National Endowment for Democracy Grants 2004 Asia Programs

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2004 Asia Programs

    Program Highlights
    Grantee Spotlight

2004 Asia Program Descriptions:
    Bangladesh
    Burma
    Cambodia
    China
    China (Hong Kong)
    China (Tibet)
    Indonesia
    Malaysia
    Mongolia
    North Korea
    Pakistan
    Philippines
    Sri Lanka
    Vietnam
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Bangladesh
Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
$90,204
To strengthen the voice of the private sector in advocating a more bipartisan approach to policymaking. The Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) will build upon its Economic Reform and Advocacy and Women's Entrepreneurial Development programs and develop policy papers on economic reforms.

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Burma
A) Capacity and Institutional Building
$80,000*
To undertake a multifaceted legal research and education program to promote respect for human rights and the rule of law in Burma.

$10,000*
To support a democratic state constitution drafting process. The project will publish a proposed draft of a state constitution, translate it into six dialects and encourage discussion on the document and its implications for the local people.

$80,000*
To distribute human rights and democracy materials inside Burma; to train party activists in techniques of nonviolent political action; and to provide humanitarian support for party activists and others along the Thai-Burma border and inside Burma.

$7,000*
To promote the rights of women and children in northern Burma and to encourage understanding and cooperation among Burman and ethnic-minority women. Projects will include a management training program, training in women's rights, an internship program and the publication of a newsletter.

$7,500*
To promote human rights among youth from eastern Burma. The organization will hold a ten-week training course for 16 young women, who will return to their homes upon completion of the course to teach students there about democratic principles and human rights.

$42,000
To support a national reconciliation and political solidarity program that promotes unity among prodemocracy and ethnic forces in Burma; and to conduct basic political education training for grassroots activists from Burma.

$15,000*
To empower ethnic-nationality youth in eastern Burma to play an active role in the struggle for human rights and democracy. Program activities will include the publication of a journal and computer and introductory politics classes.

$20,000*
To run a school for youth from eastern Burma. The school provides nine months of intensive English-language classes, social studies and computer training for 20 youth each year.

$25,000*
To increase women's participation in Burma's democracy movement and provide ethnic-nationality women with the skills necessary to assume decision making positions in their communities and organizations. Projects will include women's empowerment and capacity building workshops, documentation and reporting on the situation of women and basic social services for women.

$40,000*
To promote increased understanding among Burmese women of human rights, women=s rights, democracy, peace building, community development and health issues. Projects will include women's rights and empowerment training workshops for Burmese refugees, capacity-building workshops for Burmese women and an ongoing peace-advocacy program.

$10,000
To empower Burmese women now living in India. The organization will provide training courses on politics, computers and office administration to introduce women to basic political concepts, institutions and organizational systems.

International Republican Institute (IRI)
$240,000
To provide specialized training to exiled Burmese political organizations that disseminate information in Burma about democracy and nonviolent political action.

International Republican Institute (IRI)
$230,000*
To provide funding and technical assistance for prodemocracy organizations and to increase cooperation between prodemocracy organizations and ethnic-nationality groups.

B) Education and Outreach
$15,000
To produce and distribute human rights and democracy materials, including pamphlets, stickers, and calendars, for distribution within Burma and to work to educate monks and Buddhist laypeople about democracy and human rights.

The Burma Lawyers' Council held several trainings on constitutional development and the role of the military in democratic society.
The Burma Lawyers' Council held several trainings on constitutional development and the role of the military in democratic society.
$40,000*
To increase understanding among Burmese women of human rights, women's rights and democracy. Projects will include a drop-in help center for migrant workers, a newsletter, lending libraries in neighboring countries, as well as a monthly discussion series for displaced women in refugee camps.

$95,000*
To continue to research and document the situation of political prisoners inside Burma; to provide assistance to political prisoners, former political prisoners and their families and to raise international awareness about the human rights crisis inside Burma.

$60,000*
To provide human rights education and training. The project will work to enhance the skills and knowledge base of human rights educators and organizations through training-of-trainers courses and a refresher course for experienced trainers. The program will also produce new versions of a well received “Human Rights Manual” in several minority languages.

$50,000
To increase awareness about political developments in Burma and to strengthen international support for Burma's prodemocracy movement.

