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Displaying records 51-75 of 79 results
All results totalling $6,564,131
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Project Title: Transparency and Open Government in Ecuador
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Ecuador
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote increased government transparency, accountability, and citizen oversight of the National Assembly, the municipality of Quito, and the courts; and to strengthen the capacity of citizens to monitor the work of their elected officials and the judicial system. Analysis on the national legislative process and results of court cases will be disseminated to the public.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $51,304
Project Title: Promoting Government Transparency and Accountability
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Ecuador
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote transparency and accountability by collecting, systematizing, and analyzing information on government corruption. The project will foster investigative journalism, alternative ways of exercising freedom of expression, and freedom of the press.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $55,000
Project Title: Preventing Violence against Women
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Ecuador
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To prevent violence against women, especially femicides, and reduce impunity by raising awareness among citizens, local public officials, and police. The project will track and report cases of physical and psychological violence against women.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Promoting Civil Society Participation in Public Policy Development
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Ecuador
Project Focus: NGO Strengthening
Description: To promote and facilitate civil society participation in local public policy formulation and advocacy. The project will monitor the development of public policy and strengthen the capacity of civil society to engage in advocacy and forge international partnerships, using digital communications technologies.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $39,880
Project Title: Promoting Judicial Independence, Human Rights, and Government Accountability
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Ecuador
Project Focus: Rule of Law
Description: To monitor and report on the performance and independence of the judiciary and raise national and international awareness about violations of human rights and due process. Project activities will include monitoring elected officials' compliance with their campaign promises regarding justice, human rights, and fighting corruption and holding them accountable.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $32,012
Project Title: Supporting Women Legislators
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Ecuador
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To monitor the level of political participation by women elected to the National Assembly and to promote gender-sensitive legislation. Legislation will be analyzed, and weekly reports on the progress of legislation will be issued. New members of the National Assembly will be trained in constructing a legislative agenda.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $58,430
Project Title: Promoting Independent Information and Analysis
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Ecuador
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To contribute to democratic debate, analysis, and an informed public in Ecuador. High quality news coverage and political analysis will be made available on a digital platform to Ecuadorian citizens.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $31,815
Project Title: Promoting Investigative Journalism
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Ecuador
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To promote freedom of expression and accountability in Ecuador through high-quality independent investigative reports. An innovation laboratory to research and experiment with new story-telling techniques will be created.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $65,000
Project Title: Building Capacity For Transparency, Accountability, And Anti-Corruption Initiatives
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Ecuador
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To increase awareness and understanding of effective anti-corruption mechanisms among candidates for office in key municipalities. The institute will carry out surveys and assessments and provide trainings for local government officials and political parties on corruption and transparency issues. To support CSOs in key municipalities in educating and mobilizing citizens to demand increased transparency and accountability from elected officials and candidates, the institute will provide training and networking support to CSOs in these municipalities and nationally.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $260,000
Project Title: Protecting the Human Rights of the LGBTI Community
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Ecuador
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To facilitate legal assistance to LGBTI victims of human rights violations in Ecuador. Research will be conducted on human rights of the LGBTI community in Ecuador. This information will be included in a report on the human rights situation of the LGBTI community.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $20,000
Project Title: Promoting Electoral Transparency
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Ecuador
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To encourage more dialogue on policy proposals aimed at strengthening democratic governance and the rule of law. Debate, analysis, and consensus on a long-term policy agenda will be generated. Similarly, citizen oversight of the electoral process will be improved, and timely analysis of electoral regulations will be provided.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $63,927
Project Title: Promoting Government Transparency and Accountability
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Ecuador
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To defend freedom of expression and foster independent and investigative journalism. In-depth, investigative articles on topics that go unreported by traditional media in Ecuador will continue to be developed.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Preventing Violence against Women
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Ecuador
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To prevent violence against women and femicide; and to raise national and international awareness of gender-based violence. A series of trainings and advocacy efforts to engage the public will be carried out, with a particular emphasis on youth, on the issue of women's rights, and on violence prevention. Prosecution of cases of gender-based violence will be monitored.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Promoting Innovation at the Local Level
