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All results totalling $125,875,699
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Project Title: Promoting Local Governance Accountability
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote transparency and accountability of government institutions through citizen monitoring. The organization will monitor and evaluate the performance of government institutions, survey and document citizen concerns, hold training workshops and dialogue sessions, organize media productions, and hold a conference to release the findings if its report.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $30,000
Project Title: Promoting Media Sector Reform
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Tunisia
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To improve coordination between various stakeholders in the media sector, and support the development of self-regulatory institutions that protect freedom of expression and the press in Tunisia. The organization will convene a series of multi-stakeholder coordination meetings and workshops to improve collaboration between actors in the media regulatory environment; draft codes of conduct and best practices for journalists and judges; train journalists, judges, and MPs on the media regulatory framework; and build the capacity of the press council.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $66,300
Project Title: Promoting Online Media Accuracy and Accountability
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote the accountability and credibility of online media and improve its accuracy and reliability. The organization will lead a workshop on techniques to identify and refute false or inflammatory online material. The organization will monitor social media pages and correct misinformation and disinformation related to upcoming elections to protect the integrity of the electoral process.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $20,000
Project Title: Promoting Peaceful Discourse
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Tunisia
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To empower religious leaders to promote a moderate, peaceful, and democratic discourse. The organization will lead workshops on citizenship and pluralism for youth civic actors and imams; and convene regional discussions on key issues surrounding Islam, tolerance, and the democratic state, 10 thematic study days for imams and youth on key issues related to Islam, democracy and tolerance. It will also organize two public events to highlight youth initiatives related to pluralism, countering extremist discourse, and fighting corruption.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $135,000
Project Title: Promoting Policy Research
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Morocco
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote public policy research and influence debate on critical issues in Morocco. The organization will conduct trainings on public opinion research, host a conference on public policy, organize a policy research competition, and publish policy papers on issues related individual freedoms and rule of law.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $30,000
Project Title: Promoting Political Pluralism
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote political pluralism and provide space for issues-based discourse in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The organization will engage citizens in non-partisan public forums that provide a platform for diverse voices to discuss different perspectives on a wide range of social, economic and political priorities. The organization will share recommendations that emerge from the debates with local decision-makers.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $25,000
Project Title: Promoting Political Reform through Open Dialogue
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: _ Gulf Regional
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote open dialogue among civic activists from the Gulf on democratic reforms. The organization will focus on political reforms on a variety of topics including women's rights, political freedoms, freedom of expression, and freedom of movement. It will produce online media content on its website and host dialogue sessions focused on these issues.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Promoting Public Accountability
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Turkey
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote issue-based political discourse and enhance transparency and accountability in public life. The program will support a fact-checking portal that reports on the accuracy and consistency of statements of elected leaders, candidates for public office, and other officials. The grantee will disseminate its findings to Turkish media and on social networks.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $95,000
Project Title: Promoting Public Consultations for Good Governance
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Morocco
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To enhance the capacity of civil society in strengthening governance and improving democratic processes. The organization will work with its regional civil society coalition to conduct workshops for elected officials on laws that require citizen input in policy decision-making processes, trainings on monitoring government expenditures, and convene regional forums and campaigns to promote and advocate for public consultations in governance and policy processes. The grantee will also host a strategic planning meeting for civil society organizations to create a strategy supporting democratic reform.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $75,000
Project Title: Promoting Public Policy Research
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Morocco
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote accountability of public institutions based on evidence-based public policy research. The organization will continue producing its Trust in Public Institutions Index, lead research to measure trust in public health and education institutions, produce analysis and publish its report, and convene a conference on its research findings and recommendations.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Promoting Responsive Municipal Governance
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Tunisia
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To enhance the ability of local elected officials to respond effectively to their communities' needs, and to improve the ability of civil society to monitor and evaluate municipal work and services. The organization will hold workshops for municipalities on the annual investment plan process, train civil society actors in advocacy and monitoring of municipal affairs, lead campaigns encouraging participation in annual investment plan town halls, and work with program participants to develop an evaluation system to monitor the performance of the municipalities in southern Tunisia.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $34,500
Project Title: Promoting Rule of Law
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Egypt
Project Focus: Rule of Law
Description: To assess and present challenges and opportunities for civil society through an analysis of the rule of law in Egypt. The project will identify limitations to the application of law at the community level, the role of local customs, and the strengths and limitations of strategic litigation. It will also engage civil society on opportunities for activating legal mechanisms to advance democratic goals.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $20,000
Project Title: Promoting Rule of Law
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Egypt
Project Focus: Rule of Law