$300,000*
To support the implementation of the Burmese prodemocracy movement's comprehensive strategic plan aimed at creating a political environment in Burma that is conducive to dialogue between the National League for Democracy and the Burmese military government.

$15,000*
To support ethnic-nationality political parties, and to promote tripartite dialogue in Burma, by ensuring that the leading ethnic political leaders have access to basic communication equipment as well as adequate funds to travel and meet with constituents and other political leaders.

$35,000*
To develop a strong Asian constituency for political dialogue and national reconciliation in Burma. The committee will encourage greater cooperation with nongovernmental organizations, student groups and regional bodies in Asia. The committee will conduct diplomatic activities by visiting foreign embassies and consulates and will travel throughout Asia to build support for the democracy movement in Burma.

National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI)
$100,252
To build international support for democracy in Burma among parliamentarians, governments, and political party leaders worldwide.

C) Humanitarian Assistance
$17,750*
To provide emergency relief to the victims, or their families, of the May 30, 2003 attack on the National League for Democracy (NLD) at Dipeyan.

$20,000*
To build the capacity of the committee through training courses and workshops and to publish a bi-monthly newsletter that highlights the plight of internally displaced persons.

$30,000*
To conduct a community health and education project. The program will carry out activities to determine priorities and coordinate aid from foreign donors to meet the health and education needs of refugee populations in Thailand and ethnic populations inside Burma.

D) Information and Media
$10,000*
To organize and convene the second Burma Media Conference. The conference will bring together over 40 Burmese journalists, including representatives from shortwave radio stations, and ethnic, Burmese, and English-language publications.

$50,000*
To publish and distribute a quarterly literary journal that features the works of prominent Burmese writers and intellectuals, that are banned from circulation inside Burma.

$25,000*
To publish an English-language monthly newsletter on the human rights situation in Western Burma and to conduct a capacity building program for human rights activists.

$175,000*
To provide an alternative source of information in Burma. The project will continue to broadcast twice-daily Burmese and ethnic-language shortwave radio programs of independent news and opinion.

$45,000*
To produce English-language human rights reports on conditions in southern Burma; to educate citizens in southern Burma about democracy and human rights; and to publish a bimonthly ethnic language newsletter and a monthly ethnic language newspaper for refugees along the Thailand-Burma border.

$100,000*
To publish and distribute its English-language magazine; to maintain its Burmese and English-language webpage and to expand its internships and training program for Burmese journalists inside Burma and in exile.

$12,000*
To publish a twenty-eight-page, monthly, bilingual newsletter that provides an alternative news source for readers in Burma, in refugee camps along the Thai-Burma border, and in exile in Thailand. The Center will distribute between 1,500 and 2,000 copies per issue in Burma, Thailand and internationally.

$15,000*
To convene an international conference in India to inform and engage politicians, journalists and activists and to expand the base and scope of international support for democratic reforms in Burma.

$15,000
To distribute news and information about Burma through a daily Burmese and English-language email service and webpage.

$100,000*
To publish and distribute a monthly Burmese-language newspaper that includes extensive coverage of the Burmese pro-democracy movement and situation in Burma and complete texts of speeches and policy statements of Burmese prodemocracy leaders and organizations

$25,000
To promote democracy and human rights in eastern Burma through the publication of a monthly ethnic language newspaper, that provides news and information about eastern Burma.

$15,000*
To publish a bilingual version of a monthly human rights newsletter to inform people about the basic principles of human rights and democracy, international mechanisms to protect human rights, and the human rights situation in eastern Burma.

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Cambodia

Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee
$22,000
To investigate and press for action on important human rights cases. The National Action Committee will meet twice a month to review specific cases and issues referred by the organization's Investigation Sub-Committee, cover partial costs of the Investigation and Legislation sub-committees, and support travel and meeting costs for the Provincial Action Committees.

Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam)
$22,500
To support the initial stage of a multi-faceted education research and development project aimed at reversing the current silence in schools on the Khmer Rouge period in Cambodian history. DC-Cam will undertake two surveys to gauge the current status of genocide education in the country and develop a comprehensive annotated guide on resources that will help young people to understand their country's tragic history and its lessons for the future.

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China

Legal Rights Education
$115,000*
To carry out several programs of legal education and rights awareness. Grantees will use media outreach, conduct workshops and produce publications to increase public awareness of existing international standards and Chinese laws designed to protect citizen rights. Grantees will also provide some direct legal aid and engage in advocacy promoting accountability, transparency and rule of law.

