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All results totalling $125,875,699
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Project Title: Enhancing Citizen Participation in Local Governance
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Egypt
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To strengthen citizen engagement with local officials in decision-making and good governance. The project will support four popular committees to monitor local government, advocate for solutions to problems faced by their communities, and promote principles of good governance. Local community members will also learn about local administration and election campaign management.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $23,000
Project Title: Enhancing Civic Engagement
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To enhance civic engagement and understanding of civic and human rights. The organization will train emerging local civil society activists on leadership and communications skills, national and international human rights laws and norms, and monitoring and documentation skills. The organization will then support trainee-led initiatives to promote civic and human rights.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $25,000
Project Title: Enhancing Civil Society Engagement
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Algeria
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To build the capacity of civic activists and human rights defenders and promote their engagement during the political transition in Algeria. The organization will conduct trainings on advanced communication and advocacy strategies; organize a seminar on themes related to the political transition; produce a memorandum with recommendations and demands; and convene consultations to mobilize and create strategies for effective civil society engagement in the transition.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $30,000
Project Title: Enhancing Civil Society's Role in Local Public Policy
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To strengthen civil society's role in informing public policy. The organization will continue to work with a task force comprised of local representatives from civil society, the Engineers' Syndicate, the Lawyers' Syndicate, the Health Care Professionals Syndicate, the Teachers' Syndicate, and the Chamber of Commerce. The task force will meet regularly and produce policy reports outlining priorities for improving local service delivery, which it will present to local government officials and the public.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $30,000
Project Title: Enhancing Collective Efforts to Strengthen and Expand Civic Space
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Jordan
Project Focus: Freedom of Association
Description: To strengthen collective action that expands and protects civic space. The organization will facilitate coordination among its members to improve their capacity, enhance their collective work, and improve cooperation between them and their stakeholders. The organization will hold two forums on rights-based issues, conduct training and mentoring on financial sustainability, and lead a public awareness campaign that addresses civil society's efforts in protecting civic space.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Enhancing Good Governance in Herat
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Afghanistan
Project Focus: Strengthening Political Institutions
Description: To enhance accountability, transparency, and responsiveness of local government in Herat. The grantee will produce two reports on structural and policy reforms to improve service delivery through the Departments of Education and Municipality. It will also campaign against corruption through street banners, posters, and maintain a phone line for citizens to safely report cases of corruption. The organization will investigate corruption allegations and follow-up with relevant authorities.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $56,000
Project Title: Enhancing Independent Media's Content Production Capabilities
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Tunisia
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To expand and enhance independent media content development on democracy and governance related topics. The organization will increase and improve its video production, and produce short explainer videos as well as longer video segments monthly. The organization will focus its videos and reporting on issues pertaining to democratic development in Tunisia.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $75,000
Project Title: Enhancing Local Governance Accountability
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To enhance local governance accountability and engage wider segments of the population in informing decision-making. The organization will organize a training on the roles of local government departments, meet with local officials of relevant departments, and host a panel discussion to convey citizens' concerns to decision-makers to help enact policy changes.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $25,000
Project Title: Enhancing Media Accountability and Accuracy
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Egypt
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To enhance accountability and improve the accuracy and reliability of the media sector. The project will identify and expose false information and hold media outlets accountable through an online digital media platform that monitors and assesses the truthfulness and professionalism of leading online news sites. The project will review and assess online news articles and news outlets and publish monthly evaluation reports on its website and social media.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $25,000
Project Title: Enhancing National Accountability Campaigns
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To encourage citizen participation in strengthening government performance and improving local governance and to support independent, youth-led media. The organization will support local coordination committees in nine provinces as they lead a national campaign to promote local accountability and responsive governance through civic forums, advocacy coordination meetings, and monitoring public service delivery. Youth groups will also expand programming for an independent FM Radio, which broadcasts in central Iraq and enables youth and civic-minded citizen groups to reach broader audiences.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $90,000
Project Title: Enhancing Parliament's Transparency
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Morocco
Project Focus: Strengthening Political Institutions
Description: To enhance Parliament's transparency and accountability, and citizens' access to parliamentary information. The organization will engage parliamentarians through thematic online town halls, produce parliamentary podcasts, publish a guide and train journalists on how to cover parliamentary affairs, produce a study on women MPs' performance, and launch a vote match platform prior to the 2021 legislative elections.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $50,500
Project Title: Enhancing Participatory Democracy
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Egypt
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To strengthen local governance and participatory democracy and to defend the rights of civil society activists. The project will train and support local political party and union representatives, volunteer lawyers, and civil society members on strategic litigation and the roles and responsibilities of local citizen committees in addressing local governance issues. Project will continue providing legal support for human rights cases through its volunteer lawyer network.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $15,000
