Governing Democratically and Justly

Facilitating Development of Democratic Institutions and Governance:

Support for civil society, independent media;
Development of political parties;
Assistance for protection of human rights;
Anti-trafficking efforts;
Improving the judicial capacity;
Strengthening the ability of the local governance to address their community priorities.

Programs

Project Name	Duration	Overview	Partners	USAID Contact
"Ak Zhol: The Path to Peace through Prosperity"	05/2012 - 05/2015	Through the Ak Zho lproject, CSSC will address the divisions between people across seven villages in three regions of southern Kyrgyzstan by: increasing understanding,...	Civil Society Support Center	Mahabbat Alymkulova
Civil Society Strengthening in Kazakhstan	09/2011 - 08/2014	The goal of the Kazakhstan Civil Society Strengthening Program is to increase the capacity of Kazakhstan's leading civil society organizations (CSOs) to conduct their operations more effectively...	Counterpart International	Maria Stefurak
Conflict Mitigation through Targeted Analysis and Community Action in Kyrgyzstan	05/2012 - 05/2015	Minimizing instability through informed public policy and early warning analysis for citizen protection by: Supporting actionable analysis on conflict and instability trends ...	ACTED	Dinah Zeltser-Winant
Counter-Trafficking	06/2010 - 09/2015	Assisting the government and civil society actors in their response to the problem of human trafficking: Conducting gender-mainstreamed awareness-raising campaigns...	International Organization for Migration (IOM)	Inna Biryukova and Ann Hopper
Cross-border Youth Cooperation	01/2010 - 01/2012	Addressinglocal drivers of conflict issues by: Organizing cross-border social events Managing cross-border Youth Banks which provide micro-grants to sponsor youth-led projects...	Eurasia Foundation of Central Asia	Erkin Konurbaev (AOTR)
Development through Regional Cooperation	10/2012 - 09/2015	The project will focus on creating a dialogue space where civil society groups from different countries of Central Asia can discuss issues relevant to their everyday work, share information,...	Civil Society Development Association “ARGO”	Maria Stefurak
Elections Support Program	06/2004 - 03/2012	Improvingthe quality of elections in Kyrgyzstan by: Assisting in the drafting of election legislation Increasing the professionalism of the Central Elections Committee ...	International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES)	Lira Djumadylova and Dinah Zeltser-Winant
Engaging young reporters and community leaders in early warning and conflict prevention	05/2012 - 05/2014	Preventing the re-emergence of violent conflict in Kyrgyzstan’s South through more comprehensive and accessible conflict-sensitive reporting and early warning analysis by: ...	Search for Common Ground	Mahabbat Alymkulova
Governance Institutions Initiative	03/2012 - 09/2012	The goal of the program is to identify national-level institutions and specific technical areas that evince potential commitment to democratic reform in Kazakhstan.	National Democratic Institute (NDI)	Ann Hopper
Governance Strengthening Program	09/2010 - 09/2014	This project provides technical expertise and information to the Government of Turkmenistan (GOTX) and civil society on effective governance and citizen participation models. The program is...	QED Group	Gulnar Khadyrova

Last Updated: 02-15-2013