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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApprovedConstituency Development Programme The CRWs and WRWs are designed to: Clarify rolesand among leaders Explore existing and potentialconflicts, their causes, nature and how they could be

Local - Zimbabwe Public Affairs andParliamentary Support Trust$266,000
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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApprovedminimised Among various office bearers Highlight

and strengthen the promotion of Gender mainstreamingamong local leaders. Raise awareness of leaders andassist them in planning to reduce the causes and effectsof poverty planning in their area. Strengthen andencourage leaders to address and spearhead behaviourchange in dealing with the HIV & AIDS among the people they lead/represent.Carlos Lopes Popular Participation Fellowship The Carlos Lopes Popular Participation Fellowship,named after the legendary former UNDP ResidentRepresentative in Zimbabwe, the Fellowship will in itstwo (2) year project lifespan identify, nurture andmentor one hundred young politicians, civic societyactivist, university students, journalists and otheremerging leaders. The fellows will be expected toinfluence democratic reform, accountability, integrityand sustainable policy frameworks in their localcommunities in particular and Zimbabwe in general.Participants shall be under 25 years as per the UN sdefinition of youth, recruited on merit and competitive basis but there shall be gender parity as well as equalrepresentation from Zimbabwe s ten (10) administrative provinces. The course content shall include but notlimit itself to the following; Parti cipatory democracyunpacked Overview of Public Policy and Citizenempowerment The UN as a model for multilateralcollective decision Democracy in Africa

Local - Zimbabwe National YouthDevelopment Trust $300,000

Electoral Process Training for Civil Society in Local - Zimbabwe (Harare, Electoral Reform $250,000


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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApprovedZimbabwe We propose to work with the Zimbabwe ElectionSupport Network - Zimbabwe's main civil societydemocracy coalition, bringing together 38 Zimbabwe NGOs - to build a network of local representatives fromdifferent civil society organisations. We will train thirtycivil society 'facilitators' (two workshops), who willthen train a further 300 local representatives (tenworkshops). The training will be accomplished throughworkshops and the use of training manuals. The fourkey areas on which the training will focus will be: *

organisation of local voter information and civiceducation campaigns; * use of media during and inrelation to the electoral process and ways of influencingit to meet its responsibilities to the democratic process;* making objective and effective interventions inelectoral disputes; and * participating effectively indomestic election observation. The project will cutacross ethnic, language geographical and other boundaries.

Bulwayo, Masvingo and Mutare) International Services

Amplifying the voices of women in politics anddecision making in Zimbabwe. The project targets 100 Women Popular OpinionLeaders ( WPOLs) through a training of trainers program. Topics for training include constitutionmaking processes, referendum, gender equality, lawand policy making process and internationalinstruments as they relate to women's participation in politics and decision making. The trained WPOLs are

Local - Zimbabwe (The project will be implemented in the BingaDistrict in Matebeleland NorthProvince . )

Women and Law InSouthern Africa Researchand Education Trust (Zimbabwe)

$200,000


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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApprovedexpected to reach out to 100 people each ( women and

men) with information thus reaching out to 1000 peopleat least 50% of these being women. Knowledge sharingwill be enhanced through study visits to Parliament andto Rwanda. The latter was selected because of its high% of female representatives in Parliament . By 2013,WLSA expects to see the creation of a pool of assertiveand empowered women who are able to take partmeaningfully in politics and decision making structuresin Zimbabwe. This can be through standing for office,supporting other women to stand and making infomed

choices.Promoting Human Rights through providing Accessto Information for marginalised Women. The project seeks to promote access to information forwomen living in Zimbabwe's marginalisedcommunities. The promotion is to be done throughsocial, broacast and print media. The social mediaaspect of the project will especially be targeted atyoung women while the generality of marginalisedwomen in the project communities will be reached outto through broadcast and print media. In terms of socialmedia, bloggs will be created for young women toaccess information on their political and socio-economic rights. The blogs will also enable the youngwomen to express themselves on issues relating to theirrights. Access to information and freedom of expressionwill also be facilitated through the production andairing of radio programmes while journalists will be

Local - Zimbabwe (The project will be carried out in Zimbabwe's tenregions. One grassroot communitywill be selected in each region. Theselection will be on the basis of aneeds assessment.)

Media Centre $225,000


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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApprovedcapacitated and mentored to produce and publish stories

pertaining to women empowerment . The project willalso facilitate for democratic and developmentaldialogue between women and people in leadership positions.Constitutional Reform: Support to ConstituentAssembly in Zambia The project aims to deepen a democratic culture basedon human rights through the establishment of a newconstitution. It will support the: (i) establishment ofrules of procedure for the constituent assembly, (ii)capacity development of the secretariat of theconstituent assembly (iii) orientation and capacitydevelopment of the members of the constituentassembly; and (iv) establishment of an effective mediastrategy for the dissemination of the proceedings of theconstituent assembly.

Local - Zambia

United Nations

Development Programme,Zambia Country Office $350,000

Raising Civic Awareness Among Youth:Participation & Community Service IFES aims to increase democratic knowledge and skillsfor youth in Yemen. IFES will use participation andcommunity service to raise civic awareness, includingamong marginalized populations. It will provide toolsto address important issues, develop solutions, andengage civil society, local governments, and Yemen s parliament. IFES will achieve sustainable results byworking with in-country partners, incorporatingcapacity-building, and providing sub-grants to supportactivity implementation.

Local - Yemen IFES $347,303


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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApprovedDemocratic Dialogue for Strengthening Womens

Political Participation Responding to one of the great challenges facingdemocracies in the 21st century, this project will workon political and social integration of women in Yemenover the course of a year. Building on the CoM sexperience and ongoing activities in and around theregion, this project will seek to build consensus andnetworks in support of women s political rights across a broad spectrum of political and civil society actors.This project will work with Yemeni women s

organizations, political parties, the government, andother civil society actors to increase the profile,capacity and role of women leaders. Led by Club ofMadrid Members, including the support of formerPrime Minister Abdul-Karim El-Eryani, the fourmissions planned throughout the year will developconsensus frameworks in accordance with internationalstandards that will lead to concrete strategies andrecommendations for changing the policy environmentaffecting women, including the possibility of a

legislative quota.

Local - YemenClub of Madrid forDemocratic Transition andConsolidation

$225,000

ARWA InitiativeWomen in Yemen participate actively in local andnational elections, although there are various social, political, and legislatives obstacles that prevent themfrom reaching decision making positions and leadership

positions. The ARWA Initiative will embrace Yemen sdemographic reality by engaging young people between

Local - Yemen (Sana, Hadramout,Taiz, Soqatra, Hodaida) Yemeni Women Union $325,000


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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApprovedthe ages of 15-24 in democratic processes. This youth

cohort comprises 25% of the population and yet young people are marginalized in many aspects of life. Yemenneeds the active participation of women and theengagement of young people in order to move Yemen sdemocratic experiment forward. Over the course of twoyears the ARWA Initiative will seek to measurablyincrease women s voting participation and candidacy inthe 2011 Parliamentary elections and the 2011 LocalCouncil elections in five governorates.Empowering Local CSOs in Yemen ThroughParticipation in Local Governance The project was conceptualized to address the perennial problem of weak CSOs and the lack of collaboration between private and public development stakeholders.This initiative is aimed to improve the capacity andstrengthen partnerships between CSOs and thegovernment at the local and national levels toeffectively address emergencies and respond tohumanitarian situations. The main strategies includeactive participation in policy development, establishingvenues for effective representation of CSOs in localgovernance, and the development of an inter-agencymechanism for CSO monitoring and regulation. On theground, various consultations will be conducted at thegovernorates and a national conference will beorganized to amend the existing Law of Associationsand Foundations in Yemen. Regular dialogue shall befacilitated between the local and national governments

Local - Yemen (Governorates ofHadramout, Aden, Hodeidah andSana'a)

Humanitarian Forum -Yemen $200,000


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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApprovedand CSOs to evolve into a permanent means for

collaboration and to improve the capacity andregulation of local CSOs.Promoting active participation of civil society inenvironmental gover Vietnamese NGOs and community-based organizations(CBOs) came into existence in the 1990s, following thedoi moi (reform) introduced by the Party Congress in1986, and have grown significantly since then. YetVietnam is still characterized by a strong state and veryweak civil society. What is striking is the almostcomplete absence of NGOs active in monitoring of lawsand policies implementation, reporting violation andclaim compensation for affected people. This weaknessimposes real costs, notably in the environment sector.Without independent oversight and advocacy,environment is polluted, natural resources and biodiversity are degrading. The aim of this project is toexpand the number and quality of local environmental NGOs by capitalizing on IUCN s close relationshipwith government, which allows it to promote greatercivil society participation in environmental monitoringand reporting. As a global union, IUCN is mandatedand well-positioned to do it.

