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Search results for Project Country: Russia
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Focus:
Displaying records 376-400 of 485 results
All results totalling $37,716,941
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Project Title: Activist Network
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To provide independent news and analysis on social, political, and human rights developments and to develop civic activism among youth. The organization will maintain a website with reporting and analysis on the development of democratic norms and competitive politics. A training and networking program for young activists will also be organized.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $54,900
Project Title: Aiding Corruption Investigations
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To strengthen anti-corruption initiatives investigating transborder corruption through cooperation with international networks. Activists will be connected to media outlets that can expand the audience for their work, foreign experts who can assist with investigations, and legal experts familiar with relevant international legal anti-corruption mechanisms.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $47,770
Project Title: Amplifying Independent Media
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To amplify the public's awareness of and access to high-quality independent Russian-language media content and investigative reporting, and to foster the capacity of independent Russian media to effectively promote and disseminate content digitally. Digital capacity building and development for independent Russian media in order to broaden the audience and impact of significant reporting will be supported.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $224,849
Project Title: Building Civic Activism
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To foster and support for civic activism and grassroots initiatives, to encourage youth activism, and to build activist networks and create opportunities for knowledge and experience sharing amongst activists. Workshops, public events, webinars, and a conference will be held, and trainings and opportunities for activists to network and develop projects will be provided.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $51,710
Project Title: Capacity Building for Activists
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Rule of Law
Description: To improve the accountability of the government and to promote respect for the rule of law. A series of trainings will be held for young activists interested in participating in monitoring violations of the rule of law. Educational materials about monitoring methods will be published and analytical reports on monitoring and rule of law issues will be produced.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $40,025
Project Title: Civic Education
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To promote civic engagement and democratic ideas and values. Seminars and trainings will be conducted on civic education and the benefits of activism to local communities. In addition, legal and informational consultations will be offered to activists who are interested in protecting their rights. An online educational platform will also be developed to impart practical organizing and communications skills to youth activists.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $66,840
Project Title: Civil Rights Education
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To raise the capacity of local activists to teach young people and their families about their rights and to engage with their communities. Free legal and informational sessions will be provided to young people and citizens about their civic and human rights and independent digital discussion platforms for activists and local citizens will be maintained.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $84,311
Project Title: Civil Society Connection
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To raise awareness of issues concerning human rights, political freedom, and civil society among international actors. The organization will organize advocacy missions for activists, experts, and advocates for democracy issues to meet with policymakers and experts, as well as solidarity missions demonstrating support for victims whose rights have been abused.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $51,349
Project Title: Combatting Hate Speech
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To raise awareness of the problem of hate speech and to improve the effectiveness of legal mechanisms in protecting human rights. Monitoring into instances of human rights violations will be conducted and a report will be produced; informational materials will be produced and published online; and legal assistance will be offered to victims of human rights violations.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $58,851
Project Title: Crimes Against History
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To increase awareness of and advocate for historians and civil society actors under pressure for advancing historical narratives contrary to state-sanctioned propaganda. A report will be published and disseminated and advocacy efforts to strengthen international protections for those working on historical memory will be undertaken. Additionally, legal assistance will be provided to historians and civil society actors in country facing ongoing persecution for challenging official dogma.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $96,095
Project Title: Curbing Corruption
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote accountability and increase transparency among Eurasian public officials and to counter the destructive influence of transnational kleptocracy on European democratic institutions and rule of law, with a particular focus on foreign asset ownership. The organization will continue to update and improve its English-language database with publicly available information about government officials, their assets and ownership rights abroad. The database will be made available to European stakeholders in order to encourage adherence to anti-corruption and anti-money laundering legislation.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $85,420
Project Title: Defending Human Rights
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To raise the awareness of human rights violations committed in the region and to lower tensions between minority communities and local officials. Free legal aid will be provided and a series of roundtables, press conferences, private meetings will be held to deepen local understanding of human rights.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $59,140
Project Title: Defending Human Rights
