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Search results for Project Country: Malaysia
Project Region: Asia
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Displaying records 1-38 of 38 results
All results totalling $4,637,342
Total may include redundant amount due to supplements.



Project Title: Combating Corruption and Promoting Accountability
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Malaysia
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote good governance and combat corruption in Malaysia. grantee will conduct a multifaceted project designed to encourage public participation in efforts to combat corruption. The project will include advocacy focused on strengthening the independence of public institutions; training workshops for youth on various aspects of corruption; promoting the use of online tools to build public participation in promoting transparency; and education around the Auditor General's reports on the national budget.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Promoting Human Rights and Access to Justice
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Malaysia
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To protect and promote human rights and access to justice. The grantee will litigate a variety of cases with important human rights implications, including cases involving death in custody, abuse of police power, detention without trial, and statelessness. The project will also include public information campaigns and empowerment trainings.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Strategic Litigation and Human Rights Advocacy
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Malaysia
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To provide the Malaysian public, especially young Malaysians, with a forum to discuss critical political issues in the country and to support the advancement of human rights through strategic litigation. The grantee will maintain a resource center for Malaysian youth, organize a series of workshops on human rights advocacy, maintain a website that provides basic information on members of parliament, and litigate a variety of cases with important human rights implications.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Promoting Governmental Accountability and Strengthening Anti-Corruption Efforts
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Malaysia
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote transparency and accountability within the Malaysian government and strengthen institutions working on issues of corruption. The institute will publish a series of policy papers and infographics and conduct roundtables and public forums on proposed reforms designed to strengthen institutions and promote civic education on anti-corruption and good governance.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Narrowing the Gap between Political Parties and the Electorate
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Malaysia
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To encourage political parties' responsiveness and equip them to seek input from the public. The institute will work with political parties to strengthen the effectiveness of their outreach efforts and their responsiveness to the electorate's concerns. The institute will also work with local civil society organizations to identify and amplify youth voices in the public space, as part of an effort to narrow the gap between parties and their constituents.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $400,000
Project Title: Promoting Pluralism
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Malaysia
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote open, reflective and meaningful conversations among youth on diversity and inclusion in Malaysia. The project will seek to promote an appreciation for pluralism through social media and interactions among Malaysian young people of varied backgrounds and beliefs, including marginalized communities such as indigenous populations and members of the Shia community.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $25,000
Project Title: Supporting Independent Web TV in Malaysia
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Malaysia
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To provide the Malaysian public with a credible and respected source of independent TV news reporting. The grantee will continue to operate its multilingual internet TV service.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $35,000
Project Title: Public Opinion Research
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Malaysia
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To carry out independent, objective public opinion research that can be used by policy makers and civil society representatives to formulate policies and programs. The organization will conduct public opinion surveys across peninsular Malaysia and Sabah and Sarawak to gauge the Malaysian public's views on a variety of public policy issues.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $64,643
Project Title: Combating Corruption and Promoting Accountability
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Malaysia
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote good governance and accountability and to combat corruption. This multifaceted project will encourage public participation in efforts to combat corruption, including research on various forms on corruption in Malaysia; education around the Auditor General's reports on the national budget; advocacy focused on strengthening the independence of public institutions; training workshops for youth on various aspects of corruption; and the promotion of online tools to build public participation in promoting transparency.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $60,000
Project Title: Strategic Litigation and Human Rights Advocacy
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Malaysia
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To provide the Malaysian public, especially young Malaysians, with a forum to discuss critical political issues in the country and to support the advancement of human rights through strategic litigation. Project activities will include a series of initiatives designed to improve young people's human rights advocacy skills and encourage their involvement in political processes, support for a variety of legal cases with important human rights implications, and maintenance of a resource center for Malaysian youth.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $60,000
Project Title: Promoting Human Rights and Access to Justice
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Malaysia
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To support a community of lawyers dedicated to the advancement of human rights through strategic litigation. The primary focus of the project will be the litigation of a variety of cases with important human rights implications and the conducting of public information campaigns and empowerment trainings.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $45,000
Project Title: Promoting Governmental Accountability and Strengthening Anti-Corruption Efforts
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Malaysia
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote transparency and accountability within the Malaysian government and strengthen institutions working on issues of corruption. The organization will publish a series of articles, opinion pieces, and a book focused on efforts to combat corruption, produce infographics, and conduct roundtables and on proposed reforms designed to strengthen institutions and promote civic education on anti-corruption and good governance.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Strengthening Political Parties and Citizen-Responsive Democratic Governance
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Malaysia
Project Focus: NGO Strengthening
Description: To strengthen political parties' ability to campaign and govern responsively and democratically. The institute will bolster the skills of political parties in the areas of coalition operations, citizen-responsive and data-driven platform and policy formulation, messaging, and leveraging new media. It will also help to bridge the gap between parties and citizens by providing youth with the platforms and skills necessary to voice concerns and engage in discourse on issues related to Malaysia's democratic development.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $395,000