Local - Viet Nam (whole country)IUCN, the InternationalUnion for Conservation of Nature in Vietnam

$250,000

Civil society empowerment in Advocacy and PolicyDevelopment in Vietnam The project is to empower civil society organizations(CSOs) in Vietnam in advocacy and contribution intothe democracy policy development through (1) buiding

Local - Viet Nam (whole country)Reseach Center forManagement andSustainable Development

$175,000


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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApprovedcompetency of CSOs in advocacy and participating in

the policy development process & (2) improving therecognition and communication between thegovernment and CSOs in policy development. This mayhelp to fill the gap of the weakness of CSOs in Vietnamin both quantity and quality in participation in advocacyand improving the democratic policy development inVietnam. This project includes the comprehensiveempowerment package for CSOs in Vietnam withstrategic internal and external approach. In this project,CSOs in Vietnam will be built competency to play well

as development actors in advocacy and policydevelopment. In the meanwhile, the advocacy work forenabling environment and better communicationchannel between the government and CSOs will be alsoset up to facilitate CSOs to translate their learning intothe reality.Extension of workshops on active citizenship toimprove governance. This project will implement civic education workshopson Vanuatu's remote islands. Feedback from previous

workshops in Vanuatu's Provinces demonstrates astrong need for such workshops. Access to education isa major stumbling block due to Vanuatu's geographicalspread & high transport costs. This project ensures thatcitizens with limited/no access to information areeducated & informed about their role in civil society.This will in turn produce more participatory activecitizenship.

Local - Vanuatu Transparency InternationalVanuatu $107,776


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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApprovedMedia, Government and Civil Society Dialogue in

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan maintains tight control of the media despiteconstitutional guarantees of press freedom. Pre- publication press censorship was abolished in 2002, butself-censorship by the media is still widespread. Thegovernment does not communicate with the public onregular basis as it also lacks the required professionalcapacity to disseminate information in line withdemocratic standards and practices. RD proposes toimplement a project improving the quality of

interaction between Uzbek government institutions, public and media to foster democratization andintercultural dialogue. RD will encourage a dialoguewith the objective to raise capacities of both media andgovernment officials and civil society to enable provision of high quality and timely information to people. As one of the few democracy building NGOswith a registered branch office in the country and amandate to conduct work in the area of human rights,RD is in a unique position to implement the proposed

action.

Local - Uzbekistan (Tashkent,Ferghana, Samarkand; Final activity

will include representatives from allregions of Uzbekistan)Regional Dialogue $200,000

Facilitating the access of women - victims ofdomestic violence - to justice system. Opening in 12 districts of Bukhara region free legaladvice centers for women victims of domestic violence.Help women in these centers with the paperwork to besubmitted to the court, and provide free lawyer. Spacefor these centers can be provided in regional City Hall

Local - Uzbekistan (BukharaRegion)

Bukhara Regional FamilyCare Center "Oydin Nur"


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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApproved buildings as women come here regularly with their

problems. Schedule of these centers can be timed to thedays of reception of citizens by the Mayor of Bukhararegion and the chairman of the Committee of Women.Thus, the centers will receive women twice a week.Lawyer at these clinics will be a specialist from lawfirms that exist in each area. A total of 12 lawyers for12 legal clinics, that will be additionally trained at theseminar to get familiar with the techniques of workingwith victims of domestic violence. In addition to providing legal advice the specialists of the clinics will

implement specific interventions to end violenceagainst women. They'll act as counsel to protect therights of the women.Jurisprudence on the Ground "JOG" IAWJ in partnership with the Tanzania Women JudgesAssociation will provide training seminars tomagistrates as well as to community workers who workwith marginalized women in Tanzania. The focus is oncreating better access to justice for grassroots women &enhancing their interaction with members of the

judiciary and their understanding of court processes &accessibility. Through focus groups, trainings &seminars, key groups will be reached. Marginalizedwomen, including HIV positive, widows & orphans,will learn about their rights through a partnership withthe Society for Women & AIDS in Africa-Tanzania.First-line court personnel, magistrates, are oftenunaware of their human rights obligations under

Local - Tanzania, United Republicof

International Association ofWomen Judges $300,000


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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApprovedTanzanian & international law& need training.

Feedback loops will be created so the CSO can providea forum for marginalized women to share informationabout their experiences in accessing the courts and forthe judiciary to respond to obstacles to accessing the justice system.Empowerment of Civil Society in Monitoring ofDevelopment Programmes a The project Support to Civil Society in MonitoringDevelopment Programmes and National Policies inDodoma region will promote effective civic

engagement in policy processes to ensure moreinclusive and responsive national policies, strategiesand programmes as a means to promote humandevelopment in line with the National Strategy forGrowth and Reduction of Poverty (NSGR).

Local - Tanzania, United Republicof (Dodoma region)

Dodoma Environmental Network

$225,000

Strengthening Democratic Practices through AdultCivic Education among Maasai women and menLongido Community Development Organization(LCDO) aims to introduce a two (2) project onstrengthening democratic practices through a tailor-made Adult Civic Education, targeting the marginalizedand underrepresented Maasai women and men inLongido district. The project focuses on improvingdemocratic practices through enhancing civicengagement among community members as aninstrument for improving community social-economicgrowth. In order to achieve the core principle andvalues of democracy like increased transparency,

Local - Tanzania, United Republicof (Longido District-Arusha-Tanzania)

Longido CommunityDevelopment Organization


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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApproved participation, responsiveness, accountability,

empowerment and equity; the following thematic areasare expected to be addressed by the project; enhancingcommunity knowledge on democratic practices, supportcommunity participation in development activities andfacilitate Human rights knowledge. The proposed project targets to reach 2,400 Maasai women and menincluding the local and district authorities; out of thisnumber 1,400 are women and 1,000 men.Spreading the democratic culture in smalltowns/settlements of Ukraine Spread democratic culture among the local councillorsin small towns/settlements of the whole Ukraine by providing of 46 seminars-trainings which are up tomethods and procedures of democratic decision-makingin local councils, creating of relations with localcommunity.

Local - Ukraine Volyn Resource Centre $216,752

Building Capacity of Local CSOs in Ukraine The project is aimed at strengthening the capacity of theregional CSOs in Ukraine to ensure public monitoringand evaluation (expertise) of the Performance of thePublic Authorities. Trainings will be delivered to theactivists of the CSOs. The Project will support the localinitiatives focused on public monitoring and evaluation(expertise) and promote best practices sha ring. TheProject s experience will be presented in the Manual onPublic Expertise (Evaluation), which will be producedand distributed to the interested parties. As a result ofthe Project, the competence and activity of the local

Local - Ukraine (Remote from thecapital and rural oblasts (10)) CCC Creative Center $299,700


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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApprovedCSOs in ensuring public monitoring and evaluation

(expertise) will be improved thus leading to a widercitizens engagement in the policy making at the locallevel, more transparent and accountable localauthorities, strengthened democratic institutions in theUkrainian society.Your Local Representative: Citizens ParticipationProject The project will help citizens in 8 target regions ofUkraine to impact local policy by monitoring the workof elected officials and advocating for the desiredchanges in local governance. EEF and its local partnerswill train civil society organizations (CSOs) in 8 targetregions, on how to engage local citizens in monitoringand advocacy and facilitate citizens participation inlocal decision-making. EEF will improve citizensaccess to information about their elected officialsthrough Your Local Representative web sites. Finally,EEF will consolidate active citizens and civic experts in8 target regions to deliver recommendations for local parties and coalitions to transparently compose party

lists and ways to make the elected candidatesaccountable to their constituents. At all stagesthroughout the project, EEF will organize networkingand experience exchange events and opportunities toconnect active citizens to sustain their cooperation bothwithin and beyond this project.