American Center for International Labor Solidarity
$200,705
To support the work of the China Labour Bulletin to educate workers in China about worker and trade union rights. The project will include a Chinese-language website that provides comprehensive information about the labor situation in China and support for a legal aid project that offers constructive approaches to dispute settlement in worker compensation and other labor law-related cases.

American Center for International Labor Solidarity
$125,000*
To support a pilot program undertaken by China Labour Bulletin promoting labor rights information and assistance for rural Chinese workers. Activities will include two research reports analyzing Chinese labor and trade union laws.

American Center for International Labor Solidarity
$65,160
To support an online center for the collection and dissemination of information relating to workers' rights in China. The project will also distribute an email newsletter containing information about developments in China's labor community.

American Center for International Labor Solidarity
$70,000*
To support the work of China Labor Watch in maintaining a bilingual website that serves as an information clearinghouse on labor issues in China. China Labor Watch will collect information from its labor network and a variety of other sources inside and outside of China. Information will additionally be distributed by email in Chinese and English.

Beijing Spring Magazine
$129,000*
To publish the monthly Chinese-language magazine Beijing Spring, featuring analysis and commentary by authors inside and outside China regarding political developments, social issues and the prospects for democratization in China. Beijing Spring will also engage in a new initiative to work together with Uyghur democracy activists to increase awareness among Chinese communities, in China and abroad, of the dire restrictions on freedoms in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China.

Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
$93,834
To engage private-sector participation in substantive dialogue on the policy changes necessary for the development of a transparent and law-based free-market system in China. CIPE will support a series of policy discussion forums and an online policy journal, in cooperation with the Center for Private Economic Studies.

Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
$85,128
To support the work of the China Center for Economic Research to maintain an electronic economics information network (CENET) and to facilitate greater exchange of reform-oriented ideas and proposals among Chinese economists.

Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
$83,970
To support an analysis of the current status of private enterprises in China. The project will include an advocacy campaign to demonstrate the need for China to proceed with well-regulated privatization and hold a conference to discuss China's private economy and privatization.

Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
$82,032
To assist the work of the Public Participation Support Center, a Beijing-based center promoting public participation in government and public affairs, under the auspices of the Beijing University Law School. The Center will research and publish a series of in-depth studies of experiments in procedures for public participation in policy-making put in place by local government agencies, draft model rules for procedures for public participation and distribute its model rules broadly.

In September, CIPE hosted a conference in Shenyang, China. Participants discussed how to better protect shareholder rights better by strengthening Boards of Directors.
In September, CIPE hosted a conference in Shenyang, China. Participants discussed how to better protect shareholder rights better by strengthening Boards of Directors.
Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
$50,252
To support the work of the Unirule Institute of Economics, an independent think-tank focused on cutting-edge policy analysis. The Institute will continue to conduct a series of biweekly symposia encouraging stimulating debate on issues of economic and system reform. The Institute's symposia target policy-makers and experts working to carry out institutional reform.

Center for Modern China
$204,000
To publish Modern China Studies, a quarterly Chinese-language journal of economic and social science research concerning liberal, democratic solutions to contemporary policy questions in China. The Center will also maintain a website to target an online youth audience in order to stimulate civic awareness while supporting China-based analysis and events for intellectuals and policy-makers.

China Aid Association
$60,000*
To undertake a program monitoring, documenting and analyzing the legal aspects of religious freedom in China. The Association will craft innovative uses of current elements of the Chinese legal framework to assist lawyers, advocates and scholars to protect religious believers and build support for fundamental reform of state treatment of religion in China.

China Information Center (CIC)
$480,000*
To promote independent media. The Center will serve as a Chinese-language Internet resource providing diverse views for Chinese audiences who are otherwise limited to Chinese government-controlled media. CIC will maintain an umbrella website, which contains news and commentary on politics, economics and social topics; distribute an email digest and maintain an English-language website.

China News Digest
$25,000*
To promote independent Chinese-language media. The China News Digest provides uncensored news about the prodemocracy movement in China through the production of its regular China-related news digests and by producing an on-line archive of information on the Cultural Revolution and the Tiananmen Square massacre.

