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Search results for Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Year: 2017
Project Focus:
Displaying records 251-275 of 296 results
All results totalling $25,608,905
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Project Title: Enhancing Lawful Arbitration
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Syria
Project Focus: Rule of Law
Description: To promote the rule of law and conflict resolution in conflict-riddled areas. The organization will run an arbitration center to support families. It will provide legal services, hold consultations, and resolve disputes consistent with local law on civil, commerce, religious law, and real estate issues, while also raising awareness of available legal mechanisms through sessions and local media exposure.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $24,000
Project Title: Enhancing Youth Civic Participation
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Morocco
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To enhance youth civic participation and empower youth in countering extremism in Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania and Senegal; to amplify pluralist narratives rooted in Muslim values and traditions; and to promote enlightened views on Islam, pluralism, and civic engagement. The center will organize ten two-day capacity building workshops on self-development, volunteerism, and networking for university students and youth CSO activists; lead a youth success boot-camp; enhance its online radio platform in French and Arabic and its documentation unit; and expand its youth civic training outreach to groups in Algeria, Mauritania and Senegal.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $133,563
Project Title: Constitutional, Legislative and Policy Observatory
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: MENA Regional
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To strengthen a political, cultural, and legislative environment supportive of democracy; and to contribute to the production of and access to knowledge on democratic transformation, with a focus on the role of access to information and anti-corruption measures. The center will engage diverse civic and political actors from Egypt, Libya and Tunisia at both the national and regional levels to review, assess and make recommendations on the role of access to information and anti-corruption in political transitions. It will continue to develop its electronic platform on democratic transitions and produce two reports.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $43,000
Project Title: Engaging Youth in Local Governance
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Tunisia
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To strengthen the capacity of youth to engage in municipal affairs in the northwest region. The organization will hold a series of four two-day trainings on decentralization, governance, citizen monitoring of government affairs, and the right of access to information; assist eight organizations in developing and implementing local monitoring initiatives at the municipal level; and produce a guide for citizen monitoring of municipal affairs.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $25,000
Project Title: Youth Civic Engagement in Tahama
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To engage and empower youth from underserved sub-districts in Tahama region to address the humanitarian crisis and advocate for a sustainable, locally-driven solution. The grantee will train 15 youth leaders in civic participation and advocacy for better humanitarian response, conduct community and stakeholder workshops on addressing humanitarian crisis, campaign to implement plans and pledges, and establish a youth council to sustain youth participation at the district level.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $18,000
Project Title: Civic Oversight of Educational Services in Abyan
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To strengthen civic oversight of public education services in Abyen during and after the conflict. The grantee will conduct a six-day theoretical and practical training for 12 experienced observers to monitor public educational services, visit schools and education offices, meet parent committees, produce three monitoring reports, follow up with local authorities on recommendations, and organize three public dialogue meetings between citizens, local officials and stakeholders.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $22,000
Project Title: Fostering an Open Space for Independent Unions
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: MENA Regional
Project Focus: Freedom of Association
Description: To improve the visibility and perceived legitimacy of independent unions in Algeria and Gulf States. The center will provide them with training and technical assistance aimed at building their advocacy skills to effectively promote worker rights issues identified by their members. It will also assist local partners in holding meetings related to planning and implementing advocacy and awareness-raising activities to promote grassroots support for the issues.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $100,000
Project Title: Parliamentary Watch
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Afghanistan
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To enhance accountability, transparency, and responsiveness of the Afghan Parliament. The organization will work with 13 parliamentary committees, prepare monthly and quarterly reports, organize quarterly press briefings, publicize findings on radio and TV shows, and compile and publish a cumulative monitoring report.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $65,000
Project Title: Combating Hate Speech and Incitement
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Egypt
Project Focus: Conflict Resolution
Description: To combat hate speech and incitement to violence in media and public life. Strategic litigation will activate Egyptian law against hate speech and incitement to violence and seek justice for victims. Monitoring and documentation of the prevalence of hate and incitement speech will be used to develop and advocate for improved policies as well as raise public awareness and understanding of the dangers of such speech.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $23,000
Project Title: Connecting the Iraqi Diaspora in the United States with Civil Society Needs in Iraq
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: NGO Strengthening
Description: To enhance the capacity of Iraqi civil society organizations in need of advanced expertise. The organization will develop a platform enabling skilled members of the Iraqi diaspora to provide expertise and hands-on assistance to organizations in Iraq working on civic education and democracy-related issues. The organization will form a volunteer advisory committee, develop systems to appropriately match experts with Iraqi CSOs, support the provision of assistance to Iraqi partners, and organize events in Washington to increase awareness of civil society's needs and attract additional volunteers.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $69,000
Project Title: Defending Land and Housing Rights
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Egypt
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote greater transparency and community engagement on issues of land and housing rights. The project will monitor, disseminate information, and advocate for greater transparency of public-private development project plans in Egypt. It will mobilize and engage community members in identifying alternative policies and solutions and publish quarterly reports and a final comprehensive report on land and housing rights violations.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $3,136
Project Title: Herat Professionals Shura (HPS)
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Afghanistan
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote youth and women's participation in public life by building their leadership skills with a public policy forum in Herat province. The organization will produce and disseminate research and recommendations on the progress of democratic development, with a special focus on elections and electoral reforms. It will also provide six leadership trainings for 180 male and female university graduates; conduct 12 workshops on civic concepts and advocacy skills for 480 civic activists; publish a daily news bulletin and a bi-monthly magazine covering local social and political affairs; and raise awareness of the fundamentals of democracy and human rights.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Women's Rights & Empowerment