Local - Ukraine (8 regions (oblasts)in Ukraine) East Europe Foundation $275,000

New Opportunities for Marginalized Groups ofRural Communities in Chernobyl-Affected Area

Local - Ukraine (9 depressiveChernobyl-affected rural GURT Resource Centre $175,000


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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApprovedThe objective of the project "New Opportunities for

Marginalized Groups of Rural Communities inChernobyl-Affected Area" is to ensure inclusivegovernance within depressive rural communities ofChernobyl-affected area by involving all communitystakeholders into participation in the innovativecommunity development actions and introducing civiceducation as a method to allow equal participation formarginalized groups. The main outcomes of the projectare: 1. 9 depressive communities from Chernobyl-affected area experience transformation into potent,

well-governed and able to work out and implementsolutions. 2. Representatives of marginalized groups participate in community governance and solving themost urgent economic and social problems. 3.Communities better understand and execute theireconomic, social, and voter rights as a result of jointadvocacy and development activities.

communities )

Energy sector development for public benefit The project aims to allow local initiatives and civilsociety views on social and environmental factors to be

incorporated in decisions on energy and climate change policies of Ukraine. NECU will target both individualenergy infrastructure projects and national strategies. Inthe process of campaigning on particular cases NECUwill be building coalitions with local groups and localauthorities, develop their understanding and skills tointervene in the decisions on national level. In Ukraine -the country with short history of democracy - formal

Local - Ukraine (Ukraine onnational level and in Vinnitsa,Rivne, Khmelnytsk, Mykolaiv,Zaporizhzhya oblasts)

National Ecological Centreof Ukraine


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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApprovedGrassroots Women Leaders in Democracy

(GWLD): Project The Project will aim at increasing the visibility, numberand impact of grassroots women in decision-making inconflict areas. This will be accomplished by increasingthe capacity of women politicians at the local level togather information and analyze proposed legislation, budgets and existing policies; gender-sensitivemonitoring of local government service delivery; civiceducation; and empowerment of women in political party structures

Local - Uganda Forum for Women inDemocracy $224,130

Human rights and fundamental freedoms awarenessproject. Seeking to promote human rights advocacy andempower communities, policy makers and rightsadvocates with skills to advocate, lobby and influence policies and programmes in favor of rights observanceand encourage commuinities to actively participate inhuman rights and fundamental freedoms programmesthat affect them so as to change their lives positively.Empower elected members of local councils

representing vulnerable groups to fight for their humanrights and fundamental freedoms.

Local - UgandaUganda Community BasedAssociation for ChildWelfare

$100,221

UGANDA'S YOUTH CIVIL SOCIETYEMPOWERMENT This project will build the capacity of the existing youth NGOs/CSOs to enable them constructively engage(andcontribute to development)with local and nationalgovernment(s). The project activities will include Skills

Local - Uganda UGANDA YOUTH NETWORK $250,000


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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApprovedenhancement,organisational development,orientation of

the media and government leaders towards youth postive engagement and support towards lobby andadvocacy initiatives. 5 out of the 8 MDGs directlyconcern the young people below 30 years.The projectwill increase young people's meaningful contribution toUganda's on-going governance and development processes geared towards the attainment of theMillennium Development Goals including povertyreduction strategies.The 2007 Report shows Ugandaunlikely to meet most targets Young people hold the

key to meaningful sustainable development.Uganda's population below 30 years stands at 76.4%.If well prepared and involved,this big population of young people are a resource and an asset for Uganda'sattainment of the MDGs.Promoting civic and political particaption of womenand youth in the i This project seeks to encourage women and youth inthe informal sector to participate in local governanceunder multi party dispensation in five districts of

Uganda.They will be educated on civil and politicalrights,prepared to take up leadership positions,join andengage in political party activities,identify priorityissues affecting them for presentation to political parties, local and national leaders. Communitymobilisation will be through awareness seminars andtraining a selection of 600 women and youth as peereducators, advocates and local democracy monitors.

Local - Uganda (Iganga, Amolata,Dokolo, Bugiri, Kaliro districts) Platform for Labour Action $250,000


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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApprovedThe course will cover issues of multi party

dispensation, gender dynamics and relevant lawsgoverning elections at the national and local levels.This will also prepare them to take part in the 2011general elections. A baseline study will be undertakento clarify their participationstatus,information,education and communicationmaterials and radio talk shows will be produced inEnglish and local languages.Grass root Gender Accountability Project (GGAP) The project seeks to influence democratic processes

through empowering communities to hold their leadersaccountable and to demand for gender sensitive servicedelivery for the benefit of the communities. It will alsoenhance the capacity of legislators to influenceenactment of gender sensitive legislation and programs.The project has a grassroot approach seeking to build acritical mass of gender advocates who will be at theforefront of demanding for accountability that willtranslate into improved service delivery to the benefit ofthe communities. The women's conference builds on an

a women in politics conference organized in 2010which culminated in the development of the Ugandawomen's agenda. The conference will specifically provide an avenue for women to assess the deliverymade on the demands in the agenda.

Local - Uganda (FOWODE worksin 10 districts in Uganda. We have piloted Village Budget Clubs inGulu, Kabale, Kibaal)

Forum for Women inDemocracy $225,000

YES 4 Uganda - Youth Empowerment Services forUganda Uganda qualifies as semi-authoritarian. Participation

Local - Uganda (Tororo, Busia andJinja) DSW Uganda $225,000


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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApprovedmechanisms have eroded. Its constitution has

established the National Youth Council withrepresentatives at all governance levels with themandate to represent the country s youth (78% of the population). Yet, NYC has been unable to provideyouth with social space and the skills to advocate fortheir issues. Therefore, the project aims at involving12000 youth in local decision making in Tororo, Busiaand Jinja. Activities combine a life skills approach withawareness raising and civic education. After trainingyouth councillors on consultation techniques, DSW

organizes forums. The project uses peer education sincetrained youth are effective educators, accessible to their peers, and able to relate to their cultural and age-specific concerns. Cascading trainings allow to reach amuch larger target group without costs becoming prohibitive. Youth in hard to reach areas are accessedthrough a youth truck with a team of social workers.Empowerment of Women Citizens The Project aims the empowerment and capacity building of women's NGOs and/or semi-organised

groups of women in 7 regions and more than 30 citiesof Turkey.By this,the Project aims an extensive civiceducation of women voters in Turkey.

Local - TurkeyThe Association for Supportand Training of WomenCandidates

$350,000

Monitoring and Influencing the Central Budget byCivic Empowerment Bulk of the Central Budget process in Turkey is carriedout by the bureaucracy with only limited influence bythe parliament. No formal channels exist for civil

Local - Turkey (Istanbul, Ankara)Turkish Economic andSocial Studies Foundation $230,000


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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApprovedmise en place d'un systme de suivi-valuation en vue

de renforcer l'ancrage social de l'association, lescapacits de lobbying et de dialogue avec les diffrentsacteurs dont les dcideurs politiques en vue d'orienterles politiques publiques sur les droits des femmes; 2) ledveloppement d'une ppinire pour le renforcementdes capacits des femmes et leur autonomisationnotamment par la formation et la sensibilisation auxdroits et la citoyennet.Education lectorale des femmes et des jeunes Pour viter qu une partie de la population ne soit

exploite injustement par certaines forces politiques, laLigue des Electrices Tunisiennes compte lancer unvaste programme de sensibilisation et d ducation lacitoyennet, de participation aux diffrents processuslectoraux et au vote. Au vu de la centralisation de tousles pouvoirs au niveau de la capitale, certaines rgionssouffrent de marginalisation, entre autres, concernantl ducation politique des femmes et le dro it leur participation citoyenne. Or, dans les circonstancesactuelles que vit le pays, ces rgions reprsentent un

potentiel important de voix lectrices. Par consquent,l association estime ncessaire et crucial de travaillersur la sensibilisation de ces populations au processuslectoral, pour que chacun fasse son choix d une faonlibre et consciente. Les actions de la Ligue desElectrices Tunisiennes seront caractrises par uneapproche de terrain et de proximit dans ses diffrentes phases.