Description: To promote impartiality and transparency in trial processes. The project will provide legal and media support for individuals facing politically motivated charges to ensure due process and the right to a fair trial. Two studies will analyze the legal punishments used in politicized crimes, the laws governing prison conditions and the treatment of prisoners.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $34,800
Project Title: Promoting Rule of Law
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Egypt
Project Focus: Rule of Law
Description: To promote impartiality and transparency in trial processes. The project will provide legal and media support for individuals facing politically motivated charges to ensure due process and the right to a fair trial. Two studies will analyze the legal punishments used in politicized crimes, the laws governing prison conditions and the treatment of prisoners.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $34,800
Project Title: Promoting the Rights of Marginalized Communities
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Mauritania
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To promote rule of law and raise awareness about the rights of marginalized groups in Mauritania. The organization will lead a series of workshops on international and Mauritanian laws that protect marginalized groups, train journalists on human rights and effective media skills to foster visibility of minority voices and their struggle for justice, and publish a handbook for human rights activists and journalists.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Promoting Transitional Justice
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Tunisia
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To strengthen a nascent civil society coalition focused on promoting transitional justice in Tunisia. The organization will hold workshops on strategic planning for a CSO coalition and trainings on advocacy techniques and campaigning; organize regional consultation meetings with victims of human rights abuses; and lead awareness raising activities to promote transitional justice.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $27,000
Project Title: Promoting Transitional Justice Measures
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: MENA Regional
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To promote human rights through transitional justice policies and practices, particularly regarding enforced disappearance. The program will build the capacity of regional civil society organizations in documentation and advocacy, best practices in forensics for evidence collection, and working with victims of human rights abuses.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $75,000
Project Title: Promoting Transparency and Anti-Corruption Mechanisms
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Turkey
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote the establishment of mechanisms for accountability and transparency at the local level. The project will conduct a study on participatory democracy and local governance in eleven cities across the country, conduct a training on participatory democracy, transparency and good governance for members of urban councils in seven cities, and hold a workshop for civil society groups on municipal governance.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $43,000
Project Title: Promoting Transparency in the Health Sector
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote financial transparency in the health sector. The organization will convene experts and civil society organizations to advocate for the disclosure of budgetary allocations and spending as dictated by laws. The organization will conduct training workshops, advocacy meetings, and push for the implementation of pertinent laws with a focus on COVID-19 crisis spending.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $20,000
Project Title: Promoting Transparent Governance Practices
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Morocco
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To enhance the capacity of local civil society to advocate good governance and accountability of government policies related to waste management and environmental pollution. The organization will conduct a diagnostic study on waste pollution and the impact on citizens and the environment, advocate the study recommendations, and lead awareness and advocacy campaigns to pressure municipal actors and public authorities to expedite the establishment of a regulated waste management center.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $30,000
Project Title: Promoting Women's Leadership
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Afghanistan
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To enhance women's leadership skills and promote women's participation in the public sector in eastern Laghman and Nangarhar provinces. The organization will provide leadership training to a cohort of female university graduates to increase women's representation in government positions and help them work with civil society activists and organizations to collectively advocate for women's rights, with a focus on women's participation in local decision-making processes.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $35,000
Project Title: Promoting Women's Leadership
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Morocco
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote women's participation in decision-making and support women political leaders. The organization will conduct workshops for a group of elected officials and representatives of women's organizations on preparing consultative opinions on priority issues, gender inclusion in public policy, gender-responsive budgeting and rights-based advocacy. It will also lead trainings preparing policy-monitoring reports and convene roundtables on women's political leadership and promoting women's political participation during the upcoming 2021 local and regional elections.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $26,000
Project Title: Promoting Women's Rights
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Algeria
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To promote women's rights and access to decision making. The organization will engage civil society organizations working on women's rights issues, conduct a needs assessment, lead trainings on human rights-based approach and gender integration in decision making, convene a forum on networks and coalition building, and mentor program participants to lead community action projects and advocacy initiatives.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $120,000
Project Title: Promoting Women's Leadership in Professional Associations
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Egypt
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To advance women's leadership within professional associations. The project will prepare women professional association members to become candidates in association elections and to lead advocacy campaigns for greater representation in association leadership positions. The project will also lead training workshops for women media professionals to counter local cultural biases and promote gender-sensitive reporting that promotes a culture of women's leadership.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $30,000
Project Title: Promoting Women's Rights in Northern Afghanistan
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Afghanistan