Chinese Citizen Forum
$80,000*
To provide an open forum for public policy debate. The Forum will establish interactive online and email-based public policy forums that give rise to public proposals to the government on current policy concerns. The Center will also publish policy papers on priority concerns that arise.

Democratic China
$135,000
To publish online the monthly Chinese-language magazine Minzhu Zhongguo (Democratic China), which carries analysis regarding political development and commentary on social and cultural issues from authors inside and outside of China. Through a Hong Kong-based publisher, Democratic China will also publish and distribute three Chinese-language books on topics important to democratization in China.

Foundation for China in the 21st Century
$161,000
To support a variety of forums for liberal intellectuals and prodemocracy analysts to promote democratic values and political reform. The Foundation will sponsor a book series, an Internet-based periodical and a conference on inter-ethnic relations in the information age.

Human Rights in China, Inc. (HRIC)
$486, 561*
To monitor human rights developments in China. HRIC will develop benchmark indicators to assess China's human rights progress from 2004 through the 2008 Olympics and undertake research projects on the status of women and children's rights and the relationship between criminal elements and the Chinese government.

Independent Chinese PEN Center
$85,000*
To undertake a campaign promoting freedom of expression inside China. The Center's activities will include the publication of banned works, advocacy on behalf of imprisoned writers and journalists and campaigns calling attention to authors who suffer state censorship and persecution.

International Republican Institute (IRI)
$350,000
To conduct a program to promote electoral reform and foster a healthy civil society. IRI will sponsor China's first-ever group of independent monitors; participate in the drafting of a regulatory framework to govern campaigning in grassroots democratic elections and work to educate rural citizens about their legal rights. IRI will also assist local efforts to improve rural elections and strengthen autonomous farmers' organizations.

Laogai Research Foundation
$293,000*
To continue its extensive programs of research and publication. The Laogai Research Foundation will carry out investigation and documentation of the Chinese system of labor camps, while also undertaking a program of timely research exposing other human rights abuses committed by the Chinese government, including forced abortion.

Press Freedom Guardian
$88,000*
To promote independent Chinese-language media. The Press Freedom Guardian will continue to provide objective prodemocracy news and information about China through the distribution of a newspaper via the Internet, email and paper copies.

Uyghur American Association (UAA)
$75,000*
To improve the quality and availability of reporting on the human rights situation of Uyghurs. UAA will research, document and draw international attention to the underreported rights abuses that affect the residents of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China.

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China (Hong Kong)

Civic Exchange
$125,000*
To build support for a democratic constitution. Civic Exchange will engage the public in consideration of potential constitutional reforms and advocate that the government seek citizen approval of any proposed constitution. Activities will consist of reports on Hong Kong's functional constituency system and the role of public dialogue in political development, as well as the organization of public forums, town hall style gatherings and formal debates.

Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor
$173,280*
To carry out a broad ranging program of education and monitoring to draw local and international attention to human rights and constitutional developments in Hong Kong. The Monitor will produce educational materials, issue in-depth reports, conduct programs in conjunction with schools and civic groups, hold a human rights film festival and organize public seminars.

National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI)
$190,000
To strengthen political parties and support democratic activism. NDI will conduct political party consultations and training seminars; facilitate the development and publication of a multi-party public opinion poll and provide assistance in the development of voter guides in advance of the Legislative Council elections in September 2004.

National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI)
$50,000*
To work to improve the ability of Hong Kong civil society organizations to advocate for democratization and good governance in Hong Kong. NDI will support a Hong Kong partner to conduct a governance review and undertake a post-election assessment following the Legislative Council elections in September 2004.

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China (Tibet)

International Campaign for Tibet (ICT)
$45,000
To promote dialogue between Tibetans and Chinese about Tibet. ICT will organize a series of meetings and distribute publications designed to improve communication between Tibetans and Chinese concerning the democratic future of China and Tibet.

Bod-Kyi-Dus Bab, which is published and distributed by Tibetan Literary Soceity, provides news and information on developments in Tibet and the exhile community.
Bod-Kyi-Dus Bab, which is published and distributed by Tibetan Literary Soceity, provides news and information on developments in Tibet and the exhile community.
Tibet Information Network (TIN)
$80,000*
To disseminate independent news analysis and reporting on Tibet. TIN will produce news updates and special reports covering the most important current events in Tibet; publish the bimonthly TIN Testimonials and four book-length studies covering social issues and provide briefings for human rights and media groups.