Local - Tunisia (5 rgions du pays)Ligue des ElectricesTunisiennes $80,000


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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApprovedProjet d'accompagnement de la transition

dmocratique et de Promotion de la citoyennet enTunisie Ce projet consiste dvelopper l information de la population tunisienne afin del inciter s engager dansla gestion des affaires publiques et prparer unemeilleure implication en vue des prochaines lections.Il s agit d augmenter les taux de participation lectoraleen milieu rural et d viter les problmes de logistiqueobservs lors des lections de 23 octobre 2011. Ladispersion des habitants en milieu rural et l loignement

par rapport aux bureaux de votes se sont ajouts audsintrt et au manque d'implication. Les taux levsdes bulletins rejets pour non conformit indiquentaussi le manque d'information et d'accompagnement dela population rurale peu instruite. En outre, lacomparaison entre le sondage d opinion men parl Observatoire Tunisien de Transition Dmocratique(Fondation Hanns Seidal) en septembre 2011 etl anal yse des rsultats des lections par le TrainingBusiness Center Partners montre un dcalage entre

intention de vote et taux de participation.

Local - Tunisia (National etrgional, les activits desensibilisation se focaliseront dansles gouvernorats de Jendouba, deTataouine et de Kairouan)

Association Nationale de

Dveloppement Durable$225,000

Strengthening Tunisian Democracy through PublicOpinion Polling and Media and Party Training In Tunisia s political transition, citizens, media and political parties lack knowledge needed to evaluate political performance and assure accountability. This project will build a knowledge base and train media and political parties to accurately assess and incorporate

Local - Tunisia (Whole country:Tunis (Ariana, Ben Arous,Manouba,Tunis), Zaghouan,Tozeur, Tatouine, Sousse, Sfax,Kairouan, Kasserine, Beja, Gabes,Gafsa, Jendouba, Bizerte, Siliana,Kef, Mahdia, Nabeul, Sidi Bouzid)

Centre d'tudesMaghrbines Tunis


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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApprovedresults into reporting and programming. A Tunisian

survey group, US-based specialists in surveymethodology and electoral accountability, and a Danishexpert in party strengthening will partner on 3nationally-representative surveys, assessing politicalengagement and attitudes, and use the results andtrainings to strengthen media and parties. Mediatraining will focus on the use and misuse of surveyresults. Party training will use workshops and targetedconsultations to increase awareness of public demands.Results will be incorporated into public discourse,

helping citizens voice demands and gauge politicaloutcomes. Together, these activities will strengthentransparency and accountability critical to democracy.Ensuring social inclusion through development ofleadership skills of persons with disabilities The project will make a contribution to empowermentof disabled women and non-government organizationsrun by women through development of their leadershipskills and capacity to promote the interests and rights of persons with disabilities.

Local - Turkmenistan (Ashgabatcity (all beneficiary trainees willtravel to Ashgabat because trainingswill take place in trainings facilitiesof DBS in Ashgabat))

Deaf and Blind Society ofTurkmenistan

PUT A WOMAN 2006/7 This project will prepare women and young persons to participate in the local government(2006)generalelections(2007), and prepare the male governmentalenvironment,for their participation in greater numbersand strengthen the networking and build capacity ofwomen working towards this goal.It will contribute tothe Global 50/50 campaign financing initiative. Its

Local - Trinidad and Tobago Network of NGOs ofTrinidad and Tobago for theAdvancement of Women

$262,500


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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApproved beneficiaries are women political activists and those

interested in elected and appointed office, youth andfirst-time votersYoung Women Leadership Program in Tonga'Impact Your Community' 'Impact YourCommunity' Young Women Leadership Program aims to identify,encourage and enhance the leadership potential ofyoung women in Tonga. The program will allow youngwomen the means to flourish and affect their visionsand dreams. Through training and mentorship, selected

young women will become leaders and implement theirown developed projects. This is a prime opportunity foryoung women in Tonga to make a difference in theircommunities.

Local - Tonga (The project will take place in the whole country: Themain island of Tongatapu and thethree smaller islands: Vava'u,Ha'apai and 'Eua Islands.)

Talitha Project Inc $60,000

Programme de Renforcement de la Socit CivileTogolaise Programme 4 volets complmentaires: 1-Renforcement des capacits techniques et de rseautagedes organisations de la socit civile 2- Actionsconcertes de formation, d information et de plaidoyer

pour la participation citoyenne et la dmocratie la base 3- Information, ducation et communication pourune meilleure participation des populations auxlections lgislatives et locales 4- Dveloppement desnouvelles technologies et appui documentaire pour lesinitiatives citoyennes locales

Local - Togo Concertation Nationale de laSocit Civile du Togo

$302,680

Droits et Liberts pour Tous au Togo( DL2T) Local - Togo Centre d'Observation et de $325,000


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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApprovedAprs plusieurs annes de crise socio politique, le Togo

s est engag dans la voie de l apaisement avec lasignature le 20Aout 2006 de l Accord Politique Global(APG). Ainsi les lgislatives transparente,dmocratique ont t organiss le 14 Octobre 2007. Ilest prvus pour bientt les lections locales .Tous lescantons du Togo (350) seront dots de conseilcommunaux .Une sensibilisation s impose pour quetoutes les composantes de chaque localit (Homme etFemmes, lves des collges et lyces) s impliquentdans l expression dmocratique lo cale. Les lus seront

forms sur les principes de la dmocratie et les rapportsde la collaboration entre les sensibilits politiques. Leslves seront sensibiliss leur droit et surtout leursdevoirs dans la communaut

Promotion de l'Etat de Droit

Prog dactions pr limplicat des leaders religieux etd'opinions ds la Le Programme d actions pour l implication des leadersreligieux et leaders d opinion communautaires dans la promotion de la dmocratie et la prennisation de la paix au Togo vise rsoudre ces problmes -Faible

notion des leaders religieux aux concepts de dmocratieet de paix -Non participation des femmes aux processusde prise de dcisions -Absence de culture de leadershipchez les femmes et les jeunes par ces actions -Plaidoyerdes responsables des 8 confessions religieuses -Atelierde dmarrage du Programme -Ateliers de formation desleaders religieux et communautaires -Appui auxstructures de coordination du programme -Formation

Local - Togo (5 Rgions du pays)Association Internationaledes Educateurs pour la Paixdu Monde

$250,000


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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApproveddes leaders religieux fminins et des jeunes aux

principes et cultures dmocratiques -Production etdiffusion des supports de communication etd information sur le processus lectoral -Formation etdploiement de leaders religieux pour observer leslections 2010 -Dveloppement d un site web pour la promotion de la paix et la dmocratieDmocratie locale, dcentralisation etdveloppement des territoires au Togo Le projet s inscrit dans une dmarche de prparation dela dcentralisation. Il a pour objet de faciliter un

dialogue dmocratique entre autorits locales (desconseils de prfecture du Haho et du Moyen Mono et dela commune urbaine de Nots) et socit civile. Avec pour base le dcoupage territorial togolais organis encantons et communes urbaines, le projet accompagnel'mergence de comits cantonaux et communauxconsultatifs de dveloppement local au sein desquelssont raliss et mis en oeuvre des plans dedveloppement locaux, appels projets de territoire. Le projet entend rpondre aux besoins des organisations de

la socit civile et des collectivits en matire deconcertation, de planification et de mise en oeuvred'initiatives communes de dveloppement local. Il vise promouvoir, notamment, la participation des femmeset des populations marginalises (jeunes et allochtonesen particulier) dans la gouvernance locale et ledveloppement des territoires.

Local - Togo (deux prfectures etune commune urbaine)

Centre International deDveloppement et deRecherche

$225,000

Training for new journalists on basic journalism in Local - Timor-Leste Timor Lorosa e Journalists $80,740


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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApprovedTimor-Leste

This training will equip new journalists in gathering and producing news professionally. It is important, as many journalists still often do not conduct balanced reportingand cover stories thoroughly due to lack of ability toask critical questions to sources of information.

Association

Enhanced Participation of Political Parties andWomen in 2007 National The current proposal focus its attention in strengtheningthe institutional capacity of political parties, toguarantee their respect with principles of pluralism,

tolerance, participation and transparency. Someactivities will be developed by UNIFEM focusing onwomen s political participation as well as strengtheningand support for women s wings of parties to influence

party policy, lists and promote a space for women s participation from within the political party structureitself.

