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Search results for Project Country: Bolivia
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Displaying records 1-25 of 82 results
All results totalling $5,478,349
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Project Title: Building Consensus on Reform Agenda
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Bolivia
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To develop public policy research and recommendations on fiscal responsibility and economic diversification, judicial reform, and education. The grantee will expand its research to include transparency, access to public information, and electoral reform, and foster informed and pluralistic debate on national public policies.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $44,184
Project Title: Promoting and Protecting Prisoners' Rights
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Bolivia
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To empower inmates to advocate for their rights, and especially the right to information; and to raise public awareness on prison conditions and the responsibility of the state to protect the rights of inmates. Building on previous research, the group will draft a manual on inmates' rights to access information, due process, and humane living conditions. The organization will then disseminate the manual through information workshops. Finally, it will publish a newspaper insert with information on prison conditions in Bolivia to educate the public at large.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $37,910
Project Title: Promoting a Women's Agenda
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Bolivia
Project Focus: Strengthening Political Institutions
Description: To strengthen the analytical, collaboration and advocacy skills of female state legislators to advance a women's agenda. The group will facilitate meetings and exchanges between female state legislators and women's civic groups to improve collaboration and develop joint strategies, and will bolster the management and technical skills of newly-elected leaders.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $43,867
Project Title: A Platform for Democratic Dialogue
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Bolivia
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To foster the private sector's role in formulating public policies and promoting an informed democratic dialogue based on statistical evidence. The center will support the analysis and advocacy activities of one of Bolivia's business confederations. The center's local partner will conduct technical analysis of pending economic legislation that will inform reports for private sector representatives and used in their dialogue with the government. The center's 's partner will also develop original policy proposals to present to the government.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $170,169
Project Title: Promoting Transparency and Accountability
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Bolivia
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To encourage citizen oversight of electoral reforms and the fulfillment of campaign promises; and to advocate for access to information law and improved transparency standards at the sub-national and national levels.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $16,202
Project Title: Promoting Human Rights in Marginalized Communities
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Bolivia
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To increase understanding of human rights issues and to strengthen the capacity of organizations to document and denounce human rights violations. The organization will work with groups to establish human rights committees and equip them with the technical skills needed to monitor and denounce human rights violations in their territories.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $45,997
Project Title: Promoting Citizen Accountability of Local and Regional Governments
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Bolivia
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote increased accountability among local and regional authorities through effective citizen oversight. Working in conjunction with a network of civil society organizations, the grantee will offer trainings on developing technically sound public policies and budgets. The group will also carry out an assessment of its partner organizations' capacity to monitor local governments and compile this information into a final report.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $31,000
Project Title: Monitoring Human Rights
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Bolivia
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To monitor violations of due process in national and international human rights jurisprudence. Statistical information and emblematic cases will be analyzed to assess compliance with domestic and international access to justice and due process. Based on these observations, strategic litigation will be used to strengthen domestic jurisprudence.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $44,868
Project Title: Implementing Judicial Reform in Bolivia
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Bolivia
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To improve civil society participation in the implementation of judicial reform in Bolivia. The grantee will provide technical assistance to relevant civil servants, as well as defend the public's right to access to justice. The organization will work closely with other civil society groups in order to collectively advocate for judicial pluralism and universal access to justice.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $49,000
Project Title: Promoting Freedom of Expression
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Bolivia
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To strengthen the grantee's ability to advocate for freedom of expression in Bolivia and enhance its alliances with domestic and international organizations in support of freedom of expression in Bolivia. The group will also carry out a public awareness campaign on freedom of expression, inviting international guests.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $51,177
Project Title: Advocating Against Gender-Based Violence
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Bolivia
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To empower women to make their own legal decisions in defense of their rights and to raise domestic and international awareness of the pervasiveness of gender-based violence in Bolivia. The grantee will continue to offer free legal assistance to women; provide training on the legal framework to multiple stakeholders; and complete shadow reports on Bolivia's compliance with ratified international human rights agreements and conventions.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $43,508
Project Title: Bolivian Human Rights Observatory
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Bolivia
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To raise domestic and international awareness on the human rights situation in Bolivia, especially with regard to violations of civil and political rights. The group will monitor and document violations of human rights in Bolivia and strengthen its communication, advocacy, and outreach efforts to amplify a human rights message.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $50,900
Project Title: Strengthening Democratic Values
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Bolivia
Project Focus: Strengthening Political Institutions
Description: To strengthen democratic values and organizational capacity. The grantee will produce materials on the principles and values of a democratic system and facilitate training programs on democratic values and practical governance skills.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $38,904
