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Program 1 [2020]
PROMOTING RULE OF LAW IN GEORGIA (PROLOG), FUNDED BY USAID, IS ORGANIZED AROUND THE FOLLOWING FOUR SETS OF OBJECTIVES: 1) STRENGTHENING LEGAL FRAMEWORK; 2) IMPROVING MANAGEMENT OF JUSTICE SYSTEM INSTITUTIONS; 3) ENHANCING SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE OF LEGAL PROFESSIONALS; AND 4) IMPROVING ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR MARGINALIZED GROUPS. DURING FISCAL YEAR 2020, PROLOG PROVIDED TRAININGS FOR 881 STUDENTS, LAWYERS, JUDGES, AND COURT PERSONNEL. PROLOG ALSO SUPPORTED SIX NGOS THROUGH GRANTS TO HELP THEM DELIVER STRATEGIC LEGAL AID TO THE COUNTRY'S MOST MARGINALIZED CITIZENS. DURING 2020, 13041 INDIVIDUALS RECEIVED FREE LEGAL ADVICE AND 2223 WERE REPRESENTED BY NGOS THROUGH PROLOG FUNDING, IN THE GEORGIAN JUSTICE SYSTEM, THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL BODIES. THESE RESULTED IN 3 STRATEGIC LITIGATION CASES THAT SET IMPORTANT PRECEDENTS FOR THE PROTECTION OF RIGHTS OF THE MOST VULNERABLE GROUPS. PROLOG HELPED ENHANCE THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS OF GEORGIAN LEGAL PROFESSIONALS IN THE AREA OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND RIGHTS OF MARGINALIZED GROUPS, TRAINING TOTAL OF 391 LAWYERS, JUDGES AND COURT PERSONNEL DURING 2020. PROLOG ALSO SUPPORTED IMPROVED TEACHING AND KNOWLEDGE OF HUMAN RIGHTS AT GEORGIAN LAW SCHOOLS, AND FUNDED ONE "GENDER AND THE LAW CHAIR," TWO "HUMAN RIGHTS CHAIRS, AND ONE "LEGAL ETHICS CHAIR" AT FOUR GEORGIAN LAW SCHOOLS. THE CHAIRS DEVELOPED MASTER'S AND BACHELOR'S-LEVEL MODEL COURSES IN HUMAN RIGHTS AND LEGAL ETHICS, AND CONDUCTED WORKSHOPS TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH OTHER GEORGIAN PROFESSORS AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND LEGAL ETHICS TEACHING AND WRITING AT LAW SCHOOLS IN GEORGIA. PROLOG SUPPORTED IMPLEMENTATION OF SIX GRANTS AND ONE MAJOR CAMPAIGN BY LOCAL NGOS AND THE COALITION FOR INDEPENDENT AND TRANSPARENT JUDICIARY TO PROMOTE GREATER INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY, AND GREATER FAIRNESS AND TRANSPARENCY OF THE JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT PROCESSES. THE COALITION EMBARKED ON A YEAR-LONG CAMPAIGN TO COUNTER THE DEFICIENCIES OF THE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE SELECTION AND APPOINTMENT PROCEDURES AND THROUGH ITS HARD WORK WON MAJOR OPENING UP OF THE PROCESS THROUGH LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENTS AND CRUCIALLY THOUGH RAISING THE PROFILE OF THE JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT PROBLEMS AND MAKING IT A MATTER OF NATIONAL DEBATE. IN ADDITION, PROLOG SUPPORTED NGO PROJECTS DIRECTED TOWARDS INSTITUTIONAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES, SUCH AS STUDYING BARRIERS TO ACCESS TO JUSTICE IN GEORGIA, MONITORING THE WORK OF JUDICIAL DISCIPLINE BODIES, ASSESSING TRANSPARENCY OF THE JUDICIARY, PARTICULARLY THROUGH ASSESSING ACCESSIBILITY OF COURT DECISIONS AND OTHER KEY DATA THROUGH COURT WEB PAGES, AND FINALIZED THE PREVIOUSLY FUNDED PROJECTS ON ENHANCING EXECUTION OF THE ECHR JUDGMENTS AND DECISIONS OF THE UN TREATY BODIES RELATED TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND JUDICIARY THROUGH RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY, REFORM OF THE SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA, AND LIMITS TO THE FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM.PROLOG HAS PROVEN RESILIENT AND FLEXIBLE IN THE