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Ecuador
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To strengthen the management, leadership and innovation capacity of local governments in Ecuador and to promote an exchange of experiences on best local government practices at the national and international level. Training workshops on democratic leadership, public management, and innovation will be carried out, and the exchange of best practices with local government training institutions will be facilitated.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Democracy Training for the Future
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Ecuador
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To strengthen the leadership skills and democratic commitment of Ecuadorian youth to act as agents of change within their communities. In collaboration with universities and civil society organizations, a six-month training program targeting young leaders will be conducted. On-site and online training workshops will focus on leadership, participation, gender equality, and democratic values.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $44,006
Project Title: Monitoring Freedom of Expression and the Press in Ecuador
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Ecuador
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To defend freedom of expression and freedom of the press. Repression of journalists and media groups will be monitored and documented, and awareness will be raised. Similarly, several events and workshops will be carried out during the lead-up to the general elections in 2017.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $70,000
Project Title: Monitoring Due Process and the Independence of the Judicial System
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Ecuador
Project Focus: Rule of Law
Description: To monitor, report on and raise awareness about the performance and independence of the judiciary in Ecuador. The organization will report on violations of human and constitutional rights, and due process, and advocate for these issues at a national and international level.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $15,000
Project Title: Promoting Citizen Oversight
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Ecuador
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: "To promote increased government transparency, accountability, and citizen oversight; and to strengthen the capacity of citizens to monitor the work of public officials. The group will monitor the national legislative process and analyze the results of court cases and disseminate the results of this research to the public ."
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $50,030
Project Title: Protecting the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Environmental Activists
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Ecuador
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To strengthen the capacity of indigenous leaders to understand and utilize international human rights mechanisms and to raise domestic and international awareness on restrictions to freedom of association and assembly. The project will work with human rights defenders to articulate a common advocacy agenda and to increase understanding of the relevant legal environment before domestic and international audiences.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Defending the Rights of Marginalized Peoples
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Ecuador
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To support Ecuadorean indigenous organizations in efforts to protect their human rights. The grantee will strengthen the capacity of Ecuador's indigenous civil society to effectively advocate for the implementation of a prior consultation process through a series of trainings. In addition to these trainings, the group will raise awareness of Ecuador's human rights situation within the European Union.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $19,731
Project Title: Promoting Investigative Journalism
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Ecuador
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To promote freedom of expression and accountability in Ecuador through independent investigative reports. Endowment support will be used to continue expanding readership, train Ecuadorean journalists, and develop a solid financial sustainability plan.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Strengthening Human Rights
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Ecuador
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To strengthen capacity to train, litigate, and produce new knowledge on issues of human rights in Ecuador. Reports on the human rights situation in Ecuador will be completed, and events to disseminate them will be organized.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $37,702
Project Title: Ecuador Empresario: an Inclusive Entrepreneurship Program for Ecuadorian Youth
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Ecuador
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To strengthen the entrepreneurship and leadership capabilities of Ecuadorian youth and to promote awareness of the benefits of democracy, rule of law, a free-market economy, and the role of private enterprise. The center and its partner will educate university students on democracy, free markets, entrepreneurship, and leadership. Fellows will successfully complete 100 hours of educational sessions, produce democracy videos, develop business plans, and implement leadership and entrepreneurship workshops for other members of their communities.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $182,881
Project Title: Promoting Independent Information and Analysis
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Ecuador
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To contribute to democratic debate and analysis in the lead-up to the 2017 national elections. A new digital platform will be set up to produce daily, independent, and quality information on critical electoral and political issues. More focused discussion and debate will be generated across sectors of society in Ecuador.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $25,000
Project Title: Building Youth Capacity and Cross-Sectoral Coordination for Democracy Advocacy
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Ecuador
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To build the capacity of young leaders in media, civil society, political parties, and the National Assembly to advocate for democratic principles and processes during the 2017 election and beyond. The institute will conduct a series of sector-specific, hands-on trainings on democracy advocacy, agenda setting, outreach, and strategic communications. To increase dialogue and cross-sectoral coordination among these leaders and legislators for joint advocacy efforts, the institute will host a cross-sectoral conference, support an advocacy network, and sponsor an advocacy project competition.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $270,000
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