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Displaying records 51-75 of 108 results
All results totalling $8,397,267
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Project Title: Human Rights Trainings
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote the protection of human rights and due process in Armenia as the government implements political, economic, and social reforms. The organization will hold seminars in Tbilisi for Armenian civil society to gain a deeper understanding of Georgia's reform process after 2003. At the conclusion of the program, the organization will create a network of human rights NGOs from each country to facilitate information sharing as Armenia's new government determines its post-revolutionary reform priorities.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $44,997
Project Title: Measuring Public Opinion on Foreign Policy
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote informed public debate on Western values and institutions. The organization will survey public opinion on Armenia's political, economic, and security relations with the West and Russia, with a focus on the recently signed Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement with the European Union. The organization will also monitor Armenian media outlets' coverage of Western- and Russian-led institutions and facilitate discussions on foreign policy through three public roundtables with political parties.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $36,950
Project Title: Monitoring Snap Parliamentary Elections
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: Political Processes
Description: To monitor snap parliamentary elections anticipated to take place in spring 2019. The organization will train and deploy 40 long-term election observers to monitor the pre-election period throughout Armenia. The grantee will advocate for a full investigation and initiate litigation in the instance of serious electoral violations after the elections.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $99,990
Project Title: Promoting Government Accountability
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote government accountability and access to justice in Armenia. The grantee will monitor instances of official misconduct, provide legal support to victims of crimes perpetrated by government officials, and produce informational materials on legal recourse in cases of rights violations. The organization will also undertake strategic litigation on four cases in domestic courts, produce reports on cases involving government officials' abuse of power for public dissemination, create a blog documenting instances of corruption in Armenia, and host press conferences to announce the program's findings.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $47,810
Project Title: Promoting Judicial Reform
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: Rule of Law
Description: To promote judicial reform in Armenia. The grantee will organize a training on administrative justice, conduct trial monitoring in administrative courts, and provide legal assistance to Armenian citizens dealing with public administration and administrative justice. At the conclusion of the program, the organization will compile a package of reforms on administrative justice, which is a priority issue for Armenia's new government.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $46,436
Project Title: Protecting Journalists' Rights
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To monitor freedom of the press in Armenia. The organization will document violations of journalists' rights, provide free legal aid to media organizations, and conduct strategic litigation. The grantee will publish its findings in four quarterly assessments and a final video report. The grantee will organize a roundtable discussion to discuss its monitoring results at the conclusion of the project.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $39,024
Project Title: Public Debate on Foreign Policy
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote informed public debate on Armenian foreign policy. The grantee will analyze Armenia's accession to the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), focusing on the overlooked negative implications of the EEU on Armenia's democratic development and geopolitical security. The organization will research and produce articles and animated videos on fifteen thematic areas related to Armenia's accession to the EEU and host two three-day seminars with journalists near Yerevan to increase awareness on the issue.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $70,629
Project Title: Regional Broadcasting on Local Governance Issues
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To promote the accountability of local government officials and Members of Parliament representing Gyumri, the second-largest city in Armenia and capital of the Shirak region. The organization will monitor government performance and create opportunities for dialogue between government representatives and the public through its partnership with Tsayg TV. The grantee will encourage civic engagement through trainings in journalism, participatory monitoring, and election observation.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $44,950
Project Title: Supporting Independent Reporting
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To promote public discussion of current events in Armenia. The organization will produce an interactive talk show to analyze some of the key challenges facing Armenian society. The shows will increase opportunities for civil society and viewers to engage in unfolding events, particularly the anticipated snap parliamentary elections. The grantee will also conduct journalist trainings to encourage impartial reporting and to raise the level of professionalism in the media.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $59,824
Project Title: Youth Engagement on Public Policy
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote youth engagement in public policy discourse. The organization will study the impact of public policy on civil liberties, with a focus on Armenia's militarization policies and political rhetoric, and produce a series of multimedia educational materials on its findings. The organization will conduct workshops with youth and civil society members to discuss its research and opportunities to protect human rights through political engagement.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $40,106
Project Title: Strengthening Democratic Practices During Armenia's Political Transition
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: Political Processes
Description: To strengthen democratic norms and procedures during Armenia's current period of political transition. The grantee will assist nonpartisan citizen election monitors to prepare for and implement an election monitoring mission during the anticipated snap elections. The organization will also hold consultations and trainings for political parties aimed at strengthening democratic practices and approaches to election organizing.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $151,857
Project Title: Political Party Renewal in Transitioning Armenia
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: Strengthening Political Institutions
Description: To promote political pluralism in Armenia and strengthen democratic norms and procedures during Armenia's current period of political transition. The institute will support political parties in developing internal reforms aimed at modernizing party approaches, structures, and practices. These reforms will in turn help parties serve as constructive agents of democratic change.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $250,000
Project Title: Promoting Anti-Corruption Conduct and Reforms
