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Search results for Project Country: Armenia
Project Region: Eurasia
Amount: $25,000 - $50,000
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Displaying records 26-50 of 54 results
All results totalling $2,194,351
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Project Title: MediaLab
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To promote debate on controversial topics through the use of political satire. The grantee will produce monthly comics on relevant political and social issues in its newspaper Tsets. During the final two months of the project, the grantee will publish a comic book of the entire series. Materials from this project will also be made available online and shared on social media.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $40,346
Project Title: Independent Television Broadcasting
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To promote public discussion of current events in the South Caucasus. The organization will produce an interactive talk show to analyze the key challenges facing Armenian society. It will also investigate Georgia's political and economic outlook during the second half of the program. The emerging picture will encourage comparisons between how Georgia benefits from its associations with the EU and how Armenia does not reap similar advantages from the Eurasian Economic Union.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $41,916
Project Title: Promoting Government Accountability
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: Rule of Law
Description: To promote government accountability and access to justice in Armenia. The group will monitor instances of official misconduct, provide legal support to victims of crimes perpetrated by government employees, and produce informational materials on legal recourse in cases of rights violations. The grantee will also undertake strategic litigation on four cases in domestic courts, produce a report on cases involving government officials' abuse of power for public dissemination, and host press conferences to announce the program's findings.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $47,460
Project Title: Promoting Government Accountability
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To encourage civic activism and to promote government accountability in Armenia's mining sector. The organization will engage in national and international processes involving mining industry oversight; organize conferences and roundtables; and produce articles and press releases on its research.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $42,770
Project Title: Documentary Film: The Choice between Home and Freedom
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To foster understanding and discussion of Armenia's Soviet history and the legacy of a totalitarian system. The organization will produce a documentary examining the differences between communism and democracy as described by Armenians who experienced both; create a graphic novel on the subject matter explored in the documentary; and host community discussions and presentations in three cities in Armenia.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $34,055
Project Title: EVN Report
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To promote debate and discussion on current events. The organization will publish news articles, draft special reports, and conduct policy analysis on the key social and political issues in the country. The grantee will also produce a weekly news digest podcast and host live forums online to facilitate reader interaction with the magazine's editorial staff.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $38,944
Project Title: Human Rights Journalism Training
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To raise awareness of democracy and human rights issues in Armenia. The grantee will conduct trainings on media ethics, domestic violence, discrimination, democracy, and human rights for television news journalists. In consultation with the grantee, the journalists will then produce television programs devoted to these issues for local broadcast.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $37,159
Project Title: Human Rights Monitoring and Advocacy
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To monitor human rights in Armenia and promote public understanding of human rights violations. The organization will provide legal aid, monitor trials, and conduct strategic litigation. The grantee will produce an online interview program to raise awareness of human rights issues within the country. The organization will also host a roundtable at the conclusion of the project on rule of law and human rights issues within Armenia.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $40,924
Project Title: Human Rights Training for Conscripts
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To raise awareness on human rights among military conscripts. The organization will draft an informational booklet on Armenia's legislation regulating conscription and military service, conduct trainings in Yerevan and the regions on these laws, and provide legal assistance to conscripts whose rights have been violated. The grantee will organize a meeting to discuss key findings from the trainings at the conclusion of the project.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $38,006
Project Title: Human Rights Trainings
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote the protection of human rights and due process in Armenia as the government implements political, economic, and social reforms. The organization will hold seminars in Tbilisi for Armenian civil society to gain a deeper understanding of Georgia's reform process after 2003. At the conclusion of the program, the organization will create a network of human rights NGOs from each country to facilitate information sharing as Armenia's new government determines its post-revolutionary reform priorities.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $44,997
Project Title: Measuring Public Opinion on Foreign Policy
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote informed public debate on Western values and institutions. The organization will survey public opinion on Armenia's political, economic, and security relations with the West and Russia, with a focus on the recently signed Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement with the European Union. The organization will also monitor Armenian media outlets' coverage of Western- and Russian-led institutions and facilitate discussions on foreign policy through three public roundtables with political parties.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $36,950
Project Title: Promoting Government Accountability
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote government accountability and access to justice in Armenia. The grantee will monitor instances of official misconduct, provide legal support to victims of crimes perpetrated by government officials, and produce informational materials on legal recourse in cases of rights violations. The organization will also undertake strategic litigation on four cases in domestic courts, produce reports on cases involving government officials' abuse of power for public dissemination, create a blog documenting instances of corruption in Armenia, and host press conferences to announce the program's findings.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $47,810
Project Title: Promoting Judicial Reform
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: Rule of Law
