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INL22CA0010-WHPCARSI-ANTI-IMPUN-120921: ESTABLISHING A CIVIL SOCIETY ANTI-IMPUNITY COMPLAINT PLATFORM

Closed Closed January 21, 2022 Opportunity INL22CA0010-WHPCARSI-ANTI-IMPUN-120921 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. Who won this program's grants before is below, and similar open grants are at the end of the page. It is in our archive of Bureau of International Narcotics-Law Enforcement notices from 2021.

• Award ceiling$4.0 million
• Award floor$2.0 million
• Total funding$4.0 million
• Expected awards1
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

The following organizations are eligible to apply: ● U.S.-based non-profit/non-governmental organizations (NGOs); ● U.S.-based educational institutions subject to section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. tax code; ● Foreign-based non-profits/non-governmental organizations (NGOs); ● Foreign-based educational institutions Note: Public International Organizations (PIOs) and For-Profit Organizations are excluded from applying to this grant announcement. – If you are unsure about your eligibility status, please consult the INL POCs during the Q&A period.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Criminal Justice Systems awards averaged $412,973; this notice allows up to $4.0 million per award.
• Most of the program's money (72% over five years) went to nonprofits.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

President Biden has laid out a strategy that directs the U.S. government to coordinate in the fight against corruption, including by working with international partners and strengthening the capacity of civil society. Unfortunately, corrupt power structures in Northern Central America increasingly limit the United States’ ability to work through host country justice systems to fight corruption, including in El Salvador where host country anticorruption efforts have been politicized to the point where one’s political party membership may protect them from or expose them to scrutiny, investigation, or prosecution. U.S. capacity building cannot overcome this lack of political will. Institutions are being weakened or co-opted to maintain power and hide corrupt acts, and civil society organizations lack the capacity and support needed to hold governments accountable. Increasing restrictions on and threats against civic spaces make their work even more difficult. The Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, has designed an Anti-Impunity Framework to address these challenges. The Anti-Impunity Framework is an alternative concept to fight corruption and impunity. The Civil Society Anti-Impunity Complaint Platform is part of a broader INL Anti-Impunity Framework that will support civil society actors to: ● Develop a coordinated anticorruption communications strategy, ● Implement long-term civic education, ● Establish and coordinate judicial observatories, ● Strengthen legal defense and protection, and ● Serve as a repository to document corruption and impunity cases. The platform will work with complainants to submit information through the appropriate host country mechanisms in El Salvador and monitor and track action, or lack thereof, on that information through each system.

Category: Law, Justice and Legal Services.

Applying now

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