regional network of democracy research think tanks to provide action-oriented and policy-driven research to support the work of civil society organizations and policymakers in their efforts to advance democratic norms and values across Asia. The project will support the network to strengthen efforts to translate research into policy and practice and facilitate cooperation among think tanks and other regional institutions on democratic challenges and opportunities related to COVID-19 and democratic governance, judicial independence, and systems of political finance.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $200,000
Project Title: Advancing Evidence-based Policy in Crisis Management
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Lebanon
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To monitor the repercussions of Lebanon's economic crisis and advance evidence-based policy reforms that respond to citizen priorities. The organization will field surveys to assess the direct impact of the crisis on respondents' livelihoods and well-being, produce an analysis report and an infographic and lead a stakeholder dialogue session following each survey. The organization will also produce a synthesis report of its findings and a policy brief on recommendations, and disseminate them at a public event.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $48,200
Project Title: Advancing Human Rights and Democracy Education for Defector Youth
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: North Korea
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To bring international attention to the human rights situation in North Korea and promote awareness among South Koreans about North Korea. The project will advocate for human rights in North Korea at the UN and organize a variety of public campaigns and activities to facilitate the collaboration of a network of international NGOs and specialists dealing with North Korean human rights. It will also provide civic education and leadership training for defector youth.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $600,000
Project Title: Advancing Human Rights Implementation
Project Region: Africa
Project Country: Ethiopia
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To build lawyers' capacity to protect human rights and address gaps in domestic human rights implementation. LHR will build lawyers' capacity to protect and advance human rights and the rule of law, research and make recommendations on ongoing human rights issues in the country, and train political parties on how to peacefully resolve potential electoral disputes.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $110,545
Project Title: Advancing Human Rights Practices in the Private Sector
Project Region: Global
Project Country: _ Global
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To promote respect for human rights in the private sector and raise awareness of the impact of business practices on human rights. The group will highlight and support civil society efforts in all regions to advocate for human rights protection and strengthen private sector accountability, encouraging dialogue between all stakeholders. Activities will include providing tools, resources and platforms for peer learning, informing policy efforts to develop and protect human rights, and tracking companies' human rights policies and performance.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $320,000
Project Title: Advancing Reconciliation through a Memory House for Victims of Human Rights Violations
Project Region: Africa
Project Country: Gambia
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To mobilize citizens to demand reconciliation, and justice. The organization will create a memorialization site with a permanent exhibition to honour the victims of human rights violations, help prevent future abuses, and generate a dialogue around reparations. The grantee will collaborate with schools to facilitate education programs at the "Memory House". The organization will also develop and conduct virtual videos tour to reach a wider public and will host an International Day of the Disappeared to enable families to commemorate victims.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Advancing Social Accountability
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote national government accountability through youth engagement in monitoring and assessing government performance in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The grantee will advance social accountability and democratic reform through mentoring three youth watchdog teams and assessing the performance of the Ministry of Social Development's juvenile services in the Gaza, Nablus, and Hebron governorates.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $42,000
Project Title: Advancing the Human Rights of Marginalized Communities in Honduras
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Honduras
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To advance and advocate for the protection of human rights of marginalized communities in Honduras, particularly within the context of COVID-19. The grantee will strengthen the capacity of CSOs to advocate for public policies that advance a rights-based agenda for marginalized communities. It will carry out meetings for leaders from vulnerable communities with legislators, hold national discussion sessions about relevant public policies, and conduct a campaign to promote pro human rights policies and public opinion surrounding them. Additionally, it will strengthen national efforts to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 on vulnerable communities through an informative campaign and select legal actions.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $75,000
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