LIGHT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, SEAMLESSLY SHIFTING ITS ACTIVITIES ONLINE AND AIDING KEY PARTNERS IN DOING THE SAME. PROLOG INITIATED ITS RAPID-RESPONSE GRANTS PROGRAM IN SPRING 2020, WHICH SUPPORTED 9 INSTITUTIONS TO PROVIDE LEGAL SERVICES, START A MOBILE APPLICATION FOR WOMEN VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, COUNTER THE XENOPHOBIC DISCRIMINATION OF FOREIGNERS AND ETHNIC MINORITIES, MONITOR THE PERFORMANCE OF GEORGIAN JUDICIARY'S SHIFT TO ONLINE PROCEEDINGS, AND AID QUALITY OF ONLINE LEGAL EDUCATION.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$2.7MProgram 2 [2020]
JUSTICE FOR ALL (JFA) IN ALBANIA UNDER THE JUSTICE FOR ALL (JFA) PROJECT IN ALBANIA, EWMI IS WORKED TO: (I) IMPROVE COURT ADMINISTRATION IN ALBANIA'S COURTS AND (II) SUPPORT ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM. KEY PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR 2020 INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING: EWMI CONTINUED SUPPORT EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN THE MEDIA AND PUBLIC RELATIONS EFFORTS OF ALBANIA'S COURTS AND JUDICIARY, INCLUDING ENSURING THE PROVISION OF LEGAL AND COURT-RELATED INFORMATION TO MORE THAN 12,000 ALBANIAN CITIZENS THROUGH THE INSTALLATION OF TOUCHSCREEN INFORMATION KIOSKS IN 12 COURTS. THIS SUPPORT ALSO LED TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF 44,000 GENERAL AND COURT-SPECIFIC INFORMATIONAL BROCHURES PROVIDING CITIZENS WITH INFORMATION ON CIVIL PROCEEDINGS, INCLUDING STEPS TO TAKE AND PROCEDURES TO FOLLOW, AND TAILORED INFORMATION ABOUT INDIVIDUAL DISTRICT COURTS. EWMI ALSO CONTINUED TO PROVIDE CRUCIAL SUPPORT TO ALBANIA'S SCHOOL OF MAGISTRATES (SOM), INCLUDING HELPING IT INCREASE ITS MODERN EDUCATIONAL TOOLS WITH THE ADDITION OF A NEW MOCK TRIAL COURTROOM. EWMI SUPPORTED A BUILD OUT AND FITTING OF THE SOM'S MOCK TRIAL COURTROOM, INCLUDING ALL NECESSARY IT EQUIPMENT, A DIGITAL AUDIO RECORDING PROGRAM FOR RECORDING JUDICIAL HEARINGS, AND FURNITURE. IN ADDITION, EWMI'S EFFORTS TO REDUCE THE BACKLOG OF ALBANIA'S HIGH COURT CONTINUED, WITH THE HIRING OF 12 EWMI-SUPPORTED AND TRAINED BACKLOG REDUCTION OFFICERS TO SUPPORT THE COURT'S LEGAL ADVISORS BY MANAGING ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS AND ULTIMATELY HELPING TO INCREASE THE PACE OF CASE PROCESSING.REGARDING INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM, EWMI CONTINUED ITS GRANT SUPPORT TO THE BALKAN INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING NETWORK (BIRN), WHICH RESULTED IN THE PUBLICATION OF ITS 36-MONTH PROJECT "ENHANCING THE TRANSPARENCY OF JUSTICE REFORM IN ALBANIA." THE PUBLISHED REPORT WAS THE FIRST MONITORING REPORT ON THE TRANSPARENCY OF COURTS IN ALBANIA. BIRN'S PROJECT ALSO LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE DATABASE ON THE JUDICIAL VETTING PROCESS IN ALBANIA AND THE COUNTRY'S VETTING BODY, THE INDEPENDENT QUALIFICATION COMMISSION, REACHED OUT TO BIRN FOR ITS WORKING METHODOLOGY. FAKTOJE, A FACT-CHECKING SERVICE ESTABLISHED BY EWMI, BECAME THE FIRST MEDIA ORGANIZATION FROM ALBANIA TO JOIN THE INTERNATIONAL FACT-CHECKING NETWORK. EWMI ALSO SUPPORTED FAKTOJE IN THE LAUNCHING OF A MORE USER- AND MOBILE-FRIENDLY WEBSITE ALLOWING THE ORGANIZATION TO BETTER PRESENT ITS WORK AND, ULTIMATELY, THE FAKTOJE TEAM PUBLISHED 252 FACT-CHECKING STORIES, IN ADDITION TO MORE THAN 200 INFOGRAPHICS PROVIDING UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION RELATED TO PANDEMIC CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS