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Search results for Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Year: 2016
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Displaying records 226-250 of 252 results
All results totalling $23,188,302
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Project Title: Civic Skills for Youth in Babil and Najaf
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote youth leadership and citizen engagement. The project will train and support youth volunteers to develop, launch, and manage volunteer campaigns addressing issues of concern to local communities. The trainings and campaigns will address a key human resource gap by introducing civically-engaged youth to the institutions and political dynamics of local governance, and enabling them to gain experience in devising advocacy strategies for effecting change on a local level.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $26,000
Project Title: Enhancing Women's Civic Engagement
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Mauritania
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote women's civic engagement in marginalized communities. The grantee will organize three two-day capacity-building workshops for 60 women from marginalized communities of Nouakchott; hold a one-day seminar on women's political rights; and engage trained women in an awareness-raising campaign to improve women's conditions in marginalized communities of Nouakchott.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $25,000
Project Title: Strengthening Citizen Participation
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Mauritania
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To strengthen youth participation in public policy monitoring at the community level. The organization will organize a two-day workshop for 40 youth; plan a two-day training on policy monitoring techniques; and lead the establishment of local community councils in El Mina and Ksar.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $25,500
Project Title: Youth Civic Initiatives
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To encourage civic and political participation among youth and to build the capacity of a new generation of journalists to promote independent reporting and accountability on the part of institutions and political leaders. The organization will mentor 30 youth volunteers, launch and lead three advocacy initiatives, and continue to host the National Union for Iraqi Journalists to build the capacity of a new generation of journalists on the use of digital media and citizen journalism investigative reporting.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $90,000
Project Title: Enhancing Dialogue During Conflict Turkey
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Turkey
Project Focus: Conflict Resolution
Description: To broaden support for developing a peaceful process and to construct inclusive platforms for dialogue. The organization will hold an inclusive dialogue forum for stakeholders; organize a collaborative study visit to a former conflict region; arrange mentoring sessions to facilitate structured dialogues; and publish two briefing papers.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Empowering Women for Local Government Accountability in Abyan
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To enhance the capacity of a core group of women monitoring local government performance and advocating for improved service delivery in Abyan Province. The grantee will train 20 activists in effective monitoring and report writing, oversee their monitoring of six service directorates, compile three quarterly reports, present findings to local officials at three public meetings, and advocate for measures to address issues raised.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $17,781
Project Title: Domestic Elections Monitoring
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Morocco
Project Focus: Political Processes
Description: To strengthen the role of civil society in election monitoring. The grantee will train and empower local NGO activists as election monitors and organize three two-day workshops on electoral law, international standards of election monitoring, election monitoring reporting, electoral ethics, and electoral dispute resolution. These activities will be designed to solidify local NGO efforts to lead impartial and professional monitoring of legislative elections in October 2016.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $20,000
Project Title: Introducing Civics into Syrian Schools
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Syria
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To integrate democratic and civic values in Syrian educational curricula. A team of experts and educators will develop a civic education curriculum and use it to train a minimum of 20 Syrian teachers currently working in Syrian-run schools in Turkey, and potentially Syria.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $8,366
Project Title: Expanding a Syrian Dialogue on a Future State
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Syria
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote a pluralistic dialogue among Syrians on the future of their country. A team of activists living in two geographic locations inside the country and as refugees elsewhere will work together to lead a series of half-hour presentations and question-and-answer periods on a future democratic Syria.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $19,810
Project Title: Strengthening Civil Society Role in the Legislative Process
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 monitoring the legislative process of the Kurdish regional parliament. The organization will prepare and publish three policy papers on decentralization, organize roundtable discussions to seek experts' input, conduct a survey, print publications, publish a monthly newspaper supplement, and continue producing awareness programs for TV and radio.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Promoting Media Sector Reform
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Tunisia
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To promote freedom of expression and freedom of the press in Tunisia. The organization will lead a series of consultations with various stakeholders to produce policy recommendations for the new press code; organize two two-day trainings for 30 judges on freedom of expression; produce two legal analyses focusing on the new press code and broadcasting laws; and provide ongoing technical assistance to establish a new regulatory body.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $59,384
Project Title: Strengthening Youth's Critical Debates
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To promote critical thinking and debates on political and social issues amongst Palestinian youth. The grantee will launch a university debate competition for students at Bethlehem and the Arab American Universities, mentor debate teams at Birzeit and al-Najah Universities, lead two two-day training workshops for 24 students and 2 university debate coordinators, organize four coaching sessions for debate teams, and host four university debates.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $37,000
Project Title: Promoting Budget Transparency
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Egypt
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote budget accountability and transparency. The project will monitor, analyze and disseminate information about Egypt's national budget allocations to the general public. Monthly bulletins, an annual report and regular social media engagement will highlight key issues and debates on public spending and allocations and advocate for practical measures to improve budget accountability and transparency.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $39,000
Project Title: Communal Council and Civil Society Strengthening
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Morocco
Project Focus: Strengthening Political Institutions