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Afghanistan
Project Focus: Rule of Law
Description: To promote women's rights in Herat and to strengthen the institutional capacity of a woman's organization. AWUO will raise women's awareness of their rights through a series of seminars in rural Herat province; provide free legal assistance and counsel to victims of gender-based violence; and conduct a public forum on women's conditions and their rights, engaging local officials, lawyers, ulema, and civic activists.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $32,000
Project Title: Enhancing Political Party Competition
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Turkey
Project Focus: Strengthening Political Institutions
Description: To promote open, constructive, and policy-based political competition. The institute will seek to strengthen Turkey's partnerships by utilizing public opinion and policy-based polling, facilitating policy discussions, assisting in policy development and advocacy efforts, and continuing to promote youth political leadership.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $675,000
Project Title: Civil Society Academy III
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: MENA Regional
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To strengthen the ability of civil society activists in the region to address citizen and community concerns, and promote beneficial exchange of experiences and best practices. The institute will invite civil society activists from the MENA region to attend Civil Society Academies that consist of multi-national workshops and internships held in Morocco, Tunisia and Jordan. These academies will encourage long-term communication and collaboration between civil society actors in the Arab world. In addition, the institute will provide support to small initiatives of Academy graduates.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $600,000
Project Title: Engendering Entrepreneurship in Afghan Youth
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Afghanistan
Project Focus: Developing Market Economy
Description: To instill in Afghan youth an awareness of the values of entrepreneurship, market economics, and democracy. The organization will guide the implementation of an entrepreneurship high school curriculum in 43 high schools in several Afghan provinces. The grantee also will train 45 new teachers in the delivery of course curriculum; organize 40 business proposal-writing competitions with accompanying product exhibitions; and hold two business start-up courses for top students.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $125,000
Project Title: Strengthening Civil Society
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: MENA Regional
Project Focus: NGO Strengthening
Description: To build institutional and leadership capacities of civil society organizations active in democracy, women's, and human rights. The grantee will hold four training workshops for civil society leaders on participatory leadership, organizational development, strategic planning, and monitoring and evaluation. In addition, an advanced regional institute will bolster the advocacy skills of past trainees from throughout the region and assist them in developing local and regional campaigns. The grantee will provide ongoing mentorship to participating organizations during and after the workshops.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $46,500
Project Title: Reinforcing Social Cohesion
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Conflict Resolution
Description: To articulate a vision of the role of civil society in restoring social cohesion as an integral part of a future political settlement. The grantee will produce six working/research papers based on 11 focus groups; hold four workshops in Sana'a, Aden, Hudaydah and Hadramout for 80 civil society and political activists; and compile and produce a comprehensive study for dissemination among national and international stakeholders.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $38,940
Project Title: New Thought Forum
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Syria
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote civic values through open dialogue and exchanges among youth and build the capacity of emerging community leaders and facilitators. The organization will facilitate dialogue forums and promote core civic values among youth on their needs and priorities for the future of their country. It will lead 45 dialogue sessions for a minimum of 675 male and female youths and 30 capacity-building trainings for 60 of those trainees.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $38,500
Project Title: Freedom of the Press and Expression in the Gulf
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: _ Gulf Regional
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To advocate against violations of freedom of the press and access to information the Gulf region. The grantee will monitor and document violations against journalists and media groups in the Gulf, produce monthly Arabic and English reports on adherence to international standards on media freedom, and publish an annual report on the status of media freedoms in the Gulf region.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Good Governance
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 Iranian society. The grantee will fact-check data released by the Iranian 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: 2017
Award Amount: $78,000
Project Title: Promoting Inclusive Governance
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Morocco
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote participatory democracy and mobilize civil society to advocate for better and inclusive local governance practices. The organization will hold a press conference to present its project objectives and scope of work; conduct a two-day workshop on the constitutional role of civil society in monitoring and evaluating local public policies; and organize two study days on concepts of diversity and inclusive governance practices. It will also hold a one-day forum to finalize the study days' recommendations and draft policy memorandums, and organize a one-day seminar on territorial governance and linguistic and cultural diversity in Morocco.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $25,000
Project Title: Empowering Female Journalists
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To empower female journalists and enhance their media coverage of conflict zones in Yemen. The grantee will conduct a ten-day advanced training workshop for 26 female journalists on press professionalism and advanced media mechanisms. It will also provide ongoing coaching for the journalists during preparation and publication of their articles and reports; offer networking opportunities with journalists and media consortiums at national, regional and international level; and conduct two public meetings to engage the stakeholders with content, and promote dialogue about relevant articles.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $26,000
Project Title: Empowering Elected Officials
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Tunisia
Project Focus: Strengthening Political Institutions
Description: To enhance the capacity of members of parliament to conduct legislative and constituent affairs and engage with citizens more broadly on issues of public concern. The institute will work with a multi-party group of parliamentarians; lead four three-day training modules on environmental challenges, gender mainstreaming, security sector reform, and decentralization, with a focus on communication and constituent relations; and publish four policy papers on the topic covered in the training modules.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $30,000
Project Title: Continued Support For Civil Society Engagement In The Electoral Reform Process
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Afghanistan
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To advance the electoral reform process. The institute will support the efforts of domestic monitoring groups to conduct dialogues that enable civil society groups and political parties to engage government bodies and election authorities.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $350,000
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