Local - Timor-Leste United NationsDevelopment Programme $350,000

Enhance Women's Role in Post-ConflictReconstruction & Nation Building The project will use the Suco Council Election (3rd

quarter of 2008 and early 2009) as a strategicopportunity to enhance women s participation in post -conflict nation building of Timor-Leste and buildgender responsive reconstruction agenda. Building onnetworks, experiences& knowledge materials from theProgramme for Enhancing Rural Women s Leadership& Participation in Nation Building (PERWL) in 2005-2007, the project will sensitize women & men on

Local - Timor-Leste Rede Feto (Women's Network) $300,000


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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApprovedwomen's roles in post-conflict reconstruction; build

women's capacity through transformative leadership toadvocate for gender responsive reconstruction & peace building policy platform; provide technical support toelected women and parties to develop such policy platform; develop capacity, effective tools & conduciveenvironment for constituencies to hold elected officialsaccountable & for elected officials to deliver on theagreed post-conflict reconstruction agenda; & feed localreconstruction experiences to the national level.Facilitating Access to Justice in Timor-Leste

The project promotes access to justice in Timor-Leste by improving public awareness and confidence in the justice sector. Targeted workshops, radio programs,seminars and publications will be used to buildawareness in communities about the courts, parliament,laws and legislative process. These activities will becomplemented by independent monitoring andreporting on the courts and parliament to enhancetransparency and accountability of the justice sector,thereby fostering greater public confidence.

Local - Timor-Leste (Wholecountry)

Judicial System MonitoringProgram $275,000

Promotion and Protection on Human Rights ofIndigenous and highland et The project aims at promoting and protecting humanrights of indigenous and highland ethnic people, whoare marginalized and are one of the vulnerable groupsin Thailand. The basic human rights of the indigenousand highland ethnic people in Thailand have beenviolated for long time. The human rights situation has

Local - ThailandHighland People Task Force, c/o Inter Mountain PeoplesEducation

$230,000


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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApprovedcontinuously deteriorated and has been leading to

further violations of rights. The various forms of humanright violations that indigenous and highland ethnic people are continuously facing are ethnicdiscrimination, negative attitudes against indigenousand highland ethnic people, being held entirelyresponsible for deforestation, illegally entering intoThailand, being illegal migrants. Additionally they arealso being exploited by state authorities as some are being planted for drug trafficking and arbitrary arrested.With the limited access to natural resources, lack of

adequate housing/shelter and lack of human security,there is a need to have a strong network in order toassist on these human rights violation moresystematically and consistently in supporting the workof each ethnic groups, each individual and alsocollectively as indigenous and highland ethnic people.This project has been conceived from severalconsultations and lesson learnt from the past advocacyand campaigns activities since 2000.Cultivating Democratic Leaders from Marginalized

Groups TAF proposes to implement a program to cultivatedemocratic leaders from among marginalized groups sothat they will be able to assert their rights and actively participate in political and social transformation processes. The project will engage and empower 2000youths aged 15-25 selected from marginalized groups(with a particular emphasis on women) such as: 1)

Local - Thailand The Asia Foundation $400,000


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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApprovedMuslim populations in the conflict-affected South; 2)

tsunami-affected populations; 3) high-risk humantrafficking populations in the Northeast; 4) and tribalminorities in the North. Activities include: 1) surveyingmarginalized youth perceptions towards political andcivic understanding and engagement; 2) organizingyoung leadership and civic education activities; and 3) providing seed funding to support ongoing initiativesthat embody gender equality, human rights, anddemocratic and nonviolent ways of problem solving.The Forth Power Needs Protection

Khoma, a Public Association, aims to establish anetwork of lawyers and legal experts to defend theinterests of independent media in Tajikistan. Thelawyers will analyze media laws and the educate

journalists and other concerned individuals: on legalissues pertinent to their work, on managingorganizations personnel -related issues according toTajik law, on the timely and appropriate use of the judicial system to defend the interests of independentmedia.

Local - Tajikistan Khoma $180,875

Building Tajik youth's confidence in democracy,Tajikistan EFCA will establish a Youth Parliament (YP) whichwill produce plans and implement practical activities tomeet the needs of disenfranchised youth and ethnicminorities in GBAO. Members of YP (MYP) will share plans with government, advocate for changes in andmonitor implementation of government policy. In doing

Local - Tajikistan (Gorno-Badakshan Autonomous Oblast(province) - henceforth referred toas GBAO, all 7 raions (regions) andall 44 of its jamoats (counties).)

Eurasia Foundation ofCentral Asia (Tajikistan) $225,000


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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApprovedso it will provide an example of democratic norms and

principles for Tajik youth and a model for youthengagement in Central Asia and elsewhere. This projectwill allow: 1. Every person living in GBAO aged 16-24to participate in democratic elections 2. 44 youthleaders to receive training and education and emerge as potential future leaders 3. 57 projects, 12 at regionallevel and 44 at district level, addressing youth needs to be implemented by project participants 4. Youth andcommunity engagement in YP projects 5. The nextgeneration of youth leaders to engage with theauthorities at provincial and local levels Youth will feelthey have a voice and a say in their futureYouth leaders The main objective of the project is to strengthen thefoundations of a multiparty system in Tajikistan, by building and enhancing the capacities of the youth branches at 8 national political parties. The project willtrain young leaders in democratic debate, internationalelections standards, problem identification and targeteddebate on political issues, theory and praxis of

democracy, promotion and protection of human rightsand in leadership skills. The main target group is youthaged 15 to 30 years, involved in youth branches of political parties. The project includes the conduction of parliamentary elections by proportional representationof mentioned areas with the support of the CentralElection Commission. It is planned to create a YouthDebate Center at the Tajik Parliament will discuss civil

Local - Tajikistan (Khujand,Kurgan-Tube, Kulyab, Shaartuz andDushanbe.)

Youth of the 21st Century $175,000


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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApprovedsociety and youth related issues. Outcomes of the

project are training of young voters,creation/strengthening of the capacity youth branches of political parties, political successionEngendering Democracy and promotion of womenspolitical participation The project seeks to ensure a strong representativegroup of women at the state policy level who are trulyrepresentative of the Sudanese women and proactive inrepresenting the priority issues that most concernwomen: these issues are:1- Return and reintegration

issues affecting girls and female headed households.2-Political representation of women in decision making toensure the 25% agreed in the CPA are realized.3-Gender sensitive policies that help in ensuring genderequity in Sudan.

Local - Sudan CARE INTRENATIONALIN SUDAN $50,000

Supporting the Role of Women Leaders in Sudanand South Sudan in the Post-separation PeriodSudan s referendum will be a historic moment, causing both North and South to reshape their identities and political arrangements, as well as relationships in the

border area. This process creates the risk of conflict,and the opportunity for reformation.For Sudan smarginalized women, changes create an opportunity toarticulate a new vision of their role in the evolving political systems. On the border, a network of electedwomen could play a key role in managing problemslinked to the local implementation of the referendumresults. This project aims to build the relationships and

Local - Sudan (Working with

women leaders at the NationalLevel, as well as with local womenleaders in Bahr-el-Ghazal andSouthern Kordofan States)

Search for Common Ground


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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApprovedskills necessary for women to enhance their role, using

a two-pronged approach. The project will build anetwork of women elected leaders in the border states,enabling them to leverage these relationships to resolvelocal conflicts and promote reconciliation. It will alsoengage women leaders from all regions in a dialogue process aimed at setting an agenda for action in a Post-Referendum Sudan.Promoting Democracy and Accountability in SaoTome & Principe There are growing fears in STP, that if the coming era

of an oil economy is not transparently managed, with public institutions accountable to the people, existingdeep-rooted divisions could escalate into unrest andviolence. The project will strengthen the capacities ofcitizens to participate in decision making processes,build new and accessible community-basedchannels of communication and promote civil societyefforts to scrutinize government actions and policiesand hold them accountable.