Description: To promote judicial reform in Armenia. The grantee will organize a training on administrative justice, conduct trial monitoring in administrative courts, and provide legal assistance to Armenian citizens dealing with public administration and administrative justice. At the conclusion of the program, the organization will compile a package of reforms on administrative justice, which is a priority issue for Armenia's new government.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $46,436
Project Title: Protecting Journalists' Rights
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To monitor freedom of the press in Armenia. The organization will document violations of journalists' rights, provide free legal aid to media organizations, and conduct strategic litigation. The grantee will publish its findings in four quarterly assessments and a final video report. The grantee will organize a roundtable discussion to discuss its monitoring results at the conclusion of the project.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $39,024
Project Title: Regional Broadcasting on Local Governance Issues
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To promote the accountability of local government officials and Members of Parliament representing Gyumri, the second-largest city in Armenia and capital of the Shirak region. The organization will monitor government performance and create opportunities for dialogue between government representatives and the public through its partnership with Tsayg TV. The grantee will encourage civic engagement through trainings in journalism, participatory monitoring, and election observation.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $44,950
Project Title: Youth Engagement on Public Policy
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote youth engagement in public policy discourse. The organization will study the impact of public policy on civil liberties, with a focus on Armenia's militarization policies and political rhetoric, and produce a series of multimedia educational materials on its findings. The organization will conduct workshops with youth and civil society members to discuss its research and opportunities to protect human rights through political engagement.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $40,106
Project Title: Assessing Armenia's National Defense Policies
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To engage civil society in reforms of Armenian national defense policy. The grantee will analyze the relevant legislation and prepare policy recommendations to present to government stakeholders. The organization will raise awareness of human rights protections for military conscripts during the conscription process, and it will provide legal assistance to conscripts whose rights have been violated. The grantee will advocate for implementation of its recommendations by Parliament and government agencies.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $36,396
Project Title: Countering Misinformation about Armenia
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote a better understanding of Armenian politics and policy positions inside the country and internationally. The organization will hold study visits for independent journalists from Russia to meet with Armenian politicians and civil society, conduct interviews with leading Armenian political parties on their policy positions, monitor local media for disinformation and conduct trainings on fact-checking for local journalists in two cities.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $38,250
Project Title: Militarism: a Disinformation Narrative in Armenian Society
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To protect the Armenian information space against malign influence from authoritarian actors. The grantee will research public statements about the Nagorno Karabakh conflict to analyze how foreign and local authoritarian actors seek to employ militarist positions to frighten the population and manipulate public opinion. To enhance public debate of this controversial topic, the organization will conduct monitoring, write articles, hold small workshops and a final conference. The articles will also be shared online and compiled into a book.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $49,940
Project Title: Promoting Government Accountability
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote government accountability in Armenia's mining sector. The organization will seek to reduce corruption and to increase public participation by contributing to reform of the environmental impact assessment process. The grantee will conduct analysis of the environmental impact assessment process and use its findings to advocate for transparent and participatory review process.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $36,124
Project Title: Promoting Media Accountability
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To promote transparency of ownership of Armenian media, and to monitor and protect freedom of the media. The organization will work with a group of experts to develop legislative proposals for new laws governing transparency of funding and beneficial ownership in the media, and advocate for the adoption of these policies. In addition, the organization will continue to monitor the implementation of new legislation after it is adopted, and any ongoing violations of journalists' rights.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $37,466
Project Title: Civil Society for Better Governance
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: NGO Strengthening
Description: To improve the capacity of Armenian civil society, particularly new movements and organizations outside of Yerevan, to contribute to local and national policy discussions, and to more effectively respond to and represent the needs of their communities. The grantee will hold a series of trainings for young activists and NGO leaders, hold roundtable discussions to bring stakeholders together, and train young researchers on methods for incorporating their work into civil society projects.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $44,950
Project Title: Combatting Foreign Policy Myths
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To present an accurate picture of current global affairs, their impact on Armenia, and Armenia's geopolitical role through a series of televised and online lectures and in-person discussions. The organization will prepare a lecture series on topics that have been employed to support common disinformation narratives, such as threats to national security and attacks on traditional values.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $47,700
Project Title: Countering Misinformation about Armenia
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote a better understanding of Armenian politics and policy positions inside the country and internationally, and to increase the availability of information on citizen demands. The organization will hold two study visits for independent journalists from Russia to meet with Armenian politicians and civil society. The organization will conduct analytical research and polling on the Armenian government's response to disinformation campaigns and make policy recommendations based on their findings.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $38,760
Project Title: Everything is Political
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To foster productive discussions between civil society and government officials, and to raise public awareness of the political nature of reforms in Armenia. The organization will conduct a series of off the record discussions with representatives of civil society and the government, focusing on ongoing reform processes, and record a podcast series with invited experts to discuss the political processes underlying reforms.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $44,280
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