Project Title: Enhancing Policy Sector Capabilities
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: MENA Regional
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To strengthen the ability of policy centers in MENA countries to influence public policymaking and advance policy recommendations. The grantee will provide technical and financial assistance to nascent policy centers in five countries, and will continue strengthening the Tunis-based "Citizenship and Prosperity" coalition, which focuses on economic reforms. Tailored, one-on-one capacity building support in the form of consultations, mentorship and training workshops will strengthen the centers' policy research, writing, and advocacy skills. The grantee will also continue hosting an annual regional conference for partners.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $459,200
Project Title: Enhancing Rule of Law
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Egypt
Project Focus: Rule of Law
Description: To strengthen due process and the right to a fair trial. The project will monitor trials against civil society activists and organizations. The project will publish reports on the trials that highlight the extent to which defendants received a fair trial. The project will also provide legal defense and support for individuals accused of charges related to the freedom of expression.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $20,000
Project Title: Enhancing the Effectiveness of Civil Society
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Syria
Project Focus: NGO Strengthening
Description: To strengthen the impact of civil society organizations. The organization will train and mentor six Syrian partner organizations in the design and implementation of advocacy campaigns that draw attention to the need to protect human rights in Syria. This will comprise training modules on development of new campaigns, digital campaigning, advocacy, fundraising, media coverage, and women-led campaigning; and guidance in their application in active campaigns.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $50,300
Project Title: Enhancing the Understanding and Practice of Democracy at the Local Level
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Syria
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To support citizen understanding and action on local priorities during a period of conflict. The organization will lead a youth-centered initiative to deepen activists' understanding and practice of democracy. It will conduct a series of dialogue sessions on democracy-related priorities for the local community.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $27,800
Project Title: Enhancing Women's Leadership
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Mauritania
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote women's participation in decision-making and public affairs. The organization will build the capacity of elected women in marginalized communities of Toujounine, Arafat, Dar Inaeem and Tayaret on leadership skills, women's role in public affairs and women's rights. It will also convene dialogue meetings on local priority issues.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $23,000
Project Title: Enhancing Youth Political Engagement
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Jordan
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote and expand youth political participation, particularly in upcoming parliamentary and local elections. The organization will launch an initiative to expand youth political participation in the upcoming parliamentary and local elections. It will produce a radio talk show on youth political participation, and organize dialogue sessions and training workshops with other civil society organizations to coordinate efforts at supporting youth engagement.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $35,000
Project Title: Enhancing Youth Public Engagement
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Morocco
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote youth public participation in marginalized communities of Midelt. The organization will mobilize, educate, and mentor marginalized youth to facilitate their active participation in Morocco's social, economic and political life. Program activities will include capacity-building workshops on leadership skills, and youth political participation. The organization will also lead trainings on civic journalism and organize a public forum bringing together youth activists and elected officials to exchange perspectives on local affairs and governance issues.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $25,000
Project Title: Establishing a Constitutional Culture
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Syria
Project Focus: Rule of Law
Description: To promote the rule of law, introducing a wide foundational understanding of a constitution and a culture of protecting it. The organization will draft a manual on constitutional awareness, vet it through three workshops with Syrian legal experts, and conduct public seminars to spread a broader understanding of a constitutional culture.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $52,000
Project Title: Exchanging Experiences in Economic Empowerment and Democratic Governance
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: MENA Regional
Project Focus: NGO Strengthening
Description: To support and strengthen the capacity of a local NGO in the region working on environmental and cooperative rights in rural communities and share best practices from Morocco; and to facilitate the exchange of ideas and best practices in democratic governance and participatory democracy. The grantee will work with its partner to provide technical support and hold meetings to assist independent agricultural and fishermen unions. The grantee will also host an academy in Morocco on local governance for regional civil society leaders.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Expanding Democracy and a Civic Culture through Education
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote democratic and human rights values and norms within Sharia colleges in the West Bank. The grantee will conduct a series of workshops on tolerance and citizenship for students at Sharia universities, lead capacity-building workshops for Sharia teachers, mentor and remotely assist the trained teachers as they lead subsequent classroom lectures to continue and deepen those discussions, and continue to advocate for amending curriculum to include democratic values.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $32,000
Project Title: Fact-Checking Public Information
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iran
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote issue-based socioeconomic discourse and to enhance accountability, transparency, and participation as core values within society. The grantee will fact-check data released by the government and publish a series of briefs analyzing the accuracy of public statements and publications. The grantee will also produce thematic reports summarizing its fact-checking analyses on timely topics related to good governance.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $60,000
Project Title: Female Journalists Club
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To strengthen the role of female journalists in Palestinian media and public life. The grantee will conduct a comprehensive study on women in the media sector, lead dialogue sessions with stakeholders on relevant political and social issues, conduct workshops on skills training, and support stories developed and produced by its members.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $49,100
Project Title: Fostering Pluralism and Dialogue
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Afghanistan
