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Search results for Project Country: Venezuela
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Year: 2020
Project Focus:
Displaying records 1-25 of 60 results
All results totalling $3,235,062
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Project Title: Assessing Perceptions of Democracy in Venezuela
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Venezuela
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To assess the state of democracy in different locations throughout Venezuela. Project activities will include surveying Venezuelans to get a better understanding of citizen perceptions of democracy across the country. Activities will also include conducting interviews, focus groups, and publishing the findings of the study of democracy in the country.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $35,000
Project Title: Building Public Awareness on Democratic Initiatives
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Venezuela
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To build public awareness about democratic initiatives throughout Venezuela. Activities will include providing targeted assistance to democratic actors throughout the country. Activities will include monthly updates and hosting a series of public events throughout the country.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $60,000
Project Title: Circumventing Censorship and Providing Access to Information
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Venezuela
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To provide access to information. Trainings will occur and information on development will be delivered on a regular basis. Best practices and trust building will be promoted during activities.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Conducting Civic Engagement on Pressing Public Problems
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Venezuela
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To conduct civic education and empower citizens. A manual will be developed and workshops will be conducted. Civic engagement campaigns will then occur in different locations.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Defending Freedom of Association and Expression
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Venezuela
Project Focus: Freedom of Association
Description: To promote human rights and freedom of association principles throughout Venezuela. Activities will include trainings on how to monitor and document violations, and a network will be established to defend freedom of association in the country. Reports will be published and advocacy will be conducted before regional and international rights bodies
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $38,000
Project Title: Defending Freedom of Expression Online
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Venezuela
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To defend freedom of information and document disinformation campaigns. A new tool will track and document disinformation campaigns in Venezuela, and a public awareness campaign involving a series of digital, print, and public events will be carried out. The project will involve trips to relevant conferences and opportunities to disseminate information. A targeted audience will be informed.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $35,000
Project Title: Documenting Human Rights Violations
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Venezuela
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To increase understanding of human rights courts processes and procedures among civil society organizations; and to document human rights violations in Venezuela and contribute to the completion of investigations. The organization will document human rights violations in Venezuela collecting evidences and testimonies. Additionally, the organization will raise awareness about Venezuela's open cases focusing on CSOs and media.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Documenting Human Rights Violations
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Venezuela
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To raise awareness of human rights violations and political prisoners in central and western states of Venezuela. In collaboration with local activists, grassroots leaders, and family members of political prisoners, the organization will provide information and tools on human rights, due process, the Venezuelan legal system, and international instruments to protect rights. It will work to raise the visibility of emblematic cases before domestic and international audiences.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $43,000
Project Title: Documenting Human Rights Violations and the Humanitarian Crisis
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Venezuela
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To raise awareness about the current humanitarian crisis and increase international support for democracy in Venezuela. The organization will raise awareness on the current Venezuelan humanitarian crisis around the world by producing audiovisual products, which will be widely disseminated around the world. The organization has the ambitious goal to reach millions of people worldwide.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $34,700
Project Title: Documenting Human Rights Violations Tied to Migration
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Venezuela
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To monitor human rights violations against Venezuelan migrants. Activities will include documenting and reporting on violations in and out of the country. A final report will be produced and social media platforms will be used to disseminate information. Activities will also include developing international awareness with global human rights organizations.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $60,000
Project Title: Empowering Female Students as Political and Social Leaders
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Venezuela
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To empower female students to become political and social leaders who promote democratic change. The group will train women on leadership, political advocacy, and the role of women in a democracy. Twelve groups will carry out micro-projects and receive mentorship and feedback. The organization will carry out a national event for female leaders from political, social and student organizations. Leaders will discuss key issues facing women and youth, and develop an advocacy strategy to raise awareness about a topic that the government is not addressing.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $45,000
Project Title: Engaging in Political Innovation
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Venezuela
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To foster increased political engagement among citizens and promote innovation. Through trainings, networking, mentoring, and small funding, youth will develop projects that address the humanitarian situation, engage citizens in public affairs, and reach out to new sectors and groups. Activities will foster greater civic engagement in targeted communities.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Ensuring Access to Independent and Uncensored Information
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Venezuela
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To enhance the availability and reliability of independent, verified and uncensored information; and to raise awareness about the use of disinformation, especially in an electoral context. The organization will develop contingency plans to protect from cyber-attacks, and will promote increased coordination to carry out joint freedom of expression endeavors and investigate human rights violations and large-scale corruption.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $100,000
