About This Initiative
The Human Rights and Governance Grants Program provides support to nongovernmental organizations operating in the fields of human rights and governance in Europe and Central Asia.
Human Rights
The Human Rights and Governance Grants Program supports more than 100 human rights–related organizations across Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union and Mongolia.
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Government Accountability
The Human Rights and Governance Grants Program promotes public participation in, and oversight of, governmental activity at both the national and local levels, including in the delivery of services.
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Penal Reform and the Rights of Detainees
The Human Rights and Governance Grants Program engages with organizations across Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union to ensure that reforms dealing with incarcerated populations are launched or reinvigorated.
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Women's Rights
The Human Rights and Governance Grants Program encourages organizations in the region to engage in monitoring and litigation to push for better enforcement of international women’s rights standards.
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Open Society Human Rights Internship
The Open Society Human Rights internship places social science, law, and humanities graduates at a leading human rights and accountability organization in Central/Eastern Europe or the former Soviet Union.
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Marek Nowicki Small Grants Fund
The fund supports nongovernmental organizations from the Commonwealth of Independent States and is aimed at empowering democracy, the rule of law, and human rights observance.
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Access to Knowledge
The Information Program supports initiatives which enhance access to the knowledge-based public goods that underpin open societies, especially in the disadvantaged parts of the world.
Civil Society Communication
Civil Society Communication provides support to organizations within the OSI network in their use of information tools and tactics, and builds global expertise to address the information and communications needs of NGOs in innovative ways.
Open Information Policy
The Open Information Policy initiative aims to broaden communications access in the most disadvantaged countries and to protect the freedom to communicate in the digital environment.
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