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To promote and advocate for women's rights and gender equality in the northern provinces of Samangan, Jawzjan, and Baghlan. The organization will continue its civic programs to educate women about their legal rights, provide free legal assistance and counsel to victims of gender-based violence, and convene assemblies for community leaders including provincial and district council members, in addition to women NGO leaders, human rights advocates and religious leaders on women's rights under Afghan law.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $62,000
Project Title: Promoting Women's Rights through Theater
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Afghanistan
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To engage women in civic activism through arts and culture and raise awareness of women's rights as citizens of Afghanistan. The group will produce and perform a series of plays on women's rights subjects in public and academic venues in Kabul province, and engage audiences on the issues highlighted through discussions following each performance.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $33,000
Project Title: Promoting Workers' Rights
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Mauritania
Project Focus: Freedom of Association
Description: To strengthen the institutional capacity and advocacy skills of independent unions. The organization will conduct workshops on the legal framework of labor and trade unions, and workers' rights under the labor law and the Mauritanian constitution. It will also develop a manual on syndicate election processes and frameworks and raise awareness about upcoming labor and syndicate elections, as well as produce a study on women's role within syndicates and a quarterly newsletter.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $23,000
Project Title: Promoting Youth Engagement
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Algeria
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To promote civic activism among marginalized youth. The organization will conduct a series of capacity-building workshops for youth and civic actors on leadership skills, citizen rights, youth political participation, democratic values, and Algeria's economic and political transition; organize visits to local businesses and community-based organizations; and lead social action community projects.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $25,000
Project Title: Promoting Youth Engagement
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Libya
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote democratic values among youth in eastern Libya. The organization will lead training of trainers for university youth leaders, and facilitate dialogue sessions among youth from universities. The organization will also provide technical assistance and mentor youth leaders to produce and submit a memorandum with recommendations to the Ministry of Higher Education on how to increase youth civic space at universities.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $20,000
Project Title: Promoting Youth Leadership
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Algeria
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To promote youth civic engagement and build the capacity of Algerian youth leaders. The organization will lead a fellowship program for 20 youth and civic leaders from Algeria that includes trainings, field visits, mentorship and placement with a local organization in Tunisia. The program will also include fellow-led civic action projects responding to a priority issue in their community.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Promoting Youth Leadership through Debates
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote the role of youth in civic and public life as part of Palestinian reform efforts. The organization will work with its established 40-member Leadership Youth Committee for youth inclusion in Palestinian initiatives. The group will train youth members of its union on debates, and mentor them as they organize local debates among youth that emphasize their policy priorities.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $38,000
Project Title: Protecting Civic Space
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Jordan
Project Focus: Freedom of Association
Description: To promote civil and social movements' freedom of association. The organization will launch an effort to highlight the challenges facing CSOs and advocate for legislative reform. It will produce semi-annual reports on CSOs challenges, host webinars to discuss the reports' results, launch a social media advocacy campaign to protect space for CSOs, and host a national dialogue forum on freedom of association.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $29,200
Project Title: Protecting Human Rights in Detention Centers
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Egypt
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To protect human rights and support greater accountability and oversight in detention centers. The organization will conduct an analytical study on the treatment of prisoners in detention centers to support domestic and international advocacy efforts. The project will publish a mapping report on violations committed in detention facilities. It will also support the development of a new generation of civic actors by training a cohort of Egyptian human rights researchers and lawyers.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Protecting Journalists
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Syria
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To strengthen independent media through advocating protection of journalists and other media workers. The organization will collect and verify data on killings of Syrian journalists from 2011 to 2020, publish a report on its findings, and conduct a panel discussion to disseminate these findings, raise awareness of these violations, and advocate better protection of journalists and other media workers.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Protecting Public Space
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Egypt
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote transparency and citizen engagement in decision-making related to public development initiatives. The project will raise awareness of government development projects, engage citizens, and promote equitable and sustainable recommendations to public land development representative of affected communities. The project will host a series of seminars and produce reports on this issue.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $20,000
Project Title: Protecting Public Space
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Lebanon
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To hold government officials accountable through engaging youth in advocacy campaigns for open access and the protection of public spaces. The organization and its community action teams will lead civic initiatives, launch an advocacy campaign to redesign Horsh Beirut Park, produce a feasibility study on Ramlet al Bayda beach, and lead a workshop to demand local municipality accountability for the redevelopment of Tyre Garden.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $30,000
Project Title: Protecting Women's Rights
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To defend and protect women's rights in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The grantee will monitor courts and other institutions dealing with cases of violence against women, publish an annual report, conduct workshops, run roundtables, and lead advocacy campaigns for the effective implementation of existing laws.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Protection of Journalists
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Syria