Local - Sao Tome and Principe International Alert $339,839

Gender and State Building in South Sudan

The project aims to strengthen and bring togetherwomen civil society organizations in South Sudan todevelop a framework that would lead to the formationof the gender working committees along the provisionsof the South Sudan constitution and presentrecommendations. It is an occasion for bringingtogether a diverse organizations working in the fields ofHuman Rights to build upon collective experience,

Local - South Sudan (The projectoperation room will be in Jubawhith coordinators covering the tenStates of South Sudan )

South Sudan Women'sEmpowerment Network


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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApprovedthrough capacity building, experience-sharing from

other countries that went through similar situation ofthe constitution review process such as South Africa,Rwanda and Namibia. A team of 30 womenrepresenting the ten states of South Sudan will go for astudy tour to Rwanda to learn about the Constitutionmaking process and the gender implications. A genderanalysis of the Transitional constitution will beconducted and recommendations will be developed and presented to the National Constitutional ReviewCommission to be considered in the permanentconstitution.Democracy and Human Rights through ICT-Strengthened Media in South Sudan JHR s project in South Sudan will build the capacity ofthe local media to report more effectively on humanrights issues by leveraging the power of SMS platformsand ICT technology. As such, it will bolster the media sability to act as a medium of democracy by promotingdemocratic dialogue informed by citizens' opinionswhile improving citizens' access to information. The

project will simultaneously work with local mediaorganizations, the journalism school and a network of journalists to establish a tradition of fair and accuratehuman rights and democracy reporting in a holistic andsustainable way across the media sector. Showing localmedia how to make best use of new media toolsincluding SMS platforms and Google tools willestablish the project's reach and impact throughout

Local - South Sudan (Wholecountry)

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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApprovedSouth Sudan. JHR s work plan in South Sudan is built

on a 10-year strategy, with nine distinct phases. Thisapplication is for funding to cover the first 3 phases.Civil society empowerment project to promotedemocracy Among the rural community of Sri Lanka, knowledgeof democracy and related topics are almost absent.Most of people do not know even how to declare theirvotes. A large number of votes are rejected at everyelection. This project intends to educate the communityregarding this matter and establish easy access to

information. The project duration will be 02 years. Byimplementation of this project, participation ofmarginalized or vulnerable communities to democratic processes and decision making processes is highlyexpected. It seems that shortage of officers who haveeducation on democracy and gender is a great problemthat is haunting in the public and private sectors. Thismatter will also be addressed by this project. Toevaluate project activities, provincial and nationalelections, which will be conducted in 2009 and 2010,

will be used. Self help groups will carry the massage ofdemocracy to the society even after the completion ofthis project.

Local - Sri Lanka (SouthernProvince)

Saviya DevelopmentFoundation $225,000

Paint a Rainbow Listen to Youth Voices Sri Lanka youth emerging from conflict, faced withcritical challenges of democracy, human rights,community integration and social justice. Dropping ofvoter turnout from 74.9% in 2010 January to 61.26%

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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApproved2010 in April indicates the need for education andcapacity building to engage young people in democratic processes. We believe technology, media training andsocial networks can help solve this problem.Paint arainbow project will develop a Sinhala, Tamil, Voiceand Sign language Democracy curriculum covering UNHuman Rights, Democracy, Reconciliation, VoterRegistration, Transparency of governance. It willcollaborate with Provincial education offices,government and private schools and Telecentres to train200 teachers, 40 trainers and 1000 youth to create youthmedia on democracy. Their creative works publishedonline to initiate a dialog on democracy with peers.Exhibition of best works online and offline and awardsencourage participation of youth in democratic processes.Strengthening Somali Media Capacity ForDemocracy and Human Rights NUSOJ will use funding from the UNDEF to conductcountrywide training on journalism ethics and best practices in journalism. NUSOJ will also organise

under this project workshops on good governance andhuman rights values. The Project will also establish awell-equipped a Media Centre. This project strengthensthe capacity of the media to implement the principlesand practices of democracy and respect for humanrights, and has direct linkage with the mandate ofUNDEF.

Local - Somalia National Union of SomaliJournalists $200,000

To empower Somali women to realize their social, Local - Somalia (Somaliland) Women's Integrated $110,000


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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApproved justice and political Women in Somalia carry heavy domesticresponsibilities within households ensuring the basicneeds such as food, shelter, education and health oftheir families are met and yet they do not enjoy thesame rights as their male counterparts. The outbreak ofthe civil war in 1991 and subsequent fall of the Somalistate deprived Somali women the opportunity to put totest the International measures and commitments put in

place to protect and promote women s Human Rights.The immediate objectives of the program are: Tostrengthening the capacity of women and women sorganizations to address issues of gender inequalities ininstitutions of governance as well as participateeffectively in traditional laws and clan representation. To promote and build the capacity of potential womenleaders so that they become well equipped to be able to participate in senior governments positions withconfidence. The project co-ordination andadministration will be based in Hargeisa and Burco,Somaliland.

Network

Enhancing Youth Participation towardsconsolidating Democratic practice in Somaliland The project seeks to build on the recent democraticgains (internationally accredited presidential elections)in Somaliland through building on youth participation(majority of the population 70% of the 3.5m) forincreased transparency and accountability of the new political regime by establishing structures for youth

Local - Somalia (Six regions ofSomaliland (North West Somalia).The regions are Hargeisa, Togheer,Sahil, Awdal, Laa)

Somaliland National YouthOrganisation, SONYOUmbrella

$150,000


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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApproved participation, youth consultation and engagement withthe authorities (local and national levels), and promotion of sound implementation, monitoring andevaluation of the National Youth Policy in Somaliland both at local and national levels of authorities.Democracy, Human Rights and Media in SierraLeone JHR s project in Sierra Leone will build the capacity ofthe local media to report more effectively, bolsteringthe media s ability to act as a medium of human rightsand democratic information. Based on a local needs

assessment conducted by JHR s staff and local partners,the project will work with a number of local mediaorganizations and journalism schools to establish asustainable tradition of fair and accurate human rightsand democracy reporting throughout Sierra Leone.

Local - Sierra Leone Journalists for HumanRights $348,959

Promoting a culture of Equal Representation(PACER) The project addresses barriers to women s participationin government. Training programmes to develop skillsof women leaders will prepare women for 2007

parliamentary and 2008 local elections, supportcandidates and train local officials. Policy/practicechange sought by fostering inclusive planning andfemale leadership. Upholding the principles of equal participation enshrined in international instruments, itlinks with government initiatives of participatory poverty reduction.

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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApprovedDemocratic Dialogue through Media in Sierra Leone This new JHR project will build the capacity of thelocal media in Sierra Leone to facilitate nationaldialogue between civil society groups, governmentofficials and citizens. This will bolster Sierra Leone sfledgling democracy by fostering participation andaccountability and by improving information flows.Currently Sierra Leone s media is acti ng more as a toolof information dissemination than as a facilitator of truedialogue. This project is designed to change this by providing the media community with the tools andincentives necessary to build its long-term capacity tofacilitate dialogue.The tools include CommunityForms to kick-start dialogue and training for media

practitioners. The incentives include fellowships for journalists and small grants to local NGO s thatdemonstrate they can add sustainable value to this process. The project idea and design are based on inputfrom JHR s partners in Sierra Leone and are built on principles of sustainable development.

Local - Sierra Leone Journalists for HumanRights $350,000

Strengthening CSOs to effectively engage in peace

and governance This project aims at addressing problems ofinadequacies of civil society organizations capacity ineffective networking & holding duty bearersaccountable. The project will address effectivemanagement and financial oversight mechanisms andthe ability of non- state actors to perform oversightfunctions effectively and independently, thereby down

Local - Sierra Leone (WholeCountry)

West Africa Network forPeacebuilding-Sierra Leone$250,000


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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApprovedstreaming the activities of Peace consolidationincluding advocacy on constitutional review, theimplementation of the imperative TRCRecommendations and related poverty reductionframeworks nation wide for sustainable peace anddevelopment. Develop a clearly defined civil societyM&E plan for Peace, security and governance. Inaddition, CBOs, CSOs and representatives from relatedLocal Government institutions trained in Peace,security and governance issues.Supporting SGBV violence survivors and women to

access their rights in Sierra Leone This project will seek to improve the upholding ofwomen s rights and access to justice through raisingawareness, training and increased participation. Allsurvivors of Sexual and Gender Based Violence(SGBV) will be provided with confidential advice, andlegal assistance throughout the process thus grantingthem the access to justice to which they are entitled.HPA will train influential actors and communitymembers in the Gender Acts and in issues surrounding

SGBV and human rights. This will ensure that they actto ensure upholding of these rights within society,facilitating an increased number of convictions of perpetrators. HPA will address the gender inequality incommunity level decision making through dialoguewith community level decision making bodies such asVillage Development Committees (VDCs) andCommunity Welfare Committees (CWCs) and by

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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApprovedraising their awareness of the importance of women s participation.Building the Capacity of First TimeParliamentarians The idea of the project is to train first time parliamentarians about Parliamentary procedures andhow to relate with their constituencies. Parliamentariansin Sierra Leone come to parliament most times notknowing how to hand their work in parliament and howto communicate and hold regular forum (Clinics) withtheir constituencies in order to represent their views

well. We will build their capacity to be able tocommunicate well in parliament and organiseconstituency clinics for them in their variousconstituencies so that they can discuss with their peopleabout their felt needs.