Tibet Museum
$15,000*
To collect, preserve and present material relating to modern Tibetan history. The Tibet Museum seeks to commemorate the loss of Tibetan culture and lives as a result of the Chinese occupation and project the hopes and aspirations of the Tibetan people for a brighter future.

Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD)
$15,000
To monitor, document and advocate for the protection of human rights in Tibet. The TCHRD will conduct a week-long workshop for college-age youth in India and Nepal which will include seminars and discussions on the concepts of human rights and democracy, the human rights situation in Tibet, the Tibet issue in the context of the United Nations and the effort to build a democratic Tibetan government-in-exile.

Tibetan Literary Society
$25,000
To provide the Tibetan public in Tibet and in exile with independent and accurate information about Tibet and the Tibetan community in exile and to promote open discussion among intellectuals and the general readership on civic issues, including human rights and democracy. The Tibetan Literary Society will publish Bod-Kyi-Dus-Bab (Tibet Times), a Tibetan-language newspaper three times a month.

Tibetan Review
$25,000*
To publish and distribute the Tibetan Review, a monthly English-language news magazine that promotes freedom of press and understanding of democratic concepts in the Tibetan exile community. Tibetan Review will publish feature articles written by prominent journalists, academics, and others interested in Tibetan issues and will cover a range of subjects, including Tibetan history and current events.

Voice of Tibet
$25,000*
To encourage and sustain independent public opinion inside Tibet in the face of severe repression imposed by the Chinese government and to familiarize Tibetans with the ideals of democracy and human rights. The Voice of Tibet, an independent, Tibetan-language shortwave radio station, will continue to broadcast regular news about Tibet, the Tibetan exile community and the Tibetan government-in-exile to listeners in Tibet and in exile in neighboring countries.

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Indonesia

Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
$92,763
To foster debate on economic issues during the Indonesian presidential elections. CIPE will work with the Institute for Social and Economic, Research, Education, and Information (LP3ES) to hold an open forum during which presidential candidates will discuss their views on economic policy, answer questions from an expert panel and engage in discussion with a live audience.

Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
$77,745
To support the Institute for the Study and Advancement of Business Ethics (LSPEU) to build stronger and more effective mechanisms for the Indonesian public to present its views on policy to government decision-makers, NGOs and the media. The LSPEU will publish two editions of the Jurnal Reformasi Ekonomi and hold two symposia discussing the relationship between market forces and democratic development.

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Malaysia

Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development
$70,000*
To improve the political environment for advocating the promotion of human rights in Malaysia. Forum Asia will work with Malaysian activists in organizing human rights campaigns on the issues of the right to justice, participatory democracy and freedom of expression. Each campaign will include the publication of an in-depth report, briefings for civic leaders, and grassroots education campaigns.

CIJ Communications Services
$25,000*
To improve the free flow of information in Malaysia. The Center for Independent Journalism's Radiq Radio project will broadcast news and analysis, as well as feature programs produced by local Malaysian nongovernmental and civil society organizations to provide a channel of independent and unbiased information in Malaysia.

International Republican Institute (IRI)
$150,493
To strengthen the ability of reform-orientated civic groups to effectively communicate about their issues to the voters. IRI will work with local polling partners and political parties to conduct and analyze a national public opinion poll; to support post-electoral evaluation work by a non-partisan election observation organization and to sponsor civic education workshops for young political and civil society activists in Malaysia.

Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA)
$80,000*
To support independent media in southeast Asia. SEAPA will work with Malaysian journalists to promote freedom of expression and a free media. The Alliance will also work to reach out to journalists and the NGO community to promote journalistic professionalism.

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Mongolia

Democracy Education Center (DEMO)
$30,000
To give political leaders basic democratic political skills. The Center, with the Romania-based Foundation for Pluralism, will organize training workshops and follow-up discussions for young political leaders representing the spectrum of political parties in Mongolia in an effort to foster discussion and enhance leaders' understanding of basic rights and responsibilities in a democracy.


Liberal Emegteichuudiin Oyuny San (Liberal Women's Brain Pool)
$35,000
To conduct a program to strengthen the participation of women in public life and to strengthen the prospects for genuine democratic consolidation in Mongolia. The program will include capacity building workshops for women and host seminars focusing on the challenges to the democratic transition.

