Project Grant SINLEC21GR3043

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor awarded $1,283,590 to Friends of FAFG Inc. under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345) to strengthen investigation protocols, forensic capacity, interinstitutional collaboration, and civil society engagement with truth and justice mechanisms in Colombia addressing crimes of enforced disappearance from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024. The funding will...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement (CFDA 19.704 Counter Narcotics program) provides $402,000.00 to the Pan American Development Foundation, Inc. (PADF) to support the staffing needs and operational readiness of the Colombian Army. The funding will be used to increase recruitment of qualified applicants from economically disadvantaged rural populations, including women, Afro-Colombian, and indigenous communities...

This $263,319 Project Grant, awarded by the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750), supports the organization Fundacion Dreaming Colombia in facilitating dialogues among actors of the armed conflict in Colombia, including social and environmental leaders, survivors, and others affected by violence. The grant funding enables Dreaming Colombia to promote reconciliation and personal transformation through an intensive psychological...

Corporacion Colombia Joven (CCJ) received a $331,310 project grant award from the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) to reduce violence and promote sustainable development among Afro-Colombian youth in Northern Cauca Province, Colombia. Funded under IAF's Assistance for Overseas Programs, the grant will support CCJ's work with youth-led organizations from September 2023 to September 2025. Key activities include programs to decrease family and gender violence, increase food security, and...

This $125,000 Project Grant was awarded by the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) under its Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) on August 23, 2024. The grant supports the Sistema de Iniciativas de Paz (SIP), a network of current and former IAF grantees promoting peace in Colombia. The SIP is consolidating and strengthening its institutional framework to better serve its organizational members and influence national and local peacebuilding efforts in Colombia, which is facing complex...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (CFDA 19.703 - Criminal Justice Systems) provides $1,000,000 to the International Rescue Committee, Inc. (IRC) to implement a rule of law program that will increase access to justice for vulnerable populations in the Central African Republic. The award, which runs from October 1, 2024 to March 1, 2025, is intended to strengthen the criminal justice system in the...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $124,204 project grant to Corporación Instituto Internacional Sobre Raza Igualdad Y Derechos Humanos (CIIRIDHH) under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) to support the Youth Incubator of AFRODES-Cali, a network of approximately 25 grassroots organizations of displaced Afro-descendants in and around Cali, Colombia. The project aims to affirm cultural identity and build leadership skills among young displaced Afro-Colombians in...

The American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education (ABA FJE) was awarded a $1,007,407 project grant by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor to strengthen regional capacities for coordinated interventions to respond, protect, and prevent human rights violations of environmental defenders in Colombia. This funding supports the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345), which funds targeted...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $964,337.10 from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (CFDA 19.703 - Criminal Justice Systems program) supports the development of emerging leaders, including law students and young professionals, into competent and objective prosecutors, public defenders, judges, and public officials committed to strengthening the rule of law in Guatemala. The award aims to equip these individuals with the necessary...

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,...