Project Title: Promoting Pluralism
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Malaysia
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote open, reflective, and meaningful conversations among youth on diversity and inclusion in Malaysia. The organization will seek to promote an appreciation for pluralism through interactions between Malaysian young people and marginalized communities, including representatives of indigenous populations, refugees, and members of the Shia community.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $22,421
Project Title: Public Opinion Research
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Malaysia
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To carry out independent, objective public opinion research that will enable policy makers and civil society representatives to formulate policies and programs. The grantee will conduct public opinion surveys across peninsular Malaysia and Sabah and Sarawak to gauge the Malaysian public's opinion on a variety of public policy issues.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $60,698
Project Title: Combating Corruption and Promoting Accountability
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Malaysia
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote good governance and accountability and to combat corruption. The organization will conduct a multifaceted project designed to encourage public participation in efforts to combat corruption that will include research on various forms on corruption in Malaysia; education around the Auditor General's reports on the national budget; advocacy focused on strengthening the independence of public institutions; training workshops for youth on various aspects of corruption; and the promotion of the use of online tools to build public participation in promoting transparency.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $65,000
Project Title: Promoting an Understanding of the Relationship Between Islam and Democracy
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Malaysia
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To educate Southeast Asians on the philosophical foundations of democracy and human rights and their relationship with Islam. The organization will conduct a series of discussions on democracy and Islam that will provide young Malaysians with the opportunity to better understand and appreciate Islam's relationship with fundamental civil liberties. In addition, the organization will organize a series of conferences for young Southeast Asian Muslims to discuss secularism, multi-culturalism, neo-liberalism, and interfaith coexistence throughout the region.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $140,000
Project Title: Promoting Human Rights and Access to Justice
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Malaysia
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To support a community of lawyers dedicated to the advancement of human rights in Malaysia through strategic litigation and the equal application of the rule of law. The organization will litigate a variety of cases with important human rights implications and conduct public information campaigns and empowerment trainings.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $45,000
Project Title: Public Opinion Research
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Malaysia
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To carry out independent, objective public opinion research that can be used by policy makers and civil society representatives to formulate policies and programs. The organization will conduct public opinion surveys across peninsular Malaysia, Sabah, and Sarawak to gauge the Malaysian public's opinion on a variety of public policy issues.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $65,000
Project Title: Strategic Litigation and Human Rights Advocacy
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Malaysia
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To provide the Malaysian public, especially young Malaysians, with a forum to discuss critical political issues in the country and to support the advancement of human rights through strategic litigation. Project activities will include a series of initiatives designed to improve young people's human rights advocacy skills and encourage their involvement in political processes, support for a variety of legal cases with important human rights implications, and maintenance of a resource center for Malaysian youth.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $20,000
Project Title: Strengthening Malaysia's Government Transition
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Malaysia
Project Focus: Political Processes
Description: To support Malaysia's democratic transition following the historic May 9 elections. The institute will work to strengthen the ability of government and opposition elected officials to meet their mandates and constituents' needs through the promotion of democratic, citizen-centered governance practices and skills and knowledge needed to build consensus around shared concerns. The institute will also continue to support increased youth involvement in political and civic life through efforts to strengthen platforms for discourse on key challenges facing the country and ways to engage constructively with government and political party leaders.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $430,000
Project Title: Support for Civil Society and Parliament
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Malaysia
Project Focus: Strengthening Political Institutions
Description: To assist Malaysia's new parliament and civil society organizations following the country's historic political leadership transition. The institute will provide technical assistance to strengthen parliamentary committees and first-time elected representatives, and promote mechanisms for inclusive parliamentary processes. In addition, the institute will provide support and technical guidance to civil society organizations on effective engagement with parliament on reform priorities.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $350,000
Project Title: Combating Corruption and Promoting Accountability
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Malaysia
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote good governance and accountability and to combat corruption. The organization will conduct a multifaceted project designed to encourage public participation in efforts to combat corruption that will include research on various forms of corruption in Malaysia; educational initiatives about patronage politics and possible corruption associated with government linked companies; and advocacy focused on strengthening the independence of public institutions.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $64,865
Project Title: Promoting an Understanding of the Relationship between Islam and Democracy
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Malaysia
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To educate Southeast Asians on the philosophical foundations of democracy and human rights and their relationship with Islam. The organization will conduct a series of discussions on democracy and Islam that will provide young Malaysians with the opportunity to better understand and appreciate Islam's relationship with fundamental civil liberties. In addition, the organization will organize a series of activities for young Southeast Asian Muslims to discuss secularism, multi-culturalism, neo-liberalism, and interfaith coexistence throughout the region.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $140,000
Project Title: Promoting Human Rights and Access to Justice
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Malaysia
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To support a community of lawyers dedicated to the advancement of human rights through strategic litigation. The organization will litigate a variety of cases with important human rights implications including cases focusing on issues such as death in custody, abuse of police power, detention without trial, and statelessness and conduct public information campaigns and empowerment trainings.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $45,000
