Project Grant SEC75023GR0004

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 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...

The Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs awarded a $680,640 project grant to Corporacion Participacion Ciudadana Ecuador under the Economic Statecraft federal grant program (CFDA 19.322) to extend efforts to improve transparency and accountability in the administration of the Amazon Regional Funds and promote sustainability and local/indigenous support of extractive industries in Ecuador from September 2022 through September 2024. Specifically, the grant will support...

The Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement awarded a $155,782.13 Cooperative Agreement to Asociacion Para UNA Sociedad Mas Justa of Honduras from August 17, 2022 to February 28, 2023 under the Trans-National Crime (CFDA 19.705) federal grant program. The award will support efforts to increase transparency, citizen participation, and accountability in the selection process of magistrates of the Supreme Court of Justice in Honduras. Specifically, the non-profit...

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 National Center for State Courts (NCSC) received a $1,000,000 Project Grant award from the Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement under the Criminal Justice Systems federal grant program (CFDA 19.703). The grant, awarded on October 1, 2024, will support the "Open & Accountable Justice Initiative" in Honduras. This initiative aims to strengthen the country's criminal justice system as an interrelated system and develop accountability mechanisms...

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 Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement (CFDA 19.703 - Criminal Justice Systems) provides $3,950,000.00 to the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) to assist with travel, training programs, and operational support for Dominican law enforcement, justice personnel, military, civil society, and government. The project is expected to run from Aug 5, 2024 to Jul 31, 2026. NCSC, a non-profit organization, will leverage its...

The Macedonian Judges Association (MJA) was awarded a $221,520 project grant by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement to support its program "Supporting Judicial Transparency and Promoting Public Trust in the Justice System in North Macedonia." The grant period runs from June 1, 2022 through May 31, 2025. Under this award, MJA will deliver products and services aimed at institutionalizing rule of law by developing and expanding North Macedonia's...

This $700,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement under the Criminal Justice Systems program (CFDA 19.703) supports a project to develop the capacity of Honduran public prosecutors. The project aims to enable Honduran prosecutors to more effectively and efficiently manage criminal investigations and prosecute criminal cases. The National Center for State Courts, a non-profit organization, is the primary awardee...