Project Grant SAQMIP23GR0008

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor awarded $850,000 under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345) to extend and enhance the security of Bayanat and build the capacity of human rights defenders, activists, and organizations in Syria to use Bayanat. Bayanat is a data platform that will be improved and expanded under this September 30, 2022 project grant, set to be completed by February 28, 2025, to...

The International Commission On Missing Persons (ICMP) was awarded a $750,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor. The grant was awarded under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor program (CFDA 19.345) to lay the foundations for effective investigations of missing persons cases and the circumstances of their disappearance in Syria from October 1, 2022 to October 30, 2023. The International Programs to...

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $493,827 cooperative agreement to The Atlantic Council of the United States, Inc. to develop the framework for a Syrian Victims Fund. The framework will include legislative proposals to enable victims of atrocities in Syria to apply for and receive reparations. The award period is from October 1, 2022 through March 30, 2024. This award supports the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor...

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a $4 million Project Grant to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA) on August 15, 2022 to support the Syria Cross-Border Humanitarian Fund (SCHF). The grant will support humanitarian assistance programs in Syria through November 14, 2022 under USAID's Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas program (CFDA 98.001). As the implementing partner, UN-OCHA will utilize the funding to...

This cooperative agreement award of $1,350,000 from the Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs supports the Promoting Accountability in Iraq and Syria for Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity, and War Crimes Project. The project period is from September 30, 2021 through October 31, 2023. The funding supports the foreign assistance goals and objectives of the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs as outlined in their FY Strategic and Resource Plan under the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs...

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) was awarded a $905,585 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor to document human rights abuses and atrocities, and amplify victims' demands for justice and accountability in Libya. The grant was awarded on September 26, 2022 under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor program (CFDA 19.345). This two-year project aims to strengthen civil society and support human...

The Department of State Office of the Secretary of State awarded a $1 million cooperative agreement to the International Coalition Of Sites Of Conscience to assist the UN Sri Lanka Accountability Project mandated by the Human Rights Council in Geneva. The two-year award, made under the International Justice and Accountability Programming federal grant program (CFDA 19.990), will support the UN project's efforts to collect, consolidate, analyze, and preserve information and evidence relating to...

This cooperative agreement from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) provides $17.1 million to support governance and political processes in Northeast Syria. The award to Chemonics International, Inc. from February 25, 2022 to August 31, 2023 will address USAID efforts to enhance efficient, inclusive and accountable governance in Northeast Syria through the Syrian Democratic Council, Self Administration of Northeast Syria and other relevant local actors. The program also aims to...

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant to Swedo-The Swedish Development Aid Organization to improve local mechanisms supporting survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) and provide cash assistance to survivors from October 1, 2022 to March 31, 2024. This award supports the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (CFDA 19.345) program, which funds targeted democracy and...

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor awarded a $905,585 Project Grant to the Institute for War and Peace Reporting -US to strengthen human rights civil society organizations in Libya and increase recognition of human rights. The grant will fund programs from September 1, 2022 to April 1, 2024 under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345). The Institute for War and Peace Reporting -US, doing...