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The Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement awarded a $725,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Center For Advanced Defense Studies, Inc. (C4Ads) to support the creation of a system to identify and eradicate corruption using data and customized investigative mentoring. This grant, funded under the Criminal Justice Systems program (CFDA 19.703), aims to institutionalize the rule of law by developing and expanding criminal justice systems to strengthen partner country law...

The Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement awarded a $2,020,000 cooperative agreement to Financial Services Volunteer Corps to support the new Independent Agency for the Prevention and Fight against Corruption (APLC) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from April 2021 through October 2024. The funding will support APLC's efforts to investigate and prosecute public corruption cases under the Criminal Justice Systems federal grant program (CFDA 19.703), which...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a $2,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program to Udruzenje Centri Civilnih Inicijativa, a non-profit organization based in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The purpose of this 5-year award is to strengthen the broad social movement against corruption in Bosnia and Herzegovina and increase the accountability of the government. The grant will support activities aimed at...

The Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Pan American Development Foundation, Inc. under the Trans-National Crime program (CFDA 19.705) to enhance regional knowledge regarding corruption and capacity to address corruption through judicial vetting, country corruption scorecards, and capacity building in Ecuador from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. As part of the award, $50,000 was provided to México...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program provides $950,000 in funding to strengthen the capacity of the Comptroller General's Office in Paraguay to enforce conflict of interest regulations and combat corruption. The project will be carried out by the non-profit organization Centro De Estudios Ambientales Y Sociales (CEAMSO-Paraguay) over a 3-year period from May...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement awarded a $133,846.48 Project Grant to Centar ZA Monitoring I Istrazivanje, a non-profit organization in Montenegro, to contribute to establishing more efficient and effective anti-corruption mechanisms. This grant, funded through the Criminal Justice Systems (CFDA 19.703) federal grant program, aims to support projects that develop and expand criminal justice systems, strengthen law enforcement and judicial...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement, under the Trans-National Crime Federal Grant Program (CFDA 19.705), will provide $1,500,000.00 to expand the accessibility and usage of non-commercial databases and complementary tools that identify wealth held by politically exposed persons (PEPs) and their relatives and affiliates. The awardee, Center For Advanced Defense Studies, Inc. (C4Ads), is a non-profit organization...

The National Center For State Courts will assist the Judicial Branch of Costa Rica (Poder Judicial) to implement an institutional ethics training program through a $200,000 cooperative agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement on February 21, 2023. The goal of the project is to increase the Poder Judicial's capacity to combat corruption within its ranks by delivering an ethics training program for all its personnel through February 28,...

The US Agency for International Development Macedonia awarded a $4 million cooperative agreement to the International Foundation For Electoral Systems to strengthen oversight mechanisms and improve transparency in governance in North Macedonia. Funded through the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas program (CFDA #98.001), the award period is from December 19, 2022 to December 18, 2023. Key activities to be implemented under the award include collecting data on corruption, informing...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs, through the Africa Regional Democracy Fund (CFDA 19.225), awarded a $350,000 project grant to the American Bar Association (ABA) to establish two legal clinics in Luanda and Lunda Norte, Angola and deliver legal defense services through the Angolan Bar Association and pro-bono legal association. The project will run from October 1, 2024 to February 27, 2025, with the goal of advancing civil and political rights, freedom of expression, and...