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Search results for Project Country: Russia
Project Region: Eurasia
Year: 2016
Project Focus:
Displaying records 101-128 of 128 results
All results totalling $7,417,548
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Project Title: Raising Awareness of Human Rights
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To provide free legal representation and consultation to victims of human rights violations. Project activities will include collecting information about human rights violations, and providing assistance to victims, including utilizing regional or international instruments for human rights protection and defense.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $67,860
Project Title: Increasing Access to Information
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To provide access to accurate information about important ecological issues. Violations of citizens' rights will be monitored, legal and informational expertise will be offered, and information will be publicized.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $66,896
Project Title: Independent News and Commentary
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To provide a quality source of national news and independent commentary to Russian-language audiences. Video news programs will be published online featuring analysis and commentary.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $51,658
Project Title: Civic Education
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To promote democratic ideas and values. Seminars on democratic ideas and values will be organized. Topics will seek to educate people on how best to teach citizens about their rights and the difference this knowledge can make in their everyday lives.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $40,360
Project Title: Anti-Corruption Website
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To increase the accountability of public officials and to involve more citizens in anti-corruption efforts. A website with information about combating corruption will be maintained. Activities will include updating its website with specific examples of corruption among local officials and distributing information about combating corruption.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $53,387
Project Title: Human Rights Education and Legal Assistance
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To promote adherence to laws protecting human rights and to defend migrants' rights. A human rights education and training program for civil society activists will be conducted and legal assistance to migrants on how best to defend their rights will be offered.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $3,472
Project Title: Supporting Civil Society
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: NGO Strengthening
Description: To maintain a center for the support of citizen initiatives and nonprofit organizations and to counteract negative portrayals of civil society by highlighting the positive contributions that human rights organizations, initiative groups, and individual activists and volunteers make to society. Trainings will be hosted and awareness campaigns on these issues will be conducted.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Support for Independent Journalism
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To increase the amount of quality independent journalism available to the public. The organization will publish its reporting on significant social issues online.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $44,000
Project Title: Protecting Human Rights
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To reduce the incidence of human rights violations, to strengthen the compliance with and application of international human rights standards, and to help citizens understand their rights. Free legal support will be provided and an informational campaign will be run.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $110,038
Project Title: Resolving Social Issues
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To facilitate the discussion of approaches to addressing social issues in Russia and to foster cooperation between activists. An event dedicated to the discussion of social issues in Russia and how to address them will be held.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $11,850
Project Title: Human Rights Networking
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To support local human rights NGOs. A network of regional human rights NGOs will conduct a nationwide human rights monitoring program and carry out public campaigns on issues of local relevance.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $56,040
Project Title: Supporting Civil Society
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: NGO Strengthening
Description: To provide informational and legal assistance to civil society and to raise awareness of human rights violations. Assistance will be provided online and through in-person consultations.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $100,000
Project Title: Assisting Civil Society
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To reduce the incidence of human rights violations by law enforcement agencies. Project activities will include advocating on behalf of victims of human rights violations and coordinating efforts to resist attempts by the government to persecute civil society organizations.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $55,610
Project Title: Monitoring State Propaganda
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To increase public awareness of the existence and impacts of manipulative propaganda and misinformation in Russian state-controlled mass media. Program activities will include monitoring and publishing analysis of the news content distributed by state-controlled mass media in Russia.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $51,000
Project Title: Supporting Human Rights Defenders
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To support regional civil society organizations through public outreach, training, and informational support for activists. Impartial coverage of regional civil organizations will be provided and activists in need will be assisted.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $40,049
Project Title: Defending Human Rights
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To raise the awareness of human rights violations and to lower tensions between minority communities and local officials. Free legal aid will be rendered and a series of roundtables and conferences to deepen local understanding of human rights will be conducted.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $59,521
Project Title: Promoting Freedom of Information
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To promote freedom of information by monitoring official information resources. Analyses of proposed and current legislation regarding freedom of information will be conducted and information about these issues will be published online.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $132,061
Project Title: Monitoring Extremism
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To foster greater attention to the problems of extremism and xenophobia and to promote tolerance for ethnic and religious minorities. Activities will include monitoring and analyzing events related to these issues, and publishing the results of their monitoring.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $109,975
Project Title: Defending Freedom of Information
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To raise public awareness about freedom of information issues and to defend citizens' right to freedom of expression. Legal assistance will be provided and advocacy will be conducted.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $59,500
Project Title: Human Rights Education
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To educate youth about human and civil rights and to encourage civic engagement among young people. A series of lectures and training seminars dedicated to discussing these issues and their relevance to citizens' daily lives will be hosted.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $24,645
Project Title: Investigative Journalism School
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To improve access to high-quality, independent investigative journalism in Russia. An investigative journalism training program will be conducted.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $80,000
Project Title: Promoting Human Rights
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To enable young people and their families to protect their rights and to decrease the frequency of human rights abuses. Human rights seminars and consultations will be conducted on these issues.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $49,900
Project Title: Enhancing Public Access to Information
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To provide accurate information to Russian-speaking audiences. Activities will include reporting on current events involving Russia, publishing information online, and working with journalists in order to improve their reporting and expand their readership.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $41,180
Project Title: Historical Memory
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To raise awareness of human rights violations and the importance of civil society. The organization will host human rights-oriented outreach events.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $20,000
Project Title: Promoting Human Rights
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To monitor human rights violations. Project activities will include monitoring human rights abuses, providing legal consultations, and conducting analyses of previous instances of violations. An informational website will be maintained.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $106,300
Project Title: Human Rights Education
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To raise awareness of human rights and to enable participants to better defend their rights. A series of trainings and roundtables will be conducted to improve participants' awareness of their rights and to develop strategies for defending them.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $38,112
Project Title: Legal Resource Center
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To provide legal assistance to victims of human rights abuses and to disseminate information concerning such cases. Regular monitoring of human rights abuses will be conducted in collaboration with other NGOs.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $66,664
Project Title: Fighting Internet Censorship
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To raise public awareness about and combat censorship of online information. Information on freedom of information issues will be published and technical assistance will be provided.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $30,000
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