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To instill democratic and pluralistic values among youth and strengthen dialogue and cooperation between youth groups, religious leaders and local government. The grantee will work with local madrasas in four eastern provinces to disseminate its civic education curriculum focused on issues of democracy, human rights, Afghan constitution and laws, and peace and pluralism to counter extremist discourse. It will also develop culturally appropriate messages that it will disseminate through local media and community engagement initiatives.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $45,000
Project Title: Fostering Pluralism through Educators Network
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: MENA Regional
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To support a regional platform for educators to amplify counter-extremist narratives rooted in Muslim values and traditions. The grantee will strengthen the impact of educational and cultural initiatives in the region that provide pluralist civic narratives. The grantee will engage educators, expand its network membership, further develop an online platform to facilitate member information-sharing, map regional educational needs and challenges and work with members to increase production and dissemination of educational and cultural materials.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $100,000
Project Title: Fostering Responsive Local Governance
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To strengthen community participation in local decision-making and improve the responsiveness of local authorities. The organization will carry out a training workshop and organize public forums that will bring together elected officials, civil society organizations, academics, students, and other segments of the general public to conduct solutions-oriented dialogue on local governance issues. The organization will establish a website to enhance government transparency and produce a report on local authorities' actions and decisions.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $30,000
Project Title: Good Governance in Youth-Centered Institutions
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Morocco
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To advocate good governance practices in youth-centered public institutions. The project will train youth, directors and administrators of youth centers on governance and processes of accountability; initiate an open public dialogue on the effectiveness of youth centers in serving youth beneficiaries; and lead a strategy that engages parliamentarians, local and regional representatives, and civil society actors to advocate governance reform for youth centers.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $48,000
Project Title: Human Rights Documentation and Archiving
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Egypt
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To strengthen access to information on human rights conditions. The project will collect and archive official, independent and public records on human rights violations. The project will disseminate three annual reports on the archived information. The organization will also launch a pilot initiative to collect and document similar data for Algeria.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Human Rights Memorial Project
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iran
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To promote human rights and democracy education, discourse and advocacy. The organization will monitor and document human rights violations, publically disseminate its findings, and advocate for greater accountability to international treaty obligations as well as for victims of human rights violations. The grantee will also expand its human rights database and online documentation initiatives.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $104,000
Project Title: Human Rights Monitoring
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: _ Gulf Regional
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To protect, defend and promote human rights in the Gulf. The project will work with its team of local monitors to collect and document information on human rights violations, publish and distribute four quarterly reports and an annual report on human rights conditions. Report findings will then guide advocacy campaigns to promote respect of human rights in accordance with international human rights standards.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Human Rights Monitoring
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To promote adherence to and institutionalization of good governance through strengthening human rights in public shelters and detention facilities. The organization will monitor, document, and report on human rights violations in public shelters and detention facilities. It will publish quarterly reports and an annual report, and lead training workshops for officers working at detention facilities.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $25,000
Project Title: Humanizing Human Rights Cases
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Egypt
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To humanize human rights cases. The project will collect, document and make publically available the stories of victims of human rights abuses. Corresponding evidence about their cases will also be compiled and included for advocacy campaigns and documentation efforts. The project will collect information about victims through primary source interviews and in cooperation with civil society.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $33,000
Project Title: Improving Governance through Civic Engagement
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To promote civic engagement and improve governance in post-conflict areas. The organization will continue to provide leadership-skills training and mentor local volunteer teams to monitor and document the quality of public service delivery. The teams will publish their findings in reports, which they will present in meetings with local government officials to advocate for better governance.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $30,000
Project Title: Independent Media Coverage of Peace Negotiations
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To strengthen independent journalism, and in particular independent media coverage of peace and reconciliation efforts. The organization will work with its network of journalists across Yemen to report on local-level as well as national and international peace negotiations and initiatives. The organization will create a new section on its news website dedicated to this coverage, which will include regular news reports, case studies from other global conflicts and peace processes, and a catalog of past and present peace negotiations in Yemen.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $30,000
Project Title: Involving Civil Society in Public Policy
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Mauritania
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote public policy monitoring and evaluation. The organization will engage a core group of experts and researchers to assess current national policies and regulations related to health and education reform. It will conduct trainings on policy assessment methodologies and techniques, lead workshops to analyze its evaluation findings, publish a report, organize a forum to discuss the findings and recommendations of the report, and convene meetings with national stakeholders.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $25,000
Project Title: Leaders for Economic Reform
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Lebanon
Project Focus: Developing Market Economy