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To counter systemic impunity for perpetrators of human rights violations by providing legal assistance to victims of human rights. Legal assistance will be offered to victims of gross human rights violations and outreach activities will be undertaken to inform the public about the human rights situation in the region.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $80,000
Project Title: Defending Human Rights
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To defend human rights and raise awareness of gross human rights violations. Project staff will provide free legal aid to some of the more vulnerable elements of society (including prisoners), raise awareness about human rights abuses through press conferences and interviews, organize new initiatives, and provide support to grassroots activists.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $85,080
Project Title: Defending Human Rights
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To defend victims of human rights abuses and raise awareness of human rights violations. The organization will provide free legal aid to the victims of rights violations, monitor abuses, conduct national and international advocacy and awareness-raising campaigns, and organize seminars to build the legal capacity of human rights defenders.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $206,054
Project Title: Defending Indigenous Rights
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To defend indigenous rights. The organization will monitor violations of indigenous rights, facilitate improved institutionalization and coordination among indigenous rights activists, raise awareness of the human rights situation facing indigenous communities, provide free legal consultations, and develop an online platform to disseminate news and map rights violations.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $55,000
Project Title: Defending Internet Freedom
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To defend the digital rights of citizens, including their rights to freedom of expression and association, security, and privacy online, and to promote public awareness and engagement around significant internet freedom issues. Strategic litigation, public awareness raising, and advocacy will be conducted on significant digital rights issues, and related monitoring and analysis will be regularly published online.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $220,000
Project Title: Democracy Network
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: NGO Strengthening
Description: To support the development of a resource hub for civil society organizations operating from inside and outside the country. The organization will offer technical resources to help activists continue their work in increasingly challenging conditions. It will also support the ongoing development of a hub for democratic civil society activism.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $203,154
Project Title: Development and Support of Civic Activists
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To increase the capacity of civic activists. The program will engage regional youth in discussions of democratic values and policy. Seminars will be held to help activists develop outreach strategies and network with colleagues. Participants in these seminars will receive training to strengthen the capacity of local initiatives and will also compete for project support and programmatic guidance.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $63,300
Project Title: Digital Investigative Journalism and Training
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To provide the public with accurate information on Russian foreign and security policy, and to foster the capacity of Russian journalists and NGOs to utilize new digital tools and research techniques in their work, along with regional networks among them. In-depth investigative reporting, coverage of current events, and analysis will be published online; a regional training and mentorship program will be conducted, and a resource center will be provided.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $104,955
Project Title: Digital Tools And Human Rights
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To facilitate interest in studying history and raise awareness of past political repressions. Virtual and augmented reality technologies will be used to create educational tools. Digitalized models of buildings and artifacts will be created and accompanied by witness testimony, archival documents, and other educational materials. A traveling exhibition will be put together, which will allow the general public to interact with the technologies.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $103,374
Project Title: Documenting Repression
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To develop and expand a unified information platform linking databases of information on political repression in the former Soviet Union. The platform will be augmented with new data sources, the project's group of partner organizations will be expanded, and new functionality will be incorporated into the platform.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $73,747
Project Title: Fostering Global Solidarity with Russia's Democratic Movement
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To foster global solidarity with Russia's democratic movement, and to strengthen networks among Russian activists and European politicians and opinion leaders. To provide an independent source of information from credible in-country sources to counter official Russian propaganda narratives. Awareness raising and networking activities will be carried and a series of analytical reports will be produced.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $116,572
Project Title: Human Rights Education
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To promote and explain the practical importance of respect for human rights and to implement civic education in regional university and school communities. To provide human rights trainings, including seminars on human rights pedagogy for school and university teachers; to organize regional school competitions in the practical application of human rights norms; and to maintain an online presence.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $24,964
Project Title: Human Rights Education
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To educate and encourage discussion among youth and educators about the ramifications of political repression and other human rights violations. The organization will continue to hold seminars for educators and activists on methods for teaching human rights. A series of community events will also be held to commemorate historical human rights abuses.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $36,000
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