Project Title: Facilitating Humanitarian Aid Relief
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Venezuela
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To strengthen a network that will monitor and coordinate relief efforts for vulnerable populations. Activities will comprise monitoring, recording, and informing domestic and international audiences about the critical situation and litigating cases before domestic and international human rights bodies. Activities will also include coordination with a collation of diverse civil society organizations.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Fostering Best Practices in Civic Engagement
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Venezuela
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To foster the organization and coordination of democratic actors in ten states; and to improve levels of citizen engagement and grassroots organizing in selected states. The organization will identify successful strategies to foster political best practices and foster participation. The organization will train grassroots, social and political activists on best practices, facilitate greater interaction across groups and states, and promote alternative communication tools to reach citizens.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $50,022
Project Title: Fostering Democratic Values and Understanding
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Venezuela
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To increase domestic support and understanding for democratic values and ideas by raising awareness on the achievements of previous democratic governments. The organization will restore public knowledge and memory associated with the democratic Venezuelan history. Products developed will be widely disseminated in Venezuela through partnership with education institutions, civil society organizations and political actors.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $60,000
Project Title: Fostering Political Participation and Leadership
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Venezuela
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote Venezuelan democratic activism and participation in politics through trainings, thus advocating for democracy and rule of law. The organization will build capacity for renewed democratic leadership in one state, to provide emerging leaders with tools and knowledge to engage in decision-making processes and strengthen their activism capacities. The organization will consolidate its network of emerging leaders, activists, and members of civil society organizations.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $40,115
Project Title: Fostering Youth Participation
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Venezuela
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To foster the active participation of youth leaders in democratic activities through capacity building. The project will foster democratic values and educate young leaders to help them contribute to economic reconstruction, the reestablishment of democracy, and to strengthen their own organizations. The project will include trainings for hundreds of participants across Venezuela and aims to contribute to restore a social fabric based on democratic principles.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $35,000
Project Title: Increasing Transparency of China-Venezuela Relations
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Venezuela
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To strengthen transparency and accountability regarding Venezuela's political, economic, technological, and military relation with authoritarian countries. The project will include engagement with independent media organizations to investigate and document Venezuelan relations over the past 15 years. Once completed, the research will be published in a dedicated website, and will be presented in individual meetings to civil society, academics, and members of the National Assembly.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Increasing Understanding of the International Criminal Court
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Venezuela
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To increase understanding of the International Criminal Court's (ICC) processes and procedures among civil society organizations in Venezuela; and to raise awareness about the Venezuela case open under the ICC jurisdiction to international constituencies. The organization will provide training on and facilitate visits to the ICC with partners, and support the ICC investigation on Venezuela.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $64,653
Project Title: Monitoring Human Rights Conditions
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Venezuela
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To monitor and report on human rights conditions among marginalized populations and provide trainings for human rights defenders. Data collection, interviews, analysis of information, and the development of materials will raise awareness on the human rights situation in the country. An annual report will be produced and presented at public events.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Monitoring the Human Rights Conditions in Venezuela
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Venezuela
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To promote human rights and raise awareness on the human rights situation in Venezuela. Project activities will include monitoring and reporting human rights violations, organizing trainings on democratic values and human rights, and producing and disseminating reports in Venezuela and abroad. Presentations both in and outside Venezuela will also be organized.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Promoting Citizen Engagement
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Venezuela
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To foster democratic participation by promoting leadership and help articulating a national coalition of civil society groups and citizens in support of democratic participation. The organization will set up a broad coalition of experts, civil society organizations and citizens in eight states in order to advocate and defend a democratic and open system in Venezuela.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Promoting Citizen Journalism
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Venezuela
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To promote freedom of expression and information by supporting a network, alternative media platforms and civil society organizations; and to raise awareness about the current humanitarian, economic, security and human rights crises. The organization will focus on amplifying, curating and disseminating information coming from its vast network and from other independent media outlets. It will support an disseminate information on topics such as medicine shortages, the state of public services, the covid-19 crisis and other issues of public concern, and will produce infographics and reports to disseminate .
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $45,040
Project Title: Promoting Citizen Participation and Freedom of Expression
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Venezuela
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To foster democratic activism in underserved communities through activities; and to promote reconciliation and dialogue through peace-building activities. The project will foster citizen engagement in the defense of democracy, through different socio-cultural initiatives as an entry point to debate with underserved communities, and create spaces for dialogue, engagement, and activism.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $30,746
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