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To support and protect independent reporters and media. The organization will provide emergency assistance to journalists reporting in conflict areas, so that they may recover from injuries and return to their media outlets or freelance journalism. This support will comprise medical care, recovery support, training, re-entry support, and/or research and advocacy, as customized to each case.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $47,000
Project Title: Public Dialogue on Security Sector
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Morocco
Project Focus: Rule of Law
Description: To promote dialogue on security sector reform and public oversight of policing practices. The project will include a forum on government approach to security practices, roundtables on the importance of parliamentary oversight of the security sector and the National Action Plan for Democracy and Human Rights, thematic workshops, a study on Sahel security implications in the region and beyond. The organization will also conduct workshops on security policies at the regional level, produce an annual security sector monitoring report, and enhance its website dedicated to security-related topics.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $33,000
Project Title: Security Sector Reform Index
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To enhance civil society's role in security sector reform. The organization will convene experts and officials to study and survey the state of the Iraqi security sector and produce an annual Security Sector Reform Index. The organization will convene discussion workshops, present its findings in a conference, and lead advocacy efforts to promote reform recommendations.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $30,000
Project Title: Strengthening a Platform for Independent Information
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Egypt
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To strengthen access to information on corruption and approaches to combating it. The project will support an independent digital platform that disseminates information related to corruption, transparency, accountability, and democratic transitions more broadly. The platform will provide a forum for public debate and discussion on these issues.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $60,000
Project Title: Strengthening Civil Society's Role in Supporting Elections
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Political Processes
Description: To enhance and strengthen the role of civil society in civic engagement and advocating for governance reform in the Kurdistan Region in Iraq. The grantee will advocate for decentralization in the KRI by publishing a policy paper, producing at least one draft law, writing and distributing a report on decentralization in political party platforms, and holding five seminars.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $30,000
Project Title: Strengthening Community Radios
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: MENA Regional
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To strengthen the capacity of independent community media including community radios. The organization will lead a capacity building initiative for a select group of community radios in Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria; organize regional exchanges and networking; provide mentorship on content production; and facilitate the creation of a regional network of community radios.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $198,000
Project Title: Strengthening Environmental Accountability
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iran
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote environmental accountability and transparency. The organization will raise awareness of environmental challenges and offer policy and scientific solutions to address them. The project will work with media organizations to elevate the issue in public debate, advocate for greater environmental accountability and strengthen civil society's ability to understand the root causes of environmental issues.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $62,500
Project Title: Strengthening Independent Journalism
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iran
Project Focus: Freedom of Association
Description: To strengthen independent professional journalism and promote networking among media professionals. The organization will maintain and further develop an online resource center for journalists and media professionals. The grantee will publish on its website news and updates relevant to journalists, and will monitor and document violations against journalists.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Strengthening Independent Labor Unions
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iran
Project Focus: Freedom of Association
Description: To strengthen independent labor unions and to enhance workers' knowledge of and advocacy for their legal rights. The organization will design and implement a training program to help workers understand labor laws and collectively advocate for their rights. The organization will create an online platform to provide information and resources for workers and will develop a strategy to advocate with international human rights and labor organizations to promote labor rights.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Strengthening Independent Media
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To strengthen independent media and prepare a new cadre of journalists. The organization will publish its online news website, which provides independent coverage of regional and international news and reports on policy issues, government accountability, and rule of law in Iraq. The organization will also train and mentor young and aspiring journalists on journalistic ethics, investigative journalism, reporting practices, social media journalism, and economic reporting.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $57,500
Project Title: Strengthening Independent Media
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Afghanistan
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To strengthen a culture of accountability through investigative journalism and to support independent media. The grantee will continue the production of its daily newspaper and timely news coverage. The grantee will also produce investigative reports on issues related to the peace process, human rights, corruption and the rule of law. In addition, it will profile successful young citizens of Afghanistan to highlight gains made over the past 19 years. Finally, the project will produce multimedia content on democratic values.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $100,000
Project Title: Strengthening Independent Media
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To strengthen independent media organizations and support strategic planning to guide and sustain their work in a turbulent context. The organization will lead a training program in four provinces to equip media outlets that are struggling due to the war or financial difficulties with the tools needed to enhance their professionalism and financial stability. Expert trainers will work with the media outlets to develop and begin implementing strategic plans.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $25,000
Project Title:
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Afghanistan
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To strengthen independent media in Badghis province and to build the capacity of a nascent journalists' association. The organization will continue to produce and broadcast a wide range of civic programs on political, economic, and social affairs through its FM radio; train a cohort of male and female reporters and university journalism students; and produce a weekly bulletin on local affairs.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $43,000
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