Cooperative Agreement AID517A000900103

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $2.5 million cooperative agreement to the Democracy Works Foundation to build the capacity of Angolan civil society to champion democratic governance and contribute to credible local government elections from September 2022 through September 2024. Under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345), the Foundation will provide training and technical...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs provides $247,200 to strengthen civil society organizations in Albania. Funded under the CFDA program "AEECA/ESF PD Programs" which supports civil society and democracy building in Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia, the award aims to make Albanian CSOs more effective, efficient and influential actors through December 2023. The awardee, a miscellaneous foreign entity, will work with...

This Project Grant award from the Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs, under the Africa Regional Democracy Fund (CFDA 19.225), seeks to strengthen fiscal transparency in Burundi. The $100,000 award, made on October 2, 2023, will fund efforts to promote citizen participation in financial debates, conduct sensitization campaigns, strengthen audit institutions, and develop and disseminate key budgetary documents. The project aims to advance democratic processes and promote strong...

The National Democratic Institute will use $500,000 in funding from the Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor to strengthen the capacity of independent civil society groups in Cuba. The award, made under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor program (CFDA 19.345), will support efforts by these groups to advance civil and political rights on the island and increase accountability of Cuban officials for human rights violations and...

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...

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 USAID - OM awarded Democracy International, Inc. a cooperative agreement worth $56,901,642 under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas to implement the SYSTEMS TO UPHOLD THE CREDIBILITY AND CONSTITUTIONALITY OF ELECTIONS IN SOUTH SUDAN (SUCCESS) program in South Sudan from October 1, 2013 to September 30, 2021. Democracy International, Inc. provided subawards to nine organizations, including the South Sudan Democratic Engagement Monitoring And Observation Program, Foundation for...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $202,623 cooperative agreement to Co-Plan Instituti Per Zhvillimin E Habitatit of Albania under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (CFDA 19.900) to cultivate and boost the internal capacities of local civil society organizations and young activists in Albania. The project aims to support beneficiaries to monitor, analyze, and undertake concrete steps to advance democracy and civil society between January 1, 2022 and December 31,...

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...

This $165,000 Project Grant awarded by the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) will support the Federacion de Entidades Vecinalistas del Paraguay (FEDEM) to raise citizens' awareness of their civil and labor rights and provide employment and entrepreneurship skills training in neighborhood associations across four municipalities in the greater Asuncion metropolitan area. The goal is to strengthen the community social fabric to better...