IN ALBANIA. EWMI ALSO CONTINUED TO SUPPORT WORKSHOPS AND TRAININGS FOR FAKTOJE'S TEAM OF JOURNALISTS, AS WELL AS MENTORING FOR ITS LEADERSHIP. IN ADDITION, EWMI CONDUCTED THREE TRAININGS OF TRAINERS AND EIGHT TRAINING SESSIONS FOR MORE THAN 12 FACULTY MEMBERS AND 70 JOURNALISM STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA'S DEPARTMENT OF JOURNALISM. THE SESSIONS FOCUSED ON INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING, DATA JOURNALISM, FACT-CHECKING, AND REPORTING ON ORGANIZED CRIME, AMONG OTHER TOPICS. SIXTEEN STUDENTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JOURNALISM ALSO ATTENDED AND COMPLETED A 14-WEEK ONLINE COURSE ON COURT AND CRIME REPORTING, WHICH WAS DEVELOPED WITH EWMI SUPPORT.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$1.8MProgram 3 [2020]
CAMBODIA CIVIL SOCIETY STRENGTHENING (CCSS) PROGRAMTHE GOAL OF THE CCSS PROJECT WAS TO INCREASE THE CAPABILITY OF CAMBODIAN CIVIL SOCIETY TO ENGAGE IN DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES BY REPRESENTING CITIZEN CONCERNS. THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT WERE TO STRENGTHEN THE CAPACITY OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN CAMBODIA, AND PROVIDE ANALYTICAL AND TECHNICAL SERVICES TO USAID/CAMBODIA'S OFFICE OF DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE TO RESPOND TO OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT.KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN 2020 INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING: 1) EWMI SUPPORT FOR LEGAL AID OF CAMBODIA (LAC) ALLOWED LAC TO PROVIDE LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO OVER 300 CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS ON LEGAL COMPLIANCE MATTERS, FROM LARGE-SCALE PRESENTATIONS TO CONSULTATIONS TO REPRESENTATION OF CIVIL ORGANIZATIONS ON CAMBODIAN LAWS ON NGOS, TAXES, LABOR ISSUES AND OTHER REGULATIONS. LAC ALSO PROVIDED SUPPORT TO REVIEW STATUTES AND OTHER LEGAL DOCUMENTS. 2) DURING FY20, CCSS SUBGRANTEES ENGAGED A TOTAL OF 13,857 CITIZENS IN COMMUNITY MEETINGS, FOREST PATROLS, TRAINING SESSIONS AND OTHER CIVIC ACTIVITIES. THESE PLATFORMS GAVE CITIZENS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CALL FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS ON FORESTS AND FISHERIES, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION AND MORE. IN TOTAL, 364 ISSUES WERE RAISED WITH SUBNATIONAL AUTHORITIES AS A RESULT OF SUBGRANTEE ACTIVITIES. 3) DURING FY20, 41 COMMUNES HELD PUBLIC FORUMS AS A RESULT OF CCSS-SUPPORTED ACTIVITIES, 48 COMMUNE COUNCILS TOOK CONCRETE ACTIONS TO ADDRESS CITIZEN CONCERNS, AND A TOTAL OF 250 CITIZEN REQUESTS WERE GRANTED BY THE GOVERNMENT. 4) EWMI CONTINUED TO PROVIDE IN-KIND SUPPORT AND CAPACITY BUILDING TO FIVE GRASSROOTS NETWORKS/ INFORMAL GROUPS. THE FIVE NETWORKS/GROUPS CONTINUED USING MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT (SUCH AS HAMMOCKS, SOLAR PANELS AND OFFICE EQUIPMENT) PROVIDED BY CCSS IN PROMOTING THEIR INDIVIDUAL NETWORK INTERACTIONS AND COMMON INTERESTS. 5) THROUGH ITS PARTNER VBNK, EWMI CONTINUED TO PROVIDE CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT TRAINING AND MENTORING TO LOCAL NGO PARTNERS, HELPING THEM ESTABLISH CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT PLANS (CDP) AND ANNUAL ACTION PLANS (AAP). EIGHTEEN OF THE 21 PARTNERS FULLY ACHIEVED THE TARGETS WITHIN THEIR AAPS IN 2020.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$1.7M
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