Project Title: Engaging Youth in Local Government Accountability
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Bolivia
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To strengthen the public's capacity to engage in political advocacy and public policy issues at the local and national level. The organization will work across Bolivia on public policy and government accountability issues and train community leaders in five major municipalities to access mechanisms for citizen participation.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $29,695
Project Title: Further Strengthening Civil Society Support for Local Government Transparency
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Bolivia
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To support the development of civic alliances and empower civil society actors with skills to create and implement strategies that advocate for increased local government transparency. The institute will conduct trainings and provide technical assistance to civil society actors to conduct advocacy campaigns. The institute will also facilitate the development of an online platform that contains information and resources that can be used to conduct effective advocacy campaigns.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $150,000
Project Title: Building the Capacity of Digital and Mobile Journalists
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Bolivia
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To improve the capacity of working journalists and improve the quality of information they publish, and to foster the creation and use of digital media platforms. The organization will train journalists on mobile and digital journalism techniques as well as journalism ethics.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $32,226
Project Title: Promoting Transparency and Access to Information
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Bolivia
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To increase demand for transparency and access to information. Through a radio network, the organization will train journalists and raise public awareness on the need for an access to information law, and improve transparency and accountability. The grantee will collaborate with other civil society groups to launch a citizen education campaign on democratic values and practices.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $26,883
Project Title: Strengthening the Political Participation of Indigenous and Rural Communities
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Bolivia
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To promote political participation by indigenous and rural communities through increased understanding of their civil and political rights; and to facilitate access to basic legal documents to members of indigenous and rural communities to enable them to participate in political processes. The grantee will identify recurring legal and bureaucratic obstacles to obtaining basic identification documents and advocate for legal and procedural changes to facilitate access.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $48,000
Project Title: Monitoring Human Rights and Justice
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Bolivia
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To monitor violations of due process and national and international human rights jurisprudence. The grantee will analyze statistical information and examine emblematic cases to assess compliance with domestic and international access to justice and due process standards.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $45,120
Project Title: Promoting Citizen Accountability of Local and Regional Governments
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Bolivia
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote increased accountability among local and regional authorities through effective citizen oversight. Working in conjunction with a network of civil society organizations, the grantee will offer trainings on developing technically sound public policies and budgets. The group will also carry out an assessment of its partner organizations' capacity to monitor local governments.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $36,058
Project Title: Creating Space for Citizen-Led Dialogue
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Bolivia
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To foster space for citizen-led democratic dialogue and encourage the adoption of public policies based on objective evidence and input from civil society and to build capacity of rural business associations as stakeholders in the policy making process. The center and its partner will convene meetings of high-profile representatives from Bolivian civil society to develop, propose, and disseminate public policy recommendations to address democratic and economic challenges and lead capacity-building workshops with representatives from rural business associations.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $215,538
Project Title: Promoting Peace through Radio
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Bolivia
Project Focus: Conflict Resolution
Description: To raise awareness of the culture of violence in Bolivia and promote conflict resolution and violence prevention. The organization will train 50 radio journalists to report on conflict in the daily lives of citizens and will launch a nation-wide campaign against violence.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $31,580
Project Title: Promoting and Protecting Prisoners' Rights
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Bolivia
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To empower inmates to advocate for their rights, especially the right to information, and to raise public awareness of prison conditions and the responsibility of the state to protect the rights of inmates. Building on previous research, the group will draft a manual on inmates' rights to information, due process, and humane living conditions. The organization will then disseminate the manual through information workshops.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $38,000
Project Title: Strengthening the Political Participation of Indigenous and Rural Communities
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Bolivia
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To promote political participation by indigenous and rural communities through increased understanding of their civil and political rights; and to facilitate access to basic legal documents to members of indigenous and rural communities to enable them to participate in political processes. The grantee will identify recurring legal and bureaucratic obstacles to obtaining basic identification documents and advocate for legal and procedural changes to facilitate access.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $15,000
Project Title: Strengthening Civil Society for the Defense of Human Rights
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Bolivia
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To promote civil society oversight and participation in judicial reform implementation in Bolivia; and to strengthen the capacity of civil society to promote the exercise, enforcement, and legal defense of human rights. The grantee will convene discussions at the state level on strategies for judicial reform and support a national dialogue on access to justice and human rights. It will carry out an advocacy campaign for judicial reform via webinars, public hearings, meetings with judicial staff, and interviews with news media. It will also support rural and indigenous populations in advocating for their rights.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $60,033
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