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Search results for Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Year: 2019
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Displaying records 1-11 of 11 results
All results totalling $1,123,685
Total may include redundant amount due to supplements.



Project Title: Advancing Social Accountability
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote national government accountability through youth participation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The grantee will strengthen youth engagement on advancing social accountability and democratic reform through mentoring three youth watchdog teams and assessing the performance of the Ministry of Social Development in the three governorates of Gaza, Nablus, and Hebron.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $42,000
Project Title: Civic Engagement and Accountability in Gaza
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To engage youth in Gaza in civic action, oversight, and interaction with national representatives on accountability and anti-corruption measures. The organization will lead four-day capacity-building courses on anti-corruption mechanisms, and support trainees to develop social audit reports, conduct a \seminar and awareness sessions for grassroots activists, and produce video clips that highlight the reports' findings.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $36,000
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 at five Sharia universities, lead two capacity-building workshops for Sharia teachers and students, 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: 2019
Award Amount: $32,000
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 lead dialogue sessions with stakeholders on relevant political and social issues, conduct workshops on media skills and journalist security, and support stories developed and produced by its members.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $49,100
Project Title: Holding Public Officials Accountable
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote government accountability to the media and its viewing audience. The grantee will produce and broadcast 24 episodes of a hard-hitting television program. The 50-minute recorded program, which will start its ninth season, addresses accountability of the Palestinian Authority in ministries and municipalities, as well as civil society representatives and decision-makers in political, economic, and social realms.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $136,600
Project Title: Promoting Democratic Elections
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To strengthen government representation of and response to citizens' needs and priorities in the West Bank through elections and electoral reform at the national and local levels. The grantee will run a concerted advocacy campaign with national and regional workshops, international case study workshops, and election issue workshops.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $45,000
Project Title: Promoting Rights-focused Leadership in Gaza
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To promote a rights-based culture of youth leadership in the Gaza Strip. The organization will lead two-day workshops on human rights for university students, and mentor its youth group. For this group, the organization will conduct advanced human rights and advocacy trainings and support members as they lead youth initiatives for their communities.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $30,000
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 reform initiatives. The group will lead a training course on debating, and mentor members as they organize local debates among youth, including a final debate in Gaza City.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $38,000
Project Title: Youth Political Club
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To strengthen democratic values and understanding within youth leadership in the Gaza Strip. The organization will lead a seminar and training series for a cohort of intellectually-driven young men and women. It will then mentor them as they identify, develop and conduct community initiatives reflective of this training.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $30,000
Project Title: Strengthening Youth Engagement in Civic and Political Processes
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To enhance young Palestinians knowledge of, and participation in, political and civic processes, the institute will continue to build on its Ana Usharek (I Participate) civic education program on four university campuses in the West Bank. Furthermore, the institute will continue to provide technical and financial support to two local civil society organizations -- Al Qamar Charitable Organization and the Palestinian Center for Rapprochement -- that work to engage youth volunteers in carrying out local advocacy campaigns and community activities aimed at strengthening municipal accountability.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $325,000
Project Title: Building Association Capacity to Advance the Interests of Palestinian Businesswomen
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: Developing Market Economy
Description: To strengthen business associations as member-ship driven organizations. The organization will build Asala's capacity to advocate effectively for women-led micro-enterprises. The program will promote business association best practices within the partner association, improve key member services, and advance innovative sustainability elements that deliver financial and organizational independence. Analysis of priority issues and a related advocacy campaign by the local partner will enhance the association's representational function on behalf of women micro-entrepreneurs.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $359,985