Description: To support citizens and elected officials in efforts to effectively engage one another at the communal level and promote citizen confidence in government institutions. The institute will provide civil society with tools and opportunities to advocate for their needs. The institute will also equip officials with the skills to incorporate citizen feedback as a way to encourage transparency and effectiveness in local governance.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $495,000
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, and empower youth. The grantee will strengthen the cooperation among and impact of educational and cultural initiatives in the MENA region that provide pluralist civic narratives rooted in Muslim values. The grantee will reach out to educators, expand network membership, launch an online service platform for members, map challenges and educational needs in the region, facilitate the development of similar networks at the national level, and work with members to increase production and dissemination of educational and cultural materials.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $100,000
Project Title:
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Afghanistan
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To ensure the participation of women journalists in local media and to strengthen independent media in Herat province. The grantee will maintain a media resource center for women; conduct 12 four-day seminars for 180 women journalists on online journalism, photojournalism, investigative reporting, and media advocacy; and organize a two-day conference to assess local media gains and challenges in western Afghanistan.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $38,000
Project Title: Promoting Early Warning and Rapid Response to Conflict
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Libya
Project Focus: Conflict Resolution
Description: To raise awareness and promote social cohesion among tribes and factions in conflict; and to promote mechanisms of early warning and rapid response to ethnic and tribal conflict in Libya. The program will develop national and local networks of activists trained in early warning and rapid response conflict management methods. It will also launch an online platform to monitor and aggregate information about conflicts.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $22,000
Project Title: Supporting the Engagement of Civil Society and Political Parties in the Political Reform Process
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Afghanistan
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To advance the political reform process in Afghanistan. The institute will support two local organizations in facilitating dialogues among political parties, government officials, and election authorities. These exchanges will focus on measures that the national unity government has undertaken and on steps to promote reform implementation. In addition, to amplify the efforts of Afghan civic groups, the institute will conduct an international assessment mission and examine constructive ways to enable political reforms and increase public confidence in the country's democratic institutions.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $650,227
Project Title: Preparing Political Parties for Decentralization and Subnational Elections
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Tunisia
Project Focus: Strengthening Political Institutions
Description: To enable Tunisian political parties to implement locally based campaigns and to develop the ability of women and youth at the regional party level to participate in their parties in advance of municipal elections. Trainings and consultations will equip national and regional level party leaders with skills and strategies to conduct locally-based campaigns. The institute will also provide targeted multi-party assistance to prospective young and female candidates.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $30,000
Project Title: Iran Human Rights Memorial Project
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iran
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To promote the education and discussion of human rights and democracy in Iran. The Abdorrahman Boroumand Foundation (ABF) will grow its database and expand its on-line projects: the Human Rights and Democracy Library and Omid. ABF will monitor and document the ongoing human rights violations and disseminate its findings to the public in Iran. ABF will further advocate for accountability to its international treaty obligations and for the people they are to protect.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $9,100
Project Title: Local Community Radio
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Mauritania
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To raise awareness and engage marginalized communities in civic debates through a local FM radio in Nouakchott. The grantee will launch a weekly radio program on topics related to human rights and development in Mauritania; organize four-day trainings on investigative journalism; and conduct four one-day workshop on radio content production and presentation skills.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $20,639
Project Title: Inspiring Youth in Public Life
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Jordan
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To inspire and engage youth in public life and promote enlightened views on Islam, pluralism, and civil rights. The center will strengthen its radio platform, producing approximately 30 programs, broadcasting 12 hours each day, and lead a 25-session workshop on radio skills for youth. It will also share its experience region-wide through 10-day skills-based trainings in Iraq and Morocco. Finally, the center will continue to train and mentor youth in Jordan to directly engage in the improvement of their communities. The center will also lead workshops on democracy,human rights and leadership skills, conduct two "Success in a Changing World" courses, and support youth-led initiatives to advance a democratic culture in Jordan.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $57,500
Project Title: Civil Society Academy II
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: MENA Regional
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To empower civic actors in the region to utilize democratic practices to address issues and to advocate on behalf of their communities. The institute will convene civil society activists to attend the civil society academy that consists of multi-national workshops and internships held in Morocco and Tunisia. These academies will encourage long-term communication and collaboration between civil society actors in the Arab world. In addition, the institute will provide sub-grants to support small initiatives of academy graduates.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $600,000
Project Title: Enhancing Citizen Oversight of Local Government
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Egypt
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To strengthen citizen oversight of and engagement with local officials on good governance. Four local committees will monitor local government and advocate for accountability and transparency. The grantee will train committee members to assess the performance of local officials and hold town hall meetings on public services with diverse stakeholders.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $26,000
Project Title: Justice during Conflict
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Syria
Project Focus: Conflict Resolution
Description: To enhance access to and raise standards of justice during a period of conflict. The grantee will conduct an original study of existing justice mechanisms in eastern Syria and train a group of youth leaders on negotiation skills and democratic norms regarding due process in formal and informal adjudication proceedings.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $23,900
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