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To improve understanding of and strengthen support for anti-corruption compliance standards within the Armenian business community and to build support for anti-corruption reforms among public and private sector representatives. The organization will build the anti-corruption expertise of local business support organizations and assist them with addressing corruption through collective action and government engagement.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $318,055
Project Title: Armenian Lessons from the Georgian Reform Experience
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote the protection of human rights and due process of law in Armenia as the new government begins implementing political, economic, and social reforms. The grantee will organize seminars in Tbilisi for representatives from Armenian civil society and government to gain a deeper understanding of Georgia's reform process following the Rose Revolution in 2003. The organization will continue to strengthen the network of human rights NGOs from Armenia and Georgia to facilitate information sharing as Armenia's new government determines its post-revolutionary reform priorities.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $96,676
Project Title: Assessing Armenia's National Defense Policies
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To engage civil society in reforms of Armenian national defense policy. The grantee will analyze the relevant legislation and prepare policy recommendations to present to government stakeholders. The organization will raise awareness of human rights protections for military conscripts during the conscription process, and it will provide legal assistance to conscripts whose rights have been violated. The grantee will advocate for implementation of its recommendations by Parliament and government agencies.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $36,396
Project Title: Countering Misinformation about Armenia
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote a better understanding of Armenian politics and policy positions inside the country and internationally. The organization will hold study visits for independent journalists from Russia to meet with Armenian politicians and civil society, conduct interviews with leading Armenian political parties on their policy positions, monitor local media for disinformation and conduct trainings on fact-checking for local journalists in two cities.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $38,250
Project Title: Epress.am
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To provide news and analysis of Armenian current events on its website. The organization will produce daily news and analysis, including video reporting, as well as talk shows and in-depth video investigations on political and human rights topics. The grantee will provide analysis of key political developments, reforms, and problems facing the new government.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $85,690
Project Title: EVN Report
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To promote debate and discussion on current events in Armenia. The organization will publish articles on recent events and on the key social and political issues in the country. Its Armenian- and English-language coverage will provide domestic audience and international observers with objective analysis of the challenges Armenia faces in its democratic development.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $51,644
Project Title: Human Rights Monitoring and Advocacy
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To monitor human rights in Armenia and promote public understanding of human rights violations. The organization will provide legal aid, monitor trials, and conduct strategic litigation. The grantee will produce an online interview program to raise awareness of human rights issues within the country. The organization will also work with members of the Armenian parliament to improve the work of the prosecutor, and host a roundtable at the conclusion of the project on rule of law and human rights issues within Armenia.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $53,922
Project Title: Independent News Website
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To maintain a daily online news portal and to produce journalistic investigations on important current events topics. Articles will be published in Armenian, Russian, and English and will focus on political and economic developments as well as ongoing reform processes in Armenia. During this two-year program, the partner's investigative team will focus on issues of political and social relevance in addition to its regular news coverage.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $198,850
Project Title: Militarism: a Disinformation Narrative in Armenian Society
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To protect the Armenian information space against malign influence from authoritarian actors. The grantee will research public statements about the Nagorno Karabakh conflict to analyze how foreign and local authoritarian actors seek to employ militarist positions to frighten the population and manipulate public opinion. To enhance public debate of this controversial topic, the organization will conduct monitoring, write articles, hold small workshops and a final conference. The articles will also be shared online and compiled into a book.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $49,940
Project Title: Political Cartoons
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To promote discussion about current affairs through political satire. The organization will publish political cartoons on relevant political and current events topics on its website. The organization will promote balanced political debate of the post-revolutionary government's reform agenda through its reporting. Materials from this project will be distributed using web and social media platforms.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $106,820
Project Title: Promoting Government Accountability
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote government accountability in Armenia's mining sector. The organization will seek to reduce corruption and to increase public participation by contributing to reform of the environmental impact assessment process. The grantee will conduct analysis of the environmental impact assessment process and use its findings to advocate for transparent and participatory review process.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $36,124
Project Title: Promoting Government Accountability
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote government accountability and access to justice in Armenia. The grantee will monitor instances of official misconduct, provide legal support to victims of crimes perpetrated by government officials, and produce informational materials on legal recourse in cases of rights violations. The organization will also undertake strategic litigation on four cases in domestic courts, produce reports on cases involving government officials' abuse of power for public dissemination, create a blog documenting instances of corruption in Armenia, and host press conferences to announce the program's findings.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $50,450
Project Title: Promoting Media Accountability
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To promote transparency of ownership of Armenian media, and to monitor and protect freedom of the media. The organization will work with a group of experts to develop legislative proposals for new laws governing transparency of funding and beneficial ownership in the media, and advocate for the adoption of these policies. In addition, the organization will continue to monitor the implementation of new legislation after it is adopted, and any ongoing violations of journalists' rights.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $37,466
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