Local - Sierra Leone (National) Democracy Sierra Leone $135,000

Initiative to Build Social Movements in Sierra Leone In Sierra Leone, there are several social and communitygroupings formed by civil society organizations andnetworks across the country with the main purpose ofdrawing attention to their grievances and concerns for

redress. But they lack coherence and national focus.The focus of this project is to strengthen the active participation of these mobilized popular sectors ofsocieties that include concerned citizens groups. Thesecitizens groups will be strengthened throughorganizing, mobilizing and training to enable themchallenge the prevailing centres of power and becomeactive in society s decision -making process. These

Local - Sierra Leone (wholecountry)

Network Movement forJustice and Development $225,000


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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApprovedgroups will be organized around four thematic areasthat include accountable governance, natural resourcemanagement, empowerment of youth, women and persons living with disability, food security and landrightsStrengthening Democracy Efforts in Kosovothrough Peacebuilding Initia CARE is seeking to contribute to the success ofKosovo s status resolution, and to the development of ademocratic society, by building a strong foundation forinter-ethnic co-existence and cooperation in select

communities across the territory. CARE knows all toowell that in the upcoming year fears and tensionsamong ethnic communities will likely escalate and mayculminate in an open conflict. The March 2004 riots arean example of such escalation. Yet CARE s past workis evidence of how forging dialogue, relationships andnetworks across ethnic communities can mitigate thisescalation: in the twenty communities where CAREwas undertaking reconciliation work in March 2004, noviolent inter-ethnic incidents occurred. The proposed project seeks to build onCARE s peacebuilding workto date in order to address both the causes andconsequences of inter-ethnic conflict. CARE will use athree-tiered approach that seeks to both address andalleviate the pressing fears between ethnic communitiesand strengthen local capacity to manage conflict andcreate a viable inter-ethnic society over time.Throughout this process CARE will focus on capturing

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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApprovedtools and methodologies to contribute to a growing body of peacebuilding approaches within Kosovo. Atthe community level, CARE will utilize and promote peacebuilding tools and principles that will build theskills, attitudes and beliefs needed to address ethnicdifferences. Strong emphasis will be given to mediating between communities to resolve existing disputesthrough a peacebuilding approach. These ethniccommunities will also be supported in mapping andanalyzing the root causes of the conflict and identifyingthe means to address them in a systematic mannerthrough open and transparent dialogue forums. Thiswill prepare them to address disputes that may ariseduring this period of transition in the upcoming years.At the same time, the project will work with civilsociety organizations, municipal government structures,and community-based organizations (CBOs) in aneffort to develop local capacity to contribute to andcontinue the international community s peacebuildingefforts. As mentioned above, weak communitynetworks have contributed to passivity at communitylevel, where people wait for government orinternational organizations to address their needs andconcerns. Moreover, the development of the non-for- profit and grassroots sector in Kosovo is still in its earlystages, with fragmented non-governmental structuresfailing to take a unified and coordinated approach toresolving critical social issues. Strengtheninggovernment and civil society structures, and facilitating


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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApprovedtheir working relationships, is fundamental to creating arobust civil society in Kosovo. In fact, preliminaryresearch on peacebuilding in Kosovo points to the pivotal role of civil society and government leaders inthe process. Thus CARE is fully aware that if we do notengage key social and political actors in this project, itswork will not translate itself into positive changes at themacro or public sphere.CB of local NGOs to Participate in Anti-corruptionInitiatives To contribute towards effective implementation of anti-

corruption initiatives, and in this way improvedemocratic governance in Montenegro, by building partnership between Directorate for AnticorruptionInitiatives (DACI) of the Gov. of Montenegro, localcivil society organizations (NGOs) and business, aswell as by raising public awareness and strengtheningthe capacity of civil society organizations to participatein the design/implementation of the Anti-corruption policies in the country

Local - Serbia United NationsDevelopment Programme $250,000

Parliament in Transition Strengthening

Accountability in Serbia The project will work with the National Assembly (NA)of Serbia to strengthen its capacity to overseegovernment spending and policy implementation &develop related internal policies/procedures foroversight. The Project will focus on engaging MPs, parliamentary staff and CSOs on holding publicconsultations on important government

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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApprovedamong them the womenThe target group of the projectis mainly the women IDPs living in Belgrade,Kragujevac and Kraljevo, the number of IDPs in thesethree regions is 127.655 IDPs. UNION members are incontact with almost all the IDP families in the region.Furthermore the project is targeting the LocalAuthorities in these three regions, as well as the CSO srelevant to the protection of IDPs, or women rights. Themain activities will be realisation of ToT, realisation of9 workshops, 6 community meetings, organisation of11 radio shows, outreach of awareness activitiesthrough information leaflets, press conference andclosing conference, development of databased ashandbook, study for evaluation of civil society in Serbiain promoting IDP rights.Renforcement de la participation des OSC auxprocessus dmocratiques Ce projet s'inscrit en faveur du renforcement descapacits de participation des populations, notammentdes femmes, la gestion des affaires locales. Il entendainsi doter les OSC d'outils d'influence sur les politiques publiques. Il s'agit en outre de faire de sorteque les dcideurs aient le reflexe genre en toutescirconstances. Qui plus est, le projet vise la cration desynergies entre les diffrents acteurs.

Local - SenegalAssociation des Jeunes pourl'Education et leDveloppement

$259,017

Projet de Renforcement des Jeunesses Fminines desPartis Politiques Ce projet de deux ans s insre dans le CadreStratgique du Mouvement Citoyen pour les annes

Local - Senegal Mouvement Citoyen $225,000


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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApproved2007-2012 et au croisement des Objectifs Stratgiques pour la promotion des groupes vulnrables etmarginalises et la promotion du leadership des jeunesfemmes et des jeunes hommes. Le projet va renforcer la prsence des jeunes femmes sur les listes lectorales,augmenter leur influence au sein des partis politiques etaccrotre leurs opportunits de promotion interne ainsique leurs chances d tre lues au niveau des instancesde prise de dcision. Il consiste en six volets:l inscription sur les listes lectorales; la formation endmocratie, droits humains, citoyennet, en leadershipet sur les institutions nationales et locales; lerenforcement des capacits organisationnelles ettechniques des jeunesses fminines; la mise en rseauavec les organisations de la socit civile ; le plaidoyerenvers les dcideurs, et les leaders des partis politiqueset leaders d opinion.Campagne de la dmocratie et des droits del'Homme Les lois votes par les dputs s appliquent tous. Lesignorer n est pas un motif pour les violer ou ne pas lesappliquer. Or dans les pays africains, les lois et textesrglementaires et conventionnels sont crits dans deslangues trangres. Avec la dcentralisation, descomptences et pouvoirs importants sont dvolus auxconseillers ruraux souvent analphabtes. Au Sngal,l Etat et la socit civile ont alphabtis un nombreimportant de citoyens dont la plupart sont des femmes.C est pourquoi ARED/Afrique initie ce projet intitul

Local - Senegal (4 Rgions : Dakar,Saint-Louis, Louga, Kaolack)

