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Displaying records 31-40 of 8,112 results
All results totalling $876,962,890
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Project Title: Advocating for a Human Rights Framework in EU-Cuba Relations
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Cuba
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To advocate for inclusion of human rights and the perspectives of Cuban civil society as part of EU engagement with the Cuban government. The grantee will monitor the implementation of the EU-Cuba bilateral treaty and engage relevant actors in the EU to present them the views and needs of Cuban civil society. The group will also promote greater understanding of Cuban activists of the opportunities offered by the new framework of EU-Cuba relations to advance human rights in Cuba.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $87,253
Project Title: Advocating for a More Transparent, Open and Responsible Haitian Political System
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Haiti
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote democratic structural reforms and greater transparency in the Haitian parliament; and to raise public awareness and increase citizen participation at large in political processes. The organization will consolidate a constitutional reform proposal that could propose an exit to the current political crisis. The organization will disseminate it in the media and to the general population, and hold a series of workshops and talks with political actors, CSOs, government officials and the private sector. The organization will also foster enthusiasm and participation among key electoral constituencies in Haiti, in support of these reforms and future legislative elections.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $139,197
Project Title: Advocating for Budget Transparency
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To strengthen governance and civil society oversight of public financial resources. The organization will engage civil society organizations in southern Iraq and organize dialogue sessions to advocate for greater transparency in public finances at the local and federal levels. The organization will educate peer Iraqi organizations using a guidebook on enhancing budgetary transparency based on existing Iraqi laws that it published last year.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Advocating for IDPs and Reconstruction in Tahamah
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To engage youth from underserved districts in advocating for reconstruction and internally displaced people in the Tahamah region. The grantee will train and mentor four youth teams to advocate for internally displaced people (IDPs) and reconstruction in two war-torn districts. The youth teams will monitor and document IDP needs and damaged infrastructure, produce quarterly and annual reports on their findings, compile stories of victims of conflict, and advocate authorities to improve conditions for these communities.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $20,000
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Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Mexico
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To monitor and advocate for the establishment of an independent national prosecutor's office and its respective sub-national counterparts. As one of the most influential think tanks in Mexico, the organization will assess the state of the existing attorney general's office, publish policy briefs and a final report with specific recommendations on how to transition to an independent prosecutors office. The think tank will also coordinate a strategic communications campaign that raises awareness about the findings of the study.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Advocating for Legislative Anti-Corruption Tools
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Lebanon
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To hold the national government accountable on anti-corruption. The organization will develop and launch an advocacy campaign on legislative anti-corruption tools. This will comprise organizing trainings for youth on advocacy tactics and approaches, developing a training toolkit, conducting training of trainer sessions for local leaders, holding information sessions on current legislation and proposals for amendments, and launching a school to equip young professionals to advance the field of anti-corruption.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $38,000
Project Title: Advocating for Media Reforms
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To advocate for media reform, and to monitor and protect freedom of the media. The organization will work with a group of experts to develop and advocate for legislative proposals for new laws governing media transparency, freedom of speech issues, and broadcast licensing, among others. The organization will continue to monitor the implementation of new legislation after it is adopted. Additionally, the organization will produce legal analyses of high-profile court cases involving free speech issues and monitor any violations of journalists' rights.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $53,629
Project Title: Advocating for Police Reform in Nicaragua
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Nicaragua
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote reforms to the Nicaraguan police system as part of the proposals of pro-democracy actors to democratize Nicaragua. The project will convene academics and security experts to draft a road map to reform the police system. The document will be presented to pro-democracy groups and encourage them to adopt it as part of their democratic transition plan for Nicaragua. The project will include presentations of the report and articles with its main findings to raise awareness about the topic.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $65,000
Project Title: Advocating for Uyghur Human Rights through Artistic Interaction
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Xinjiang / East Turkistan (China)
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To raise awareness of the Uyghur human rights crisis in the international community, and to provide Uyghur and human rights advocacy groups with a new tool to engage policymakers and other relevant members of the international community. The project will produce an immersive and interactive examination of China's repressive policies toward the Uyghur people that will educate and mobilize supporters and help strengthen the outreach and advocacy efforts of Uyghur and human rights organizations.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $55,000
Project Title: Advocating Freedom of Expression
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Morocco
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote freedom of expression and media freedom in Morocco. The organization will lead a capacity-building program for independent journalists; conduct trainings on human rights, the press code, and the legal framework that governs the media landscape in Morocco, and focus groups and initiatives on how to further media freedom and quality journalism; produce recommendations; and solidify a national network of young journalists.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $30,000
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