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Search results for Organization Name: National Democratic Institute For International Affairs
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Displaying records 26-50 of 308 results
All results totalling $99,264,527
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Project Title: Mobilizing Asian and Global Networks to Advance Democratic Norms and Practices
Project Region: Global
Project Country: _ Global
Project Focus: Political Processes
Description: To promote coordination and peer exchange among global and regional democracy networks to advance democratic norms and foster peer-to-peer learning. The institute will support cross-sectoral participation in the third Asian Electoral Stakeholder Forum, and will organize and develop the capacity of an expert cohort of civil society activists who can rapidly deploy to disseminate best practices and innovations to their peers conducting systematic election observation.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $353,000
Project Title: Strengthening Local Advocacy Through Grassroots Organizing
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Kyrgyz Republic
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To increase citizen involvement in the political process and build government accountability at the local level. The institute will expand upon a pilot project that enables citizens to work collectively with local decision makers to address community needs. By working with new as well as more experienced organizers, the institute will build a network of individuals to lead grassroots advocacy initiatives in at least 30 communities around the country.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $300,000
Project Title: Youth Leadership Academy for Conflict Resolution
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: _ Gulf Regional
Project Focus: Conflict Resolution
Description: To enhance the capacity of emerging young leaders from Gulf States to engage their communities in ways that foster an environment more open to reconciliation. The project will implement two ten-day Youth Leadership Academies and a series of online trainings and virtual mentorship. Participants will receive in-depth skills training and direct, hands-on experience in promoting dialogue and reconciliation.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $261,000
Project Title: Fostering More Representative, Accountable and Democratic Political Parties
Project Region: Africa
Project Country: _ Southern Africa Regional
Project Focus: Strengthening Political Institutions
Description: To contribute to the development of a new generation of political leaders in Southern Africa, the program will promote constructive cross-party dialogue and strengthen the capacity of political party leaders to build more internally democratic and representative political parties. The institute will conduct two regional institutes to address common party challenges through training sessions and dialogue, and will provide ongoing individualized technical support to party leaders. These activities will promote peer-to-peer learning through strengthening a diverse network of political party leaders.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $421,283
Project Title: Tackling Violence Against Women in Politics
Project Region: Global
Project Country: _ Global
Project Focus: Political Processes
Description: To promote a common understanding and awareness of violence against women in politics and to consolidate international consensus-building on mechanisms at the international level and initiate new norms and standards on stopping violence against women in politics through United Nations reporting systems. To this end, the Institute would establish a global network of changemakers; develop guidance for in-country programming and other documentation; and conduct outreach activities to raise awareness and call for action.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $68,536
Project Title: Strengthening Municipal Government's Responsiveness through Greater Citizen Engagement
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Thailand
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To strengthen citizen engagement in local governance processes. Activities will include building the capacity of local groups in Bangkok to advocate for good governance reforms, while assisting municipal officials to increase their knowledge of online tools to effectively elicit and respond to citizens' concerns.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $225,000
Project Title: Facilitating Greater Leadership of Women in Political Office
Project Region: Africa
Project Country: CÔte D`ivoire
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To help Ivoirian supporters of gender equity agree to common, concrete, achievable goals and better coordinate efforts in support of them. The institute will support Ivoirian activists to design a goal-focused gender agenda to pursue in the next legislature, and assist them with the development of campaign themes and materials.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $140,250
Project Title: Elevating Citizen Policy Priorities in Governance, Negotiation and Transition Processes
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Syria
Project Focus: Political Processes
Description: To provide information about the priorities of Syrians to decision-makers who represent them in governance and negotiation processes. The institute will conduct focus groups to gauge citizens' perspectives on policy priorities and ongoing political negotiations. In addition to sharing findings with Syrian opposition leaders, political groupings, and provincial and local councils, the institute will conduct policy forums in Turkey and Syria, using the research findings as the basis for developing policy proposals that more effectively address citizens' most urgent concerns.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $110,000
Project Title: Improving Accountable Implementation of Citizen Security Policies
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Mexico