Description: To promote economic reform efforts that align with a market economy. The organization will organize a leadership academy that comprises two workshops, online mentoring and a policy fair. It will also mentor civic and political activists in the development of economic reform proposals to effectively present and advocate to policymakers.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $35,000
Project Title: Legislative Monitoring Initiative
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Morocco
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote accountability and transparency of Parliament's legislative work. The organization will conduct workshops on policy evaluation techniques, create a policy monitoring working group, publish a monitoring report on legislative bills related to citizens' rights and freedoms, organize follow-up consultations with parliamentary committees, and lead efforts to advocate its report recommendations.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $30,000
Project Title: Legislative Transparency and Public Engagement
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To increase transparency and public engagement with the Regional Parliament in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The grantee will continue its parliamentary monitoring program, providing the public with information on the legislative calendar, attendance, plenary sessions, and committee work. The grantee will publish monitoring reports and distribute them to stakeholders in Parliament, government entities, NGOs, and the media, and then follow up with stakeholder advocacy.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Mapping Accountability Mechanisms
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To strengthen civic oversight and accountability for public service provision. The grantee will conduct a comprehensive study of accountability mechanisms in Sanaa, which will include surveys, field visits, workshops, and an advocacy campaign to present the findings of its study to key stakeholders and to activate the mechanisms of accountability.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $25,000
Project Title:
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Afghanistan
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote democratic ideas and raise public awareness on citizens' rights and responsibilities, and to foster pluralism, tolerance and counter extremist narratives. The organization will establish and launch an independent digital TV station, and produce and broadcast a civic education program for university students in Kabul and five major cities across Afghanistan. The organization will also create a digital media platform to enhance the reach and impact of its TV programs.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $75,000
Project Title: Media Recovery Fund
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Lebanon
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To strengthen independent media as it recovers and centers its focus on government accountability. The organization will launch a media recovery initiative to support Lebanese media scene that was heavily hit by the recent explosion in Beirut. Through this effort, it will support the replacement of destroyed equipment, repairs to offices, provide health insurance for journalists, and coordinate an investigative report on the explosion.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $100,000
Project Title: Monitoring and Documenting Hate Speech
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To monitor and document hate speech especially directed towards minorities. The organization will monitor, document, and publish reports on hate speech in traditional and online media. The organization will conduct public awareness-raising and advocacy campaigns to shed light on the findings and propose solutions to policy makers at the national and local levels.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $27,000
Project Title: Monitoring Government Institutions in Halabja
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote transparency and accountability of government institutions in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq province of Halabja through citizen monitoring. The organization will monitor and evaluate the performance of five government institutions, survey and document citizen concerns, hold training workshops, broadcast four television programs on media outlets, and publish an annual monitoring report with its findings.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $25,000
Project Title: Monitoring Government Performance
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote governmental and legislative transparency and accountability. The organization will continue to use its online platforms to monitor the activities and decisions of the Iraqi Parliament and Cabinet. The organization will make its data accessible to the public and media. It will also host a conference on using technology to promote good governance and accountability.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $55,000
Project Title: Monitoring Government Responsiveness to Citizen Demands
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Lebanon
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote accountability over government responsiveness to citizens' demands. The organization's journalist and multi-media editor will monitor the government's response to citizen demands through media coverage. The project will produce and disseminate in-depth stories and illustrative videos that analyze relevant topics, with an emphasis on evaluating and explicating government promises of reform.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Monitoring Human Rights
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To raise public awareness of human rights violations in Yemen and advocate redress for victims. The grantee will monitor, compile an evidence-based record, and report on human rights violations in all 22 Yemeni governorates. The grantee will produce and disseminate an annual report on the state of human rights in Yemen and network with international human rights defenders and organizations.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Monitoring Human Rights
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Libya
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To promote respect for human rights and document violations for future transitional justice efforts. The organization will work with civil society and human rights defenders in multiple regions of the country to monitor, document and report human rights violations. The organization will engage a team of legal experts to review, analyze, and verify collected data and produce quarterly reports for international advocacy.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $25,000
Project Title: Monitoring Human Rights Violations
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iran
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To raise awareness about and monitor human rights violations and to enhance communication security and information access for human rights activists. The project will publish and distribute a monthly report on human rights violations, expand its online database and compile related data. It will also provide technical assistance in the fields of communication and online security.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $103,500
Project Title: Monitoring Press and Media Freedom
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Egypt
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To support and defend journalists and media freedom. The project will monitor the rights of media professionals and organizations and issue regular updates on violations and related developments. Monthly and annual reports will inform advocacy and support legal efforts to defend and protect the rights of media professionals and institutions.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $30,000
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