Agency Funded: United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP)
Amount Funded: $1,600,000 over 36 months
Approved: November 2001
This UNDP grant seeks to
develop an Internet-based network of human rights
organizations, advocates and academics in the
Southern Hemisphere. The project will increase
the capacity of civil society actors to effectively
and powerfully address important human rights
needs by using modern communications technology
to greatly enhance access to information, improve
knowledge-sharing and promote peer learning. Moreover,
the project will strengthen important links in
south-south cooperation that are necessary to
protecting human rights and building capacity
in developing countries. The UN Foundation funding
partnership with the Ford Foundation -- Brazil
on this project will support UN inter-departmental
and agency collaboration with community-based
NGOs in Latin America, Africa and Asia.
To Learn More: Ford
Foundation
The Ford Foundation is a resource for innovative
people and organizations worldwide committed to
strengthening democracy, the reduction of poverty
and injustice, and the advancement of human achievement.
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humanitarian causes, you can help the UNF in its
efforts to address issues related to the human
rights of all individuals and the development
of grass-roots human rights organizations. Please
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