Project Title: Public Opinion Research
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Malaysia
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To carry out independent, objective public opinion research that can be used by policy makers and civil society representatives to formulate policies and programs. The organization will conduct public opinion surveys across peninsular Malaysia, Sabah, and Sarawak to gauge the Malaysian public's opinion on a variety of public policy issues.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $68,900
Project Title: Strategic Litigation and Human Rights Advocacy
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Malaysia
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To provide the Malaysian public, especially youth, with a forum to discuss critical political issues and to support the advancement of human rights through strategic litigation. The organization will implement a series of initiatives designed to improve young people's human rights advocacy skills and encourage their involvement in political processes, litigate a variety of cases with important human rights implications, and maintain a resource center for youth.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $52,000
Project Title: New Civic Accountability
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Malaysia
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To hold the new Pakatan Harapan government accountable to the economic reform promises made in its electoral manifesto. The center will use a citizen scorecard that enables civil society to track, analyze and communicate the policies of the new government. The center will also build the capacity of accountability-oriented civil society groups to discuss public expectations of the government.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $298,815
Project Title: Empowering Workers in Malaysia's New Labor Law Reform Regime
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Malaysia
Project Focus: Freedom of Association
Description: To expand trade union and labor rights in Malaysia following the historic election of the Pakatan Harapan coalition government in May 2018. The center will conduct a combination of labor law workshops on the content of the reforms and legal clinics. These will be coupled with specific activities around migrant worker organizing, collective bargaining expansion and stakeholder engagement to ensure that beyond unions and workers, employers and local government officials as well as regional media are familiarized with the scope and application of the broad-based legal reforms in play.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $300,000
Project Title: Advancing Democratic Governance through Responsive and Inclusive Politics
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Malaysia
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To support democratic governance in Malaysia. The institute will implement a program to strengthen Malaysian political parties' operational and outreach capacities, thus contributing to stronger and more sustainable constituent outreach, strategic planning, and issue identification in the period in-between elections. The institute will also concurrently increase and amplify youth perspectives in the public sphere by providing youth with a platform through which to discuss and share unique perspectives on social, civic, and political issues.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $400,000
Project Title: Combating Corruption and Promoting Accountability
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Malaysia
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote good governance and accountability and to combat corruption. The organization will conduct a multifaceted project designed to encourage public participation in efforts to combat corruption that will include research on various forms of corruption in Malaysia; educational initiatives about patronage politics and possible corruption associated with government linked companies; and advocacy focused on strengthening the independence of public institutions.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $90,000
Project Title: Engaging Communities to Counter Discrimination
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Malaysia
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote a more harmonious and less discriminatory Malaysian society. The organization will produce and disseminate videos to counter hate speech and organize grassroots community-level dialogues to raise awareness and promote tolerance among communities.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $72,000
Project Title: Promoting Human Rights and Access to Justice
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Malaysia
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To support a community of lawyers dedicated to the advancement of human rights through strategic litigation. The organization will litigate a variety of cases with important human rights implications and conduct public information campaigns and empowerment trainings.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $70,000
Project Title: Public Opinion Research
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Malaysia
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To carry out independent, objective public opinion research that can be used by policy makers and civil society representatives to formulate policies and programs. The Merdeka Center for Opinion Research will conduct public opinion surveys across peninsular Malaysia and Sabah and Sarawak to gauge the Malaysian public's opinion on a variety of public policy issues.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $95,000
Project Title: Strategic Litigation and Human Rights Advocacy
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Malaysia
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To provide the Malaysian public, especially youth, with a forum to discuss critical political issues and to support the advancement of human rights through strategic litigation. The organization will implement a series of initiatives designed to improve young people's human rights advocacy skills and encourage their involvement in political processes, litigate a variety of cases with important human rights implications, and maintain a resource center for youth.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $61,000
Project Title: Promoting Human Rights and Access to Justice
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Malaysia
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To support a community of lawyers dedicated to the advancement of human rights through strategic litigation. The organization will litigate a variety of cases with important human rights implications and conduct public information campaigns and empowerment trainings.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $25,000
Project Title: Strategic Litigation and Human Rights Advocacy
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Malaysia
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To provide the Malaysian public, especially youth, with a forum to discuss critical political issues and to support the advancement of human rights through strategic litigation. The organization will implement a series of initiatives designed to improve young people's human rights advocacy skills and encourage their involvement in political processes, litigate a variety of cases with important human rights implications, and maintain a resource center for youth.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $12,000
Project Title: Support for Parliamentary Strengthening
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Malaysia
Project Focus: Strengthening Political Institutions
Description: To strengthen the Malaysian parliament's performance of its legislative and oversight functions and improve its transparency and responsiveness to the public, the Institute will provide technical assistance to parliamentary committees and members of parliament, and promote mechanisms for effective citizen engagement in parliamentary processes.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $350,000