Cooperative Agreement 72061321CA00008

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs under the Africa Regional Democracy Fund (CFDA 19.225) provides $100,000.00 to implement a tailored human rights training program for the Lesotho Correctional Services (LCS) leadership and policymakers. The award aims to advance civil and political rights, freedom of expression, association, peaceful assembly, and access to information in Lesotho. The performance period for this project is from...

The Civil Society Anti-Impunity Initiative in El Salvador, funded through a $2 million cooperative agreement award from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement under the Criminal Justice Systems federal grant program (CFDA 19.703), intends to build accountability in El Salvador through civil society legal action, civic education, and strategic communications from September 9, 2022 to September 30, 2024. Cristosal, Inc. will deliver products and services...

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas program (CFDA 98.001), provides $2,025,409.00 to the East-West Management Institute, Inc. (EWMI) to implement the "Civil Society Resilience (CSR) Activity" in Cambodia. The project aims to: Undertake analyses of the legal and enabling environment and support capacity development activities to benefit civil society organizations (CSOs)...

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded $740,740 under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345) to Ceeli Institut, O.p.s. in Poland. Ceeli and its parent organization, Friends of the Ceeli Institute (doing business as Foci), will use the funding to deliver programs from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024 aimed at strengthening understanding of the rights and obligations of the judiciary....

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a cooperative agreement totaling $1,724,908 to Creative Associates International Inc. to promote governance and protect rights as part of USAID's Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas. The project was to be performed in Washington D.C. from September 28, 2012 through March 28, 2015. This agreement aimed to advance democratic principles, protect human rights, foster civic participation, and strengthen legal and judicial...

The Stichting "Global Rights Compliance Foundation" (STG Global Rights Compliance Foundation) will provide $1.9 million in technical capacity building, legal assistance, and advocacy services for civil society organizations and worker organizations seeking accountability in Pakistan under a two-year Project Grant from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor. This award is being made through the Department's International Programs to Support Democracy,...

The Department of State Office of the Secretary of State awarded a $2.5 million Cooperative Agreement to the American Bar Association Fund For Justice And Education to build capacity of foreign researchers, journalists, and civil society actors to counter the use of coercive legal instruments by the People's Republic of China and/or the Chinese Communist Party to limit freedom of expression. This award, made under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) on September 30, 2022 for completion...

This $1,441,385 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program establishes a resilient and unified national and multi-country ecosystem of human rights defenders in Africa to catalyze legal and social reforms for marginalized persons. The project, titled "Justice for All Activity", will be implemented by the Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa in South Africa...

The USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas program (CFDA #98.001) awarded a $2.915 million cooperative agreement to Freedom House, Inc. from June 2021 through November 2023 to counter democratic backsliding in Benin. Freedom House will support the Benin Human Rights Commission to carry out its responsibilities promoting and defending human rights, and assist civil society organizations to empower citizens to assert their rights. A $250,000 subaward was provided to the American Bar...

The American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education (ABA FJE) received a $1,728,394 project grant award from the Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor to support the operation and management of the early warning and response system in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo from September 2, 2022 through October 31, 2024. The project aims to reduce risks to civilians by funding ABA FJE's management of an early warning and response system in Eastern DRC. This aligns...