Association pour laRecherche et l Education pour le Dveloppement en

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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApprovedCampagne de la dmocratie et des droits de l'Hommedont l activit phare est l organisation de la caravanede la dmocratie pour les dcideurs locaux,associations et citoyens. Il s agit de dvelopper, dansles langues sngalaises, des valises de l animateurcomposs de modules thmatiques et des supports delecture axs la dmocratie et aux droits de l'Homme.ARED/Afrique privilgiera les femmes et les groupesmarginaliss.Plaidoyer et Renforcement de Capacits pourlApplication Effective de la loi sur la Parit Aprs ses campagnes de plaidoyer, le COSEF se rjouitde l adoption par l Etat du Sngal, de la Stratgienationale d Equit et d Egalit de Genre ainsi que duvote en mai 2010, de la Loi sur la Parit absoluehomme-femme dans les institutions totalement ou

partiellement lectives. Cette Loi n a pas encore faitl objet d un Dcret d application, ni de mesuresd application dans les partis politiques. Le COSEF alabor ce Projet de Plaidoyer et de Renforcement desCapacits Techniques pour l Application Effective de laLoi sur la Parit, afin de mobiliser les populations pourune application effective de cette loi aux prochaineslections. Le projet vise sensibiliser les populationssur la Loi sur la Parit, renforcer les capacits etl influence des femmes en politique ainsi que le plaidoyer en vue de la rvision des rgles decandidatures des partis politiques afin qu en 2013, leParlement et les conseils locaux soient paritaires et

Local - Senegal (l'ensemble du pays)

Conseil Sngalais desFemmes $275,000


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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApprovedalso taken a strong stand in requiring Officials todeclare their wealth. It has played a significant role inassisting the marginalized people and citizens in ruralareas to seek redress from social and economicinjustices. The OO remains challenged with deficientstructural and human capacity and this project is for building the capacity of the OOPromoting Democratic and Human Rights ValuesAmong Rwandan Youth The project seeks to empower Rwandan youth to playan active role in the democratic processes and goodgovernance of their country, and to understand andstand for human rights. The primary beneficiaries of the planned project activities are 7,000 students and non-schooling members of NAR clubs & associations. Themain project activities are:(i)awareness trainingworkshops for the target group on democracy andhuman rights (ii) holding debates on the same subjects(iii) holding public talks on same subjects (iii) producing plays, songs and poems with messages onthese themes (v) using TV/radio media to reach andengage a wider audience and (vi) producing a magazineon democracy and human rights laws and policies inRwanda. Project implementation will be done incollaboration with various stakeholders (i.e. relevantministries, the National Human Rights Commission,universities and schools, local authorities, etc.)to ensurethat local capacities are built to sustain project results.

Local - Rwanda (Whole country) Never Again Rwanda $325,000

Access to justice and Human Rights Education Local - Rwanda (Regions) HUMAN RIGHTS FIRST $60,000


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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApprovedProject The environment within which Legal Aid is provided inRwanda is characterized by a high population density,with a large rural, semi-literate population. 56.9 % ofthe population or 5.4 million people live below the poverty line and only 62.5 % of rural men and womenconsider themselves literate. The 2008 Legal AidBaseline Survey identified a number of key limitingfactors in access to justice in Rwanda: - The limitednumber of lawyers and the limited geographic reach(urban bias) and capacity of legal aid service providers(both civil society organizations and the BarAssociation / Corps of Judicial Defenders); and Limitedawareness of available legal aid services amongst the population. Basing on the above research the proposedAccess to justice and Human Rights Education Projectwill play an important role in making access to justice areality for many poor, vulnerable and indigent populations in our rural communities.

RWANDA ASSOCIATION

Des journalistes, mdiateurs entre les autoritslocales, les Osc, et les citoyens du Rwanda L'objet de ce projet est donc d'aider les Rwandais, particulirement dans les campagnes, comprendre et suivre les mesures gouvernementales et celles prises parles autorits locales, mieux apprhender les actionsdes Ong et leurs plaidoyers, s'exprimer sur leurs besoins et leurs difficults. L'action combine donc unesolide formation pratique de deux ans la productiond'articles et d'missions largement diffuss par les

Local - Rwanda (Ensemble du pays.20 journalistes (8 de presse crite et12 de radio), raliseront des dbatscommunautaires dans 60 secteursdu pays, deux par district. Entreautorits et citoyens)

PAX PRESS, Associationdes journalistes Rwandais pour la Promotion de laPresse de la Paix et de laRconciliation

$100,000


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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApprovedmdias locaux qui rpondent aux besoins d'informationdes Rwandais et donnent la parole aux diffrentescatgories de la population. Elle permet d atteindrerapidement et efficacement une grande partie de la population en ville et dans les campagnes o ladiffusion d'informations est faible et la pression des politiques forte. Ces journalistes couvriront ainsi lesdbats entre les autorits et les villageois sur laconception des projets et leur excution pour favoriserleur participation et suivront les lus dansl'accomplissement des promesses lectorales.Empowering persons with Disabilities in Rwanda This project will address three key areas of need for people with disabilities in Rwanda: access to services; participation and inclusion; and improving the legal andinstitutional framework. In order to address these areasof need, three key objectives have been identified forthis project: 1.To increase the access of people withdisabilities to quality services, enabling them to fulfilltheir basic needs and rights. 2.To enable people withdisabilities to participate more actively in all aspects offamily and community life. 3.To develop a moreinclusive and supportive environment for people withdisabilities, through advocating for inclusion intodevelopment Policies and the development of a strong,coordinated disability movement which can representthe rights of people with disabilities in Rwanda.

Local - Rwanda (whole country)

Umbrella of persons withdisabilities in the fightagainst HIV/AIDS and promotion of communityhealth

Development of the Civil Society in the SouthernFederal District Local - Russian Federation

Non-CommercialPartnership Bureau for

$224,000


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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApprovedThe project objective is to develop and strengthen thecapacity of 11 Southern Federal District Ombudsmenoffices with a view to promoting human rights byraising civil society awareness of the role ofombudsmen. The project will contribute to improvinghuman rights protection in the 13 regions of theSouthern Federal District of the RF. The projectactivities will focus on strengthening the OmbudsmanOffices as institutions and developing their cooperationwith civil society organizations in the Southern FederalDistrict of the RF in the following areas: 1. Interactionof Southern Federal District Ombudsmen staff withmass media and NGOs, improve human rights protection; 2. Enhancing information dissemination toraise the Southern Federal District citizens awarenessof the role and capacities of the Southern FederalDistrict Ombudsmen offices; 3. Propagating thefundamental documents of the UN, the Council ofEurope and the EU, related to human rights issues andapplying these concepts in the region.

Human Rights

Russias Official and Civil Society Action AgainstCorruption- ROCSAAC Following the ratification by the Russian Federation ofthe UN Convention against Corruption in February2006, the project aims to respond to the call of theGovernment of the Russian Federation and support theinitiative of the official and civil society of Russia indeveloping a systemic set of measures to preventcorruption. The project puts a strong emphasis on the

Local - Russian FederationUnited NationsDevelopment Programme inthe Russian Federation

$350,000


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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApprovedrole of civil society in supporting the state in ensuring asustainable rights-based approach to the prevention ofcorrupt practices. The project covers both federal andregional levels with North Caucasus being the majorregional site. The project will focus on five mainactivities: public opinion survey on corruption, capacitydevelopment for civil servants, a pilot one-stop-shopfacility, creation of a nation-wide network to fightcorruption, a small grants facility for outstandinginitiatives against corruption, and educating of right-holders and duty-bearers.Development of Chechnya, Ingushetia, Dagestanand North Osetia CSOsThe goal of the project is to advance democracy at thecommunity level in Dagestan, Chechnya, Ingushetiaand North Ossetia by equipping NGO leaders with theadvanced community leadership, advocacy andresource mobilization skills they need to achieveconcrete results on critical challenges facing theircommunities. This will be achieved by improving skillsof NGOs and CSOs in project management,fundraising, PR, advocacy, partnership building as wellas providing them with practical application of theacquired skills. The NGOs and CSOs will be united bya wide network created in the course of trainings,meetings, conferences and joint actions. The participants will raise funds for and implement 30 small projects with additional money provided from FOCUS-MEDIA partner Caritas, France. At the end of the

Local - Russian FederationPublic Health and SocialDevelopment Foundation"FOCUS-MEDIA"

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Project Title & Description Project Location Implementing Agency AmountApproved project cycle a vivid network of well-prepared NGOsand CSOs will be active i

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