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Search results for Project Country: Venezuela
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Displaying records 51-75 of 222 results
All results totalling $12,902,496
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Project Title: Protecting Human Rights Defenders
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Venezuela
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To strengthen a national human rights network. Activities will include the provision of technical and advocacy skills, and assistance to human rights activists as needed.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $65,000
Project Title: Fostering Scenario Planning and Strategic Analysis
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Venezuela
Project Focus: Strengthening Political Institutions
Description: To strengthen strategic communication and consensus building capacity in Venezuela. Activities will include public opinion surveys, as well as discussion and consensus on democratic solutions to the political situation. Communication products that promote consensus on democratic values will also be produced.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $36,449
Project Title: Promoting Democratic Governance
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Venezuela
Project Focus: Political Processes
Description: To strengthen the relationship between citizens and elected officials; and to promote citizen participation in the political process. Citizens will identify needs and priorities, engage in dialogue with elected officials, and increase their political participation in advance of regional elections.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $60,000
Project Title: Promoting Political Engagement and Advocacy
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Venezuela
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To encourage citizens to participate in local, regional, and national governance processes. Working outside Caracas, citizens will participate and monitor political trends and advocate for policies that respond to citizen needs.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $25,000
Project Title: Leadership Empowerment and Socio-Political Participation
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Venezuela
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote citizen empowerment and bolster political participation. Communities will have opportunities to engage in democratic governance processes, and foster greater accountability between citizens and their government representatives.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $42,000
Project Title: Promoting Leadership and Democratic Values
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Venezuela
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To promote political participation and improve democratic leadership. Activities will include combining traditional civic education programming with cultural events to appeal to a broader base of marginalized citizens. The program will allow selected leaders to disseminate democratic ideas and values in their respective communities.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $35,000
Project Title: Advancing Research on the State of Democracy
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Venezuela
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote independent political research and analysis on the state of democracy and provide strategic recommendations to defend democratic space in Venezuela. Activities will include monitoring political developments, facilitating dialogue and roundtable discussions on policy alternatives, and completing a report on the Venezuelan electoral system and conditions for participation.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $45,691
Project Title: Promoting Human Rights through Creative Tools
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Venezuela
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To promote a culture of civic participation and respect for human rights in Venezuela. Trainings on human rights will be held for traditionally marginalized sectors. Grassroots leaders will be trained on how to use digital media and storytelling tools.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $35,000
Project Title: Protecting the Human Rights of Vulnerable Populations
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Venezuela
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To monitor and report on human rights conditions among marginalized populations. Project activities will include collecting data, conducting interviews, analyzing information, and developing materials to raise awareness on the human rights situation in the country.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $30,000
Project Title: Promoting Freedom of Expression and Access to Information
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Venezuela
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To raise awareness of freedom of expression violations in Venezuela. Special reports on the state of freedom of expression, censorship, and attacks against independent media will be completed and presented to the general public.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $50,867
Project Title: Strengthening Freedom of Association
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Venezuela
Project Focus: Freedom of Association
Description: To promote freedom of association in Venezuela. Activities will include a survey of labor rights violations, an analysis of trends, and the development of information for domestic and international audiences.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $23,573
Project Title: Fostering Small Business Enterprise in Defense of Democracy and Free Markets
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Venezuela
Project Focus: Developing Market Economy
Description: To improve the private sector's democratic role as a driver of the Venezuelan economy. Entrepreneurship trainings will help to strengthen the image of the private sector. This program will focus on supporting citizens in developing useful business skills and an understanding that free enterprise and market values will improve the development of their businesses.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $151,956
Project Title: Raising Awareness on Human Rights
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Venezuela
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To promote human and civil rights in Venezuela; and to improve the advocacy capacity of civil society groups at the local level in Venezuela. The program will work with civil society to raise awareness on the human rights violations and social conflicts in their communities.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $35,000
Project Title: Promoting Checks and Balances
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Venezuela
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To improve democratic checks and balances. Activities will include technical assistance, dialogue with experts and citizens, and progress reports to policy-makers.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Empowering Citizens through Local and National Policy Dialogue
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Venezuela
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To empower civil society and the business community across Venezuela's regions to develop policy proposals that contribute to local and national development. The project will strengthen the capabilities of local authorities, candidates, private sector leaders, civil society representatives and youth and will increase public understanding of the importance of market-oriented reform. Democratic dialogue will be strengthened by allowing citizens to engage in public affairs and construct reform agendas based on local realities.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $188,196
Project Title: Promoting Leadership and Democratic Values
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Venezuela
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To promote political participation and improve democratic leadership. Activities will include combining traditional civic education programming with cultural events to appeal to a broader base of marginalized citizens. The program will allow selected leaders to disseminate democratic ideas and values in their respective communities.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $10,000
Project Title: Promoting Human Rights
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Venezuela
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To strengthen human rights organizations' abilities to demand adherence to international human rights standards. Activities will include trainings, workshops, public forums on international human rights standards, and a newsletter on human rights issues.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $65,000
Project Title: Reforming the Judiciary and Promoting Transitional Justice
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Venezuela
Project Focus: Rule of Law
Description: To devise a reform plan to address the institutional and procedural challenges facing Venezuela's judicial system. The project will focus on how to reestablish the rule of law, separation of powers, and the independence of judges. Analysis of transitional justice processes will provide a comparative perspective to cases of human rights violations in Venezuela.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $34,364
Project Title: Promoting Access to Justice and Public Services
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Venezuela
Project Focus: Rule of Law
Description: To facilitate access to public services in underserved communities and monitoring checks and balances in Venezuela. Activities will include raising awareness about violations to basic human rights in marginalized communities.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $38,000
Project Title: Improving Local Democratic Governance
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Venezuela
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To improve local governance in different municipalities throughout Venezuela. Local leaders will learn how to overcome local community problems. These leaders will then conduct advocacy with local authorities.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Improving Democratic Governance in Venezuela
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Venezuela
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote democratic governance at the local level. A series of forums aimed at furthering citizen participation will be organized throughout the country. Independent analysis on current socio-economic and political developments will be shared with the general public.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $33,900
Project Title: Cohesive Strategic Communications II
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Venezuela
Project Focus: Strengthening Political Institutions
Description: To promote an informed citizenry that is better able to make decisions about the future of Venezuela. Technical assistance will be offered to create a nationwide and international coordinated communications plan. Through non-traditional media, Venezuelan citizens and members of the international community will receive cohesive and coordinated messages that accurately inform them about the situation in Venezuela.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $300,000
Project Title: Promoting Independent Journalism
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Venezuela
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To engage journalists and media outlets in defending freedom of expression and democracy. Activities will include trainings on investigative journalism tools and the use of social media in disseminating news. The project will also foster media pluralism.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $55,000
Project Title: Promoting Citizen Journalism
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Venezuela
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To promote citizen journalism and alternative media platforms to protect freedom of expression and promote freedom of information. Activities will include trainings on the use of alternative media platforms to share news and information, and reports on critical social issues affecting citizens.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $61,800
Project Title: Promoting the Rule of Law
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Venezuela
Project Focus: Rule of Law
Description: To promote reforms that restore the rule of law in Venezuela; and to strengthen the technical capacity of Venezuelan human rights lawyers. An action plan will promote discussion and advance reforms that restore judicial independence and the rule of law. Similarly, the capacity of Venezuelan lawyers to litigate cases internationally will be strengthened.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $57,984
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