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To increase the transparency and oversight of government-supported citizen security programs. This pilot program will improve the skills of government officials, political parties and civic groups to increase transparency in select Mexican states. The institute expects that these efforts will contribute to combat organized crime and reduce high levels of crime and violence in Mexico.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $400,000
Project Title: Supporting Constructive Civic Dialogue on Peace
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Turkey
Project Focus: Conflict Resolution
Description: To respond to the growing conflict and breakdown of social cohesion in Turkey. The institute and a local partner will foster dialogue among diverse civic activists and community leaders to reach a shared vision for promoting peace. The institute will conduct interviews to identify openings for constructive dialogue, develop a model for convening discussions, and facilitate exercises that support an initial group of activists and leaders in reaching consensus on an approach to a sustainable peace initiative.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $125,000
Project Title: Strengthening the Ability of Cities to Engage Citizens through Civic Technology
Project Region: Global
Project Country: _ Global
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To foster collaboration among civic innovators to strengthen democratic governance. The institute will support knowledge sharing on how digital tools and governance innovations can be deployed to promote democratic values and deepen citizen engagement in cities by organizing site visits, producing case studies, and highlighting best practices. The institute will also provide support to an international secretariat for a network of civic organizations and urban innovators committed to improving the quality of governance in the world's megacities.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $219,327
Project Title: Advancing Dialogue on Political Reform and Strengthening Legal Advocacy in China and Hong Kong
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: _ China Regional
Project Focus: NGO Strengthening
Description: To assist in efforts to identify new avenues for democracy and political reform in Hong Kong. The institute will support efforts to focus public discourse on how democratic reforms can have a direct impact on livelihood issues, such as income inequality, pollution, housing, and education. The program will also support continued engagement with lawyers supporting the rule of law in China.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $350,000
Project Title: Building Frameworks and Expertise for Structured Executive Branch Transfers of Power
Project Region: Global
Project Country: _ Global
Project Focus: Strengthening Political Institutions
Description: To promote lessons learned and best practices on democratic transfers of power between outgoing and incoming executive branch administrations. The institute will establish an international community of practice on structured, democratic executive branch transitions that would to assist with transitions under a variety of circumstances.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $250,000
Project Title: Improving Public Integrity and Transparency Practices in the Northern Triangle
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: _ Central America Regional
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To address the public integrity challenges in Central America's Northern Triangle that are undermining confidence in democratic institutions. The institute will support efforts by political and civic leaders to strengthen government transparency and reduce corruption. The institute will capitalize on international and domestic attention on public integrity to foster new mechanisms for civic organizations to engage key actors in congresses and political parties to adopt a reform agenda.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $408,726
Project Title: Building Political Party Integrity in Southeastern Europe
Project Region: Europe
Project Country: _ Europe Regional
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To better equip senior political party officials in Southeast Europe with the knowledge and skills to carry out integrity reforms within their parties. The institute will connect party representatives from the region with western European sister party counterparts to promote their ability to improve integrity in party statutes, and engage in ethical processes of incorporating and promoting members through party ranks.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $256,442
Project Title: Strengthening the Integrity of Parliamentary Elections
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Georgia
Project Focus: Political Processes
Description: To contribute to the integrity of the electoral process, the institute will implement a two-month program in Georgia to complement a comprehensive set of election observation activities during the October parliamentary elections. The program aims to raise awareness among Georgians about potential improvements to the process and increase incentives for ensuring a credible process, while helping to maintain international attention to Georgia's democratic trajectory.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $175,000
Project Title: Supporting Inclusive Civic Participation
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: Cuba
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To enhance the ability of independent civic actors to make their voices heard in shaping Cuba's future. The institute undertake a two-year program to increase the capacity of independent activists to promote participation of Cuban citizens in local civic affairs. This program will include civic participation seminars outside Cuba, coupled with international outreach opportunities, and modest material assistance for participants to conduct skills-building workshops inside Cuba..