Liberty Center
$15,000
To increase public awareness of legal rights and enhance citizens' access to rights-enforcement mechanisms. The Liberty Center will make use of a network of volunteer lawyers and law students to operate a legal aid consultation service for victims of human rights abuses. The Center will also maintain an interactive question-and-answer website on legal rights.

Zorig Foundation
$10,000
To provide information in the Mongolian language about the history and institutions of democracy. The Zorig Foundation will translate and publish Robert Dahl's On Democracy, a primer about democracy, to be distributed to civic education organizations, NGOs, schools and libraries across Mongolia.

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North Korea

Citizens' Alliance for North Korean Human Rights
$165,000
To continue a program of research, publications and public campaigns to bring international attention to the human rights situation in North Korea and the plight of refugees in neighboring countries.

The Citizens' Alliance for North Korean Human Rights held its 5th annual international Conference on North Korean Human Rights and Refugees in Prague.
The Citizens' Alliance for North Korean Human Rights held its 5th annual international Conference on North Korean Human Rights and Refugees in Prague.
Database Center for North Korean Human Rights
$50,000*
To carry out research on human rights conditions in North Korea. The Database Center will construct a database that serves as a comprehensive repository of available testimony and documentation on North Korean human rights abuses. The Database Center will also conduct and transcribe interviews with refugees and defectors and compile this information together with data from other available sources in a systematic and integrated way.

Democracy Network Against the North Korean Gulag (NKGulag)
$75,000*
To carry out human rights research and advocacy. NKGulag will publish two reports—one will document the situation of North Korean refugees in third countries and the other will cover rights abuses within the North Korean system, including the prison-camp gulag. NKGulag will also maintain a directory of victims and publish a newspaper to raise awareness about human rights abuses.

Network for North Korean Democracy and Human Rights (NKnet)
$102,390*
To increase awareness of the situation in North Korea. NKnet will publish its bulletin Keys in English, Korean, and Japanese and maintain a bilingual website. NKnet will also assist North Korean gulag survivors to enable them to attend international conferences to highlight the horrific conditions within the gulag system.

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Pakistan

American Center for International Labor Solidarity
$194,884
To promote democratic civil society in Pakistan. ACILS will work to promote understanding of worker rights and the enforcement of labor standards, including children's and women workers' rights. ACILS will also develop new means to address labor issues through information gathering, education, advocacy, capacity building and networking with local partners.

Center for Civic Education (CEE)
$35,000*
To promote good governance in Pakistan by increasing transparency in the funding of political parties and to stimulate increased public understanding of governance and civic affairs. CCE will conduct a series of seminars and publish a research paper designed to spark discussion on the issue of political finance reform.

Democratic Commission for Human Development (DCHD)
$90,000*
To foster the principles of secular democracy, religious freedom, nonviolent political discourse and global engagement in Pakistan's rural communities. The DCHD will carry out a rural-based education program, produce and distribute a monthly democracy education newsletter, and convene a two-day national human rights conference.

National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI)
$195,100
To conduct a pilot program to enhance the capacity of political parties to undertake internal party reform. NDI will help parties conduct political leadership-training programs on topics such as intra-party communication and participatory decision-making.

Pakistan Press Foundation
$50,000*
To develop a network of rural civil society organizations and journalists working to strengthen democracy and human rights. The Foundation will encourage civil society organizations to work more effectively with the media. The project will include workshops, seminars, and networking sessions for journalists and civil society leaders.

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Philippines

Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
$67,315
To support the Institute for Solidarity in Asia (ISA) in establishing a nation-wide advocacy network to improve public governance and increase community participation in development in the Philippines. The ISA will hold a series of seminars and training events to increase advocacy efforts on local and regional issues.

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Sri Lanka

American Center for International Labor Solidarity
$196,480
To strengthen institutions which bolster workers' rights. ACILS will work with trade unions and their civil society partners to increase their capacity to play a greater advocacy role at the community, provincial and national levels.

People's Action for Free and Fair Elections (PAFFREL)
$15,000
To facilitate a countrywide dialogue on critical constitutional and electoral law reform issues. The project aims to increase citizens' participation in the electoral law reform process. Through district and national level consultations, PAFFREL will include citizens from throughout the country in the process and produce recommendations for constitutional reform.

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Vietnam

Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
$25,203
To support the Economics University of Ho Chi Minh City in producing business talk radio and TV programs that provide a unique forum for public discussion of policy issues. Programming will cover topics related to Vietnam's economic transition, including information on bankruptcy law, sustainable development and competition, the stock exchange, and global trade integration.

Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
$25,201
To support the efforts of the Economics University of Ho Chi Minh City (EU) to facilitate discussion about free markets and Vietnam's transition to a more liberal and open economy. EU will produce business talk radio and TV programs that provide information and guidance to Vietnamese entrepreneurs in an effort to develop a private-sector constituency favorable to a market economy and democratic reforms.

Legal Reform Program
$40,000
To improve Vietnam's legal system, with the aim of improving access to justice for all citizens and strengthening the rule of law. The Program will include production of educational materials for the general public, compilation of procedural manuals for professionals working in the judicial and legal systems and training workshops.

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Asia Regional

American Center for International Labor Solidarity
$475,000*
To provide support from its DC office for programs of the Burmese independent labor movement in exile to educate workers and other citizens, both inside Burma and in exile, about labor rights and democracy; and to document violations of internationally recognized labor rights.

American Center for International Labor Solidarity
$368,617
To expand workers' knowledge of their rights in Southeast Asia. ACILS will work to educate workers about the rights and responsibilities of workers in Thailand; work with the Malaysian Trade Union Congress to conduct workshops related to workers' rights and collaborate with the Federation of Trade Unions-Burma to conduct research on labor issues in Burma.

American Center for International Labor Solidarity
$152,103
To support the work of two local labor rights groups. Through these programs, ACILS will assist democratic unions and NGOs focused on labor rights to carry out education, training and advocacy programs promoting worker and union rights, as well as workers' health and safety.

Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions
$50,000
To strengthen the human rights investigation capacities of the Filipino and Mongolian human rights institutions. The Asia Pacific Forum will hold human rights investigations training workshops for the National Human Rights Commission of Mongolia and the Philippines Commission on Human Rights and provide their respective staffs with the tools required to monitor and improve the human rights situations in their country.

Asian Forum for Human Rights and Democracy (Forum-Asia)
$150,000
To promote the effective implementation of international human rights standards throughout Asia. Forum-Asia will provide a platform for cooperation between local and national human rights organizations and other civil society organizations in Asia and work to raise human rights concerns at the regional and international levels.

Asian Network for Free and Fair Elections (ANFREL)
$35,000
To strengthen the capacity of domestic election monitoring bodies in the Asia region, and to increase cooperation and regional solidarity among domestic election monitoring groups. ANFREL will work closely with national-level election monitoring groups and will conduct conflict resolution programs in countries torn apart by violence. ANFREL will also organize workshops on election monitoring, voter education, election systems and good governance.

Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
$100,357
To promote good corporate governance among development finance institutions in Asia. CIPE will help the Association of Development Finance Institutions in Asia and the Pacific (ADFIAP) to convene a regional workshop to teach development finance institutions to implement a corporate governance rating system useful in evaluating their own operations as well as those of clients in an effort to reduce corruption, improve corporate behavior and strengthen market competition in the region.

Civic Involvement Program
$30,000*
To facilitate increased civic awareness and involvement through the operation of a library and learning center. The center will create a multi-lingual setting in a local community to provide access to a broad range of information and skills training for adults and youth.

Indochina Media Memorial Fund (IMMF)
$25,000
To provide journalists with the skills to combat censorship and harassment and to promote the development of a professional community of journalists throughout Southeast Asia. The IMMF will conduct intensive in-country workshops for Laotian and Burmese journalists, as well as workshops in Thailand for journalists from throughout the region.

National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI)
$175,000
To conduct party-on-party monitoring of 2004 Asian electoral campaigns. NDI will continue its political party reform program to support the efforts of parties' to strengthen internal democracy and accountability while addressing the challenges posed by political financing. NDI will also engage parties in anti-corruption dialogue.

Polish Humanitarian Organization (PHO)
$9,700
To assess and identify the humanitarian needs of Asian populations to lay the groundwork for the initiation of a long-term humanitarian aid program. The Polish Humanitarian Organization will spend ten days evaluating sectors in which the PHO may be able to provide humanitarian assistance and will produce a report on current humanitarian needs.

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