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $679,556
Project Title: Pluralism through Public Policy Discourse
Project Region: Europe
Project Country: North Macedonia
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote political pluralism and government accountability. The institute will equip political party and civil society representatives with the skills and experience to engage in pluralistic public discourse on governance reform issues, with particular emphasis on engaging youth in the political process; train youth party members on inclusive policy development; and provide guidance on advancing key democratic reforms over the medium to longer term.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $286,442
Project Title: Countering Anti-Democratic Trolling with Open Internet Standards
Project Region: Global
Project Country: _ Global
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To strengthen efforts to promote an Internet that is open to the full range of democratic discourse and adopts effective responses to anti-democratic trolling. The institute, in collaboration with technology and political partners, the global Internet openness community, academic experts and trolling victims, will conduct research to establish a coalition focused on preserving an open Internet as well as on developing norms and standards for protecting democratic dialogue online. The Institute will also convene relevant actors to share experiences, including techniques to better expose the nature of anti-democratic trolling.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $62,000
Project Title: Supporting Regional Youth Networks and Policy Advocacy in Africa
Project Region: Africa
Project Country: _ Africa Regional
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To support the African Union's (AU) long-term goal to facilitate greater inclusion of African youth and their views into high-level AU discussions and create opportunities for youth leaders to organize around areas of shared concern. The institute will build regional networks of young leaders to strengthen their capacities to advocate for policy priorities. The institute will support youth participants to engage in a coalition-building process with their peers, as well as with attendees from previous institute- and AU-sponsored regional consultations.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $80,000
Project Title: Helping Democracy Deliver - Addressing Governance and Youth Unemployment
Project Region: Africa
Project Country: South Africa
Project Focus: Strengthening Political Institutions
Description: To address the issue of youth unemployment in South Africa, the institute and its local partner will conduct policy assessments and focus group research in three provinces, in addition to conducting interviews with political leaders to identify gaps in youth employment policies. The institute will then work with political parties to address those gaps in provincial and national-level platforms. The research findings will also provide a basis for dialogues centered on establishing targeted policy approaches that lead to greater economic opportunities for young South Africans.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $60,461
Project Title: Strengthening Legislatures in the Western Balkans
Project Region: Europe
Project Country: Southeast Europe Regional
Project Focus: Strengthening Political Institutions
Description: To promote parliamentary openness in the Western Balkans. Drawing on new technologies and resources, the institute will share best practices and examples of strengthening public engagement in and knowledge of the legislative process. The institute will also aim to expand institutional discourse on strategic planning and development by organizing exchanges with legislators and experts from Central Europe and the Baltic States.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $275,000
Project Title: Supporting Party Leadership Around Reform
Project Region: Europe
Project Country: Bosnia And Herzegovina
Project Focus: Strengthening Political Institutions
Description: To support participatory, inclusive, and accountable reform processes. The institute will promote dialogue on political parties' responsibilities in the reform process and increase the capacities of party youth to represent their interests in politics. Through conferences and online discussions, the project will advance debate on improving parties' leadership on reform, leading to strategies to enhance accountability, while capacity building and cross-party forums will improve the engagement and impact of youth in politics.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $501,442
Project Title: Civic Participation in Municipal Government IV
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: West Bank / Gaza
Project Focus: NGO Strengthening
Description: To improve the accountability of municipal councils in addressing citizen priorities and strengthening the relationship between citizens and their local governments. The institute will support four municipal-level citizen committees, which will engage local mayors and municipal councils to undertake community development and improvement projects in response to citizens' expressed concerns. The institute will also conduct a pre-election assessment, and provide technical assistance to its two partner groups to develop their internal organizational and management capacities.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $355,119
Project Title: Political Party Development and Policymaking in Southeastern Europe
Project Region: Europe
Project Country: _ Europe Regional
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To assist 25 political parties from Southeastern Europe in policy development and internal organization in line with practices of pro-democratic European parties. The institute will convene a regional, cross-party gathering of party leaders on constituent representation and responsiveness, promote the use of new technologies in operational strategies and public outreach, and consult with parties on individual strategies. The institute will also provide policy resources to partner parties, and engage program alumni in exploring advanced policy development and advocacy.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $380,000
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